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Ebe fIanning tmts. 3 A)U Is A PPELT. Editor. MANNING. S. C., JUN E X 1910. PUBLSHED EVERY WEDNESDAY stCRIPTION RATES: one yrar ...................................-.. 1 50 ,.ix month% ............... . TS F-ul months.-. ........ -- -- -.. 0 ADVERTISiM RATES: One uquare. one '.ime. 0i. each %ubscuent in %eaion. 5o cents. obituaries and Tributcs 0o RepecL charged or as rCje'!r aeer'.seMent Luberma coctrct% mde: or three. six and tweve mmunca..Ons% mt toe accompanied by the reM: name and address,. of .he writer !n order to r'elve attention Vo Communication o a peConal characaer w.A:I be Dt~be av~ %a~~C~%?,L Entered at h ~,PostoIcc at Wanci n. a. 0--d ICars rnalttr. IS IT THE ISSUE. The readers of THE Ti LiES will recall that this newspaper has contended all along notwithstand in,, the wishes of others to the contrary, that the liquor question is the foremost issue in the pres ent campaign. There are some who are not willing to take a def inate stand upon this (uestioDn for the reas - they are not sure of their grot .1. if they thought the Prohibitionists would stand for a Local Option declaration they would come out and be heard but they know full well if they switch around now and jump upon ;he Local Option platform they run a strong chance of disgusting the Prohibitionists, and if they de clare for Prohibition openly the Local Optionists will drop them, therefore they are between two fires. The yeaiaing to succeed is greater than any p-rinciple. But that the question is foremost can no longer be doubted as must be known to every man, woman and child who read the accounts of the campa'gn meetings so far held in the State. Col. Featherstone the prohi'>ition leader, and it is to be admired in him, insists that the liquor question is the paramount issue, it is for state-wide prohibi tion that Mr. Featherstorne is can vassing the State. it was for this that he has been speaking for the past several years, and it is for this he is seeking the governor's office today. Then how can those who are afraid of their shadows lest they will say something def inate succeed in putting blinds on the people lby the hush policy they and their workers are at tempting by saying to a certain element "the liquor question is not an issue," when their very leader and idol is forcing that is sue? We can take the masses into our confidence by telling them that the writer stands for Local Option, not because it necessarily means the sale of liquor, but be cause it leaves with the people the right of local self-govern ment, a right for which their fore fathers crimsoned battle fields. We are opposed to Prohibition be cause if the legislature was to adopt a state-wide Prohibition law. it would be overriding the ex pressed wishes of six counties in this State, forcing upon them ai condition they are not prepared! for and will not stand for. Every reasonable man knows and will admit that no law can be properly enforced upon a people who are' opoed to it, and too, when they have recorded that opposition at the ballot box. It is not right to over-power them. and cram it1 down their throats. and it will not< have a tendencyto make them feeli kindly towards such a law. 1 We favor Local Option for an other reason: It has been dem. ti onstrated that under Local Option I' laws the cause of temperance has steadily advanced, wheress under Prohibition the contrary has re suited.- Just why the Prohibition- I ists are not content to leave this]1 question for the people to settle I in their respective communities we cannot understand. When the people by their own votes create a law, it is their law. and they can be trusted to its enforcement, but when they are over powered and t a law is forced upon them with out their consent they kick, and t will do nothing for its enforce-C ment. SICK TO FACrS* 1 There is a continued effort be- < ing made to misrepresent the la- ~ bors of tbe Senator of this coun-i ty in the matter of the game and i~ lish laws which were enacted at 1 the last session of the general as- 1 sembly. We state now that which has been stated before. The Sen- : ator from Clarendon worked against and voted against both of these measures. Oh, but say some ti of his enemies, he was out of his J; place when the game law was up. I The Senator was never out of his1 place, at any time during the ses sioni. He attende~d to his duties faithfully as every Senator will cheerfully testify, and when the oentleman who presided over .he Senate reaches Manning on July ?2nd., Clarenidon's Senator wvill be glad if those who are endear oring to make capital by revers- < ing the facts, will ask him the question that he may answer them: publicly. He will say the Senator fought as vigorously as he could1 against these bills. He will also say that when these bills were up1 for final action it was on the eve< of the close of the session, and 1 that Clarendon's Senator had hisI hands and mind full with the mat ter of getting the enrolled bills< ready for ratitication. but notw'ith-1 standing this, he worked with all. his might agaimst the passage of these bills. He even attempted to work a parlimentary move on the other side. by asking that his vote1 be changed from against to for,ir' order that ?hould an opportunity position to have the vote by which the bill was adopted recon sidered, and so gave notice at the time, and with such notice, he asked for his vote tc be changed. This is a prac tice resorted to frequently, and frequently succeeds in preventing the passage of an obnoxious bill. It did not succeed in this instance because the opposition was on the alert and too strong, having been bolstered up by representations, that the Farmers Union endorsed the legislation, which the writer has learned since was false. But the representatives of the Audu bon Society made this claim and won out: they never would have done it had they not resorted to these misrepresentations. The henchmen for the Audubon So ciety are fighting all or us who opposed tneir falsely begotten victory, for they know full well if the opposition get back. they will open the tight at the begin ning of the session and keep it up until they knock the insane fea ures out of the la w: they will then give to the people a law which will be in accordance with right and justice, and with all of the rights of a free people fully preserved. The writer has enjoyed the con tidence of the people of this coun ty a long time, and he desires to retain that esteem, therefore he would not have any friend of his indulge in misrepresentaLions even though he knew he could secure all the votes in the county by it. If the writer cannot be elected without inisrepresenta tion or trying to drag his oppo nent's name in the mud, he does not care for the position. He feels that he ilas given a conscientious service: this is what he endeavor ed to give, and if he has failed to measure up he ought not to be elected, but on the other band, if he has given a faithful service. and there is no dirt clinging to his garments it is notfair that men should seek to deceive the peonle by concocting up all mannei if statements which cannot be jus tified bv the facts? THEY CRY "UNCONSTITUTIONAL" The Anti-option bill has pass ed the lower House of Congress, and the South Carolina delega tion took an active part in the debate. There is some division among the Democrats on this measure, and it is possible there will be an effort made to kill the -;Scott Bill" in the Senate. Those c>pposing the bill to make it un lawful to deal in cotton futures laim that it would be class leg islation, and unconstitutional. rhe representatives from the cit ies of exchange centers will fight the bill bitterly and these inter sts have on their side some of the brainiest lawyers in the Senate, w~hile the other side must rely upon the efforts of our own E. D). Smith, who has made the ex :hanges of New York, New Or leans and Chicago a study, and is suthority on the subject of com ~nercial gambling. When Senator Smith unfolds ~he information he is possessed >f to the Senate we hope he will :e able to satisfy the majority of ~hat body, that Wa'i Street's nethods is a menace to the farm ng industry of the South espec ally, and that when the govern nent permits an aggregation of nonied men to form combinations hich effect the product of the ~oil, it is a party to the crime and t should not be. It is to be hoped hat gambling on the necessities >f life sucb as food and raiment, sill be made a penal offence at his session of Congress. Every ane man knoir-s that it is against he law for men to gamble, and it s also known that municipal bod es do not hesitate to punish gain >ling when it is done in a small say: let a tew men sit down to lay cards for a stake, and the >olice pulls them and they are >unished, but let a few million ires get together, form a con ~piracy to monopolize the produce f the cotton farmer, and gamble m the price, frequently pressing t down far below its actual value, he world calls it speculation, and t goes on as legitimate, and when he result proves menacing to the ountry's welfare and there is an kffort made to protect the cotton armers, the speculators through heir lawyers in Congress set up he cry that legislation of that :aracter is "unconstitutional." NTe have often wondered why it s that these lawyrs in law- mak ng bodies never discover, or even hink of the constitution until heir interests become affected. e never hear the word "uncon titutional" when the farmers -ights are in jeopardy, but the noent any of the big corpora ions, or the great exchanges are bout to be looked into, the mass s are remimded of the constitu ion. Our understanding of the con ~titution has always been to be a fuarantle of the people's rights. mnd if it doe-s not mean this the ;ooner the thing is torn up and a 1ew one made the better. If every ufort that is made to protect the nasses from the encroachments f the classes, is to be adjudged "unconstitutional" then indeed Lre the people in a bad plight. I'here is a constant and growing ;eudency to concentrate trade re ations, so that it can Le limited :o the few. the result is, the mass >s are between the upper and the ether stone, and are graduaily >eing ground to dust. Relief nust come. and come soon, if it ioes not this country will get in :o the hands of a few land sharks Lho are gradually. through a few Ioney lenders fasteng their entacles into the unsuspecting tasses. It is time the countr y was sroused and tne people should see o it thait therir Representatives are in sympathy with them and no with those who would keeln the masses in subjection. The common people are entitled to that which belongs to them from the toil of their hands, and the product of their soil, and this great government should throw around them its best protection. THERE CAN BE NOTHING DONE. The News and Courier of Mon day in a leading editorial in effect asks the question, '-what is Bar ner Evans and .John Duncan in the race for?" This question is not confined to the News and Courier. it has been asked by many people who like our esteem ed contemporary cannot see where either of the two have any show of election. But under the rules of the Democratic party they have the same rights and i priviieges as have any of the oth ers who have paid their assess nient fee, and there is no way of keeping a man out who takes the required pledge, and pays the I fee. A man can take the pledge and pay the fee. and then use the platform in all of the counties for advertising purposes. He can go from county to county advertis ing the advantages of investments in vitrified brick stock, or he may solicit subscriptions to a newspa per, or do what he pleases, the only thing for the people to do is to grin and bear it and wait until a real candidate with some show of success addresses them. So far as the petitions are concerned. it would not alter things in the least because any man who desires to make the raec for a State office can if he will take the trouble se cure ;ignatures to a petition. We have it now about as well as we can get it so long as the primary system exists,-an open, free for all primary, and the people can make their own selection. We confess that it is annoying to have men taking up the time of a political meeting who are known to have no chance what ever, and who are supposed to be in the race to gratify some per sonal spleen, yet at the same time we are compelled to put up with this apparent evil rather than to take the chances of creating a Trust, and confine our primary to a select few, as was attempted in the recent State convention by the effort to require the voters to have a registration certificate to vote in a primary. We heartily agree with the News and Courier, "The Demo cratic primary is not the proper place in which to vent personal spleen. Neither is it designed as an advertising medium."' But so far as we see there is no way to stop it, without endangering the entire system, and too, without restricting the privileges of the voters. who at last are the final judges of the fitness of candi dates. It is far better to put up with our present ills than to f!y to ills we know not of. Congress has shut up shop and gone home. The sixty first Con gress will go down in history as one of the most strenuous the1 country has ever witnessed and it has left marks which will be felt in the two great political parties. Many a Congressman in the Re publican ranks will have to give place to a Democrat. especially in the West where the insurgent element has been bucking the reglars of their own party. We look for new alignments to be made up in thbe West, and combi nations with Democrats~and insur ent Republicans made to capture the next House for the Demo-i cats. This is the hope of the! leaders no v and unless something unforseen happens this program will be carried out. The Repub lican party is in a terrible fix, it1 is split into several parts, with very little chance of their coming together as they have done in the past: this condition exists so strongly that there is talk of a third party with Theodore Roose velt at its head, and if such a party is formed in our opinion it will mean the tearing up of polit ical conditions in the South. There is a large and a growing element who are tired of the political lead ership of the present day: they seem to think these leaders haye gotten away from the masses to serve the classes, hence so much legislation which favors the great special interests, and not enough consideration is given to those who are really the mainstay of the country. This feeling is univer sal. South as well as West. and the day is not far distant when the young men of this republic are going to wipe out sectional lines and formulate new principles. To wards the latter part of the ses sion the policies of President Taft were enacted into law. At one time it looked as if the President was going to get treatment from thle Congress similar to that given to Uncle Joe Cannon. the Speaker of the House. but when all over Taft wore his usual smile, and was satisfied with the results. Tihe railroad rate, the postal savings. and one or two other measures whch were considered adminis tration bills went through the leg isiative mill to the satisfaction of the President. although some of them wvere amiended so as to give the Democrats and the Insurgents a chance to say - -We Did t'' 5100 Rewan'd. $100. Th rdr of! this paper wi; be picaed Lu h 'cience: haa.. been~ able to c-ure n a2 -s sta::xi andthatiCatarh. Ha~rCatarrhCur' - ii he on~%~v pstv cure- k::uwn oi Lthe mecal Uc- .-. eu~re a co-nst:tu.iaLratmnt. IrI Ipnie ~o and mIucouI -surfa~cs of Lhe' e . -- - by d~r ovl2 L h e p.L.fou zndabti n h n: up the- c.,r-aIUitutio andi ass'-istin naturei fanht in 'is curtive powers'. Lhat th--. ui'er One PROGRESS IS WIPED OUT THE NECESSITY. The question of compulsorV education has been mildly allud ed to by some of the campaign ers. This is a mooted question and it has good argumen ton both sides. When this question was tirst started the educational facilities were not as good as they are now and it began to look as if the cause of education was suffering for lack of interest, but within the past few years there has been an awakening along educational lines. especi ally for common schools. that the necessity for compulsory ed ucation has about passed. How ever. if our statesmen could de vise a scheme by which the white children could get the benefit of the enforced attendance at the public schools the opposition to the system would be re:nored. but as long as the other race is to have part in the distribution of the public school fund there will always be a difference of opinion or. this subject. The un fortunate part of a matter of this kind is that unscrupulous poli ticians seek to take such a means to appeal to the prejudices of the unthinking for political effect, and it does not get the thought a matter of such importance deserves. We are convinced from the utterances of our State Superintendent of Education, and since the wave of education has swept over the State, the interest the legislature has taken in our common schools by mak ing direct appropriations to aid in their support, the main rea son for compulsory education no longer exists. Never in the his tory of this State has the cause of public education been at such a high mark. One of the reasons can be attributed to the remark able prosperity all over the country and the constant agita tion of those who were urging the people on to educate their children, and as their means warranted it the people made provision tor school facilities by creating special school dis tricts. building comfortable school houses, until now there are very few white children who do not attend the public schools. at least a part of scholastic year. Therefore, we are now of the opinion there is no need now to urge compulsory edcution. HE IS AFTER THEM. THE TNEis editor has received a copy of The Age-Herald of Bir mingham which contains a splen did photograph of Hon. Joseph H. Montgomery a Clarendon man, who has risen high in his profes sion in h- - adopted city. He is now the special United States Dis trict Attorney who tiled in the United States court a petition to dissolve the Southern Wholesale Grocery Association. The com plaint alleges that this associa tion is a combination which is con spiring to boycott certain retail ers, and that the association is op erating in restraint of trade. The - government seems to be after the various kind of Trusts, but it ap- Il: pears to us that the more the In government stirs the creatures the more voracious they becomre, I and the consumers at last are the I,. helpless sufferers. We do not'2 know what Mr. Montgomery will a be able to accomplish in tackling r the wholesale grocers combina-I u tion. but it is to be wished that the I ourts may find a way to put a1 a stop to this highway robbery go ing on. It is a sin and a shame *e that in a country boasting of its freedom. will let a few men con spire to bleed the masses as is be- d ing done. Thbere is no real reason u why food stuffs should be any igher now than they were tive years ago. but as long as men are llowed to combine and control, he prices will continue to rise, and today it is almost impossible t for an ordinary citizen to live :om fortablv.q If Joe Montgomery can breaku othe gr-ers Trust, ad Iand ab the leading conspirators in jail it would be a glorious thing for the ountry. We regard these corn inations a systemized scheme of stealing, as morally wrong as is he highway man who holds up theI ndividual at the point of the pis tol. These Trust magnates are ittle short of common thieves, nd heretofore they have been ble to steer clear of the criminal s law, but the governmwent is going a fter them now and the resut ~ will be watched with keen inter-n est. c t< Assistant Adjutant General c Brock did not enter the race for the office of head of the militia,a nd he is out in a letter to the gj ewspapers giving his reasons for not going into the race. He v ould have saved himself the a trouble of making a statement. because the peole generally had become thoroughly convinced that neither he nor his chief stood ny chance for election. c Id Those who keep up with the G ampaign meetings miust be lh proud of the cordial manner in o which Clarend on's candidate for ti Railroad Commissioner is being It Scarborough is a splendid cam-n paigner and his speeches hiav-ea atchy i-in g to them. it would ia: not sur-pxie the writer if Scar. 'te borough goes in on the first bal- ic lot. His former- colleagues in ai ~he House are his active sup- n porters, and it was Iar-gely p through these associates that he ti consented to make this race. Scarborough's speeches have a business ring to them which strikes igiht at the core of his f ontention. We are satistied that'I Clarendon's representative is . holding up well under the 01)- o position of the other candidlates, -- and his course on the hiustings is amir-ed all oer the State. I.. I CLEARANCE SALE iE 01l lINE COTINO E It'sthe time of the year when we always clean up our Spring and Summer Stock. We HE do this simply by cutting prices so low that Sgood judgment forces you to buy. Hart-Schiaffner & Marx $28 Suits, now $20. Hart-Schaffner & Marx $25 Suits, now $17.50. SHart-Schaffner & Marx $20 Suits, now $13.50. Clearance Prices on all Clothing-, Hats, Negligee Shirts and Underwear. All Goods Sold Strictly for Cash. SSale Commences Tuesday, July 5th, 19101 FDHC)NE 166, - SLJMTERS8OC There are several booms now schedule Announced For Good Roadls comn-I ~~ "'' nched for Democratic nomni. paign. ees for the presidency. Harmon The tentaLtive' itinerary for Tne' Ohio, Folk of Missouri, Gaynor na.ily Record-s Good Road camipaign ~ NewYor, ll hre o thseto be conducted in connection with j New ork allthre o esethe count y papers of the State during, ntemen are being bomdfor July~ and August, is as follows, sub e presidency in 1912, and if they ject to slight changes: 1 go into the race it will enliven spartaniburg-Monday. July 4. i cmocratic hopes. B~ut it depend Y ew berrv-Wedn'esday. Julyf;. o what Harmon will do in his:- Colutmhia-Thursday. July 7. ght for re-election as Governor, 'St. Matlhewi.- Friday. July 8. d whether Gaynor succeeds in (Jrangeburg-saturday. Julv 9. St. George-Monday, July 1.. " 'resting the Governorship froin charlestoni-T'iesday. July 12. ec Ipublicins in New York. Walterh>oro-Friday, July 1->. .......$eaufort -Saturday. July 16;. We think now the readers of the raflpoi-'rdae July -~ i- newspapers wh ave kept BaruWdesday July 0. i p wvith tho. gentlemen who are Aigen-Thursday. July 21. ~eki gubenatorial honors will Edg'eed -Friday. July 22. T ~etht he-'iqorIsue i-t Lexington-Saturday, July 2:. AL e tht te iqur Isue' i toCamnden-Monday. Julv 2.. e forefront, and that Prohibi- sumiter-Tuesdai, July 26. T TTT >ists have made it paramount Manning-Wednesday, July 27. 3EWIE this campaign. Therefor-e Kingstree-Thursdayv. July 28. 'IE HI - GeoretownSaturday, July 30. lose who would like to have this cowa-Mdy Auru--t 1. aestion eliminated will se it 1-T Florence-Th-'2rsday,. Angust -4. ;eless, and thatno candidate will bishopville-Friday. August ..eeyugt h etMrcads o > prmtted~ to run with the hare l)ariington-Sat urday. August 6 dbark with the bounds. He Ihtille and Society Hill-Mon AN - ust be for or against, there is to lBennettsviule-Tuesday, .Augustt i9C ~ff~~ e Prohibitionists as well as the 10.anatr--rusdyjugs 1 OCal Optionists are much mnt'r - Lhester-t-'rriuda y. August 1 At the closing of the congress. LozTee uuti; antrGore, the blind states- etnllThrdyAuut1 arshwnsoescilygdnmbs an from Oklahioma. created a .lzL1 StrdL-Au st2. ~nsation by stating to the sel n- lro-udt uuti ahSirs ulnUdrer t.I Le that an etiort was made to l. l. b~lt%'y uuta wllpyyut e hs od.Srial i-ibe him in the matter of the riezo-lirda.Ags WahSitFayBueWieLnee75. Idian contracts. He gave the iuslro-oia.Aut : iSI.$50ndpwd. nie of a prominent lawyer, anu ngress has appointed comm it- Iti Go ult abi on.Cre & es to investigate the charge. &CoesSkrsEt.nilyrm edad'i ore, as we understand it . Poua A el-ae asS~. 5. Ian pad.~ erd$50.000, but he refused. DRGSO E id e.xposed the schlemie on the or of tihe senate. It would not rprise us if the allegrationI ini- lv'Wv hvwiv:Chlrnsamesadpayut.szs lves some of thet proinen~ft- to east5c en connected with [the govern-________________________________________ ~'ylitte oposiion. 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