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Pt 3LISHIED EVEI.RY W ELDNESDAY r* - v attenfl00f. .Commm:nd.' Of a ne'"o10. CE: 2 wil iVe publisnk except as an adverti' er ? -.sered at the PPSLoUhCe ' .i :,; 41 .IITTMAN'S VIEW ON WAREHOUSE. The cotton warehouse b wl ich was argued before tne su :reme court is still before that tr! unal and the pu!!c is wait in anxiousiy for the dec1sion. I 11e court decides it is cons. tu onal, the board chosen o put it into operation shiold gi-e; ca ful consideration to tb Le te of William Whittnian, .1- (. M nchester. England. \I - W .ittman is the former editor in. :hef of the American Cotlton M unfactures. and spci et fo the department of comocree an .labor to investigate the( ot- I to manufacturing oitri of G1 ,!t B-ritian. Then we consider the 'pro bl. effect of the cotton mifl mer ge - upon the farming and the lal :)r1ng interests of this country wc would hail with delight a fa, orable decision from the su sreme court, providing, the pe pie will not permit them-! se :es hoodwinked by those who ar greatly interested in pre ve ting legislation which in its eti -et will aid the farmer, and. th laborer to enjoy the freedom pr-mised in the fundamental ]a- -of the land-the right to se to the best advantage and th right to command living wz ,es, such wages as will be! co, imensurate with his toil. the legislature of this State ge i into the control of the cor po ate interests, and signs point in hat direction at this timn th. is to say. the corporate in te, 2sts through their paid hench mi are grabbing everything th: t is laying around loose in a po itical way and unless the p pe Vie wake -up, these creatures vi ". have them encoiled in I m( ies that will take a tremen do s effort to be extricated from. T1 # last State convention con vi. ced us beyond a shadow of a do bt that there is a determina tic . to take advantage of the: fa :ional row between Jones and BI ase to capture the lawmaking po per. If such is not the case,, wl - this sudden outbreak of pa riotism on the part of a class of >eople whose democracy is: fre Luently questioned, men who ar< as cold blooded as fish, noth in seems to arouse them unless it the opportunity to get in a po tion to further enrich them se -es. Even The State of Mon da. editorially replying to Thej Be con Times says "But speak int for the Democrats of South Ca olina it was our duty as well as -ight to point to where these de agates had been in error when pe, kitting "special pleaders" an~ "corporation attorneys" to tu i them from giving ,su ppor t to Vilson whom South Carolina wi: hed to support. The State sa: 3 "It is the right and privi lesm a of manufacturers, bankers an' corporation attorneyst pri fer Taft" etc. The point wxe wi: at to emphasize is, the iast St. te convention was largely ma le up of the representatives of orporate interests. and too. sor .e of whom are not it accord wi- a the Democratic paty's pri icipies. No one will e ver ch; ege The State with being in sym :patby with the present State adi :inistration, hence, not ev en so oyal an imitator and foliow~er of he Columbia morning news pa er, as is our friend at Or ange- 1 bu g, The Times and Democratp wi.. have the temerity to say' Tb: State "is seeing political sp ~ks" when that newspape r acd aowledges and verifies the sta ement made in The Manning Tin es last week witht regardi to the convention being largely do~ inated by the corporate in ter sts. This is not a question of ho shall be governor, the gu .ernatorial contest pales into: ins gnificance along side of the qu< stion of whether or not South Ca ohna is to be ruled by thiosem wb > are endeavoring to contr-ol the~ general assemrbly in order to exe cise a censorship over the laxv s that body shall ena'ct. Gr sting for the sake of argu me A, the supreme court decides the warehouse bill constitution"l. dot sit need a Seer to sax th laxv will not be put into praccia opt ration,unless the coroorations ha- ing control of the lecgislature cai arrange such terms with the bom :-d as will be satisfactory to the mills merged ito one"grea bi&. aorporation with Lewis W. Pa. ker at the head? There is only one way for. the' cot on growing interests to pro tec -themselves front these finan cia leeches, that is, preseryce full control of the governmlent. le: .hem not, either throughi the oitongued gentlemen they ha.employed as attorneys. or* thrm -ugh any other source, ge th-grasp~ upon the law making mn' iinery of this State. Tacv Tie es directed attention to tihe ponell of that conVention last we. and e~ver s1inc, therei has be a cropp)ing out of disconten't fr- various sources-sump fee as , throug~h their Lidi.ne the -nave peruutted a coto wh .:h is going to maktie ru in i e future; it is iot fo a or;a to deny that the crpor' jaa .-ests got control of the ar ma ninerv by the sneaki ii:e : it iright, those who ar po- d to this clement comin2 in: political contrul wenti to elet P and the mill merger crew I I .- ~th'! othil 1i oroat ntere-sts stteppets ':- themt, ad emptured tuh pic(ktis. bt the fort remains it Lewt anid tl t1-o iairv ill Auzus Wi 1 !ie the battle which wil sa whLtier the peopl or the i ests shall rule. The rtice r ferred to in 1h fir a f the . . h ..h. * II wvia rrad'iof e h ' oft to ias own t n t o les10 cn 1o- t tac s. b the ma"h rall o '-0ndhe hiac tc1 - idstr;:. Lach ire of 'n "" ( Can1 h bieen s1 supin -i o a nif c at io:: as ''to i o ii'f 011 1 i o yhoasesio or l con 0 )l: parss t. eiy the a of tin I, the South. bi t Ct w .Le o Z e a : State warehouse system f-i r f.> thei nroseri ., d tompen torn ('01101 a y: Vh nd .I%-!,t eon. aop or :tSIea ini our fa A' Snting th--. lbcau. two oe :o-,,he my posi 1hat So t' >-l l by tc ei'si t uo r5e, that hel' dc' 1.t " o u ( s :1 fortuci'el C!to piraler n,! n,. utac-trer. both *1n e% !ar e ! thf S out. but C l , o e a tor Ir ct f o tIh tI CIwa ie t xtil i --pe. J n h- 'Lade. seqauriy. i Ie toratec e:o he t -o d C0o fe)" 1have br0;h 1o vivi-dlye t m1 sin th oro : e ,.,? ie sp'I tatx South ht'e uo. 'ofoly as7C' a ioeicttof tniaen and con. itornac id of the " i' ciple tatee ) rhuivt r L'ti I t La n c -I i i w -1 l -" 0!:a he apeinthae ho, nd usub sequenll .o cntes spei-l t eoi- tht e ui Creo ina puatrse of' p'"':e D tmen alC taLeul upo ad hepownr aoteut )omce and ahor; t i ingathe itonaCtiailini'ls f the. otito orde )yi bt e ter i a eLa hime ato eat now th a. it is onl u bo my shtil kee yaerest in, this mate that T riter this :o eaonfura tI'e p4vele of sthe Caro uin onr te a onche path theyehve tad.o and t pvider afr g mo ve 'xasncfo eing resuh: inin tiabl poot oth thr r if the Spinner te S the itioa'te Sltems the lthe eas hat the uaNthero is uvey wilnt Snes ov lther rankiyl ba lhe is mo vagparaste. art d n touer ace aiuehoughr to thea w hesle u ren toos'n Liswads.M~t'nmd Looeng at the rob tle t o anothe maleone cn bngt hepited oin aet" clusin the ifi e (aif te of tatoth :aroln aro!vwr fto iriiichttof she hac >istaei rde tte mi e a the blaz t-i the w.' thred wil be done shrl :e reason ar the ainer oneeverymort on tpe dVai State sndg a mana -1'O'i'n o1.in no e 0 B nusrancd rincan butr tso aco rncer1 n themselae ant, adist"" o he egads. M -easnfr breing' empiation bhi pont s thatU wfhe power of tha he aero outhe Cla and ' its i"uter Oislac >hidfl shumnt "of c'0'ton olathe'recto roducingttes cw 'i folw'h ead e 'at thi Pamet~o tte hSut gin tem, d'b'av of indin""el ee like Ban1 itlan cnotvties, acreed therface ale theroulghutve wueo'ld. ttn Whed makeLowdes Mac auer mae :osec artn'theo accoucht othe staeetherb thonraleociation Nwor *'ien fuar ao eontd aouet iery :ear thedtc'nvininegit lanu tabity th: tone wo fr he kerotiein shoul ens toiret ouchainah the coiner dtent i shroud onlyc he odn'b ieGoes' sciathfionancialn or or iv other'kidev ooeralSaessnin that 1 roiece toinothel sinnesry and n' us prominetoi the nscia nd "oical of' thes SotheLvr otro: F' atch dietributio wfth stoern h"alts uc incaiaai ndr culation 'dered ten itueh is koo et teie *r a"um 'nd he cotton ate fro:h .hese "iues acu"' nc. eaiye ;athis teais ow the Aothn oh sa, o ee aCreaee ore Den '::cltiinfonan obiinrese prbouts ~UIfelg at Souths Caoita Oain en ~tdx tevaill. ha bfoe menitionedt ousapprorintheon adit that ote popular subscripultion ul Srovid ult"cientLnd to sfend] to geneat:h rfter the tpefl~j interit anaiit of eone wh truckEan the k enote iew )rueonsato G rt Br iin andth coti 'int" of uroliere hel wolden iubte 'secure the fiaeal tx at 1lverv 0:.e nd~ ofn copationtht in ecessy Stto bring~ the tpinne and Irowerncosr togetr, atching stoch he enomolus lgak which hatefr se nav himars pouredtinto the nso te 'rcs, the)''5 S'it. ier oe ts a d h'ih, h beinin wthtl Morri Inage .Jlo evr. who \ slgtmtl nagd of othe co1o trd ro h eidto~' tohe cory.hii oigL St.' 'Jul ohie en fomrly tof ue, o b comose '~tofl Deo THE PRUOF IS DEMANDED. The Cominon Sense, a weekly newspaper published ixn Charles ton (i to ix-, owned by Mayoi G race. in a recent issue, Inakes aamgng insinuation against some o'ne "higher up" in Colui i)ia. We have known for some tim. at the relations between Mayor Grace and Governor l~tease have not been cordial, on account of the governor's re f sal to remove from Charleston the chief liquor constable. whc in the municipai election was against Grace. and is also a sup porter of Martin. Now Grace's naner intilmates that the 'local freedom"' Char leston is enjoying is bought, and that a "portion of such miser able money goes to Columbia.' It. is due Mr. Grace, if he is re spoasible for this insinuation, to bo more specific, a matter of this n ature should not be clouded in insinuation. for it is ether true or the blackest of false hoods: if true the guilty persons should be known. and if untrue: the slanderer should be exposed, so that his future insinuations may be taken for their worth. If there is any corruption in the present administration, in the governor's office or else where, the public should know it now, and if Mayor Grace has proof to back up the intimation that Charleston |is enjoyiug a "freedom pnrchased for money" he should have the manliness to make the exposure in a proper manner. We should like to know upon wiat Mayor Grace's newspaper bases its insinuation, wholit is that is receiving this money in Columbia, and who it is that is collecting it in Char lestou. We do not care for the names of the persons paying the money, all we want to know, is it being paid, and to whom. The Times editor is friendly to the present governor. and he pedto vote for him. as he makes it a rule to give an officer a second term. if deserv ing. Iut if there is corruption in his administration witihin his knowledge, this vote will be withdrawn as soon as the proof is furnished. The Common Sense has the following paragraph: "Up to this time, although Mr. Grae's iuti mate friends have known that he has no intention whatever of supportitg Governor Blease in the coiniug eieetion, he has for good and sufficient reasons not seen tit to make any public virtue of that fact. He has been sincere in this attitude. not be cause he has ever had, or ever could have anv honest admiration for Gover nor Bleasp, but because as bad as Blease is. he has nevertheless granted to Charleston a degree of local freedo!m which she has not enjoyed for many years. The only thing which has made Grace utterly shirnk from a proper ap preciation of this great boon to his coustitueuev is his knowledge that it is a freedo:n purchased for money and his sincere-conviction that at leasta portion of such miserable money goes to Columnbic" It is not unusual for intima tions of this character to be made because of some personal provo cation, and we are inclined to be lieve this to be the case in this matter, but if Mayor Grace k-nows what he is talking about. and will present the proof, there are thousands of voters who now expect to vote for Governot Blease that will not do so when the election day comes around. The average voter will not con done corruption, the higher up: the corruption is proven to be the greater will be the resent mnent of the voters, therefore, it is the duty of Mayor Grace to speak cut boldly and truthfully. The opposition to Governor Blease is rolling the accusmng paragraph of the Common Sense under its tongue as a sweet mnor sel, it is makmng much capital of it as might be expected of an op position that leaves nothing un done to accomplish the purpose of its mission, however, those of us who believe in the personal honesty of the governor will have our confidence shaken if proof of corruption on his part r permitted with his knowledge i~ produced. General Wilie Jones was not re-elected State Chairman, be cause it is said he was on speak ing terms with Governor Blease, this of course made him an ob ject of suspicion with those who have come into the control o: the party machinery. Jones held the position of Chairman: for many years, and wve have ic doubt he is pleased to turn it, with all of its annoyances. over to some one else. He made an asolute impartial presiding otli cer: if anybody can recall one single decision of his that smack ed -of partisanship let them speak. We are sure the Genera. did not wish to force himself up~on the p~arty, but he would have served had the position been tendered him; it not having been offered to him in our opin ion does not sneak well for the party. Wilie~ Jones was faim and impartial at all times, even when the tines were exciting, but thena perhaps. those in con tro n may fe'el like the Irishman wh as proised' justice. That waswha he didot want. Acoding to the Orangecburg Time andDeocat they must hat comeytt that wil send de e'Ls t a(conventin whIo hiold ''iu-ouile VIews to thlose vno sent Im The conlventlins inistrue tosws for' Wilson, but in sturdagazinst him. It was opposed' to Blease. but instruct i :'eIhim. if this Is not a case ofth Dutcinnan shutting the door ie op)en. we do not know *. U . i .ti . . u:IULCi: U BYAN * DY & O-BRYAN. IT IS GOOD BUSINESS ALRIGHT. Both of the Sumter newspaper were somewhat stirred by th< publication in The Times las week, the illusions to the pro posed taking away from thi county a large. portion of it territory. in our statement w( referred to the contribution o. the county of Sumter to the Seaboard railroad as being madt in the shape of bonds. this. ac cording to our contemporaries is Inisleading, in that the nione. -was by a direct appropriatior from the county treasury, an: not by bonds. The money wa contributed jnst the same, with out giving to the taxpapers ar opportunity to consent. Th taking of the county's money t< contribute to a railroad about t( enter the city may be satisfac tory to the taxpayers of Sumtei county, this is no affair of ours and it was only alluded to be cause wc happen to know tha there is complaint about thi: very trnsaction. and also as z war Illnng to those conte mplatingl the annexing movement gains putting themselves in the posi tion of being compelled to sit b) and see those in control of af fairs in Sumter appropriat< county money to give away to f railroad or any other scheme a: an inducement to establish en terprises in the city of Sumter We do not blame the city o: Sumter for getting all the enter prises it can, it shows a liv( spirit, but when it takes fron the county treasury money with out first obtaining the consen of the taxpayers it is enough t< make those who are thinkin about leaving us consider. ThE city of Sumter is growing rapid ly, and the larger it gets thi surer will it control the count' legislative delegation. it does i now, and will continue to do so therefore, Sumter can at an: time secure an appropriatior from its county treasury to ai in the inducing of enterprise, for the city. The Item calls i "advantageous and profitabh< business. So it is, for the cit3 of Sumter. The Item shows that its ta: levy for all purposes is 14--; milh but it does not say the section o: this county which is contemplat ing annexing itself to Sumte will escape paying in addition t( the Sumter levy the bonde. debt of Clarenclon. We say i: the Pinewood, Calvary ani Friendship sections go int< Sumter they will have to pa3 Sumter's regular levy that ma: be fixed by a city controlled del egation and the Clarendon bond ed indebtedness in addition. So far as this not being Sum ter's fight is concerned, we havy only to say, that the annexing of a part of this territory propo sition has been mentioned to U: several times by some prominenr citizens of that city, not ver: recently, but for some time bacd which convinces us that evel since Lee county was madc Sumter has been figuring getting a slice of Clarendon territory. THE NERVE OF HIM. If the Orangebarg Times an Democrat will scrutinize the lis of delegates to the State con vention. and then take into it: consideration those who wer< active in that body it will set The Manning Times was no "seeing political spooks" whei it said the convention was domi nated by those who were inter ested in the mill merger, rail roads and the other "big inter ests." So far as Orangeburg i concerned. it may not have had as our contemporary says '2 lawyer from the court house oi it," and the same may be said o other delegations, but this doe: not affect the assertion we mad< with regard to the controllinm influence of the State conven tion, and further, Orangrebur; sent a delegation to that conven tion which might have bee: characterized as a "what is it'. We stand by our editorial of las week for it is the truth, th< whole truth, and nothing bu the truth, regardless of what ou: Orangeburg contemporary mnigh think about it. Th make u' of that convention was so fia grantly corporation con trolled it is surprismng to us that a news paper liowever partisan. ca: have the nerve to deny it. No no, Times and Democrat Th< T1ies editor is not ~"seeing spooks because he happened tt be out of harmony with a major ity of the people of his aunt' and was left at home." H. doubts very much if he is out o harmony with a majority of hi people, but rather believes he jn of the majority, that he was lef at home is true, and so wat hundreds of other citizens wh< were not before the conventiot either as members or as de gates. ft has been a long tim< since The Times editor has beer elected adelegate to a conven tion, but it has also been a loin Itime sinece he was out of harmon' with the majority of his people So speaketh the record. Senator Lorinmer is to be mad4 the goat for the political schem e~s of tie United States Senate Tie 1l1inois senato r mray har' bouht hi way into the senate but if he did how many of th Eastern. Western and North;err senators can with truth say thec) did not spend monre for their eec Ition t han~ the saliary o f the ofie' amounts to? We have no pa tience with those who are going to vote to unseat Loriiuer for nc other reason than political ex pedency. and this is what number of the senators are gromy to do. if there is anything in thc ign of the times. THE TWO TOE'S. Thomas E. Watson twice the Populist candidate for president L and recently returned to the Democratic fold. is waging fight in Georgia for the control of the delegation to national convention at Baltimorc. His fight is di rected on the famous Thomas B. Pelder. lawyer of liquor investi Igating fame. Watson is one of the brainiest men in the South. He got out of gear with the Democratic party when the i farmers of the South accepted I the Ocala platform which em ; bodied the principles of the Al liance. The difference between Watson and the leaders in this State WaS thafour leaders stood upon the Ocala platform, and > with it organized the electorate. and captured tei Democratic machinery, while Watson clung to the tenets of the Populist - party and sought to organize his b State-under the true colors of his part;. Witliam Jenings B Bryau, B. R. Tilinan and Thos. E. Watson are children of the same political mother. they rep - resented the views and princi rples enunciated at Ocala, but - Watson would not remain in the y Democratic party because its principles were contrary to those ;he, Bryan and Tillman profess - ed. Since then. the great Dem ocratic party has adopted many L of the ideas created in the Ocala platform. and Watson came back and was received with open arns by the party in his State. The great shibboleth 16 to i ad b vocated by Tillnan, Bryan and Watson. was one of the most im portant theories of the Populist party, and upon this theory Bryan received the Democratic nomination and went down to r defeat before the country. IWhen Watson gets up to Balti more as a delegata, Colonel Bryan r cannot twit him for his populis tic ideas, neither can lie strike i Watson with having left i i s party to run after strange tgods, a because, the answer will be given, that lie preferred to deal openly with the masses rather than to steal the livery of one party to serve another. Bryan threatened the Democratic party if it did not give him 16 to 1 there would be a "bust," the Democratic cry wa. taken up when the leders were seeking "a light in tbeWest".16 to 1 or E bust. Tom Felder !.ay succeed in y defeating Watson for delegate at large from Georgia, the machine is now. and has always been .a-ainst Watson, but he is a man W ho never knows when he is beaten, and do what they will, the politicians must reckon with him. -THE REGULAR MEETINGS ARE ENOUGH. SWe do not know how, but it got reported about the county that Governor Blease is to speak at Manning and at Workman in the' very near future, and several have asked us about it. We Shave no information on the sub ject whatever, if the governor has been invited to address the voters of this county no one has given us the information. The Sfact is, we have no desire to -hear the governor until the reg uilar campaign meeting when he will be face to face with his op ponent. This thuing of a candi date going over the country in advance of the time fixed by the -Democratic executive committee, in our opinion, is belittling the oflice of chief executive, it does -alright for a candidate for some: county ottice wherec meat and ibread is at stake, but the office of governor should not be dragg ed to the level of cross roads politics. Thle precedent for the present method was set by Go\ ernor Heyward who went over the State in the position of head of the Knigrhts of Pythias, and while wor-king this order for his political advancement he shook hands with everybody, and told them -"I am glad to see vou, ali t ways glad to see you." This year there has been no pretense to hide the purpose, .Judge Jones as lhe thr-ew off his mantle and came off fr-om the bench, started out on a p (ilriage to "down Bienseism." this has been his w~at cry' from the very outset, and Gov:ernor Blease has left his oitice to defend hmself frotn tihe onslughts iuade by .Judge Jones~ and his lpartisan press, Blease contenids thec newspaper-s w;iii not give hi:n a square deal and therefore he muust r-each the peope bytaiking- to them. It is our judgmeint that the candidates for this high oflice should con tent thems~elves with the regular fThe stir up in Cuba on the one side and the prospect of a i-ow in Mexico on the !other, may - change the political complexion of things ver-y miuch in the next few weeks. Unice Sam has al a lOt of battleships in r-eadiness to sail into Cuban waters to crush a ra --cial recbelh~on on the island, that is what he says hle proposes to do but it looks to a man up a tr-ee that the old centleman has his eye on the baputifuI isle t an nex to this country, and itf h1 is p)ut to tile tron ble Of latnding ini Cuba lie willI hoist thec star-s and str ipes to st:y there. and b also has~ the border' 80 eto T exas and Mexico clo0sely Luard ed1 to be ead flto' step over an.d pouind the Greas:rs into subInds. the- mer-st excu-e of d.efendinig not be the least su rpr-ising to us to wakte up) somne mingiiV to i in the United States at wa~r -Coth in Mex\ico and Cuba. The gred flr, teritory igowing ~in tis countr an-id it wili contiue to - unti tis g~overnment ha:s - contr-ol of the c-ountries upon this hemisnhetre Judge James 1. Izlar, of Or angeb11rg, passed atway at his home last Sanday at the age of eighty years. .adge Izlar was one of the State's g reates'. men. both in war and in peace. He was greatly beloved all over the State because of his kindly man ner on the bench. Among his c h i l d re n surviving is Mrs. George S. Legare, the wife of the Congressinan of this district. There is resentment being ex pressed in Edgetield because of the action of the county in en dorsing Senator Tillman for re election and in failing to send Coi. W. J. Talbert to the - State convention. Colonei Talbert has many friends in his home county. which is also the home county of Senator Tillman, but the county convention had only one object in view, and that was to keel) on the ;good side of ",Old Man Ben." and captuire the del egates to tile State convention in accordance with the plans made by the gum-shoe bureau at Columbia. Nevertheless the ignoring of Col Ta] bert has made his friends and neighbors angry and they have met in mass meet ing tu express their indignation and to endorse his candidacy for the senate. We do not see why the State convention did not elect the edi tor of The State as one of the delegates at large. if there was a man entitled to be thus hon ored it was he, because he made the fight for the Jerseyman all of the time. The leaders must have been afraid it might be unfavorably construed by the masses. Gonzales was not sent as a delegate, but we have no doubt-lie is well pleased with the delegation as made up. He did not secure an instruction, his crowd inanipulated the very same thing-an endorsement. The South Carolina delegation cannot refuse to vote for Wilson under the circumstances, ' mat ters not what turns up in Balti more, if it does the Gonzales editorials will say a few things we are sure, and at this particu lar time Gonzales is a political force to be reckoned with. $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to iearn that therc is at least orc dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its sta-csand that is Catarrh. HuaMsCatarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. catarrh bein:z a constitutional dis case. requires a constitutional treatment. Hairs Catarrh Cure is taken internally. actin: directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys ter'. thereby destroyin: the foundation of the disease.and ;-ivin:: the parients tren-uth by build ing up the constitution and assistin: nature in doir: its work. The proprietors hav-e so much faith in its curative powers. that they o:er One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fisls to cure. Send for list of teninias. Address. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toldo, 0. sold .v druurists. 75c. Hairs Famiir Pills are the best. PIN EWOOD. On Thursday May 30. the Elloree base bail team will make its first appearance here this season. They will come over in the mnor-ning on the 8:25 train and the game will be called that af ternoon at 4:30. Arr-angements have been completed for a ba becue and big dinner to be given that date in one of the unoccu pied stores. All candidates and those who are just luke warm are invited to come up and br-ing that loving dough, and spend one~n-r day in Pinewood before it and t: e surr-oundingt cotmu nity 1s al:<edXCJ to Sumter c-oun tv . Mr-. 0. D). HaLrvin is confering wjih a well diging~ll compnany to t:fo- somel over lows her-e. We w. 2il - eed these over Ilows to keeo the dust down when titue Comles to march up to the polls and cast a~ "yes"' ballot to go into Sumter county. ISomec of the' old political horses aire gfoing to enter this year's scratch race iHrvin Dra-gi Co.. have begun mioveing into their new quar-ters. Miss Enuna WAilson speilt Sun day here with lier parents Rev. and Mr-s. Wilson. BT''STERt. Johnsor: Was a Mighty Entor. M!any men off gr-eat intellectual pow er have been large eaters. Luther. Goethe and Walter- Scott were migbty trence'aemen. Charles V. shortened his life by giuttony. It Is recorded by B oswell that oil a certain night at sup per :r. Jthiuson discoursed of goodJ eatia.z with uncoinmon sattisfadctti. We !uow fromn the same authority how stui(ously the sage mlided his stomnach. -When at inble." says Bos well. "ie w-as Totaly absorbed in the buliness of the moment. His eyes seemaed riveted to his plate. uor wuld he. unless when in ver-y high -o:upany, say one word or~ even pay the least at tention to what syas said by others til ha had satistled his appetite, which was so irce and indulged with such iteeaess tluit v:he in the act or eating the veins of his-forhead swell ed and gradualy a stroug per-spiration wvas visible." The squeamish persen n-ho r-eids these unplesat details must remem ber that .Johnso~n liad in his days of oh sctrity known byL experience what fast ina Thas. ::nd oneX. ini writing to ai jpub isher. had adde -<O-impra'nsus" to his n'me. he 1'rneiy then? acquiredO re mined Il h hi wh'en his dinner was Nas wrn aTab e. po - -. - --ert h C:uppo ilyo ti:-: C" wit ::mil s!a, own - that "wU ep I-~. u vrd till the rest hoor' drn. eat to yon, youl lmlst to yo'u. :-ou must libe r--e he net oneC ri~~ss eam ~'-- th tl- bfoe-h ret he mlust pn lI :. hat.", Atrace'> -- thi etqet lgesi the honi:0' commo* . ' he-'re at ta": er is alway lore to "ea cis hat A Story oi La Fontaine. La Fontaine used to denounce tb stage "aside" as utterly iuartistic an inadmissible. In "Jean de la Fol t:aine" Frank Ilamel tells of an ou burst before Moliere, Racine an Bloileau. "Nothing.- said La Fontaine. "i more contraury to good sense. Wha1 The pit is supposed to understand tha which an actor is not expected to henx alithough lie is close behind the on w is speaking? Absurd!" As he grew very warm while thu espressing his feelings, and as it wa impossible to rae him hear a swor Boileau tried to arrest his attention b repeating over -and o'.er again in lou toies, "La Fontaine must be a prett rascal, a great rogue." But La'For toine took no n"ice of ail this abus< At last they nil burst out laughin; and this interrupted his train c thought. "What are you laughing at?" he sai( Boileau replied gravely: "Fancy! was abusing you at the top of my voic and you never heard me, although am near enough to touch you, an you are astonished that an actor do( not hear an aside that another actc utters on the boards." The Two Coats Were There. Sometimes the more you get a negi cornered the less cornered you ha him. This fact, long known to man: was discovered the other day by leather man in the "swamp." This man suddenly awoke to the fa' that certain back walls were ding with dirt and decided they'd look muc better if whitewashed. So lie summoned his old negro fact turm and told him to get busy with h whitewash brush, giving special dire tions to put two coats en. When the job apparently had be( finished the leather merchant inspec ed it and found fth whitewash suar ciously thin looking. Summoning Sambo. he said as ster ly as he could, "You didn't go ov4 those walls twide as I told you to." "No, sir." was the quick reply. i.in't gene over twice. but I done pi two co:its In de pail, sir-two eoats de paii."-New York slail. Sho Was So Sure. A woman who may be called Mr Smith placed per umbrella against tt counter at ehich she was making son purchases in a department store ti other day and when she finished pie' ed it up and started away. At lea that was the way It ran through h mind. 'Pardon me,'- said a strange woma "but you have my umbrella." "Oh, no." said 'Mrs. Smith; "that my umbrella." "Pardon me again." insisted tl strange woman, "but It is pine." "I guess I know my u-mbrella," sa: Mrs. Smith. beginning to show flgb "If yop have lost your umbrella I a: sorry, but I can't give you mine." "Did you carry two umbrellas whf you left home?' asked the stranger. Then Mrs. Smith discovered that s] had an umbrella in !ach hand, aad si surrendered.-Cleveland Press. Food Tasters at Feasts. The sixteenth century feast was round of~ precautions. The table lal the pantler at onc-e tasted the 'brat and salt as a preliminary "feeler Then my lord washed in water teste for poison and dried with a towel ready kissed as a like precaution, th the- while each dish of the first cours then on the dresser', was being tast4 by the stewards and cooks under ti direction of the sewer. The dish< then came to the high table, and "a saye" was taken by tile carver and ti sewer himself. Nothing was left chance. Pieces were chipped fro each loaf and corners from all meal Pies~ were broken open an'd "cornet: of bread dlipped into several places ax swallowed by the tasters. Granted tl we'll b~eing of these tasters, the fea could then proceed.-Londonl Chroniel Delinquent Land Sale. Under and by virtue of authoril yested ini me by executions issued ar to me directed by L. L. WVelle, Cou: tv Treasurer, I will offer for sale ft cash the following parcels of'real e tate for taxes for 1910 and 1911 c Mondaythe 3rd day of June 1012. Concord Township. -Summertc Warehouse Company, 1 lot and building, bounded on the North Northwestern Railroad, on the Ea by Sumumerton Mercantile Comipan on the South by J. B. Baxter, and< the West by Lanhami & Rogan. Santee Township.-P. H. Felde 20 acres and one building. bound4 on the North by lands of estate Simon Felder, now estate of Nexse on the East by Ben Lemon, on ti South by J. J. Frierson, and on ti West by lands of Quackenbush. Urew ingtoni Township. - P. Thorn, .596 acres, bounded on ti North by run of Black River, on ti East by lands of B. P. Fultoni and A. Burgess. on the South by lands J. H. Johnson and on the WVest I lands <> Evans. W. James Broom, 1 lot and 2 buil ines, bounded on the North by Hanm Davis. on the East by Publie Roa on the South bv Willis McDowell ax the West by estate of C. S. Land. Sandy (irove Township.-W. Wilson, 10 acres, hounded on tI North by lands of Miss Laura Job son, on t~eEast by hinds formerly W. W. Kenneudy. on the Southl hlands of A. Slide Coker and West lands fortuerly orjflon H. Johnson Purchaser' to pay for pap)ers. Shcu iT Clar'endlon Counts. + F. . HAYNSWORTH, . W. SURVEYOR. $ Oitice Lawy Range-'Phone + 199. SUMTER, S.C. PAY YOUR BILLS b' Check. wieh makes the hes kId of n ri'OOL~. and thus ax'oi the corry' aud danger attendini theC carrin' g lt of large.t sumTs c HOME Bank and Trust Co. CANDIDATES FOR CLERK OF COURT. s HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF A CAN dI didate for the office of Clerk of Court for Clarendon County. subject to the rules of the D.:mocratic primary. T. MITCH WELLS. PLEDGING TU ABIDE BY THE RULES of the Democratic Primary. I hereby an S nounce myself a cardidate for re-election to the ofce of Clerk of Court of Clarendon County. ARCHIE I. BARRON. FOR COUNTY SUPERVISOR. T AM A CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE . of County Supervisor for Clarendon County, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. FRANK P. ERVIN. f A T THE EARNEST SOLICITATION OF .L my friends I announce myself as a Candi date for Supervisor of Clarendon County, sub L ject to the rules of the Democratic primary. W. R. DAVIS. o The Voters of Clarendon County: I TI hereby announce myself a candidate for the oMce of County Supervisor of Clarendon J County, subject to the action of the Democratic s primary. I was a candidatetor this office eight years ago. and was defeated only by a very few r votes. I have since felt very grateful to he people for the support given me in that election and in submitinog my candidacy I do so entirely on my own merit, and upon this I ask the sup port of the people of thD county, and if elected, I promise to look closely after every section 'o of the county and to faithfully discharge every ,e duty of the office to the best of my ability. H. L. JOHNSTON. a I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF A CAN didate for County Supervisor, subject to the rules of the Democratic Primary. It T. B. HOLLADAY. T h FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF A CAN - didate for re-election to the office of County Superintendent of Education, subject to the i rules and reglations governing our Democratic primaries. E. J. BROWNE. n FOR SHERIFF. t- SUBJECT TO THE RULES OF THE DEMO cratic party. I hereby oiler myself for re -elecion to the o::fce of Sh-riff of Clarendon County. E. B. GAMBLE. FOR SOLICITOR. HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF A CAN ,I didate for re-election to the office of Solicitor Iof Third Judicial Circuit, subject to (he rules of t the Democratic primary. PHILIP H. STOLL. HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF A CAN didate for the office of Solicitor for the Third Judicial Circuit. subject to the rules of the Dem ocratic primary. THOS. H. TATUM. e e FOR CORONER. O THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS OF CLAIR endon County: I wish to announce that I am a Candidate for the office of Coroner for t Clarendon Cout.cy, subject to the rules that govern the Primary election. r HARVEY C. BAGGETT. 1, O THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS OF CLAR .ENDON COUNTY: Feeling that I can discharge the duties of the s office of Coroner with honor to myself and credit to the county. I hereby announce myself as' : candidate for the office of Coroner for Claren e don county, pledgine myself to abide the result of the Democratic Primary. JOHN L. JOHNSON. d t. . FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF A CAN didate for the Hou-e of Representatives, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. JOS. H. BURGESS. ie I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF A CAN didate for the House of 'Representatives, subject to the rules of- the Democratic Primary. R. D. WHITE. rpHERE WILL BE QUESTIONS OF. IM a portance to come up in the next general as Ssembly, and with my practical experience as a -Legislator, I .feel that I can be of service. I .d therefore announce myself a candidate for the n' House of Representatives, subject to the decis ion of the Democratic Primary. d I. M. WOODS. .1 is T ANNOUNCE MYSELF A CANDIDATE .L or e-eecionto heHouse of Representa e. tives from Clarendon county, subjeec to the *d rules governing the Democratic Primary. HENRY B. RICHARDSON, JR. le s FOR MAGISTRATE. s TO THE VOTERS OF MANNING JUDI te ?cialDistrict:-Promisin;; to abide the re :o suit of the Democratic primary. I hereby an nounce myself a candidate for the office of Mag istrate at Manning. S. Respectfully. EDGAR DICKSON. TRESPECTFULLY ASK THE DEMOCRAT ie ?lc voters of the Manning judicial district, to st continue me in the Magistrate offce for fwo years more. pledging myself to abide the action e. of the voters at the approaching primary elec tion, May ;27th, 191s. D. J. BR ADRAM. FOR TREASURER. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MY CANDIDACY durer, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. L. L WELLS. .FOR AUDITOR. n T HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF A CAN ,Ldidate for re-election to the offce of County Auditor, subject to the rules of the Democratic 1primary. ANDREW P. BURGESS. ly sBUSINESS LOCALS. - R 1ub-My-Tism will cure you. r. Rub-My-Tism will cure youi. of For Sale-Man's Bicycle. almost new n, $17 50. J. H. Lesesne. ie For Sale-My Hudson Automobile, Sirst class shape, cheap. C. W. Wells. Two fine Milch Cows, now milking, Itwo gallons and over each daily. J N. j-McKinzie, Alcolu. S. C. Itch relieved in 30 minutes by Wool 'Y ford's Sanitary Lztiou. Never fails. Sold by Dickson Drug Co., druggists. h1 Mirs. Ella C. Alsbrook offers for sale Sher residence, the Acade~my building, d and three tenant houses in this town. Her address is .Spattnburg, S. C. xe Wanted-One man in or near Nan :- ningrto act as ou:r representadr~e. Must >f be ahfle to give rood rets. nCe. Singer y Sewing Machine Co., J. Hi. Guibrie, ,y Sum ter, S. C. Farm Wan ted-Several Mlarlboero farmers have asked to get them farms in Clarendon. Write me what von have and best p)rice. Rl. Cosby Newton. B Iennettsville.'S. C + For Sale-One lot in the Town of + Foreston, containing two acres, with a 1 d welling ther-eon. and at tract of land + near Foreston containing ten acres. all *the said property is deeded to Zine-k * Broom. and will be sold on r-easonable + terms. Address Louis Broom. Man $ning, S. C. : 5 or 6i doses G366 will break -any case + of Chills and Fever: it acts on the liver bettr tban Calomnel, and does not grip~e or sicken. 25c. We have a car of stock just in from St. Louis. In this ear are a number of nice riding, drivinil and business [Iorse and Matres. Also a nice assort me~nt of Mules. Th is is all young. fresh stock and we can piease you in quality and] price. Give us a cal!. bOYLE LtVE STOCK CO. . Sumter, S. C. : JOIN G. C.APE RSl. (of South Carolina) Ex:-Comumissionedr In-.ernal Rfevneuc tCAPERS & WRIGHT. I AT ORNEYS AT LAW Ev-ans Building. tIWASHIINGTON, D). C. Te ephone Main 6691 FOLESOR~TTA for children:. .afe, sue No opiate Ma ...s Kdnae and Uladder' Right