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MA:NNING. S. C.. AUG. 7. 1912. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY t Commun:Gat1ons must De accomPanied by the real name and address of tbe writer in order to recei-e attention. No communicatoun o: a persona- cnaracter [ will be Published except as aa advertisement. untered at tne V.stoilee -t Mananing1 a s ond CL.- mtter SPEECH DENIED ONE SEEKING REVENGE. The conduct of the crowd at the Spartanburg theatrec last Saturday night when it h1owled down Mayor G race of Charlston V cannot be endorsed by anybody, even though it is believed tait a he is employed to make the at tacks upon the governor. Those who do not care to hear this ' It man should not attend the meet ings he addresses, but i they attend they should keep qut and let him indulge in speeci a freely as he desires. MI r. Grace is not a candidate for goverir C and his present attitude is clear ly one of revenge, at the sale time, any citizen has the Iight o free speech, it is guaranteed to him by the law and the oi-er-s who are entrusted with t)e en forcement of the law shouh have seen to it that the i'eetin 11 which Mr Grace- addressd w - orderly. In our ()piHion hei howling down of Charlst . n' Mavor was iLrgelv due1t) to i. 'n terference with a cntest ta he is not a canidJ ate in. and too, h :s regarded as a revengeful intri) per: that the candidaites for gov ernor do not need his iner frne.. and are able to take care of teselves wiusout, ih.- -m o. a man who admits that he was I friend of the candidate he is no. abusing, but broke from him be cause that candidate did not. carry out a promise he claims was made to him about the mat ter of constables in the city over which he is presiding. In other words had Governor Blease done what Grace wanted in the con stable matter they would still be friends regardless of what Grace claims he knows ag'tinst him. It was this same Grace who supported R. G. Rhett for Mayor, and because of a differ ence he had with that gentleman hounded him all over this State with all manner of accusations. Rhett was not elected United States Senator, and Grace has taken up the idea it is due to his campaign against him, but he never was more mistaken in his life, Rhett stood no chance be cause the masses had determined to send to the Senate one who had done much for them and the cotton growing South generally. It was not that the people had anything against Rhett, but it was because Smith had, by his services, made an honest effort to help the masses and they wanted to reward him. In our opinion there ,Tas no man in South Carolina who could have defeated E. D. Smith for the Senate. Grace had mighty little effect with his tirades against Mr. Rhett, and we do not believe he will have much more e~ect in the present campaign. The peo ple of South Carolina are not disposed to give encouragement to a man whose motive s are based upon revenge. A DIRTY CAMPAIGN. South Carolina is surely re ceiving from this pimar-y an unsavory reputation, this is plain to the most casual obser ver; not only are the candidates saying all manner of things which shock the sensibilities of1 refinement, but in the wake of the meetings there is a man who has broken into the ilmehght that is evidently seeking to des troy one of the candidates to -gratify a revenge, because, as he claims, that candidate broke a promise to him. and because of this breach of promise to him I he goes over the country reck lessly assailing the public and private character of the man he hates. There never has in the history of the primar-y system in this State been ans thing simhi to it, heretofore, the primary was used to further the interests of the candidates, but not t. gratify some re-al or iained~ grudge. The hustings was not despoiled by foul insinuations orl by attacks upon private charac ter, in this campaign however,! the public is made te stand up' and listen to the most bitter tirades between the candidates. and then to read the foulest yap orin gs from a man who has cast aside everything that men have1 heretofore regarded sacred. Mayor Grace of Char leston according to what he says seems to have kept on the trail of the Grovernor from the beginning' of his administration to date. He appears, or rather he wouldi1 have the public believe his ey" ha~s1 been upon every move bothi pri vate and public and as we have said in another issue he w as hereC,i there and everywhere, and at V the same time was in Chairleston attending to the duties of the city. He was omnipresent. It is witn r-egret that wve learn of the illness of Mr-. S. E. B~oney of the News and Courier statff who has been covering the cam paign meetings. Mr-. B~oney isa good newspaper man, c-our-teous3 and faiir, if all the neCw5s writers B would get up their stuff as cleanu as did Mr. Boney there w'oul beli less complaint of the acc-oun of I the meetings. It is our sincere. wish that he will recoe; isiS health and be at his post soon. When we speak of Bone's fair ness we base it upon our kno ledge of the man's intentions, andii his account of the meeting at this place which was ab ol tely 0 CLEAN ?OLUTICS HAVE TWO PARTIES. The political conditions in tis I tate have become so thoroughly Bt ut of tune we have reached the da; onclusion it will be hard to lal ring about a change for the the Ietter until there is a demand for me wo distinct white parties. .fsb o long as we are to have oup ce: itical affairs entruste' into the yo aanagement of one party jun o long will there be occa-sioJs fol or distrust and bitternels u If South Carolina h Od (nP-e >ositior. white pr ea .n sned th*i-re .-,1d no1 We 11 mme r.s feelin 1 .1*:it xists, today. V:'n1 .nd besides, te af.rs of theo ered m ria~: f i ,-n: or .er party ws i. on'ro wou.ld Hi: .dLIe i. fromi ihaving mnaterji no o op*rcte upon. We arc cer- vi ain if there vCere t-o Iparies m ue State there would not be so ti aiany disagreeable episodes upon we he Ustis as there are today. re The 1 purpose of thle coulnt- to trt ountyt caIV s was to educate pn he masses upon I he pub. lei1 fairs, to teach. and 0o usee0tai to! he public needs. but in this a In nd timc the canvass i.s beeni wc onverted into a in linw ontcst of no bneit t rasisevs. on the coInlta z is Imlralizi n- and dig si .r L'ire nas n! -t en a: i co C ed tona value i in ble 0 s , no0' d0 IN bie, heehas n: igeomm a~n~ vthe* rit\- : I " se. 0i - tons Who beleve tioS iI e corrup tion beli,. e pr ei sti I and dhos v*ho id m: ,ot ete the h:rn V ar Like t vie01 tw Ia. " ~ wt. rr i .e svI the count: t> c r nt ag :anv:'s LNi our opinionl. has done a.; I good, but it has brought on a no :ondition which wil! remain a p1 ;ource of annoyance until it is inu l over. which we wish was an 1ow. ar The present campaign has in nade heretofore friends fall out, th oolish thouglk it be, it is a fact. ex bat men who have been the m: armest of friends for years on be Lecount of the present political as ouditions are now enemies, per- in maps for life: a moments reflec- al ,on shouid convince any one hi iow foolish this is. and how un am tpreciated it is by those they im ave up this friendship for. Wet ould urge any man who has 1o allen out w ith another on ac- ne ount of politics to go to that tI nan any say to him "the gare so s not worth the candle" and sii ;hake hands. to st: AN EDITOR UNDAUNTED. We commend the Yorkville or Enquirer for its stand againsts he twittings of certain newspa ers that are constantly endeav ring to shape its policy. The Euquirer took a amiddle of the road" position in the beginning td it has consistently adhered th o that policy, giving to each side St free, a fair show. because it has to 2ot joined with the extreme ele- ta anent, it being censured and twi t. S :ed but it goes right on in true a~1 Ifo newspaper fashion. ~ althe newspapers of tis tate would be conducted as the Yorkville Enqunirer they would have a greater infiuence with the aasses, and whenever they tookI i position for or against any ques ion or indiividual it would oc a r potent force, as it is to-day the nasses have comie to believe de Ihat the newspapers do not rep-h :C sent the truo cond~ition. bu t n ire the vehicles of partizan mis :epresentaLtion. The Yorkvhiih Enquirer has a large clientale, i s perhlaps thle oldest newspaper n the State, excepting possibly er de News and Courier, its polie I f today is the policy of its found r., it has always been noted anu co steemed for its fairness, there- s ~ore whenever that newsae ~ives an expressioni it has an ei- Ju ~ect, hence wheni it refuses to oin in wVith t hose that are resort co g to the most contemptablea nethods to mislead the masses, it s the object of suspiciou and dec ision from the others wieucnhave purpose to oliset heexpre-ssio-n tne En~qurer, but their enforts a this directionl are m~ vam n 0e ause the readers of the Enqui rer have lear:ned long ago tliat .ts vews are give: honestly, and udepnent of mien) 01' iaetions. The candidates for the Uniteda tates Senate Messrs. Talber.t in id Dial continue tlheir can-mgns mainst Senator Tilm' who th remains at his post in Wash~Iing :on depending up)on theC loyalty f his friends to r-e'leCL him. Senator Tillmnan is a powe in u Washington. He can ac~com;plih w lOd tihan any othei e Dadoi iom the South, and now that ot; here is about to be a change in edj e administration, our ow ar )nrty coming into powerC it wou!dtic > unwise for th~e peup~e mn this t State to make a change until it th.l ecoes5 absolutely necessary, $St md sould that time comie itdi -ould be the part of wisdom to w :)omote onle of the miemb ers of y he lower house of congress to to he place. South Carolina needs tel strong representation in the con-ar .ress, miore so no-v thian ever 1' >efor, because thtere are.c e s- 'I ionS of VItal--U---rtane -, be$ *v ;etted and they' sho''''y led by men~ of exper..;'- -. a :n Lto Tilhnn wu " 1, o l oubt. be r-electedt by an ove r- *i whe~ing ma'jority-:r . to reassemifble again 0bi we- d \V .ii tbrhotte, and( th (Chh elder~ w'i suppIly them- witrt aditiomi esti::our. Ourl adIm it 0 h co:amitt..e i- to *iUIrry Lri rtey may noit net eir report' wii. o thcn aei in tune.b A BECLOUDED DECLARATIOn. n the report of Governor ase's speech 1 at Camden Mon t is said the following dec ation was made: "Suppose y lucky enough to beat I wvill have all of Septema -. October. Novembe nd De aber, p0art of Januar., and iI I everV sa~w men sweat. Ii] ke that gang sweat blood be e I get through with them. ;t in what connection this al ed declaration was made does appear hi the report of thC eting, nor do we understand it was meant by it. We can . see wiat power the Governo1 ,id have to make "that gan ntbdi els "sVeat blood.' work In the oilice of Gover. is fixvd by inw. and he can o anv~ihinl which is not iro. i fior by the law, therefore. do not see the signiticance o' remnari. The trouble is, as have pointed out before, thc )or'ters dIO not gie the who!d tl, but they select certain ex Ssion-s to fe-ature. Did the. e these uusual expressioin Cethrc! with the fail connc2t'i .'bich they are used, the reade Ald then be able to know jus1 at was meant tiwrebv. and no1 -AiE ir of suspIii. Ebse are aU~.~y txpress51in )o:ted in the newspaprs a ninglotn- Ahe Governoril thla - ot en(d 'rsi-d b) man of h po r1, m~at: of theim do no :b s.s~io s c 1il i: deS, timV do n .ot appI1) oV( th' r..to :o ne mak's to thos<~ the er:: 11s. nor do thiy ap >ve of some of ote eb'arg: s h kesaeist ~soponent, Stil. It ., the1: iz he b higa bat.!i sinzie' hanided Iinst a sirong trgifzti , that while his opponents d( t always make charges on th( torm. the charges are bein daily. in their newspaper. d by those who are traveling )und in the interest of his lead r opponent. Were it not fo: s. we have no idea that thI treme expressions would b< de at all. Governor Blease i: ing out tLrough an ordeal sucl no man has o!ver gone througi this State before. He has ai nost unanimous press agains n, the political nachiner, ainst him, enemies he ha: ide are accorded honors wbei s o out on the public plat ms to villifyv and abuse him ver before in the history o is State has a candidate beei pers-cuted covered with th< me of accusation, and all so fa t has come of it, is the promisi prove. Under these circum mies there may be some al vances made for extreme ex essions. The whole busines: demoraizng and disgusting C-R.ACE'S STATEMENT NAIL.ED. T he statement published in th< ily newspapers yesterday ti a etiect that Senator Clifton o iter.. corroborated the stor; d by John P. Grace concermni Sbridg.e incident, is denied b; nator Clifton in the followin; thorized .statemnent: 'lferring IA the Bleuse -bridhre it G:''3.o 'I ii' sIpeech-i haveO' teve rd~ ofth mat"0r except by iirmm onof no1i corbi ration of t h e.m. av" 1 sa'rd that. i kner; v 1 c'rro'b'oratoin. n a ha I syr:t. C' hoiz~ed th.' sendin', of a~ny telegrar mvoe :ls i ' referenc to the2 same. Somebody is endleav'oring ti cei'e the publie by making al ds of mean an~d dirty state mts. It does look to us. i esis opponents cannot figh a with the truth, they shouh up) the job. The man is be s chiarged with all mianner' 0 meCs and isd. meanors. and ui the pr'0een no pr~of to e!stab i inese chalres uns been forth m2ingt' it is lig'h timef to eithe:' .ise aide. We cainnot believ, dIe JIones end' orses the mueth s employed by thos~e who ari ,ductinag his campaign. IHIe I rentlemianl and could not stoo the low and contemptibli ugs that are bemng done t< ate a foul suspicion in thJI blic mind. Grace got up befor< reenvd' IeI audience andi read; egrami stating it was frou n0tor ( Ci fton co2r)oorati g bi: sry of Limi br;dg~e incident whiel ocked the decency of tihe State w comies Se'nator Clifton ami sitlyi disputes Grace. Whba Sthe peopleC to do when'1 mte] high position go about witi 1h tlagrant atemipts to deceiv'i TiHEY ARE OFF AGAIN. ::gainl Monday at Camden am regret to say that theC cam iners are stil discussi"g eaci er instead of questions of at neational val ue. The peoph bea rtil e tired of this crimina a and reei~rainiation, they2 Wvan know what can be done to fur .r the ma21trial interests of ti tt, to tell themi that this can tte is not 1it and tihe other i: rse mnay be all true, but thi JpleC hiave nio other ebolee thai tak the best of the whiole rot it mes. what the candlidate: saysag' 0. echI2 otuer is tr~u( ne of them are deservi ng o: people's trust. atnd so lar, a: are' c2oncerned it is a piti' tia' rules of the party do not per' decmu)-alh izin methods tha tm:emloed. Al\l that we -..m.ig.ist.a the ''out: : pigtin t ,e in and tht: is" ar ug;ing to stay in. de( are" true but o0 te2 con.1 ROTTEN EGGED GRACE FOR HIS INDECENT INTERVIEW. The newspapers are making a great ado over the Spartan burg incident that resulted in howling down the Mayor of Charleston, but they seem to forget that the Mayor of Char leston had first offended by his infamous interview in the daily newspapers. They must also not forget that the Mayor of Charleston by his own admission is only gratifying a personal grudge, and is not prompted by motives of patriotism. His ap pearing before an audience to villify and slander the Governor *do"s nmt I meet with the approval *of a great many who are not Blease supporters, they look upon him as a traitor who will say and do anything to injure the man who would not let him 1have his own way. Almost any other citizen of the State who is prompted by patriotic motives can go to Spartan burg to make a spieecih aa inst the election i f Gcernojr .Blease, and he will re Ceive a respectfui hearing, but when the promoters of that meet ijgi secured the Mayor of Char leston to do this speaking, after his nasy interview. it was an insuit to the people and they * resented it in the only way they could w.itbout resorting to vio lence. It is our opinion. had Grace not have given out his dirty interview ie would not have been invited to speak in .partanubur-. and; it' lie hat b , h- w 1ould no! have receivd the treaunent le did. The up s-;Ot of the busine.,s is that tiie affair was a protest. aganst the THEY ARE AFTER THEM. T'e municipal authorities of Columbia are after the "social clubs" in the city, and from thE pace they are going they will soon have all of the little clubs out of business. This is all right, but what about the big ciuus? Mayor Gibbs is aware of the fact there are in the city of Columbia several clubs whici are resorts for gentlemen, these also have the locker system as well as the little clubs have, if one is unlawful the other mus' be, therefore there should be nc discrimination. We believe th social club with the locker feat ure is a greater menace than ar open barroom, for the reason Lthat the club gives an air of re spectability whereds the bar Iroom does not. It is a privilege I visit a club, but any body car g-o to a barrom; if the city o Columbia is in earnest to put stop to these drinking resort then they will not stop with -"pulling" the little clubs visitec by the poorer classes. but they will go right on* and put the clbstat are visited by the lawyers, bankers, doctors, mer chants and the others who havi the means to spend liberally at these resorts. We heartily concur in the pro test that is being made againsi the publication of matter which borders on to obscenity. The daily newspapers of this State by the publication of the interviewt iven ois by May or Grace. of Charleston, did more to lowe; the tone of the daily press o. this State than anything they have done in ..he recollection of the writer, and to make it worse they undertook the next day tr make excuses for it by saying that the Governor in his speech at St. George used agug which was on a par with th~e lau g-uag'e used by Grace. It matters n o t who uses bad language whether it be the goyerno~r 0o anyone else it does not justifya newsuaner in carrying the tilti: in its columns rnd thereby fo rce it into the view of the readers. We honestlyv believe thbat the pblication of the Grace inter view made the iLditors of thesE newsp)aper.s liable t< the United States plostal laws for sendmng obscene matter through the mailm but whether this be so or not fthe people do not approve of then conduct. Tihe taritf legislation by con ress wvill all have to be gne over again as it is practicall certain tnat President Tafit will eto the Ac;ts thmat h'ave ber paHssed and this will bringr thc. Ta:iff issue prolmnnientlyv beforE the voters of the country. Un der the circumstances it is a pity that there will be a third party Ito divide op the votes, we should like-d to have had this issua made square between the twc great parties Republican and .Democrat, but then it will get tc Ian issue in the next congress when the Democrats will have the entire~ control of the govern mnt. In such a case the re sonsiblitv for the effect upon the business interests will be with the Democratic party, and it will be the making or ruining of it. So far as that earousal which Grace alileges . as having taken pace at Wright's hotel the night before the inaugural ceremonies is concerrned, we must think it ha d its origin1 in Mr. Gra~ce's i m ag:iination. for we wre Wriht' botel andl wa not aaeo n su-h deons~itrationl as lie speaks of. ur recoUlee.tin is that thereC weealarge numbetr of people in the jobby of the hotel, which was a~ con)anmon igtdring the ses ion of the legislature, but there wa noerus r loudi demon onsti-4 on, either before the ar i'al of thme Governor-elect or after When the news of Blease's a rrival raeched the lobby, it was known that he was ill, everybody seemed to realize the necessity fr quiet, and at once the lobby becamel the~ quietest place in the IMAYOR GRACE'S CONDUCT REBUKED The Sunday News of Charles- - ton carried under the -head ofr 'Political Advertisement" an ar ticle from the German papev of that city. In order for those who t approve of the article getting it before the general public they had to pay the News ar.d Courier, but we reproduce it witIout1' charge because it is from tile home city of Mayor Grace and t it shows him up in a light which convinces us that his conduct does not meet with approval at home. NA VSEA TJ N G .C Charleston's "Traveling May or" is restoring his healthi (su rificed for Charleston's welfare) I in Gleni Springs. Notlhiing to beoi said againlst this- - lenn Springs t is the proper place for such dam- + ages to health as the Ma.vor has( sustained. But even the water cure can not dampen his ardent pohtics in their most vicious form. Al though h sstomaeb neleds a rt. he still endeavr to niausen:te other people. He airranged for a press inter- t view and stated that he knows certain things pertaining to Blease's private life, that were t told him in confidence. but he wished to be relieved of the bond of confideuce. He. however. u-droilly Insinuated the nature of 1t! tale he wished to tell. Thus DID he betray the con tidence (not for-gettin' g to put himself into I he light of c ivary) and whetted h.eiappetitv of the Public for the promise&d inrsel. Blesei Unmediately released him. The Governjor stated that he had nev-er honored him with his coidence. Grace's eyes be ing set too close togtther in his head. any judge of humaan nature should know that this is a fatal sign to veracity and honesty. "So Grace is at liberty to tell anything he pleases." said the Governor, "and when he belches it forth, if it is the truth, I shall gladly admit it; if it is false. I shall so brand it, as I did his Charleston falsehoods. to h is face and in a meeting, where he was surrounded by his police force and many of his friends and supporters, and when he sat si lent and grinned." And now Grace comes forth with his "revelations." It ap mears that he and Blease was in a "conviv.il mood" (although Mr. Grace was sober-why certainly!) It also appears that the subject finally turned to be a delicate I one. econcerning women. He does not repeat the rude jokes made by the other participants of the frolic. but he tells the nauseating, details of a joke alleged to have been told by Blease, and presum able relating a boyish folly. And the decent South Carolina press publishes those revolting~ stories! What age is this we are living in? We are afraid that we do not Ifit in it. We have still old fash ioned ideas that are outraged by the divulgence of wine table tales and secrets. Even school chil dren cry shame on tattle-tales.! how much more so grown up andi 'cultured people. When knighthood was in pow er, the tattle tale wh~o repeated drink secrets for the sole puir pose of stealing a man's chiarac ter, v-ould have been stripped of the insignia of knighthoodan out into the public pillory. In modern times the diec-ent ipress utilizes such tales as the means of making votes for Jones against Blease! ~ila o If Mr. G-ace were t:ac tingent fee lawyer he0 n oerh would have succeededU in using the press as a poisoneus an ftf or the venom. But he is Maoro Charleston andi as such he11 ius the press (formerly mneh:I abund by him) hiis subser'v'i'nt on distributor. As Mayor. not as' lawyer, did lie succ(e Cin putting' the State and eily .iio dir epuie whieb sets at naught all ti work of the ClhambeOr 01 (ComI merce and the faiith'ful wor ofl the former ad minista'tion. L et -us not forget that it wa.s Mr. Grace, who r- ked up al the mnu, that HE it ws, who at first p' constable. that. he (Gac - a not !Jiven the (j. il. of aii a1 poi o n t fo Sahte jbs in Char righ i'-::- tin heels of this. as sailr ~:-:-usa thinaga intBlt wer m ue ht the police be-j camei mantwith polticE, th t w it :sswere n:oulded by cinta of th iotmg whip over blind ti gers Ibn thle probers invaded ~I Chairles. ln and that Mr. G;race belched f' rth dreadful ac-us tosTrue lhe feil short cut proofi, but he had succi-eded in puttling* iand of infamy upon01 the 1ow w''vhose MayiLor hei I Proofsu-ui;.-o pr.ofs-the: poiso accompl: sh d and Chreso progre-s out back a c:entury What il. heuse of colc'tiie'i monev fo- 'ie purpose of rdr 1L tisinu mt~r port when* ti~ cit is ~ bending< *--under ti-e disgrac 1C of dir-fa . .0rtions and au- . tonsyf )Xayor4 Graco admits. in the las' rubi-hbed inter-vi. Icha r-t he has no~ proof. that~ it sa:ta ter of 'erneity b etwee-n lhim and( i the Goveror I ue stioni. The eh-eition i i sho whati stutf Sot CaIi(rolinian ari ; made of-if they wvil be led by e awyer, whose vinielitiVenes is well known, to tiirow thir Vots into the scales for h!is elli' nt Jones, or if they wilt rest-lt ai a the unhear-d of mud rakin- by av votngr for Blease. 1 An. old proverb says: 'Ter s honesty amfong~ thiVes. Iu whai t does theO code eien- 1 amogtici oss onfinitYepl t ed to i'ie nearIt vwith the nfle of gos.i" Very press vt should guard n u skeleton i the closet when such a )I really s;hou-ld eit We.c fool th disgrace mostkeen adwe expec(t all o" our rad rs 'o resen. These huiliating rigtO'I l'ih. 'r Cole L. blease at lea ll man who does ati W peat vic.ked gOssip, who aS n101\eve bet ra ved the coniidence f hi.; constitlUents. Slovatev in itsel is the great si rt jst .s informing1 is .se 'a.n othler vir~tuesbu s oyltv. that knightly chatrac eristic ;. aone nttwould nak e hin a housand times more tit to be ;overnor. than all the "virtues" ?) of his venomous enemies com ned. And '-ehold the spectacle of harleston's Mavor tratVeling to reenville in order to ma k e tump speeches for Jones. He. --t made it Zpp 0Cto bealniosta rine for a Mayor to leave the itY: he who called on God in mblic e tings and promised hat E E would always be in the da1vors oilice when elected. eaves the city in a state where epairtne:nt works against de MItment. and makes political tUmp speeches! The f.niy depart ient of the :itY adi1srainnt impreg mi'-Iled byv -politics. is the tiie de i tnent. and therefore this- de >airttent alone is winding its >1usne for the welfare of the )ublic. For this reason we would ike to s.ee a cornmission form of oge1rnment with the fire coin nssioners flt the had of it. Let as be carefui, whom we will ;end to the Legislature. Let's est every candidate and exact e promise from him, tiat he -ill do his level best for a com mi ssion form of government. ~barleston has had enough of oiitics the last seven months. Seven years of such political ef -orts would ruin the good old ;own everlastingly. Let's dc tway with politics as much as >ossible by having a commission ortm of government after the ex 3iration of the term of the pres nt administration. The Woodrow Wilson fund aE ublished in the Stato continues oo grow, but as vet Clarendou as not made a showing. Tnis loes not mean however that nc noney has been contributed fron his county, Sumumierton some -ine ago sent on a nice little um. The county Denocratic 3xecutive committee will have lacdl at the several clubs in the rimary election contributior bOXes to receive any amountl .at the voters are willing tc ie to the cause. As we have ;tat'd before, the Democratic arty will need money to pay he actual expenses of printing, lall rents, railroad fares and ;arious other expenses which iust be met, and the only source~ o get this aid from is tihe peopl rho want the Democratic party o come into powter. Do you rant W\OodLOw Wilson elected? fso how much can you sparc tc 1lp the cause? ' Thi:ia Gathering. Th hr e~ at Panola (on the it. in u8m. itere1st of Adr'ewsi r':.e by ti~*re, was qjute a suc *s.Te were about -ku pres. -ti n.e iuelting was provided :ery leasanft indCeed, s::ve far the Tiiv . spa.y b: t)oked fori the oe' - i wee Hon. G-vorge S. LA p e,(*. Congre-sman fom this die riet. ali Ho. E- J. Wa'isol. Con. *i loner 1 of Agr ituire. Mr'. egar wa theP fi.rseaker' and 'ddri'med his audilence (on the sub aet of 'agricfulhur and dtrainag.e *onnecd lbhere,'ith', bo a r e I y ;ouch in on pelities Of course 1einjecte many amusing jokes * t" 'ncte.1~ to the amuse aen of his auience. His refer i' ad uiscu-.son of t~!e drain OPe was logic! anld to the point t to those ', ho are familiar ,Iii hc therata vntage th .i.at nac 'tere soti nd ap Io. The 1. ar wconw~1l n1th -::. i' .~ bar wsast~ r~ ec id a avisa nanl f''enos moi th.e of the Uvproggressiv as1li :Ii.y couti he Il.0. .Ta (. C~ . tc . M. onfreloyl and mi) i n o*or 'givn hi.t'" hrt.iatore. n X rc n Iidences ;'um': au ru5 ent for i't renerCtion to Watson arrived. hence aissedl his dissertation on the many things this very efficient officer E is doing for his State and the South in general. Messrs. Theodore Gray, J. L. i Johnson. and H. L. Johnson (can S1 didates for Coronor and Super- a visor) respectivly addressed the d meeting. The three acquitted themselves with much credit, considering they were unprepar ed to to address this audience on the issues of the day not having r anticipated that they would be t called on for spe-hes. A large crowd hamd been expect- 1 ed froni Manning. but fU atten 1 ed, owing it is presumed, to the ij intense hot v:eather. Many -x. A pressed disappointment at the non appearance of the Editor of the Times. Hon. H. B. Richardson, Jr. can- I didate for the Legislature read a communication from the author ities in Washington asking about the army worm and its ravages and offering assistance. Hon. Phillip H. Stoll. candi date for Solicitor, was called for and he thanked the audience but declined, saying he had aiready asked to be excused from making an address. The meeting wV: in every re spect most order..v and good na- - tured, which would most likely be characteristic :> all our meet mgs were co-rteo: us remarks the order of the day. instead of abuse and ituperation. If the candi dates would adopt the saying: "I expcct to pass through this world but once; any good thing there fore that I can do or any kind ne.s that I can show to or say of any fellow hnbman being let me do it now, let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again," there would be less hatred and bitterness. There would be more real fraternalism. and the fellow whom we thought or adjudged according to our way of thinking would naturally be come, through necessity a better man, for after all life is a stage of competition, and if the other fellow is loved, and liked and commended for his gentility, his magnanimity, his courtesy, and his knigtly deportment, minus the abuse of his opposite, his op ponent in accordance with the laws of human nature will be come jealous and try to win favor by duplicating the deportment and manner of his competitor. This is natural, and it is natural for even gentlemen of intelli gence to reciprocate in kind, when the initiator indulges in re marks of abuse, and the prefer ment of charges, which are either unreasonable or cannot be sus tained. We should also be PRO GRESSIVE and elevate t h e plane of our political endeavors, and ambitions. Fortunately pu rity is mnemories priceless treas ure, and gem, when vice is by the law ot nature relegated to the realms of forgetfulness. B. H.H. Deafness Cannot be Cnred by localatppuicatnons. :'.s they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one wa~y to cure deafness. and that is by constitu tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in tiamecd condition of the mucous lining of the Eustaculan Tube. When this tube gtets intlam ed vou have a rumblinlr sound or imperfect hear inrr. and when it is entirely closed deafness is the res~ult. and unlcss the inflammation can be talon out andl this tube restored to its normal condition.hcaring will be destroyed forever: nine case-s out of ten are caused by catarra, which is nothinar but an infiamed condition of the mu co-:s surfaces. We wiul give One Hundred Alilars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) th-at can not be cured by Hairs catarrh Cure. Send for ciclr.. J. CHIENEY & CO.. Toledo. 0. Solud by druggists. T5c. H irs!Family Pills nre the test. N OTICE of Appointmnent of Man agers of Election. The folowing are the managers appoted( by the County Demo-I er trie Exec tip- Comnmitte~e to man aie the~ Primary elfetion to be held on: the 24rh day of Augnst. 1912. anud thle seconid Primary to be held two weeks 1ater: Aleolu-E. E. Hlodgze, J. R Hodgre, D. W. Harwick. Blooomville-W. C. White, P. E Ridgreway, W. S. Anderson. Clarendlon-T. L. Bagnal. J. G. Huggzins. E. S. McIntosh. Davis X Roads-J. M. Davis. J. E. Rowe, Frank McKnight. KDavis Station-A. 5. Rawlinson, J. H1. Horton, J. WV. Hilton. Doctror Swamp-ti. G Thiamnes. J. D. Mitchumu. I. N. Tiobias. Donugas-A. Smnithi, M. J. Morris, D. E. Trurbeville. Fork-J. 13. Brogrdon B.H.Hri J. D. McFaddin. Forestrou-S. M. Hayniesworth. C. S. Lanitd. E M. Fulton. Forestoti Reform-C. WV. Ridgeway Ii bbon's Mii;-F. N. Thomas, L. 1. .ibbons, D). (3. Buddinz. H -armnouy--J. D). Daniels, HI. J. Broad way. M!. B Hudlna:i. Jordan--. .1. Datvi', .J. S. Plow den, . . Th1lompsonl. Ma:::. arm'ers' Platform-B. W. Hol--ay. J. D. A'bbrook, J. F. Ma-'- .-'. J. La.rk, E. C. Hor-1 ron, 1: i Ci rk. M1idL .-l. D. Smith, S. WV. Mu Into-h, it.laP. MP.ri. iibbon:: Tr. M. Beard. P nii -D I) I. Hla~day. C. WV. Brown.i L. N. Rkihourg. Pinwood-E. P. Geddings, M. M. I Pa il xv iise-.~ b. Corbett, J. U. I rown,' L. J. \ett. Rilbug I -'umm rton-J. F.Rcbug Sardhinia-HT.rlatnd, D. Rt. Do 1Bo-e. H ugh McFaddiu. Si.lver--Robert Baker, WV. P. Nap-|I er, I.J Bosewell. Baker, W. L. Mct-1addin. One of1 the above) .\ianagz~ers will cali at the cour houise on Satrday the 4h 0a of August, to get the Boxes. mmuder thie rule~s the mnanage rs ml;t ope;n t he polb: at S o'clo ck A. I M..ti and2os-e at 4)oclock P. M. I A. J. ICHB3OURG, l 1. M. WIND ].iAM, Co. Chairmi'. J<' CASTORIA For Infants and Children, The Kid Ycu Have Always Bought Beas the 1 The Trials of a Tr.vr. "I ra a travelinr salesman." writs E.. Youcgs, E. Berkshire. Vt., "and' -as often troubled with constipation od ivdiaestion till I began to use Dr. :ing's New Life Pills, which 1 have )und an excellent remedv." For all :omach, liver or kidney troubles they re nnequaled. Only 25 cents at al rugg2ist-. NOTICE. The qualified eeetors residing in iarmony School District, No. 13, ril! hereby take notice that an elec on will be held at the Harmony or 'lowden School House, near Cypreas 'ork Cniurch, on Thursday, August 2nd. 1912, for the purpose of voting Four Mills Tax for schoo! purposes isaid District. Polls open from 8 ..M. to 4 P. M. H. L. B. HOD(3E, JOSEPH B. HOLLADAY, JOH. NVW. HUdtI~iNS, Board of Trustees Harmony School )istrict, No. 13. The Soft Answer. There was an oid darky who drove be solitary hack in ii sumai town on be Virginia shore where the late Sen Ltor Daniel had spent the season. In ;ood weather the senator. who was ame, was its only patron, but in storm be old vehicle was so popular that he )ad narrowly missed several engage nents owing to the old man's taking more orders than one antiquated chariot ould possibly Wli. One stormy night the senator said: -Now. Jordan. be here tomorrow morn n, in time to t:ke me to the 10 o'clock out without fall. tave an important tngagemfent to Wasiungton." Jordan drove away. promising to 5ow up in good season. But next orning a quarter to 10 came and no Jordan. Finaiy. at rive nintes to 10. ae drove up. and the senator clinibed In Id stiairtd on a mad race to the wbart. Irriving tnere just m time to see the boat pulling aut. "Now. .lordan." cried the exasperated Daniel. "I said we-d miss it"' -*Ye-, sah. dat's so. but," with sud cien inspiratiou. -she ain't been long gone"'-Everybody's. No Wonder the Cooking Was Bad. We took tip a scientific publication the other evening and discovered to or surprise that helium boils at minus 273 degrees C. This is something like 305 degree )elow zero F. Here most of us jave been going along trying to make helium stews or boil corned hell um and cabbage. or cook helium fricats see with dumplings and have wander ed what made the dish turn out wrong. We've all been trying to cook helium above zero, when it should have been quite the-other way. We also discovered that silver melts at 961 C.. while gold melts at 1,062 C. While the article does not give any particulars as to greenbacks. our ex perience is that they will melt at al most any temperature between the firsT and the fifth of th:e month. And iron will boi: at a tenperature of 2.450 C.. so it is quite useless, not to say futile, to attempt to boil heliE and iron together - ('hiago Post. Robert W. Herter, Lawvrenceville, Mo., who had been bothered with iid ne trouble for tw. years, says: "I tried three different kinds of kidney pills'but with no relief. My neighbor told me to use Foley Kidney Pills, I took three bottles of the~m, and got a nermanent cure I recommend them to every body." The Dickson Drug Co.. Manning, Leon Fischer, Summerton. - The Magic of a Siphon. When a pipe shaped like the inverted letter U, in which the arms- are of equal length, is filled with water and each end of the pipe is put into a sepai rate vessei full of water 'the down ward pull," or weight, of the liquid in each of the two arrmr will balance the other, and if the water is at the same level in the two vessels it will re main at that level in both vessels. Rut if the level of the water in one vessel is lower than In the other, since the two v'esseis are c'onneefted with a pipe full of water, the waiter will run' down from the higher leve! to the low er. This constitutes what is called a siphon. A siphon itself has no more magic about it than a pencil has when It falls or than any other similar phe nomenon in nature, yet some of the sipho's manifestations seemi to be not only magical. but almost incredible. -St. Nicholas. Forgery In Ancient Greece. Dactyl is Greek for linger, and from this the word darctylography, to apply to a knowledge oZftinger rings. has been accepted, though evidently ai mistit. Rings as signets hark back to ancient Egypt. from whieb country' they prob ably came to Greece. solon. the Gre'ek lawgiver. who died .5S yea:rs befrre the Christian era, enactecd a law that no engraver' or cutter of signet rings should keep by him the impression of any ring he h-ad cut. As these rings were used to sign documents of various kinds. this law w::s intended to pre vent fraud arnd forgery. Humble Pie. 'There is a queer twist of language in the phraise "to eat humble' pie" Tbhe word "humble" Is a corrupted formi of the original "numble." which is an in edible part of the carcass of a deer and would make very poor pie. The words "humble pie" have the same original meaning as "to eat crow." a phrase common in political life. 'The re is an enforced humility in this ptroc-ess. and the change from -numble" to "bumble" introduced a thought whleh hairmonized with the idea sought to be espressed. The last form of the phrase has en tirely sunlanted the orixinal. 1). C. Bybee. tea~mingZ contractor liv ner at 669 K~eeiilek Court. Camton. ill.. s now well rid of a severe and annoyiug :ase of kdney tro(uble. His back pained md he was bothered with headaches .nd dizzy spells. 'I tiook Foley K-idney oi~ll just as direc:ed an~d in a few days felt much better. My li'e and str'ength eemed2 to come back. and~ I sleep well am now all over my troub~e and glad o reomnmend Foley Kidney Pills." Try hem. The Dickzson Drug Co., Mannmng, on Fisher, Sunmmerton. I. J1. FRANK GflGE~R. Uli;NTIST. M A NNING, S. . SE1 D. WVRUi'T. .APERS'. & WRIGHIT, AT ORNE~'S AT LAW Evans Buildir.r. WV.\SHINGTON, D. C. C. DVlS. J- W- WIDEMAN )AVIS & WVIDEMAN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, MANNING. S. C.