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UR bi~ ',such t taking it c clothes ar make it d< Read our - 825 00 Suits now -- .$22 50 Suits now $20 00 Suits now $16 50 Suits now $15 00 Suits now $10 00 Suits now *Nothing C MANN[NG, S. C.. JULY 12. 1911. PUBLISHED EVER~Y WEDN~ESDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Sox months..-----.------.---. . . , -ADVERTlSING; RAT'e: One square. one time, si; each subsequ.ent in sertio)n, 50 cents. Obituaries and Tributes of Respect charged for as rular aidvertisements. Liberal contracts made for three, s and twelve Commumflcationls must ne accompanied by the real name and address of the writer in order to] ro ce un cation or a personat earacter1 will be published except as an adver-tisemer t. . ntered at the Poswfomce at Manning a.s Ste Ond C'x-s matter. WBY NOT BE FAIR? Governor Blease delivered an address in Spartanburg county last week to a large assembly of *people, and the'Heraid of Spar tanburg owned it is said, by the Gonzales' of Colombia has a re * port of the speech, which is re produced in The State. We are I not in a position to say whethEr or not the speech reported in Gon zales, Spartanburg ne .vspaper is correct or garbled but we can say if the speech as published in the Spartanburg newspaper is any way near correct then the gover nor of tl.is State is a fit sub ject for the State hospital for, the insane, there are expressions in that reported speech which *no sane or sober man would ut ter, -and we do not believe Gover nor Blease is crazy, therefore, we* are inclined to think the r-eporter gave him a raw deal by garbling~ his utterances. To snatch a sen-: tence here and there from a speech andeconnect them together would give an exact statement of1 words used, but in their discon nected- state would make the speaker say things he never dreamed of saying. and such a re port would be dastardly. Whyv the holy bible can be so garbled as to1 make it indecent to read, and it is done too, by a class of sacrelig 6 ious witers in their attempts at ridicule and misrepresentation, soj too, with a prejudiced newspaper reporter, to warm up to his em pioyer, whom lie knows hates the governor as the devil hates hiol y water, he picks sentences fr-om the governor's speech, puts the m together in order that he may de light his emlioyer by holding the governor up to scorn. The governor also spoike ini (r angeburg, and another newspa per repor'ter for- another news paper said the speechl was astrong presentation of his stew-ardship as; the chief executive of the State, and that it made for him many new friends, nothing like this appeared in The State, but in itsi unay issue it did have a ittle e clearance sa hings; they're ff the prices; e the chief att )ubly interesti: >fferings and 3 MENS' SUITS. Bear in mind that ev harged at Cut aragraph which said that Gov- att ~rnor Blease delivered practical- m the same speech he did at the ~partanburg. Wibat are the read- see ~rs of the newspapers to gather shi rom this conflict of opinion'. Is ont t not a reasonable supposition, thi rhben it is known there is a prej- dei diee with one newspaper, and no cri easou to think there is any fa- go -oritism with the other, that the the rejudiced newspaper mnisrepre tria ~ented the governor in reporting siti is speech at Spartanburg when vei t reported utterances as would by ake a drunken or an insane ish< an hesitate to say privately even nol ot to say in a public speech. ha It is a notorious fact The Co- me umbia State is very unfriendly I owards Governor Blease, it man- asy fested this disposition before he pe< ecame governor and it has never fai et up, therefore its influence with lari he masses must necessarily be coi eeakened, especially so, when lav he masses believe that its per- ed ouai prejudice permeates its ed- set toial and its news columns in mu atters which effect the present Ihas ~overnor. When the reported Ipu ~peech of Governor Blease at wh spartanburg wvas wade in a Gon- noi ~aes owned newspaper and re- nec roduced in the Columnbia edition. tic t became questioned at once. and Iwe ;ose who questioned it have the th4 uspicion that the report as it ap-! wib eared was made with a deliber- th4 Lte purpose of trying to injure lis1 h governor's influence with the ed nasses. We believe The State agq nd other enemies of the gover- he or can accomplish a greater lav uccess by being fair, even to th; ~hose their editor hates. se' WILL BETHUNE HANG?fr According to the Sunday Ne wsc n effort is being made to get1a oernor Blease to interfere in be he sentence of death which has ha een pronounced by the court in h he case of Willie Beth une, who C gilled Mr. G. B. Mimus. The day ixed for the execution of Bethune . s next Friday. Just what action :he governor will take in this case U s unknown. but from the state- 3 ent in the Sunday paper i eems that the trial .Judge, who vas Judge Gage. and Judge siipp, who last sentenced Be-d hune, have written letters to the ~overor recommenundi ng clem meyc. It is strange to us w.hy a ircuit judge wvil sentence a manl o death, and then hauer without its ditional testimwony. reomnmend eat to the governor that he soften the ye ~enteneo imposed. if the trial ha judge believed the accused had na been wrongfully convicted, or the an nr shouldi have reconeneIunded 1ee iiini to mnercy. it was his duty in th law, and in merey. to set the ver- cu it aside. and grant a new trial: co ut to pronounc:e the sentence of ith eath, put the State to the ex- th ses fdefending apas e r entneing. and whe r obstacles in st: th way of eecuting the ba, a one ot i ;REAT 1 1.e of fine thi all good, sty] riving you tl rig. rou will be q' S~IT'S T ....15 00 S 6 .. .$13 35 .$ S5 ....S3100 '- $ 3 .,.10 00 S$2 ..... 6 65Si1 ~ry article in our Store i Prices-Stri er all this, to write letters urg the governor to do that which trial judge could have done, ~ is to us like shirking duty and fting the responsibilityonsome else. Our position is simply , if Beth une is guilty of mur.It he should be hanged, if his. e is manslaughter, he should I to the penitentiary, if innocent n he should be free. On the U the Judge was in a better po on to know whether or not the dict of the jury was warranted,( the evidence, if it was, then he uld not now interfere, f it was ,then and there, he should e exercised his power for ry and justice. t is these delays and these ex erating changes tnat cause ple to do rash things. The c ily of the deceased Mims. is a go one, and the fact that theyc itrolled their feelings to let the i avenge the death of their lov one. is creditable to their high - ise of good citizenship; under I ch less provocation, the law ; been disregarded and swift nishment visited upon the oner o so grievously o~ended, but so in this case. the Mims con tion had confidence in the jus- r of the law, and although there e many dissappointments, y patiently awaited the result; en the trial Judge who heardo evidence, saw the accused and S ened to the argumnents, receiv- e the verdict of the jury, he iesed in their verdict when t delivered the sentence of thei r's extreme penalty, had he at t time said the verdict was too ere, set it aside and ordered a v trial. the relatives and I mds of the deceased would e credited the judge with aI a iscientious discharge of duty,t :1, although they may havek n disappointed, they~ woulds .e been contented, now how-i r it is different. the accused s tried, convicted and sentenc the case was taken to the s best court, again tried, and victed, and resentenced, and t on the eve of the executionb the law, the very judge who o Lrd the case, and delivered the tth penalty, without any after covered evidence, asks the * ernor to be merciful and ex- t :ise his power of clemency. 'he press of the State is doing utmost to bring on an early I apaign for the primary next i r and from its tone ]t would a e all the aspirants for guber . orial honors to get together permit tihe newspapers to se-a t one of the number to make race against the present in mbet. but when the time zies tlie newspapers will tindi. v will not be able to conyvmee r eS who think they are of gub. a satorial size that it is best to id ;sine to be selected by anya PAY FOR igs to wear .ish, high qw .e benefit of I Chaffn Smany othei uiick to see ti HIE TIME Ti -STRAW I 50. Panama Hats now. ...... 00 Panama Hats now. ....... 00 Panama Hats now....... 00 Split Straws now......... .50 Split Straws now........ 50 Split Straws now..... ... s marked in -plain figures ctly Cash [NOEII THE BOARD EXPLAINS. The State Board of Education as issued a statement to the pub ic explaining its action in the re ent school book adoption which ias been severely criticized by e newspapers and the State Su >erintendent of Education. Wi ould be pleased to publish the tatement but it is so long, that ur space for'bids it, but. we will ay- that the board would have aved much of the adverse criti ism had it immediately, after Su >erintendent Swearingen made is statement, come out in the mblic prints and presented its ide of the controversy. The in egrity of the members of the >oard was not questioned, not his one. but it was the concensus if opinion, that the board erred a judgment in making so many hanges. the board argues that eing teachers, the individual 2embers are better qualified to udge the needs of thle schools han are those who would criti ize it, including the minority embership of the board. if we ad the space to spare we would ladly publish the statement as a rhole, out we will give to our eaders the board's comments nd preliminary remarks: In view of the misunderstandings and rroeous statements that have grown ut of thbe recent protest issued by State perinatenden t Swearingen mn refer ne to the late adoption of text books. be undersigned appointive members of re State Board of Education submit to be people of South Carolin L the follow g statement of the facts involved: 'TNESS OF THE MEMBERS TO JUDG~E AND SELECT TEXT BOOKS. The undersigned members (of the oard have all of them been for many ears intimately connected with the hoals. Most of them are teachers of iany years' experience. ranging rough nearly every grade and every inn of school. PEAL PREPARATION FOR THE ADOP TION: 'or something over two years, they ae ha.: this adoption in vie wand have. consequence, been acquainting them lves with the usableness. suitableness nU terits of the books in actual use in 2e schools. This has been done not only v examination of the books themselves ut by the questioning of teachers all ver the State. For some six months prior* to the doption, books to be offered began to ime in and expert, representatives of 'e book companies began their visi~s the several members of the Board. 'he coming of these books and agents ereased in frequency, so that for some 'ree months before the adoption, the ambers were called upon to spenil mst, of their time. not, given to their gular work, in the examination of ooks and the discussi~on of them with ents. T is prolong and searching examnina on of text books to be submitted was applemented by informal discussions n1 comparisons among the members emselyes while in attendanc2 upon ~oard meetings in Columbia. Hence ie several members entered the adop on with clearly defined views as to the elative merits and suitability of the va bus books, including those now in use. d had, in many cases, their minds ade up on their first choice, or on the oks which they would be willing to ecept in place of this first choice, and :th definite idas as to the opinins of OFFl' GOOD DI ought to be a Lity. We'rej )uying now. aer & - things in fu: :ie great value ) BUY CL01 IATS. ....... .. ......$ 500 ......... ...... ... 4 00 ...................$ 335 .......... ........$200 ....... .........$ 165 ......... .............$1 00 . You can get the regular Nothing C1l CLOMh their fellow memnber's. Consequenty when the time came for adoption, the members were virtually ready to vote intelhwently without the necessity hf much discussion. thbough 'despite this t preparation there was full discussion on all important books, The undersigned members submit, therefore, that with this experience and this study of the books, it is reasonable 1 to conclude tbat their individual judg ment as to the merits of the books sub mitted deserves the same consideration., and is just as likely to be correct5. as that of Mr. Swearingen, and that where a majority of them were agread upon a particular book, it is just and rational. as well as democratic, to assume that this majority opinion was more likely ;. correct than that of Mr. Swearingen or ti that of any minority which icue M r. Swearingen.inld1 THE SO-CALLED SECRET BALLOT . It is unthinkable that Superintendent'] Swearingen intended in the slightestt degree to impugn or make insinuation against the integrity of the membhers of I the Board, either individually or collec-t tively. Indeed we have his assurance that -he did not; vet that construction 1 has been put upon his protest and es pecially upon his reference to a secret ballot. Hence we are at a loss to under-, stand why, when he perceived that the,' newspapers so construed his protest, he i did not, in justice to himself and in jus- r tice to the Board, immediately publish t a disclaimer of any such intention. e This ballot, it is due to say, was not v secret in the sense that any member's vote was concealed. It is due to say.v was not secret in the sense that any f member'i' vote was concealed. It is due E to say. further, that not only was the It method based upon the precedent of the adoption of five years ago, b'ut, in -the agreement to adopt the impersonal vote, ~ it was distinctly stated that, if in the r voting any member desired to put on o record anything about the vote or adop- '2 tion, he bag the riaht to do so. s In the case of most of the books. es- I pecially of the mor-e important ones, ai there was always a preliminiry discus- a sion which revealed whetber- there was I any decided dilferenees of opinion " aong the members. Some member a then put a particular book in nomina- 11 tion. There was yet fuller discussion, including comparisons with such oilber b books as individual members thought worthy of mention. An open individual J1 vote was then taken. Thus the whole, r Boar-d knew how each mrember- voted. 3 4C $100 Reward, $100. The re-.d~ers of this paper will be pleased t c learn that there is at least one dreaded dise-ase that science has been able to cuore in all its o stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure h is the only positive cure known to the miedical d ratrnity. Catarrh being a constitutional dis ease. requires a constitutional treatment. H~all's Catarrh Cure is taken internally. acting directly c: upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the sy'.s- g tem., thereby, destroying the foundation of the disease.and giving the patien'-ulrength by build- h ig up the constitution and assisting nature in o doing its work. The proprietors have so muchP faith in its curative powers, that they olTer One, Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to V cure. Send for list of testimonials. 11 A ddress, F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toled'a . o Sold by; druggists. '75c. Hal's F'amiiv Pills are the best. And That Came Near Being Right. s "Johnny, correct this sentence on the board: 'He drunked a number of h tosts.' "- tc Johnny went to the board and wrote. "A number of toasts drunked him."- .) Gouston Post. CASTORIA ror Infanuts and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought ) Bears the / ~ 7 for you men ost of quick ts, and othei giving. Boys' Suits. iscount yourself. Prices-Stri S UM7 The Missionary a Fuzzle. To the untutored Chinamen th presence of the missionary Is a puzzlE They simply cannot Imagine ,humat beIngs exiling themselves from thel native land for the love of men on thi other side of the globe. So: they frank sundry tiieories to esplain the thins to themselves. One theory is that thi missionaries are secret political agent bent on gaining an influence over thb Chinese and then swaying them to the advaintage of their respective govern ments. Only of late have the native come to realize that the strangers arn not sent by their governments, but b: religIous groups. According to anothe theory. China is so excellent and re nowned that the red haired barbarian! come to live there for the mere pleas ure of It. As for their self denyi works of benevolence, these are sup posed to be prompted by the desire t< acquire merit.-Century. Foree Yourself to Be Well. "Plant your feet firmly and squarela on the ground, throw back your ghoul ders, fold your arms and affirm in mos1 emphatic terms that you are strong healthy and well. Do this for a fe's minutes- every evening, and, even ij this is not bow you actually feel, main tain by your physical and mental at titude that It Is your condition, and you will soon find that it becomes s< and that you are not really teling lies." This was the advice given by Dr. J. Stenson Hooker In a lecture os "Posturing and Posing For Health" al the simple life conference and er. [hibition in London. "It is wonderful to what extent our state of health can Ibe altered in this way." Dr. Hooker added. "It stirs up the currents of feeling which act on the nerves. These act on the blood vessels, and thus the whole system is improved, and we be come different beings." He Was Well Off. H. Clay Calhoun. testifying In an as sault case. spoke of one Washington White as "'well oft'." "Now, witness." said the cross exam ining lawvyer. "'when you declare White to' be well off, what do you mean? Is he worth S10,000?" "No, sah. Oh. no, sah," said Calhoun. "Is he worth $5,000?" "No, sah. Mah. gracious, no!" "Is he worth $1,000?" "No, sah; he ain't wurf 17 cents." "Then how Is he well off?" "Bekase. sab. his wife am an A No. I washlady and keeps de hull family in bangup style."--Exchange. Couldn't Understand lt. "This stock." said the promoter, "is fully paid up and nonassessable." "Well. If it's fully paid up," replied the man who was inexperienced In such ma~tters. "1 can't see' why you want me to put money into It. Would not that be unfair to the people who paid It up?"-Chiengo Record-Herald. Coming. "Have you any unanimity In your family, Mrs. Jobbs?" "Not yet. ma'am. but we'll ketch It. We get everything that's n-goin'." Philadelphia Bulletin. Sensitive. Garrulous -Barber-As the sayin' goes. "There's always room at the top." Sensitive Customer-How dare you refer to my baldness!-Boston WSSERE great thing paying the C rnishings, h~ s that we ar< 'HES $10 00 Suits now. -S-8 00 Suits now. $ 6 00 Suits now. S 5 00 Suits' now S 4 00 Suits now. S 3 00 Suits now. 'price and take off the d iarged at Gui SUMIMERTON. In spite of a license "to have a good ime" which usually seems to attend he Glorious Fourth, the day was ~penlL here in a quiet though pleasant naniirer. Save for the closed doors- of :he business concerns, and a number of mjoyable social affairs, it was mnch he same as any other day. Some few arkies~hereabouts, quite contrary to il their traditions and customs, were ound in the cotton field apparently ob ivious of the significance ot the day. L'heir employer was so pleasantly sur >rised by this unexpected labor, that le moved to senrch the. town over until re could tiod one of those Fourth of ruly joys, a watermelon, and tender hem for their eheerful abstinence from "day off." On the evening of the Fourth. Mr. J. 7. Carriano, assisted by Messrs. W. S. Thme and Blaney Coskrey, gave to he young people of SummeEon and urrounding community a most delight ul moxnlight picnic at his home, a few niles from town. The lawn in front nd the grounds at the rear of the prem es because of the beautiful shade rees, combined to make that a well dapted place for out-door gatherings. Lt the rear of the house a long table as spread from which was served a 2st delightful chicken supper. To efresh the guests while engaging in be many games prepared for the oe asion, fruit punch was served. There ere present between eighty and ninety oung people, one of the largest crowds ver known to gather at a single social .inction in this community, and the vening was characterized byv that en dusiasm which goes so far toward 2aking such gatherings successful. Looking toward 'the return of the usy season, considerable building and epairing has been going on in the town f late. The building being erected by he Bank of Summerton between the Lores of Dr. D 0. Rhame and the old 'armer's Bank, is nearing completion; nd is said that applicants for its rental re quite numerous. The Sumumerton ard ware Co.. is putting in a sky-light. hich will greatly improve the :'ppear nce as well as the convenience of the aterior of the stor'e. T1he town is utiliz aga small plot of land along Main St., y putting down a well. After atn illness of but a few days. Mirs. on M. Rowe died at her home a few iles from towe on the evening of July rd. The funeral services wvere held at :30 Tuesday afternoon at St. Paul's burch, and the interment took place in e burying ground attached to that urch. Mrps. Rowe was a young woman I about 27 years. and leaves to mourn er death. her husband and four chril ren. The R1ev. M. W. Gordon. reently ime hrere from Graniteville'. S. C.. to ecome the pastor of the B.aptist church, eld his first service in the new church a Sunday last. To a great many peo-' le, it was the first attendance upon ser ce in the new church; and all were uch pleased with its beauty arid 'cell ~dered arrangement. Mt'. Irvine Furman Belser. recently raduated from Yale, is visiting his other. Mr. R. Hugh Belser at '"Wood de." Miss Etta Scarborough hars returned ae after a several wveeks visit to >wns in the upper part of the. Staite Misses Emmalar and Catherine Ca ers have returnedi from a visit to rela es in Georgetown and Green villc'. Miss Olive W alker 'of Yorkville, S. C.. the guest of Miss Sallie Anderson. Messrs C. N. Davis and W. D). Mc ary, have returned fr'om a trip through >uthern Georgia. Prof. an:l Mr's. L. M. Burgess of Clema n College, are visitors at the homer of eJ. [I. Burgess. A. S. SECTRIC B6S~is0 BRI T T ERS AND KIDNEYS, disposal; .....$750 . .....6 00 .. ...$4'50 .....$3 75 .....$3 00 ::tly Cash An Election Story From Hungary. An electioneering story. from Hun gary, as told by Mr. R. W. Seton-Wat-> son in "Corruption and Reform, In Hungary:" "N'ot many years ., ago. a noble count stood as candidate for a west Hungarian constituency and was in due course elected. Soon afterward a deputation of the electors visited him in Badafest, reminded him of his promises at the timeoof the election and asked him to use his innluence In a certain direetion. 'Why do you come to mer asked the count. 'Why, be cause you are our representative,' the astonished peasants replied. 'Nothing of the kind,' said the count 'I bought the (vonstituency for ?2,000. You'al1 had your price-free lunches and free drinks into the bargain. I'm - if 1 do anything for you. We are quits.' And in-another minute the deputation found itself in the street" Robespierre's Style of Dress. R iobespierre's manner of dress, even at the period when the demagogues af fected the slovenliness and disorder of indigence in order to flatter the peo pe, was clean, decent and precise as that of a man who respects himself in, the eyes -of others. His white pow dered hair, turned up in clusters over his 'temples; a -'-right blue coat but toned over his hips, open over the breast to display a white vest; short yellow colored breeches, white stock Ings and shoes with silver buckles. formed his invariable costume during the whole of his public life. It was said that he desired by thus never varying the style or color of his gar ments to make the same Impression in he sight and Imagination of the pee pe as a medal of his face would have caused.-Lamnartine's "History of the Giror dists." "IdntVery Sensitive. "Idntknow what I am' going to do with that kid of mine. He's al ways getting into fights. I ~jerked him up for It the other day. 'What do you mean by fighting on the public streets like this?' I asked. 'Well.' he said. '.Tlramy Montgom ry said you were my father. - 'Well. ain't I your father? "'I s'pose you are, hut a feller don't want it thro'wn up to him right In front of a crowd.' "-Boston Traveler. A Taste For Soap. Surely one of the queerest 'of tastes was that of the historian Prescott, of whose life in Roame Mrs. Hugh Fraser tells in "A Diplomatist's Wife In Many Lands- She says that he used to keep a cake of soap on his writing table and nibble at It constantly. "saying. when he was remonstrated with, that Ipeople should be clean Inside as well as out." I Most Important George-What can be the matter? IThe telegram says. "Come home at once." I must fly. George (as he arrives home two hours later)-What on earth Is the matter, dearest? Young WifeThe baby said "Dad da!"-Eschatnge. Where His Interest Lay. Excited Messenger-Your wife's just met with a serious accident; thrown from car which ran over a dog. .Tones (exctedly)-Was It a for terrier with black-spots on his shoulders't