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De MAanning times. UA )CI APPELT, Editor. MANNING. S. C.. OCT. 11, 1911. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One yea-- - .... 50 six months........................... Foul months...........................-- - -- - - ADVERTiSING RATES: One square, one time, 51: each susolen sertion, 50 cents. Obituaries and Tributes of Respect charged for as rezuir dv-rLSCITIments. Liberal contracts tnad forthrec. six and tweo Communications must tic accompanied by the real name and address of the writer in order to receive attention. No communication or a personal character win be published except as an adverLisemCLt. Entered at the Postotice at Manning as ond Cla-s matter. THE PEOPLE ARE SERIOUS. According to The Spartanburg Herald Governor Blease has little faith in Senator Tillinan's denial of his being in collusion with Judge Jones and Railroad Commissioner R i c i a r d s, as charged in an editorial written by Bose Crews. Blease thinks that the scheme is for Jones to run for governor, Richards for lieutenant-governor and if they are successful Tillman is to re sign his seat in the senate. Jones to resign as governor and Iich ards on assuming the governor ship, to appoint Jones to the senate. What there is in the governor's views on this subject we do not know, but we do know that it is not an unheard of thing for politicians to form just such conspiracies, and when it has been done, we have never known one of them to pan out as planned. In this particular in stance. we think the governor is unnecessarily exercised: if he can beat Judge Jones as easy as he claims he will, then what difference does it make how many conspiracies are formed, nor who the conspirators ares The next primary will be hotly contested, and the opposition to Blease will be intense, at the same time, lie has a host of admirers -who will stand by him through thick and thin, then, there is another element dis posed to let him have a second term if his record as governor justiies it, the latter class will hold the balance of power and they will be the determining force; if the governor makes a reasonable showing of duty per formed, and satisfies the people that his administration has not been worse than his predeces sors, he will be re-elected, but the burden of proof wil! be on him-. When he goes into the next primary asking for an en dorsement he must be able to convince the masses of his worthiness, to say that this and that politician has plotted against him will cut no figure with the voters. We are satisfied that Judge Jones will not be the only can didate against Blease for gov ernor, notwithstanding his an nouncement so far in advance of the usual time; there are several men in the State with guberna torial aspirations who feel they have had a raw deal by Jones' early-bird tactics, and that the scheme of bringing him out in advance of them, and the effort to give him a monopoly of the oppositionto Blease, is the work of a few newspaper men, the brain center of the scheme they believe lies in the city of Colum bia in the neighborhood of The State office; therefore. these will not be content to let the creature of a supposed news paper conspiracy have things his way, and at the proper time they will assert thei- rights, and come forward to ask for the suifrages of the voters of the State. We are not of those who think that Blease is invincible; -we be lieve he will be defeated, unless he can show a clean sheet, and that his administration is de serving of endorsement. We do not think the people will be in fluenced by the methods of de signing politicans; in other words, it is our opinion, the next election will be given more serious consideration by the voters than has been given to any previous election in years. Governor Blease has said many1 things which the opposition have taken advantage of to mag nify to suit their purposes, and he has done some things which have shocked his supporters, at the same time, he has done things which was expected of him, and which he promised when a candidate for the office. These things which have jarred the public he will have to explain to those he is accountable to, and, if his explanation is satis factory, of the newspapers, and the conspiraci-es of pohti cians will not be effectual to dethrone him, but should he be unable to give a satisfactory account of his stewardship, we can see his finish now, and succeedec by a man who, as yet, has not announced himiselfJ for the oftice. The newspapers will persist in giving prominence to the Belton incident in which the governor was charged with be ing discourteous to a lady ticket agent, and which he has denied, and is sustained by the lady. SThe lady says over her signature in a letter to the superintendent! of the railroad that the governor* was not discourteous to her and that a wrong. impression has been created concerning the incident. The Hemnphill-Gonzales ali ance is one of the newspaper wonders, and that couple should reach into North Carolina is THE CRY OF STOP, THIEF. They are going to have the time of their livos in Charleston next month in the municipal elec I tion. The registration books have been padded so have the lui> rolls. anid each side accuses the othir of attempting to win the election by fraud. Strange to say in accusing one another of wanting to cheat, bothsides are telling the truth. If Charleston has had a fair election since the :ity came into Democratic con trot it was when there was no 1 opposition, or the weather con iitions did not pernit going to Magnolia for a voting list, not only so, those who are now cry ing out against fraud. are the beneficiaries of the frauds that have been committed in the years past. The tight being waged by the opposition to the -ring"' or perhaps it is best to say the ad ministration, is from an element that has been endeavoring to tell the people all along of the fraud ulent methods employed by those in control of the machine. But the question with those wanting honest methods, and an honest government is, will the "Outs" be any better than the "Ins?" The Rhett-Hyde forces represent the machine, while the Grace Hughes forces are endeavoring to build up another machine, it is a row that is of interest to the State atlarge because, the con trol of the election machinery in Charleston means considerable in the election for State officers. We take no stock in the effort of one side to decry the other by crying fraud, for we believe both sides are corrupt so fa r as the methods employed to win are concerned. It is a case of the pot calling the kettle black, and it will always be so until the citizenship of the city take the control of the city out of the hands of the profes sional politicians. NOT A CONVICT, BUT A GUEST. We note an item in last Mon day's State to the effect that John J. Jones the Branchville lawyer that killed Abe Pearlstine a long time ago. and who was convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for ten years, has not served a day of that sentence but instead he has been kept at the penitentiary as " a detention prisoner." Jones was convicted and sentenced but his lawyers by some hocus pocus arrangement gave notice of appeal, in the meantime they applied to the governor for a pardon. this was refused, and still Jones is not a prisoner at the penitentiary. Why this special privilege for Lawyer Jones we cannot under. stand. It is our opinion that the Jones conviction will be a farce on justice if the authorities per mit him to be a guest instead of a convict. If Jones is guilty of the crime and a jury of his coun trymen say he is then either pardon him that he may go free or respect the law by putting the convicts stripes upon him just as would be done to some unfortunate wretch who has no inflential friends. The peni tentiary is no place to entertain company. T he inquiry being made into the rate charges of the Southern express conmpany will it is thought reduce the charges. If there is a legalized robbery in this country it is the charges made by the Southern Express Company. The announcement of Major J. C. Hemphill to take editorial charge of the Charlotte Observer comes rather as a surprise. Major Hemphill made many friends in Richmond, and we had begun to think he was a fix ture in that thriving city, but now that he is to be nearer home we yet have hope that he comes back where his ability is appre ciated. Like a go'od many others we are anxious to see how he will get over his former conten tion that the Mecklenburg declaration is a myth. Senator Tiliman's letter to Editor Bose Crews has a good deal of the old time tire in it. II takes advantage of Crews' editorial to say the people should have elected John G. Richards goveror. whether this is a starter for Richar-ds to come into the gubernator-ial race is not known, but it is evident that notwithstanding Tillman dis laims any intention of taking sides in the coming contest, he does not feel at all enthusiastic over the candidacy of those al ready announced. S hi o u 1 d Richards get into the fight he is already endorsed by Tillmnan. This endorsement may- oi- may not bring Richards to the fr-ont. if it brings forth his announce ent for governor the race will be considerably comrplicated. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury :1t-atue yF J Chne: - .. Tu d. ontais nou merc-. . .d stae :trm Lctinu direet:: up* th Woo and muu * ur- J tcs of the~SV- 1y'e. l uy Iztan tatrrh nternallle. :in'd made' in ToledoIt. Ujh . 2 . . 5 ]ner Dr Co.- Tesion'l fe-Ci Gives A d To Strikers. Soetimecs ilyer,. kidneys anu bowels seemu to g~o on a strike and i-efuse to work. Then you need those pleasant little strike-isreakers --Dr. King's New Life Pills-to give them natural aid and ently compel prope:- action. Excellent health soon folio ws Try- th em. '?.c at ll druggists. R. J. FRANK GEIGER. DENTIST, SA NNTNG. S. G. W. C. T. U. Convention. By Miss Cleo E. Attaway, The Twenty-eighth Anni ':ersary Convention of the South Car olina Woman's Christian Temperance Union met in the Manning Methodist church, October 6-,. 1911. The majority of the delegates arrived Thursday night. The President, Mrs. Joseph Sprott. called the convention to order Friday morning. The Crusade Hymn was sung; the Crusade Psalm was read responsively; Mrs. C. A. Waters led the opening prayer. The President's address was a very interesting one, and was listened to with deep attention. She told of the W. C. T. U. in this State when the convention met in Manning seven years ago; marked progress was noted, seven years ago the number of W. C. T. U. members in South Carolina was 142; last year the number was 794. The Corresponding Secretary, the Treasurer and Record ing Secretary then gave their reports. The parlimentary drills by Mrs. A. E. Wait are always beneficial. Mrs. George Dickson sang .;We Are Coming Dear Leader." Then followed a roll call of the promoted ones. The afternoon session Friday opened with a song service con ducted by the musical director, Mrs. C. A. Waters. The revision of the Constitution and By Laws took up considerable part of Fri day afternoon and Saturday morning, this was a rather tedious, yet a necessary work. The bright face of our untiring Editress of the Palmetto White Ribbon, Mrs. J. L. Mims, was missed. Tele grams from the convention were sent to Mrs. J. L. Mims, Edge field, who is Vice-President and Editor of Palmetto White Ribbon, and to the National President, Mrs. Lillian M. N. Stevens, and to live State W. C. T.U. Conventions in session. Friday evening was given to the welcome service, and to an ad dress by Mrs. Florence E. Atkins of Nashville, Tenn. The follow ing gave appropriate words of welcome: Mr. S. 0. O'Bryan, repre senting the Mayor; Mr. Charlton DuRant, the Board of Trade; Rev. A. R. Woodson, the churches; Mrs. R. E. Harlee, the Woman's or <anizations. The response to these addresses was given by Miss Cieo E. Attaway, State organizer. Beautiful and charming Mrs. Florence E. Atkins held the audience spell bound as she answered the arguments put up by the liquor traffic. She has the power of making the people see the awful hideousness of the liquor traffic. The report on L. T. L. work which was written by Miss Bessie Lee Black was read by the President. The following officers were unanimously re-elected: President, Mrs. Joseph Sprott of Man ning: Vice-President. Mrs J. L. Mims ot Edgefield; Treasurer, Mrs. C. P. Robinson of Chapin; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. C. A. Waters of Pickens; Recording Secretary, Mrs. T. R. Denny of Johnston. Miss Leilah Attaway of Saluda, was elected Secretary of the L. T. L. Branch. Saturday afternoon was given to department work. Many en couraging reports and helpful suggestions were given. One spec ially beautiful feature of the afternoon was the presentation of pretty hand painted book marks by Miss Jessie Curtis, flower mis sion Superintendent to the general officers, the distribution of roses to the entire congregation, the medical superintendent's re port mentioned, and copies of many of these were shown the audi ence, quite a number of newspapers in South Carolina that do not print liquor ads. We feel that this is an upward move in the cause of temperance. Medal contrst night is always one of the best sessA$ of the convention. The medal contest Superintendent, Mrs. Lena A. Smith of Leesville, gave a clear and pointed talk concerning med al contest work. The oratorical and musical contests, though not so large this year, were very good indeed. The judges awarded oatorical medal (gold) to Miss Evelyn Swain of Chapin, and the musical medal (silver) to Miss Annie Hirschman of Manning. Miss Jessie Curtis offers a hand painted picture to tbe Union doing the best fiower mission work, this was won by the Georgetown Union, the next prize a book was won by Congaree Union, the President, Mrs. Joseph Sprott, offers $2.00 to the L. T. L. doing the best fower mission work, Paxville L. T. L. won this, the State W. C. T. U. offers S5. C0 in gold to the boy or girl writing the best essay on valu~e of total obstinance to a life, the winner of this medal was M-s Ruby Sasser of Conway, her subject being "Alcohol and the Laborer." Sunday morning a large crowd gathered in the Methodist church and listened attentively to the scholarly address by Hon. Mendel L. Smith of Camden. His words showed deep thought, and gave one a more exalted opinion of the cause of temperance. The chorus singing beautifully rendered by the choir deserves special mention. Sunday afternoon was given to the children. A never to be forgotten scene was tLe march of the large number of chil dren carrying flags. The singing by the children evidenced care ful training, such sweet singing by these young voices was indeed inspiring. Mrs. Atkins gave one of her enthusiastic, characteristic addresses, her boat story made an impression that will always last. The temperance work cannot do its best without the children. Sunday night the climax seems to have been reached. The address by Mrs. Florence E. Atkins on Esther was a wonderful masterpiece. Her line of reasoning was logical, and her words thoroughly convincing. The outlook for the South Carolina Wo man's Christian Temperance Union another year is bright. The convention took a forward step in that it decided to employ a State Organizer for all of next year. Thanks are due to the pastors of Manning. Rev. A. R. Wood son, Rev. F. H. Shuler and Rev. H. K. Williams, for their help in conducting several devotional exercises. And special thanks are due to those who added to the pleasure of delegates through their automobiles, buggies, etc. And special mention should be made of the good people of Manning for their generous hospitality, and a rising vote of thanks is due our eflicient president. Mrs. Joseph Sprott, for her wise steering of many things connected with the convention, too numerous to mention LI4IITING OIL DESTROYS SLEEP, is the one unfailing scientific dress ing which instantly relieves and per-May anig Pol maently cures all hurts, cuts, burns, bruises, sprains and wounds of every! TsiytThs kind. Pain leaves at once because Yo atsleatih, the air is excluded, and the oil cover- Wihaesadpisoababck in acts as artificial skin. 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