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Oe Nanning times. LOUIS APPELT. Editor. MANNING. S. C.. DEC. 20, 1911. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY S'BSCRIPTION RATES: One year -.............. ....... 1 50 Six months...........---- - --- - rout months........... - - ------.50 ADVERTISING RATES: One square. one time. *1; each subsequent in sertion, 50 cents. Obituaries and Tributes of Respect charged for as regui zr advertisemer.ts. Liberal contracts iade for three. eix anel twelve Communications must De accompanied by tLbe real name and address of the writer i order to receive attention. No communication of a personal character will be published except as an advertisement. Entered at thePostoffice at Manning as See and Class matter. THE GONZALES-FELDER BUNCOMBE. T. B. Felder, the Atlanta law yer who was charged with crook edness by Governor Blease, and who threatened to publish a book exposing Blease's connection with dispensary transactions while he was in the Senate. has again broke into the limelight by a rumor published in one of the Gonzales string of newspapers, TheSpartanburg Herald, that the promised book of exposures will soon be forthcoming, and that it is now in thEfi hands of the print ers. Well let it come the public will take very little interest in the publication, as for that mat ter, the public has lost interest in everything' connected with the late dispensarv. Mr. Felder while employed to assist the At torney General in bringing to justice the -dispensary corrup tionists had the opportunity then to tell al he knew of Blease's connectal. with that institution, butlk&did not see tit to do so un til ~6r.Blease was elected Gov ernor ad not even then. until the Governor gave him to under stand that his services were no 16nger needed. If while Felder was employed to ferrit out the corruption he knew or had proof against Senator Blease he was recreant to his trust when he withheld the information, and his attitude after dismissal will be taken with salt. The readers of THE TIME& will recall the-attitude of the Colum bia State in the primary which elected Governor Blease, that newspaper was very severe in its denunciation, and cartooned Blease in a manner which was not endorsed by those who favor 'fair treatment of a candidate, the Spartanburg Herald is owned or controlled by the head of the State newspaper, and Mr. Felder seems to have the ear of the Gon zales newspaper connection. hence anything appearing in a newspaper in which the Gonza les' are interested against Blease, is regarded by the public not worthy of consideration, because it is soaked in a bitter personal prejudice. When Blease was a member of the Senate he defended that in stitution, while others tried to destroy it, but Blease was not alone in his friendliness for it, nearly one half of that body vot ed to continue the institution, our recollection is the dispensary was destroyed by a very close vote, the writer among those-who voted to abolish it. but all the while Blease and many of his colleagues were defending the dispensary there was never a hint of his having any corrupt knowledge of the institution; after the dispensary was abolish ed it was charged that senators representing liquor houses were using their official position to thwart thbe Attorney General in his effort to get an appropriation to further prosecute his investi - gations. but none charged Blease with having represented the liq - uor houses, and it was he who called the senate's attention to the charge made in a newspaper. It seems to us that then was the time for Mr. Felder who was get ting money for his services to the State to speak out, but he did not, on the other hand he seem ed quite friendly with Senator Blease. NOT A PHH.AN~THROP'Y. The refusal of Hon. Richard I. Manning to serve on the board of trustees to handle the proposed plan to loan $50, 030,000 to, finance the cotton crop, is in our judgment, credita ble to his business sagacity; it is quite a compliment to a busi ness man to be selected for such an enterprise, and many a man would have jumped at the oppor-. fr-' 7-:r. Manning having proposition of the -~-*id not see where - :: ould be benefitted, ::<<lity he would bej t ent, therefore he -~ .-ise the farmers to p tton in the hands o -.ents of the $50, 000 0' nd not having con fiaen~e mn it for himself, declined to accept. Mr. Manning's position is what might be expected of him, and we agree with his views entire ly. When the scheme was first mooted we took a similar posi-. tion, the offer to advance 825.00 a bale to the farmer and to per-I Init the cotton to remain on the 5 market, amounted to no more than to give up the cotton for the $25.00, for with the cotton not withheld from~ the manufac-p turer the chances of advance ing price would be slim, the scheme would practically aid the Bears in frustrating the onslaughts of the Bulls, and the . farmers be left in the cold. Tphe men offer ing to put up so va-st a sum ofl ~ioney are not making this offer< for any philanthropic purpose, ~~tto make money, and by bait ~gheir hooks with such a glit-' a ait they aeet to make a treiendous catch, but we doubt if their plans will succeed, we know they will fail when the country has such tinancial ad visers as R. I. Manning. If this syndicate really desired to help the farmer to get a fair price for his product, there would be no objection to its making a reasonable profit on the venture, but when it pro poses to take the-gotton over at one-half of its value, and place it where it will beikasy of access to those who buy cotton, it does not take a Solomon to see the result. We remember well when ware houses stored cotton and loaned it to the milrs instead of advanc ing the price %'-of the staple it went-lower and lower. and this scheme is even worse RE JUDICIARY AND POLITICS. The legislature will soon be in session, and already thereis con jecture what that body will do, of course, it is generally conced ed the best service it can ren der the State is to get clear of the elections, take up the ap propriation and supply bills, cut down the supplies to a tive cent cotton basis, make the appropri ations accordingly, and then adjourn: but we do not expect such wisdom as long as politics can rise above the general welfare, what do the politicians and the treasury raiders care, so long as they can get what they are after. If the law was so that a member of the general assembly could not be a candi date before that body, in- our opinion, it would relieve mat ters very much, because many who are now members of the leg islature did not go there for the general welfare, but to gratify a personal ambition to get some thing-a Judgeship for instance. The judicial elections will take up a good part of the ses sion, it will be remembered that last year the general assembly failed to elect the fifth associate justice, but conditions are differ ent this year, the resignation of Judge Jones has opened way for. some who were then aspirants for a place on the supreme bench to get together. and by combining their forces elect two of the old bunch. If Judge Gary is placed at the head of the supreme court and many think it is due, then there will be two associate jus tices to be selected, last year Memminger, Watts and Fraser were candidates for the only va cant seat on that court, neither being able to get a majority, a stubborn dead-lock resulted and there was no election, but thi-s-time there is nothing to hinder two of the three candidates from making a deal, that is, to give their support to each other. and elect both, and in this day1 of political juggling it will not surprise us it somethii~g of this nature is done, even with such a. sacred thing as a supreme court judgeship. There will be several circuit judges to be elected, the friends of the candidate will dicker with the friends of the supreme court aspirants, and there will be such hob-nobbing and trading as willj put the little crossroad politician with his quart of booze to blush, sua yet it is expected for the courts and the law to be respect ed when the judiciary is the, offspring of this kind of politics. Mayor Grace of Charleston in an interview relating to muii cipal affairs gave out a very man ly and strong statement, and if the people of Charleston give him the aid their Chief Executive should have, we look forward to the new administration "doing things" which will for the bet terment of the city. The primary was one of the hardest fought battles in the history of that mn nicipality, the defeated were sore, but we hope they will find that a combined diet of shamrock and sauer krout will put new life into the city, and make her grow rapidly and vigorous. We believe' that Grace intends to give to Charleston a strong business ad ministration, that he will cut off the "political pensioners," and make every one connected with his administration give an account for the salary paid. The city of Charleston is now under a new administration, and the whole State will await with interest the advent of a new era promised. Mayor Grace's inaug ural address is a splendid paper, and has the ring of earnestness. e is not promr.ising any extreme legislation, but the tone of his address is for improvement all ilong the line; the new adminis ration will have many reforms to put into operation which will be experimental, but we believe I the promises are carried out Uhey will result in a progressive awakening in the historic city which is loved throughout the tate. Mayor Grace's address vill go down into history as one f the best municipal deliveranc as ever presented in this State, nd will equal any in any other State. We congratulate him and vish for him the best of success, nd we hope that every citizen of .he grand old city will join in to elp his administration make harleston what it deserves tol >e-one of the most progressive :ities in the American Union. Deafness Cannot be Cured y ocaappheationls, as they cannot reach the iseased portion or the car. There is only one ay to cure deafness, and that is by constitu jonal remedies. Deniness is caused by an in .aued condition of the mucous lining of the ustachian Tube. When this tube gets intiam d you have a rumbhin;. sound or imperfect hea g. and when it is entirely closed deafness is' he result. and unless the inflammation can be aken out and this. tube res.tored to its normal ondition.hearinu will be dest royed forever: nine ses out of ten are caused by catarrh. which is othing but an intiametd conidition of the mu ous surface-s. We will ;give one- Hundred Dollars for any ase of Deafness (eaused by catarrh) that can ot be cured by Hall' Catarrh Cure. Seud for irculars. free. F. J. CHi-ENEY &. CO.. Toledo. 0. Sod by drugaists. 75c. R E Fifty Hats To This i mencement /-where we v In ord *decided to g IOT SuItL $30 Suits, r 22.50 Suits, 18. Suits, n< This il TTHED 'PHNE 66 G;REAT Thousand -Dollk CLOTHIlN and Gents' Furnis Be Sacr s our last season at the present of the next season we expect to rill have much more room. er to have a General Cleaning U --OF THE PRICES OF .2 ~, Overcaotsan iow . . . $20 $12. Suita now . . 15 10. Suits >w. . 12 5. Suits 3 a great chance to get fine clothing NOTHING CHARGED---sTRIcT: I .CNRC Lr Stock of FG,. hing Goods. 1 ifice Y!I stand. With the corn be in our new quarters, p of all Stock, we have ~LL Trosers. ,now:. $8' ,now . . $6.65. nlow . . $3.35 at a big sacrifice. Y CASH. OTHE Ii