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MANNING. S. C.. JAN 12 1910. PUBLtSED EVERY WEDNESDAY sUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year.-- 50 ,S. 75hS Fsox m .as .-----. .. 50 ADVERTISING RATES: One squr- one 2:e, t : eacb subeequCnL In ae. 30 cent. ObItaries and TrIbutes oO Reapec IeharZ'a tor as regcuir advertCSeA. Lberat contracts made fortbree. six and tweI'e ~~ must ne aacoipanled by the res ame &We addrv= s oth~e wrfter In Order to no nammMnIcatio- o a persaz cnaracter wl be Pubisbed exep& as an aderrsement. Ensered a thepostomce at Manning as Sec ond C5 antter. TEE FARBUM PEA CO3SIDERED. "We commend the plea of Jim Farnum to the kindly considera tion of Mr. Louis Appelt" says The State of last Thursday. It strikes us that it is in bad taste to indulge in personalities, but since The State will have it so. then we will say that the plea of Far num does not alter our opinion of the merits of the case tried before a former Richland jury, nor do we agree with The State that Farnum pleaded guilty to the very chiarge that a Richland jury ac quitted him or. Attorney Gener Lyon has proven conclusively ethat beintended to do all in his powerto bring the persons eharg ed with graft to justice. no one will or should deny him this cred it, but at the same time had he goneintocourt with an indictment worded like the first indictment to which Farnum pleaded not gudty, the second case would probably havegone totrialand an acquittal resulted, as in the first, but this time there seems to have been a compact entered into be tween the attorney general, Far num and the judge, which result ed in Farnum agreeing to pay to the State $5,000, or in other words, he bought off his pursu ers by throwmng to them a hand ull of money. The first indictment charged briberyto which Farnum pleaded not guilty, and a Richland jury aclientale of The Columbia State. -confimed, and from the eviaence, and the judge's charge we think that jury did right. The second indiesment evidently by agree ment, did not charge bribery, but it did charge. "the said James S. Farnuma being then and there the agent of said divers persons and corporations for the sale of liq uor's, whiskeys, wines and beers as aioresaid, and the said Joseph WWylie being then and there a mmberoesaid-boarrof directors as aforesaid. they, the said James &. Parnum and Joseph B Wylie -and other dies persons to the grand jury; aforessid -unknown IHere's a 11 Syour mont $25.00 Sui 20.00 Suit 16.50 [Sui1 $8.50 Knickerbocki $7.50 Knickerbock4 * $6.00 Knickerbock< $5.00 Knickerbock4 $4.00 Knickerbock4 $3.50 Knickerbock< 50c. Men's Heavy Fl 50c. Men's IHeavy Ri Nothi 'P'HONI unlawfully did then and there conspire, combine, confederateil and agree together to have thei said Joseph B. Wylie accept and receive a certain sum of money. to wit, the sum of $1,575, a more particular description thereof be-: ing to the grand jurors aforesaid unknown, as and for rebates on certain liquors, whiskeys. wines! and beers sold and. to be sold to the said Statedispeisaryoi South Carolina by the said divers per sons, and corporations through and by their said agent, the said James S. Farnum, a more partic ular description of said rebates and sales being to the grand jn rors aforesaid unknown, which said sums of money as and for rebates as aforesaid were to be accepted and received by the said Joseph B. Wylie, &c. It was to the second indictment, which we quote from, that Far num admits that he paid Wylie; as a rebate on purchases, money I to the sum of $1,575 and in effect Ihe said to the State's officers "fU you willchangetbe wordingof the indictment so as to make your charge against me read the giv ing of rebates instead of charging me with bribery, I will not resist the indictment." The attorneyr general realizing the difficulty to secure a conviction on evidence from a bought witness, agreed not only to accept Farnum's dictation as to the wording of the second m-i dictment, but he also accepted Farnum's word to pay a fine of: $5,000. The probability is, had the attorney general prepared 'his first indictment as the last I one was prepared, a similar com pact could have been made by I which Farnum would have paid into the treasury, money. We admit that Farnum's plea came to us as a surprise, but when we consider the shrewd business man and the relentless pursuit of the State's prosecuting officer, with no prospect of any near end to the harassing of a man whoe business interests require his personal attention. then we can readily see that he would calcu late the cost and try to satisfy his prosecutors with money; so when be found that the attorney gener al, and the trial judge could be reached with a cash proposition, he grabbed the opportunity: by doing so. he is relieved from fur ther annoyance and cost,. where as, had he continued to resist the prosecutions -f the attorney gen eral, it meant mrany times more ost to him than the compromise he affected. And this too, was one without a sacrifice of his i anood. Farnam's conduct in refusing to become a State wit ness to save himself, and his re-' fusing to commit perjury, has, even forced from those who "have been crying aloud for his blood" an admission of his manliness. The editor of Th: TiES does 1not yield one iota from the posi jtion hetook in his comments on Farnn's first trial, and he con oney making y in good clol s and Overcc s and Overcos s and Overcc r Suits. now only 5 r Suits, now only $ r Suits, now only $4 r Suits, now only $ r Suits. now only $2 r Suits, now only $2 eecedLined Underwear. ibbed Underwear. now oni: ng will be ch E 166. tends that the jury did its sworn duty when it acquitted the accus ed of the charge of bribery, if on: that jury, he would have agreed to the same verdict, because there was no evidence proving bribery. but there was evidence that re bates were given. because said rebates was demanded by the board. Farzium was not tried in the first case for giving rebates, but had he been, the judge in his charge to the jury told them if we 1 reermber right, that a citizen had a right to give a state officer rebates. and a State officer has a right to accept rebates, but it the oficer accepts rebates and does, not turn them into the treasury. then that officer commits a crime. not the citizen; so we say, under the judge's charge the jury could not do otherwise than bring in a verdict of not guilty. The Columbia newspapers are making an effort to anticipate criticism by saying in advance that the attorney general will be severely criticized for this com promise. We do not see any reason for alarm on this score., there is no honest man in the State who will say that Attorney General Lyon has failed in his effort to do his duty, without fear or favor, and we believe he ac cepted the compromise as the best he could do with a bad situation, and what he believes to be, under the circumstances. the best inter ests of the State. He has, and is doing his duty, and is deserving of commendation rather than ad verse criticism. To return to tne beginning--the personality ofThe State, in the gloating it indulges itself in, to say the least of it. is uncalled for: what has Louis Ap pelt to do with James S. Far num's ple.. of guilty. he s, -ly :s no party to the case, had no more to do with the case than was his right as a newspaper man to com ment on the evidence, and reach a conclusion, this he did without having the slightest personal in terest in the case. other than to urge that every man charged with crime, is entitled to a fair trial, that he is to have the full rights guarauteed to him by the consti tution; that was all he contended for. and as long as he is engaged in newspaper work he will not lend the columns of his paper for the prosecution of any man charg ed in our courts. He will always contend that a man charged by the State with crime need not o en his mouth, and the State must prove its charge beyond a reason able doubt. When a man is charg ed in an indictment with bribery as defined by our statutes. he can not be convicted it the evidence does not prove bribery, matters not what else the evidence proves ---I charged with stealing a horse he cannot be convicted if the evi dence proves it was a buggy he stole. If Farnum was charged with bribery and the evidence proved that he gave re bates, then he could not be convictedor brib )PF -'and a mone~ :hes while thi pats, now oni ts, now onl~ ats, now oni .00ony o oy - - arged at Cut JI CIA erv. Then too, Mr. Louis Appelt is not a chiropodist, and if Mr. Far num had chillblains on his feet has nothing to do with the mer its of the bribery charge a; Richland jury acquitted him of, when the evidence did not prove that he bribed any one, but that he did what is a universal com mercial custom-gave his cus tomers rebates: in this instance. rebates, was a demand made upon him by trusted officials of the State-men who formerly stood high in church and State, one of them was at one time secretary of the young men's Christian Asso ciation. But sinceTheState adopts a personal policy, we must insist upon Mr. W. E. Gonzales answer ing the question we have asked before, more than once, and which he seems to forget to answer. we therefore ask again. Will Mr. William Elliot Gonzales tell the people of the State who are the stock holders of the Columbia! Glass Company. the institution that the State dispensary com mission charges with having rob bed the people of the State by over charging. just as did, or even worse than did the whiskey hous e.s that Farnum and others rep resented? It is not our purpose to be unfair to Mr. William Elliot Gonzales and regret the necessity of mentioning his name in this coanection. but as he has been handling the name of THE TIMES editor we are justified in doing likewise. Tell us who owned the stock of this Columbia concern and let the taxpayers know whether or not any of this stock was ever at any time owned by a member of the Gonzales family, or any one connected at any time with The State newspaper. The reason this question is asked, is, that in some way. from some where, and from some one, we cannot recall at present, we have been told that some of this stock was held by persons interested in The State, that some of the pro moters of the scheme, the origi nators, and who profited by the pilfering from the State as alleg ed by the commission, are or were interestedin The State company, if this is true, we do not assert it, then we think The State should take a bath in the waters of mor ality before it gloats over the strategy of Mr. James S. Farnum who preferred to throw a golden bone to the ferocious law-hounds, rather than have them pursuing him the balance of his life, and, over Mr. L->uis Appalt for not leading himself to The State's lynching party. A Wretched Mistake to endure the itching, painful distress of Piles. There's no need to. Listen: "I sutrered much from Piles," writes Will. A. Marsh, of Silver City. N. C., "till I got a box of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and was soon cured." Burns, Boils, Lcers. Fever sores. Eczema, Cuts, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, van ish before it. 25c, atalldraggists. EN1 OR~ rsaving imyea e bottom is ot $17.50 r .014.00 yl 11.023 $8.00 Men's Trou S7.00 Men's Trou $6.00 Men's Trou S5.00 Men's Trot $4.00 Men's Trou $3.00 Men's Trou $2.50:Men's Trou $2.00 Men's Trou $1.50 Men's Trou . 40c. . 40c. Prices. Our 4 IDLE UM XMT IS RECOGKIZE LYON SHALL BE GOVERNOR. The Laurens Advertiser says THE MAYNING TimWs only knows Col. C. C. Featherstone as a Prohibition leader; which is partly true, it also knows him to be a pretty good politician. and a man who makes a very good stump speech. He came into puplic notoriety when Mr. Joel E. Brunson the chosen lea der of the Prohibitionists took cold feet and abandoned the fight as soon as the gaffs began to be put to him, then Feather stone stepped to the front and taking up the deserted colors went on with the tight, and he came within a stones throw of winning, not that his cause was so popular but the man had win ning ways and a sweet tongue. We would not disparage the candidacy of Col Featherstone. personally we have a kind re gard for him, but when it 'omes o the selection of a governor. then perhaps it would b3 well to wait. to take a look at the en tries before deciding. While. as we have said in a previous issue. it appears that Featherstone "has the Coon and gone on" yet it after all depends on the 'tem per of the people when the cam paign is opened. If the politi cians and the church leaders combine then there is no doubt that Featherstone is a winner, the politicians will gladly join the Featherstone forces if he can deliver the church influence, but if the general masses resent the scheme of using the church es to bolster up the aspirations of politicians, then the pendu lum will swing the other way and Feathers tone will be justitied in exclaiming -God save me from my friends." Then there is another view tc take of this matter, what has Col Featherstone ever done to entitle him to be the chief execu tive of the State? Has he ever done the State any special ser vice, except that for which he has received a monied compen sation? There are men whc have and are still rendering service to the State, who by rights have something to go tc the people with. Take the case of Attorney General Lyon. he I has worked for the State's in terests and is entitled to promo tion, should he become a candi I date for governor, we believe I that the people who appreciate true and ioyal service, such as the attorney general has render ed the State, will vote for bia on the ground that he. has mer ited the gratitude of the people of South Carolina by his able conscientious, and persistent dis charge of duty. While we hav4 not approved of all the methods employed by the attorney gener al, yet we appreciate the fact hE is in a better position to judge what was best, at the same time we have alw ays conceded hi tment. No e it of the marl $12.50 Suits 10.00 Suits a 7.50 Suits a sers, now only $5.54 sers, now only $4.54 sers now only $4.04 sers, now only $3.5( sers, now only $27 sers, now only $2 ( sers, now only $.7 sers, now only $.3 sers, now only $.0 25c. Boys' Ribbed Underi $1.00 Wright's Health Uni Cearance Sa CLOT ability and his honesty. auu never once put him in the same class as along with those who were playing to the galleries for political effect only: we have all along believed Lyon was pulling for the governorship and his success in the graft cases would help his cause, this he had a right to do. he had a right to work for a prize and he is now entitled to it if he wants it or any other position in the gift of the voters of the State. There fore we say Col Featherstone may have the governorship "cinched" now, but it depends on whether or not he has oppo sition. and who his opponent is before he can feel sure of the result in the primary. Zack McGhee the Washington correspondent of The Columbia State must have acouired his humor while in England last sum mer. The data he furnishes on Hemphill's advice, and the man ner of his going a long ways to lug in the name of THE TiMEs editor puts Mr. McGhee in the comedian class good and proper. He is real funny, do3't you know. What is the matter with our school system? Last week there was an examination for teachers and among the questions asked was "Who are qualiffed to serve on juries?" The answer of one of the applicants far a certificate was '-Those who Ive in adultery. Such a display of ignorance is appalling, and only goes tc prove that our schools are being poisoned with ignorance, with the result that the little children, the country's hope for the fu ture, are the sufferers. We di rect attention to this incident, I not for the purpose of mortify ing the young lady, but to arous( the people to the necessity o: seeking competent teachers. Is it true, that Major J. C Hemphill is to give up the edi torship of The News and Cour I ter. and assume charge of Times Dispatch of Richmond? We sin cerely hope not. Under th< guidance of Major Hemphill Thi News and Courier has done - wonderful work for Charlestoi Iand for South Carolina, and t< now give his services to anothei I city and State seems unnatural and will leave a scar of disap pointment throughout the State Major Hemphill is not only brilliant writer, but he is a pro gressive citizen. a man whom ti know is to love. He is a safe coun selor, conservative and strong. His leaving The News and Cour ier will be sincerely regretted and his becomiog -a citizen o Virginia will be a loss to Soutl Carolina, but a decided gain fo the "mother of Presidents." DOr.King's New ife Pilli s The best in' the world. IIT lement of spe et.. ind Overcoat Ld Overcoats rnd Overcoat; $1.50 Boy's 14 $1.25 Boys' H $1.00 boys' 14 75c. Boys' H ear, now only - derwear, now only - le will contin III.I As contended by us when thel subject of the repeal of the lien I law was being discussed and be fore section 3,059 was repealed, that the repeal of section 3,059 does not in anyway prevent the mortgaging of a crop to be made. Section 3,005 is not repealed and for all practical purposes the lien law stands as it was, and the forms used last year and for several years past called "Lien on Crop and Mortgage" are just as good today as they ,vere last year. The mortgage form re cites the crop mortgaged, and must be recorded instead of filed. The repeal ofsection 3059,which is the old form of agricultural lien, amounts to nothing and was only done to accede to a popular demand fanned into popularity by politicians who made the people believe that the, repeal of the lien law would beI the panacea for all of their woes. It was nothing short of a game of liim-flam. The lien business is not destroyed, nor will it be as long as section 3,005 remains on ths books, and we doubt even then if the legislature has the right to prevent the making of contracts between parties. WORNOUT MOUNTAINS. Laurentian Highlands the Oldest Land in the World. Stretwhing across Canada north of the St. Lawrence and ending in the regions about the source of the Missis sippi is a range of low granite -hills called the Laurentian highlands. These bills are really mountains that are al most worn out, for they are the oldest land in America and. According to Agassiz, the oldest in the world. In the days when there was nothing but water on the face of the globe these mountains came up. a long is land ef primitive rock. with universal ocean chalng against its shore. None of the other continents had put In an appenrance at the time America was thus looking up. The- United States began to come to light by the gradual uplifting of this land to the north and the appearance of the tops of the Alleghenies. which were the next In order. Later the Rockies started up. The United States grew southward from Wisconsin and west ward from the Blue Ridge. An early view of the country would have shown a large island which is now northern Wisconsin and a long. thin tongue of this primitive rock sticking down from Canada Into Min - nesota, and these two growing states looking out over the waters at the mere beginnings of mountain ranges L east and west. They were waiting for the rest of the United States to ap pear.-Charles D. Stewart in Atlantic. Trying to Place Him. Boody-rd have you to know, sir, that rm not the idiot you think I am. f Knox-Oh, I beg pardon. Which idiot are you?-Chicago News. Bluff-I look upon you, sir, av a ras cal. Bff-You are privileged to look upon me in any character you desire to assume.-Vogue TI NI culation abou , now only , now only , now only nickerbocker Pants, now mikerbocker Pants, now nickerbocker Pants, now nickerbocker Pants, now ue until Janus S~sLJM~TEI STATE OF SOUTH UAR LNA, County of Clarendon. N COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. :rvin V. Plowden, Plaintiff against loseph J. Richardson, Defendant. Judgment for Foreclosure and Sae. UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A Judgment Order of the Court of Com non Pleas, in the above stated ac tion, to me directed, bearing date of Jlanuary 6, 1910. 1 will sell at pub lic auction, to the highest bidder, for mash, at Clarendon Court House, at Hanning. in said county, within the legal bours for judicial salets, on Mon. day, the 7th day of February, 1910, being salesday, the following describ ed real estate: Lot No. (1) is bounded on the North by Martha Hilton's land: on the East - by lands of Alice Moses: South by lands of A. L. Lesosne. and West by estate of B. Pressley Barron. This lot being the property conveyed to me for a valuable consideration by Alice Moses and is a portion of the property formerly owned by William Dickson in the town of Manning. Lot No. (2) is bounded on the North uy lands of Amus Philips; East by the estate of B. P. Barron; South by lands of A. L. Lesesne, and West by lands of Clarendon Johnson. This lot being con veyed to me by Clarendon Johnson for a valuable consideration and is also a portion of the property formerly owned in the town of Manning, County and State aforesaid, by William Dickson. Purchaser to pay for papers. E. B. GAMBLE, Sheriff of Clarendon County. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA Conty of Claradon. By James M. Windham, Esq., Judge of Probate. WHEREAS, Thomas B. Mims made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration of the estate and effects of Charles A. Ridgill. These are therefore to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Charles A. Riagill, deceased, that they be and appear before mein the Court of Pro bate. to be held at Menning, S. C.. on the 22nd day of January next. after publication hereof, a' 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administra tion should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 11th day of January, A. D. 1910. JAMES M. WINDHAM, [SAL.1 ,Judge of Probate. Administrator's Sale. Pursuant to an order of J. M. Wind ham, Judge of Probate, I will sell to the higbest bipder for cash, at the residence of the late James Cantey, de ceased, at U o'clock A. 11., on the 20th day of January, 1910, the following per sonalty: 23 Cboats; 3 Sows: 1 Cow; I Yearling; 1 Mare; 60 lbs Meat; 1 one -borse Wagon; 1 two-horse Wagon; 400 lbs. Fodder and Hay, and one lot of Plow TooLs. MALACHI CANTEY. Administrator. Pinewood, S. C.. January 4, L510. R. JOHN Y MORSE, VETERNARTAN, (Grainae University Pennsylvania.) Sumter. S. C. omee'nhoce. 3e. m~essence-enee IG t it. Invest $8.50 6.50 5.00 only $1.15 only 87c. only 75c. only 60c. - 19c. - 75c. try 22.