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Ing imes. - MANNING. S. C., JAN. 25.1911. ~ub~sbes All County and Town Of. fidal Advertisements. member that copy for a change of ad. MUST e inU this ofLce by Saturday Noon in order tc imure Dublication the following week. ST. PETER'S, NO. 54, A. F. 11. F. i.. WTOrLr W. X. E. J. Un v. e RIUI CHAPTER. NO. 40. ROYAL ARCH MASONS Regular Meetn. Se.ond MOn* day in Fwch Month. ~W.CDa .Fa>LssN ManningChapter. No. 19 eOrd-rof Eapitern Sta r.'' a-ruiar Meetin. Fir!t Tumday in each Month. (Mrs) G.. SMWva. W. X. (Miss> Srsix Haarc. See. The Prize For Best Letter TO SANTA CLAUS Awarded to Mary Mims-Age 8 Y'rs. :TBE MANING GROCERY CO. CAE. BaE PLANTS! CABAGEPLANTS. Assorted Va'rieties Good Hardy Stock 25c. Per 100. Manning Grocery Co. Purveyors to Particular People. Material is being hauled for Legg's , new stable. Court week is a good time to pay car sobeeription ur. S. W. McIntosh of Workman s3pSM Monday in the city. .Mr. Dow Player has opened a pool ocem over the Red CWoss. k Sammerton now has a Are depart mant. with Dr. Mood as chief. 3Mr. Isaac M. Loryes of Sumter was la the city several days la week. SThese cold waves comes about c reg ~ularly as the tourist trains from the Rev. James McDowel.. D. D., paid a brief visit to The Tin. os~Xee yester ~day. Mrs. S. I. Til and children have e jrued from a week's visit to relatives ~-nColumbia. .ud?age J. W. DeVore's profile bears a entieie resemblance to that of the aate President McKinley. SThe Farmers Bank of Olanta has been '~~m~ ond by the Secretary of State. h~?e capital stock is to be $1,000. M ~iss Edna Brockinton has eturned frem a visit to Orangeburg, where ;he had many charming soial attentions. 11id near Davis Station, on the 8th, f Jaety Mr. Ben Cobia, aged 46 .years. Os was buried at Ward's bury oig grouns, b.1te peo~ y saw going into the sos house were not -"rged with vio . alatiosd the dispensary la.4 bpt a good gnany 4f hem were. -.Thece .we be a mother's meeting in a heidies room af the court house next F ~riday afternoon at. * o'clock. All enthrsare cordially invid Wr. P.,tagg is .tearing down hi, old frame a~arehouse ad will soon erect on~ the lot a.tine brick building which will be a abhned staible ~ad warehouse. Dr. W. E. Barron and wife.ol Colum, bis, have been isiting Mr. A~. f. Bar ron's family during the past week. Dr. Barron's many friends were glad 3o see him and his esima ble wife. On next Sunday morning at 11:30 o'clock, in the K. of P. hall the morn ing service of the Episcopal church will be conducted by the Rev. John ershaw, Jr. The public is invited. p, 4.. F. McIntosh, of Columbia, ge's.-"-g afortnigrht with hi faheri le i.'o gis brother, S.R. M cInosh, in Ma paj r::ed to his home In the capital Cty l,- ThyIiday. 3(arried on the evening of the Ueth at the Baptist parsonage at Paxville, by Rev. M. J. Kiser, Mr. W. B. .1ayroe and Miss Lula Friersoc. The bride is the oldest daughter of Mr. J. W. pt.4pon. pgg a ' ;ad being blocked on emain kne gi~ p.ecked material gonear ~rne, s.vral big agg n'into and fror6 thegrt or rngd by mianng last .Monday sod Monday gigigI Jimde~ Thame. is rasPg .1 b himself a nice dwelling ho.me ia th~e lpper part of town nesr the old Thair-es tiome. He expects to get t c.omflletd in timse to catch a June bride and go to housekeeping. IjRe. D. Klein of Sumter hasorganized la \Jsnning a Jewish Sabbath School.) ~J~s .Anni R. Ioryea has been cho ai stachey. Th'e classes will meet ~e!eb 3yery i4tlged:7 morn The .banks of Maziningi remnembered that inst 'L. ursday was R'obert E. Lee's' birthday and closed their doors in honozj of the day. That was~ the only recogDition here of the legal holiday) far o we have learned. g tm&~ gas~p .. hve 'nened povl' ed for the child~ren it this Whits Wn law sake., Manomg hasi nad a1 ar play ground for many yeaa ,tad several acres to it three yeara -.C. Sodenhamer died :ast Sat: Taftcerzoon~ ard a buried at OaIk Cro e on :.nd.y- :::trr..t... i~e '-rme fro High Point, .N. C., but by.4 lin a fa ful emnploye at W. S. lsarvin i) umper plant for twenty-fiL'e yearb. He~ ws 4 years old. O Nir Stuart Sarvin, who has been in he employ of tbe Shaw-Drake Co..! -p ?ser, has resigned his' position. -- - - -e- o. ; ery lucrative one at ' p, a. B.. w~i l are pharge ofj Inf,, garage', ~nidif ell p I .r. j. _. lHusbanda of rore'.ton. who was one of the jurors drawn to serve this week, was taken to Sumter la,' Sunday and operated on for appendici ts. The latest report is that he was gettinit alcng very nicely. .\r. J. . Caer. a promi-el eitizen of U-nion.;, ;Inl~ig a'a Chandl<-r. Mr. I 'hambeitr. vs ry mlue~n plea. wit h lannin::. lieI .ay, I'nton i.;thinkn:o ul5eaor something like ours. Died at about 3 o'clock l:st Saturday morning at the home of hi- mother in Manning. Mr. Homer L. Walker. son of the late B. A. Walker. after a hn gering illness from tuberculos-is. The remains of the deceased were interred in the city cenieterv Saturday after noon. the funeral bervicves being -on ducted at the grave. IRerular s-orresponident, or others sending in new., matter for this naper will please direct it toTH E Tiut s and not to the editor personally. 1- will I thus be much surer of appearg in I ihe paper. The editor is sonetim es out of town and mail is delayed :n reaching him, but mail for THE TIMES reaches the office prorptly. The Kingstree Record says: "Dr. James McDowell o! Sumnter.who preach ed in the Presby terian church Satur day and Sunday. spent several days pleasantly here renewing bonds of friendsbip with our people, who love and revere this stalwart soldier of the cross for his noble character and his long record of faithful service in ttie Master's cause. Mr. J. I. Read, the well known dry goods merchant, who had been in bust ness in Charleston continuously for sixtv vears, died in that. city last Mon day, aged 79 years. Mr. Read was a native of New Aampfbire. but had been living in Charleston since 18'O. He had the distinction of being the oldest dry goods merchant! activIly en gaged in business in the ULnited States. At the request of the Baraca Class the pastor decided to change the usual prayer meeting service on Wednesday night, into teaching a regular course of Bible study. taking the Bible as a whole, beginning with Jennesis and go ing through Revelations. The public in general are invited to attend ser vices, beginning next Wednesday night at S o'clock. Fritz Young, Press Re porter. All the ladies concede that. the IRig by Dry Goods Co.'s store is one of the most attractive business houses in town and they will be specially inter ested in the big half page advertise ment of this house that appears in THE ThtEs this week. The familiar slogan is as true now as ever, that "it pays to trade at the Rigby Dry Goods Co.'s. Note carefully the announcement made this week and be sure to take advant age of the choice goods that are of fered. None of our readers will fail to see the big balf-page advertisement of J. M. Bradham & Co.. which appea-s in this issue. This hustling tirm started out on a big scale and has been doing: a big business from the start. but the management is determined to do a still bigger business if the right goods and right prices will please the trade. Every one should call at the big busy corner and &s for themselves the choice line of goods that is kept In every department and now the prices at which the goods are o2erd. In order to conduct art active. vigo rous campaign in the intereit of the bovs' corn clubs throughout the State, Mr. ZEra W. Williams, of the Unaited Staes farm demonstration work, will have two ezFpariencedl assistants. Mr. W. H. Barton will saye the upper part of the State and Mr. L. L, Ypaker will wa~ in the lower section. Etborts will be made :.o arouse more extended in terest to seerc ;sw members, and to so instruct and diz-eol :hye boys as to mae* the work a more sg.;ai success even than last year's proud record. 4o in, boys, and4 do the best you possibly can. It will pay yo handsomely in the end If you do not wria a~srgh" orize. Finewood Dota. ydtor The Mannn- Times: The young people of the town are geting up a pfzy which they hope to preset some tir.e jn the nzear future. Mr. A. 0. Stack has geated nimnself . a handsomie new tour~ng.,y and is now making good use of it Mr. A. P. Toomer has purcioraedi nhe stock of the Pinewood Mer-antle Co. Mr. Huggins of Sumter has accepted it sition with Mr. A. G. Stack. Mr. iE. !.:. Geddings left last week for Columbia. yhebes 3.e intends to lire. Mr. R. M1. Braitsford is :; jceCliellar vIll visiting relatives. Miss Maysie Brailsford is in spartan, burg visiting friends. M., 4.. S. Stack is in Manning this week attendi~g court. "T. P. A.' Sardlii News. Like the people of Other communjl zen we are plunging in with a Trojan im to produce a record-breaking crop for 1911 Tobacco bed. ar-e undergo g preparations and the fields are be ing turned on every farm. Dan Cupid! has temporarily laid aside his mischie - vous bow and the young men of the juvenile band have turned their atten ion toward tilling the soil, sa the oce of the ploughmen "is heard in the land." - e minister. Rev. - Hall. who tah~'gle to nroeh at our church: rried laat We4i: y. Roy McFaddin. the eides~ sa. a pervisor R. E. McFaddin. who has been i quite ill for somne time, ia imuproiing.j The Sardinia Btrick Mill is now du-| ing "full time" turning out a hirst qual t brick that even exceeds the ex ecaion of its operators. It seem. impossible for them to rill the order bt -omnes from all directions which i iof with'- 'tself that the country i rosptag'and t- peg have the 'We are' very gesiriog. of jha. nmn kard-::ew institutio or indiid tjal to conie aus~ng .. and e..tabhsoh aL iii. Sore time "go we !.e i.~ i.11 lush h~nd in the game for a e->uple oil 'oanka, but tio r;pots on the cards were: too vapory to play. h''amer. Escaped With His ILife. "Twenty-one years ago l facetd an aw ti getch b" 'crites i-. U3. 3!artn. i'ort osuption. ahd th d'e'. fi come . had ooced lige it, sure enough. r tre every thing i could har i' or my couf . and was under the treat:n'eu 'f th bes doctor in Georgetown. S. t. fo a yar but could get no relief. .\ friend ad vised me to try D~r. Kin':s Ne\w Dis o~..I did so. and was comrpletely rest thioa, a:;d 'iung 3:b' it ..3o jvej ;f.uaraniuteed ior coug:hs. ct'ias. n ll brmnhiild affe..:iir. ?/lv. and o.." Trial bottle free a. a!! u;,: i.. FOR SALE To b.; said on cat.-,ay .1. au&. uary at Manning. -Onec tract of~ land forially owned by Mrs. C. 11 WIit, oontaining~ la1 aiuros mor,. ur ess located on countyV linie 4bUCU ; miles east of Brogdon's tat ion, ad joining lands of H arby, Gerald and! others. Purchaser to pay for paipter,. A. 31. WhIT'.. in. w.h u,'t - . .!#rtej ing, aud c.; I-0 ola-r : c : r ' A*: I h . . t iL I rCa t l 40 '-...res! a* .on preuen:. e* r.-.-: I lt '13. ink!d har::!.-o f :::e: of t n I ia- ar He ''-i oh e ran j . h -o ! n-li me. 1'1'e f 0 . l) MO W-; De \or - :1' o u at: ..I trie and f:.ucee' uli.n. %: re jr comit datin to nnare o' aut :iaU zil direct:n- oi th C (4ur. the j ..'. 1 0111vedt Datvis T"' 'fle-*theoli Ihavin_- aunuulC- x(1 (4 .iT lie xti.41 . d e I! I -ert t,#% _uch. I ci %enttvaeed tn bq"ve tatcke : Br.' w&; i tr3 fot mrlrvX.k! 'I2.t'r. aina *o*4tntt tol In %I!. z: . t e are . 'ury, a% 14 Court."i*_ 'O ,i to Lmtxt Wet.. V Cfiui pe jr j. tcilh ycs.ithi:: Th heir niorn. of athen ton pla:heel .s ta e -readi n th: I W*,t a!.,aU~ aniat-ran w b er.f ravz. tried- - aerdict o feuilty. otith. i3t-mciC Felder, chrg-. mitt rape obat. 'tae -,l-. .),;: e SuAs. rec tria. - lor~ . I1: t bilI. I ' B:luek wel1, eharged. -w i assa-ult and batezw with iLtent to jl ino bil'l. I State v--. .Maeft 1 ioier aI andorg-' .Canty. charedl with ss.taudt - ad I:rv with iatettL zo ki~l: plead -_,niity w itz sault and fottery of a high ana dationatuire: sentenucd er yix month or PA)each. State v . Preston Sanders. the eucin of dpenry law: wo e.es: piead gu:ty: sentence three months or aO in each case. second se:tence rpemet: dur-ing gooc beha-.%or. state vs. Junius BoYdi. V~olutzon of dispensary law. plea auiicr: seuteneth to three months or $1W: State vs A. V. Price, vioatiou of pensar kaw. trial set for Wednesiy. true bill having been found by Gra-)a Jury. State vs. Henry Laitcher. alias Henry ILadshaw. alias Henry ?.dgcr. ahiat SLals.u Johnson. charged With vi.-at io of dispensary law: tried in hi a'svnae -nd found uitv. Seaed stnonwe . I cState vs. Bxe Williams and IKna. iEpps: a true bidl found. chaia.-C.' wih adutery. State ts. ack:son Pringle: no bi:. State vs. Afred Dsoe. r.tchof dpenary law. no bit. Stat~ v-Z Mary Gaiillartd. Jiohn Job= Son, Jerry Johnson. Charles irowtder. Thomas Pack : two true bills. bill for violation of disnensary law. State vs. DocBr Gaymon, vgolation of dispunary lawt no iit. State vs. Edgar levz erand Gerene Trial commenced wihb aatf b atry saurnment The trial of the case war covleted t: morning, the jury ot tae s. Preston Saners violtio inch csedii seon setec - uspetded durbisngrgoog heharn u)rt Satein v.laJuns Boyd ~io lin o dipear lw. pun Wily: sentenced; toi a m three cmonthshorGr100 penry aw, etriaet orl Wnesday. true il avin beger fournd by Gra Ladhaw Laia s Heny Sder, lis. of disensary~~ny a:trean Ta Itsegi and reound andty eaed sentcde. Sae v.Bse. Williamsw an Co:. adver rdh. itnJolu, Stes. Jracksonir.iiuinge , bii Ste cvse. Alired ialDjon, viatco 'ate s. MayGilajoh on Thias Gaketo eses, Le bls.ml fo ilatinrofdiesary erl.Da' Irtatcev. c Gaeamonvlaio of da ispnallaw;os. l Trieal comrn dee shoinybe or a. coSeed thia mornin.the jury rie tlerp :- venict oot uity ?~ist :nrg he Grandy Jiryn rtar. charineg iAnion o 1.'ithenn dipet~nr ha:s Wildli Seana, Clin JDyson ala Deyetu, :amHdg.n Wilia Jade three cac. Til rnd agirtev fro.. Zeigder chring Sviotla Toak Wfod, y :pey an Tr'ot iv. .gli enlie Gad ehxpelrt.l~ coidfom sag ridae.W EBowv- o Fir~t Grd -UIe .ra /a.ui verot~ tiradha. .\itnHoldy ~ urthrade-Harr Gerld Dai Frifthr ae G.'.;Iy~ .tioztden4 Hy die owmr~ fanontt avdrc,;aar~fn nS'ixth. 't GradeJeandne tte ::wdi, ne: Lo key Ad Weinbder dsr. c. Se A~ ti$rde [' .lte rvAi:e lagr Largart ["''oo.e, E A iic! radeMab iTdPaln Ca1ntey.noe:-Vi Woodso. Jim prot Teni Grade~t -Co Cake oa I. Ie' part~. t W '" ' iN - Y st I-rad .. .. I - h, ( t . : ' Icn grade'~ .. .......... .'aI 1urth grde 1 JAh g::ade., ~ .i1rdr. fort4..: annoing ad pint :rton h coughe . T4 ch..:. n. Summvert. News. -0% r.. ..: :I. -:: .I~..:; -r m. a ": a : : ire -.~t :Im.- thi --st o W t.:om o o e on .h riyof p.-i..::4 ant-wer :n the~ af -i:i oe Ii., ' i0: far: :ba: --: % 6 a :nont :ten a :ar ey :: e S . : u -a::r- ano e:- egr i h-ur . ) wa', t:- rk. In fact -1- 1:1ih 1i~ . and a-. a r iu! .e( e V -- -d sa :: 'x. .\ -at ! v Ieian n:'n :he .i::w~n:. I'nrtmp: an.: v'. r T,-it.:: w e-i : -. vere :ak ien lt j*: w'I r rf:iac -. No n ::.'1; rio r of :Vt t'CV dCon i -r h. i :'e alri (i thave ineharge to: re of. 11):plev. ' h. rac...iN cor . )i tirred u;- !ov a ;ilvere fire .li i-nl ed .-n a aerv h-.ort e he *e.ce li-in?. h !bit Sof tote Mieran ii' 0 ~1~I~_-inrivrv. At: :Ot:a to hade. thlie :M:::3on. Th ce ofer a n of Were md rt f'irom alt sids :,, ther .1ine rie::ni i' tihe ? ,in. ilefore an alarm ' ould be ounded the flancs had! eaten their wr.v io th Iain, iuildin-:. antit wa. lut a few momte OLfore the entire plant was a '.-ething, roaring vc'r:ex of Iarne. G~reacrowi a'semb(:d at -he scene. 4vhih is tear the depot, only to stand by in: awe ant: i*-il5essn-. wh1ie the hunry lire qUICkly reduced the ;true ture to a red-hot. smoldering mas, of twisted metal and rubbish. The cause of -:he :ire iJl prhap, never Ie de- I term':ned. The fireman of the --in states tit n-:) tire had been ;i the boilers for seeral dan' befor.. theI e I .n ha erro ambin:: varty hadi Migiht serey witLin the bui!dina I ani: had left tbre behind the:,. The loss t is rimated by President C. M. Davis at. $0.000. partiafly covered by insur- - anee. to the inaount of ..tk. It is C unders:.od that the plant, will soon be e rebit on the same site. c *I:! blows the wind that prolits no body.' said the Immorta! bard. and we mus a:reewith tun:. at !-r-a_%t ;nthle -inne inth e--l .! th. ginner:y a re. ""norou-hly d aroused bv it to the very crule and in efflCient, tire protection existin: in tLhis commnanitv. a meetng of the citizens . w'a. heid on last Thursday nizht at the ottice of Dr. WFm. A. lood. .t the iU meetinr the 'ituation was ful :. net over and our needs pointed out in a forcible manner Before adjourning an organization. to be known as the Sum- t nierton \'olunteer Fire Fi;'hters. was v ;ierfec:ed. A: itis head was placed Dr. i) lood. a man of resource and quick de eision. while the assstant chief wa ' iven - .r. C. V,. .van-. A fur:her meeting will be held on Tuesdav night h1 Af thisi week. When a faly detailed work I in-' pian w ie be ,uhmi::ed to the vo! ateer... .\ i:4 and .,p-6o-date chem- + ca! enlhir.e .- : :iw dOot here awe.it- I in::a iem ns:-ati. : a !iiv. so di MyleN were the ei:iyu-n' before last sl we re :a: :hey are now determ ned to do m.!hingto atord greater ire protection to property holders. l The ,tore of the Clarendon Hard ware m .ompany. a lueal concern. was thrown of )pen : the publie last week, and pre ;ents a most attractive appearance. There was a business deal of sone im- dc dportance transaeted here ia.t week.t l'he Bank of Sumimerton ')ou~fht outn be local business of the .Sumter Farm -r, .grnm .fiank. ::i~o~e tirme o the :2umt..r ba. e:.tablisiteda nuerstoods ttnat a ::Wew oncern with oral :nen behind it. e:Larten(d as Tiret 3.:r~ of Santee, had taken over the ta su~siuec. of !be Sumter bank. 1t rnow.e levlop:. that Ttoilauk. of Sau~tee has e lever etxisted except Ont papeCr. Hlow :Ver. as the mnatter now stands, the' ;uniter .eern has ,.old out to th pr Bank oif Stanierwo. .hi.:!: :attvr will is :ii control the banklcg sit..:attea. The ias:::ber>of the ~ammrerton Preo >) teraa n 'urc: are m'i." e'or* - an ooking :o rne securing o the ;errcea Pd a mittister to nul the vacant paupi. 1'4e ev. Sr. Mlav,. of .\dar il. tee-C ented to hold acrriees here at :)1.') do 'eiOLk, p.it m. Anr i:nportant meng. bill be held imnmedia:eiv af..teeserv L'e. and all mzemberb of ~the church aro L reed to be pireSerat on both OCa.l.IQu M\r. (P. G. K--et. o::e oif our prominent go hrchants, hati given it out so:ne time g, t..t :' -.tld remtove to Grmeenviile.. cde~d to remn here &and ionidteO Co o. business. ar the ole starnd. .\ Io:g fe1t nrted has been s.uppiled to!i h~e comt:nunZtity or the advent into the UP .-ut entle.;:an. : iss;r of 3ee> -- -yt~ n tt. . BUSINESS L..ALS.it1 t 1 deirbl ection o. We-t ilou~nda:'y reet.::ewsas o''n' o: the ...u i i;:ti thing a re iuming.:: at. er's~ - th i.. i.iinti; , ne Ilolt *Jr.- . 1 fer th'e gira.." a!:4 a Wa:;:: e..n4eaL la r:eijdd. Loo * : rd wid.t. i .his-t received : woi cars uf !ine .\ '~ liit 1 i. iI'r-- 4e, .l vda . t'ailand *qe. us. Ith' haw x D rake. ' '-"--1.- Jo-- ik-. ; ren:rm::: .\ut:noi-i:4UI -, ,.''V LdOG of -n: ey.rI ed i:ycolr :h (1 1 :le r~to n :na.- a. wantpe par fth ..... r i:1Ih- .-,..b...atie es..... - '. '& . !~d. il -.n a n l h .1 afl nr . o.: 4j:L hi-ih-'ut and ., fa.: . :.mell t 1 - it ".. 3 J APITOL CORESPONDECE. C1.MiM!Ak. *.-. C.. .Jan. :.'l m st l.tttei I said tha h1 zoped to make. this letter Im - inltrestin- than the last. thier has not been anythin-I * graVe im portance done. so fai neral h- isl at:in is cnceri hena4ce I amn not ible to elve Tur.:i*:. rar'&rs rauch of a thin;: which W11 1" of eSIXe( in trest t he:n. The tende of the - General Assenbil is make the session short. and to no leIgislating' of a revolutiona uZure. (hne reason for this c I usion is that all of us belie there is enough laws on the st; ute boo;s. and another is ti the report of th- Code Comm sinner has bee-n aid upon t de-sk.s of the members. which u d-r the law cannot bI) Cle csi(er until the session of 1912. I have been giving very car ful study of the road laws witlh view to make them ilore easi understood and to have them: that our county commissione can enforce them and so that vi can have a better county gover mn-t system. especialIy. so f: as the working of the roads Loncerned, but the more I searc the laws the more am I convince that we have a11 which is nece: zarv to give to the commissioner ill the power they need. Ther 'las been a considerab!e misunde> ;tandng with the magistrates a ,o thEir power to impose a per tty for not working the roads hey claiming the law does no ive them any power to tine o miprison those who fail to per orn this public duty. In this hey are mistaken, as the law i: >lain: they have the right to tin< r imprLson those who fail t< ither pay the commutation taN r work when summoned. The law reads as follows Fvery person hable to road uty. who shall have been duly -arned before the day fixed in is notice for such workirg,stat ig the hour and place of work ig. shall be subject to the direc on of the overseer in charge. .IV person who shall fail to pay le commutation road tax pro ded by law, and beingso warned the road overseer to perform Lid duty. shall refuse or neg et, having had at least twelve )urs notice, to attend himself substitute to the acceptance the overseer, or. having at uIed. shall refuse to obey the rrction of the overseer. or shall >end the time in idleness or in tention to the duties assigned m, shall be guilty of a misde aanor, and, on conviction there . shall be fined not more than n dollars nor less than five llars and costs, or be sentenced county Chaingang not more an thirty days nor less than e days." This is the law providing a aisunment for ref using to work e road or pay the commutation s:: not only so, the road over er failing to carry out the dlers of the county commis mers are liable to fine or im isonment. The road overseer authorized to demand of any rson or corporation in his, her. their employ, the name of any d al hands Qr oth>.r employees. a s'efusal to give such infor Ltion to the overseer o rwarner,, bjects those refusing the in. -mation to a litie of not less .a Lt. usor g;ore than thirty liars, or imprisonment of notj s than tent nor more than thiu-ty ga So it will be aeo there is1 'icient power to enforce the Ld laws. In tils county the nmnutation tax is three dollars lieu of six 'lavs work. I'here is alnotiier mLatter the *istrates seem to be - -balled on: the subject of stock run e' at larige Thle law is '-lear L~aa jo besos snai ud per'uited lej. his stock ruil at large. and ir 4~ penalty for the same. lumet 1. 1197, Codo 1902. makes inlawlul for the stock to run large, and Volume 4 of the ho Se'ction !~!.i. pro;-ide;; the mntion thesp matters be se ses era i reagistrates havei iuse~ e$mphaiing tIIey had law to punish for the viola : of tiue roQad law nor thef stock . and it wa. ii: Ia tsearch of statutes to give the people rel!ief they are de mandin t I discovered the mtagistrates .e all the law they nieed to in e an enforeent. T tu:-c r rec iegisiationi on the two sub- I ts, and I diirect the' atter.tion ~he routratesi to the statutes 'here has been much complaint his1 and otherci counties about no-thod of getting the nrop? onl the ta- b.e. o iaucht Oe soaru oi equanj.,ation made I !c.ammendat.lion(22 t relieve the itor fromi the ni-e's..dty~ 0.: Lti tih, r,'Lti-nli, al]lG devol \ie this tion: of the wsork uplon the nship boards. the reatson be .these township boards will in a better Dosit ion to know they wili se to it .hat nione t exap.. ta;xation, an evil the :1 biorzitie., etaim is iirowmig .1 a ter ever year Vt~ . as 15is prven ialIs" now s-vj.'-:d by Li *- la Senator, frin B. erkeley aind el. anit is for the. co'unties ( er?keie- and it Clariendon. Oun ret-trn to Cochmbiia last Slon. t .the Senator fr-ot: Ber?kele v ( umyxself in discus-:si: the a- *I .,Iltue.lts. fld h'~imV wia I ( . The -'v:n in-r hcm inter- L d. andt asked melt to perit ?C to join in the Hill wich I I ::d had11 the engr ossing de twent to place is name upon ;ith me own. The bill has 1 gone through the Senate. and is now over in the House. To make sure of its getting early attention t [I went over to the House with ore the Bill, and got our delegation but to ask that it be put on the H->use of Ca I e n d a r without refereuce. which was (lone. It iS now a ed. scond reading Bill and will prob. to ably t through the early part -)f next week. I have the assur il ance- of the House delegation to cv have it advanced as rapidly as to possible. The following is the do full text of the Bill: m~ A BILL Provide for the Appointment of v To wnshi p Comm iss ionaers.to Fix Their t - Saaries and to Define Their Dutie.. t ati for the Purpose of Securing a More I Accurate and Uniform System of Tax e Returns and a .lore Equitable Valua Lion of Property for the Purpose of I n- Taxation in Berkeley and Clarendon i d counties. b k-. it enacted by the General Assembiv of the State of South Carolina: SErioN 1. That on and after the ap a proval of this Act the Gove- . upon n v the recommendation of the L legation f i in the General Assembly. shall appoint t three township commissioners in eachi township in the counties of Berkelev t and Clarendon, whose duty i b shall be a i- to appraise and value all the taxable p property in their respective townships for any and all purposes and to receive the returns for taxation. ti SEC. 2. The said board of township b d coinmmissioners. for the purpose of tak- ir - ing said returns and appraising and valuing the property. shall attend at al" convenient point in their respective I C e townshivs as many days as may be nec- a! essary. not exceeding ten, and shall re- fo s ceive as compensation for their services . two dollars 42.00) per day for not ex- M1 ceeding ten days in any one year. The to said board of township commissioners s U t shal! annually at the time of taking the or r Ilist of personal property also take the hst of all reaj property in their respect ive townships subject to taxation. and in of all new structures no. previously th listed, and of all old structures which :o were destro-d during the previous tl1 year, and sh i 'x a value thereto, with a description of the land or lot on which thi the same was or is situated. It shall les further be the duty of the said town- mt ship eommissioners to add any amount ho which they believe ought to be added to the valuation of the property returned du or listed by any tax payer within their Ga respective townships. thi SEC. 3. Whenever the saic board o' township commissioners shall deem it necessary to obtain an accurate descrip- Pn( tion of any separate tract or lot in their lat respective townships they may require int the owner or occupier thereof to furnish ins the same, with any title papers he may have in his possession. and if such owner aw or occupier. upon demand made for the jac same, shall neglect or refuse to furnish wa a satisfactory description of such parcel ord of re-il property, the said board of com m:ssioners may employ a competent sur- as veyor to make out a description of the cee boundaries and location thereof and a Gai statement of the quantity of land there in contained: to the expense of such ury survey the treasurer and auditor sball per add the tax assessed upon such real str property. ana it shall be co!lected by vis; the treasurer: and for the Durpose of and enabling the said board of township commissioners to determine the value hoc of buildings and their improvements, Peo and also of any personal property in the their respective townships, ther are aw, authorized to enter and fully examine - all buildings a-nd structures or persona! l property of whatever kind which are I si not by law expressly e.xjempt from taxa-Bl tion.a- il Sret. 4. The said board of townshi but commissioners snall, on or before the wl thirtieth day of June in each year. make T up and complete, and shall transmit to ges the county auditor, an abstract of the lo property of their respec:.ive townships in which they shall set fnrth: "'froi 1. The number of acres, exclusive of illil town lots, returned and appraised by pas: them, with ruch addition as shall have ra been made thereto by the said commnis.~ a sioners. ta :2. The r,.ggtregate value of suuh prop- COul erty, otner than town lots, as rt.turned the by the ta; payer, with :ind incl'usive of s'ich additiorns as shall have be made thereto by the said board of commis- kio stoner5- to g 3. The aggregate value of the real property in each town, city and viiltge In their respectiva townships, inclurtive ter of ageh additions as shall have been a Co made thereto by the said board of com- viev itis:.ionlera. Sric. 5. The renoraisement and valuaa tion of property'-shall be deemed and I do held to o a step in the collection of shoi taxes, and the foregoing sections shall wh-Io be construed to mean as giving full and tical complete power to the board of tow. uhitiommisaior~ers. independent of any IS. riernt conferred upon Coud~ty~uditors oriwiti tother offlcers as to securing a full and 1and complete colfection and a corrept valuel:., e* thereof for- taxation in all ..e;.gL-.esht* fraudgientuy of otgwil,~ improperly leon ar inconpctely made: and the action neec D3said hoard of townshi p commisione-r. TI under and by vilrtuo, of this Act. shall .i non no interfered with by any court of this State by mandamus. summary pro-- Spe :ess, or any other proceedin. but thecrt :ax payer shall have the right. a, o >ther, mto appeai fr-oat the he gon an-d . pergem..nt-of the lioart) of townlflhitai~ :omisi5oners to the county boardi o! Il~M >a uaiz~ation. wjilc .jn co,.n'4 boardu arde >fegr:aligtion .sngi4J L-ons f the chair. rov :aain of eacu of tae township comnti-: tioners. and the decision oif th~ rad .io :ounty board of equ'ali~atiou shiall be i W iI inal an;d nonuiusive: Provided. Noth- i madA ng in !his~ Act contained shall inl any J3J nanner atbridge the powers and auties thl~ if county auditors, except in the a p- I iraisement and valuation of property only mrd the taking of tax returne lkre bi r ded. further. Th att ao anty .,uidt J-'.' >r. sh.all i& t 7. I.c dtax returns at . .l .heir'fespegtive odidehat the usu:ij i.:7. es no'v provid~ed by law, whiojh u.tid re- they urns must ho referred to th;- hoard of real owrnhilJ commzIissoners and m.ust be visit a3-d on by the said townD.p comm--. iners, as hereinbefore~ providled: Pro-tm ided. further. That this .\et shaall take grea iTect immediately upon its approval by g he Gover:nor. o - find <9.,1 .esityn very ouking towards~ relieving out- ing lepio frib the wisorahie legis- ther( adion of last year relating to nes jih and game. I am doing all I herec anl ut the -ommittee is not se ispose-d to favor Clarendoni get -~ ing what she wants . o.aa4 paid hatt I coP id :.;.LL g.& ara (oraidh tion], tt1e. bi thle ecoipitteeC incr: ae~t, I was afraid it w~ould get poop mug up) in that comm~litte so I but t euue sted the chairmn '.ho isan nfriendly to it, to r-enee'c . . :ithobut recommhin re : P Wt ih isteri e d:. aulg it i' now uponl th :aii e.,a! 9 ,ienditar. 1 aml going to Th are a h~ard tight 'jut I shall do dires ilb in my power to getr thei irelief can : u:- people need. Williamsbur on in thle same positIn ':: .a e. unfox he lirst lDill I 9::,d arawn Mr. out u 'brvdiec or that delegation got Thier av Dermissionl to have a duoli- ha at mnade- of it for lhm to intro r coun1 ace iu h he liouse, si nce then 1 c,*ive* oes not go far- enough .so I have night hanged miiine. and if lhe can get -and s is through the house when it expri caches the senate I will amend 1id c: to suit our conditions. :::3' if1cm Pue gets through thei senate jthing rMr. Chandler will confer wi me in time for- the correctioi which he will join in. Those who think it an eas matter to get what is want( against the wishes of the At dubon Society. have anoth< think coming to them. .\ James Henry R-ice has made th :upression on the minds of til egislators that he knows wha is neede, and the recommenda lions made by him are listene< o in preference to any one else :he trouble is the up-countr; nembers have no fish and game tnd know nothing whatever o he conditions here. they tel ne their tish and game have a! )een destroyed because of no iaying any protection. but th< act is. their fish aid game hav( aft theni because of the forests eing removed: it looks to me bat common sense should con ince any man that game will ot abide where there is no >rests, and fish too. n-ust have ie forests to sustain them, as ie forests are removed the game -d fish, nature's food for man, rovided by the Creator, must !ek elsewhere for the insects tey subsist upon. and it is not ,cause of the hunting and tish there are not fish in the reams of the upper tier of unties. but because the birds td the tish have by man's greed r wealth robbed them of the aans to subsist. I have talked many of the members on this! bject but I cannot say whether not I have impressed them: e Audubon Society people are ;isting upon a uniform law, ay claim if the law is not uni im it destroys the purpose of ? society-the protection of 3 game and fish, but regard s of the opposition I shall ke as stubborn fight as Iknow w. The Bill I have intro :ed practically relieves the me Warden of coming into s county to interfere with our )ple. I have provided ample >tection, and that for the vio on of the law the tines to go ) our own county treasury tead of the state treasury, I instead of them being sub t to the order 'of the game i -den they are to go into the inary county fund the same C LI other fines. 'this if I suc-, d will keep the fingers of the i ne Warden out of our treas I also provide a severe alty for dynamiting the -ams. I repeal the silly pro ons of the last year's Act, d permit the tishing with k and line, and to allow the r ple to do as v~ey please with c tish they catch, sell, give c .y, or make fertilizer of them je icy see fit in the next issue i f all print the full text of the . I would do so in this issue e I prefer waiting to see what ti turn up) next week. he bill inti-oduced at the sug ! ~ion of the clerk of court I t :ir to relieve the treasurer I 21 the duty of aiding in the'a 2g of the jury box failed off h age because it would disar- o ;e the entire system if I madc it< >ply locally, and the otner i :ties do not want to relieve; Lreasurer because from his t tion, he is most likely tolt v~ who would be proper men lo o on the juries. | nave not given up the mat- w ts yet, as I propose to have ti aference with others with a - of getting all of the otticer-s H y from filling the juryvbox. d4 not believe this function b tid be performed by any man l holds an elective or politi-:c< onice, There i:: reat dis- Sl facticor r~ll over the state t1 the character of the juries. et unless some othier system 1i< depted the complaint will u inue. The jur-y system .\ s reformation. p1 ie general assemnbly went to m ~hrop last Trhur-sday ar;d t a most e:6yabj~ da. hef wi ~' ie.: diid themselves d< cidin the manner of onter- fo ng their gess anid I be. th they c-onvinced the mostlH ut teonomuist of his duty to I i ide the modest appropria- .c this institution asks- for. dL .rop is a great institution, Ipc so by* a great man, Dr. D. caI hnson has no0 superior- ,n ar Union of Staiteg. .,nd it is th hi, mi~iy that prevents P 1r(AI getting more mioney th is school. Our Ciarendon wl are ali looking good, andide are alil good iooking. 1 felt proud of themi. I have co d(. this institutionl sertJralIs an d each1 tiume'i 1. !C~(hms up 111 er -anA gr r u m an ni in Tuesday. ki.e wv'.as a1 is- bed ini his conditbin.-~ w-as a gre.at crowd toJ wit the ceremniles. :'.uA kight I igiht '--tv i ha:ve' n'eve rt a ie14. %as-ird\dy and di c.tju! CroGwd of p)eoph. they- h no0 attenltion1 to the !invoca- 1 and little Iless to al of th. tonies. I havLe noi i.iead ih e meanLft to t.- '1 --pecu s or t ') a 'srat Iu a- - tire th.:e oth of .2-. Ice.'' ttnLe- go.ernor' ina-uge.r.im con-tain j :.ny thin:U:I. of the treatuilent h . at the hi:inllof a:. nu.....r.-. wspaper)Cs. They - dic t ,ade ?h.-di .- had -,~ ji'u.,tin1rs. nlo one- c4uld N lain. but we timk such sre nout of place in an in- v :h _________d :h augural address. As a candidate is he was a private citizen, and when the newspapers abused. vilified him. m1isrepresented him. ard went so far as to attempt to oe:nirscn his character, he had rla right to dciounce his detrac tors with all the( v.eLhemence of e i*s nature, ijut When he became g overnor.itseems to me he should t have laid aside his heart burn ings that enemies inflicted, risen I ;above the strife of the campaign and given to the people a strong but dignified utterance. I re 1 gret that the governor did not attempt this course. Had he done so, in the spirit of returning good for evil, he wculd have left his enemies to gnaw on the file of disappointment. I sincerely believe the govern or will "iVe to the state a good, live admimstration, all good citizens wili aid him to do so. He is young,. and with as much. if not more ability than many of his predecessors. much can be expected of him. I do not think the people should judge of the governor by his first public ut terance on assuming the office, for it must be remembered it is human to strike back at the first opportunity when a man has been treated by a large portion of the press of the state as Cole L. Blease had been. It would take a meek- and holy man to have turned the other cheek or to have appeared before them in a fogiving spirit. I verily believe, if he had done so, he would have discomforted his enemies and caused their con sciences to have lashed them. About the first act of the gov ernor was the notice of his pur pose to remove all of the nota ries in the state, fixing the time February 10th. He also pro poses legislation looking to the making this office a term office nstead of subject to revocation t the pleasuae of the governor. [n this I agree with h im, Fhere is a precedent for the alling in of notary commissions, he country is full of all manner >f men holding a notary com nission, many of these will be -eappointed, and many will not )e. The next thing is the removal f the constables. I do not know vhether the governor intends to to away with this branch of the ervice or not, but if I had the lower I would never permit one 'f these creatures to hold a com 2ission from me, the constables o very little towards the en >rcement of law, and I regard a eproach upon the state. I not nly hope he will remove the onstables, but keep them from ver again having authority. I sel the same way about the ired detectives that are being oployed to annoy and extort nes from negroes, I would not nvict a yellow dog on the un >roberated testimony of one of iese creatures, nor upon the ~stimony of one whom they had brrested, and then released upon s promise to give information 2 another. The average negro get out of jail or a prosecu on, would tell anything, and i anybody to get loose himself, ierefore. I would not accept the estimony of a detective or any 1e who has been promised im unity, unless that testimony as backed up by good substan il proof. The bill introduced in the ouse by Mr. Mitchum,. of our ~legation, miention of which has een mado by me in a previous tter. --the limiting of the in wme of Clemson College to 75.x,' and the amount over at sum to go to a primary urse in agriculture in the pu!. sc-hools-has been reported favorabl y by the comraittee. r. Mitchum has has had it aced on the Calendar, but in y judg~ment his bzll is doomed. Thenre are several things I >uld like to Present but I must sist because the jack of space rbids. ! wish, however, to say is for the mem rbers of tho use: In all of my experience iave never seen men moire de ted to the~ dischary, of their ties: if their names do not ap ar- in the pap~ers as introdu c bis is does' not signify they idie, for they are not. All ree of our members are very~ uctual at the sessionls. arnd at. air respective ':ommittes i.re- the principai vwork is n. r*ge :P'im the0 county comifhs 'ners. an-l until such a state nt reaches us. 1 cann~ot dos yting towvards the- su~ply I for the coun!ty. '. hope, wever-. to have' it by next I'he sark-s of the c-ountv vA e~iitendet of 'educatzin, -ri!I and the mag~bistr-at.- d'.. - .veral from~ iaredon were e-. for the' g..(Aeenor' s augura TARRH OURED AT HOME al Treat~nent of Dr. fliosser's Catarrh. Rerned4y Free to Sufcees. W. . W.