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Then values at SUMTER,E6 Oe aEauisg times. WCI~l APPF.LT. Fditor-. MAWNING. S. C APRIL 30.1913. -panS~UIn EVERY WEDNESDAY eeraon. ce mt of AdMvertaers will please re Smember that copy for a chneof ad. MUS'r be in - is omes ba Noonin order to insueanstien following week. The -i imet ofe Julsic o.~ banah by resident ini indeelfgaiS Mninggath pee oSTh aoinen and lste where where that great lawyer and scholar is known, it is a recognigion of merit This ele vation to the federal bench -lge . is a life appointment - ee- iatea vacancy upon our Big supreme bench, and it be hooves the members of the gen eral aembly to look about them to find a man who can measure up equally with teman whoisabouit to leave it. We have in mind a gentleman who we should be delighted to see elevated to this exaltedilae but inasmuch as there isaleaya member of the supreme court from the same county it would be next to use less to urge him to oferas the custom has always been to elect lawyers from different sections of the State. Judge R. OX Purdy of Sumter is our ideal of a man to go on the supreme bench, but as there is one from Sumter on thie bench it is not likely that he would permit the use of his name under the circumstances. In fillng this place tbe Gov ernor has announced that he has no authority to nominate a mn for the position, the con sitution makes no provision for sca * vacancy in the event Judge Woods accepts the ap pointment from the President, therefore it will be up to the members of the general assem bly to~fill the vacancy. .There should not be any poli tis allowed to creep into mnak ing a selection from the 'many members of the Bar, the man should he chosen entirely from the standpoint of efficiency. He should be a man of judicial temn perment, and one known to be well learned in the law. To oar jin& the general assembly could 'T YI Our to callit you atc MAKER~ We whether make it Moos' Suits. Boys' Suits.. in our Hat any given pr not do better than to invite ex Governor John C. Shepperd to assume the judicial robe; we know of no man in the State who is better qualified in ~every way to follow and take up the work-of the scholarly Woods. Governor Shepiperd on the bench would bring confidence to that department of our government, and it would also be a recogni tion of a long deferred merit. Those of us who are old enough to reinember the trying days of long igo. cannot forget the great service John C. Shepperd rendered this State, and, al though be has not been reward ed, but others have received recognition who bore no bur den, he has uncomplainingly con tented himself 'with giving to the State such service as he could; we feel the opportunity is athand for the general as sembly to rise up against fac tional and political differences, and too, personai aspirations, to do ustice to a patriot,.a scholar, and a profound lawyer, by plac ing the judicial ermine upon the shoulders of John C. Shepperd of Edgefield. TROUBLE BRIS EARLY. The South Carolina Senators are being urged by the friends of the several candidates for the position of Collector of the Port of Charleston to recommend their favorites for the place. Mr. W. J. Storen had been endorsed by them but after the election of Mr. Whaley there has been a itch to the extent that Storen's n ame was temporarily with drawn. It seems from what we can gather from the newspapers that the position is regarded by Mr Whaley's friends as local in its character, and that he is en titled to name the Collector. Heretofore this place has been left for the Senators to reco mmend but what the administra tion's policy is with regard to an office of this kind has not yet been determined, should it be decided that the Collectorship is local there is no doubt but that the Congressman will have the naming of the man, but on the other hand if it is decided to be of State-wide importance t h e Senators- will mn all probability be the ones the admmnistration will look to for guidance. We presume the only objection Mr. Whaley has to the appointment of Mr. Storen is that be was not one of his supporters, and as this is a day for the successful candi date to look out for those who voted for him, Wnaley will prob ably want to give this plum to one of his friends. So far as the rest of the State is concerned it makes but little difference who is put in charge of the big house on East Bay, because the interior of the State has very little busi ness in. that building, however IH. new Spring f o see what's a nce in a mot S in Style, Fi feel that. thi 'you buy orr the best of its and Togger ice. DEJa if Mr. Whaley adopts the to the victor belongs-the spoils, system men who supported Mr. Hughes in the recent corftest will have to wait until some other day for preferment. The Walterboro postmaster ship has also become a bone of cotentien. Mr. P. M. Murray had been recommended for this position by the latte Congressman George S. Legare, and was also endorsed by Senator Tillman, but after Mr. Wtiaer was nlomfi nated he went to W~tshingion and had this appointm-~nt held up Monday Messrs. P..dgett and Mo..re appeared in Washinigton to urge the appointment of Mr. Murray, while Solicit'or Peu rifo r opposed the appointment. S-ena tor Tillwan said he had endors ed Mr. Murray and saw no reas on why be should chauge his position now. Thus it is with a newly elected Cougressuan, if h.e made camp Ligor promises to his friends he is anxious to carry them out, but in this c Lse the ap poitmtent for the Walterboro pstoffice was recommended by Mr. WII.dey's predecessor, there fore be can be relbered from any embarassmuent by letting h i s predecessor's recommendation stand. The job of Congressman is not a bed of roses when the party he is a member of is in power, be cause, tbose who legged it for im expect to be rewarded and there are not enougrh offices to go around, some of his friends must chew the cud of disappoint ment, and when he again becom es a candidate they will not be as enthusiastic for his re elec Ition. He is bonud to alienate some of his supporters matters not who gets the plum, especial ly, if he, in the eagerness of bis election, was liberal with his tac it promises. A MYSTERIOUS GET AWAY. IThe escape of "Portland Ned" the conviet paroled by (Governor' Blease is creating a lot of comn ment from all sources. The Governor communicated with the United States anthorities before the prison.er was ailowed to leave the penitentiary. and they informed him there were no charges against the man. but it seems after he was paroled a warrant was issued by the commissioner, and while the officer deputiz-~d to execute it was waiting for the man to leave the Governor's office he escaped leaving the officer in the lurch. The blame for this prisner get. ting away will be charged up to the Governor, even though lhe did all that could be done to as certain whether or inot the Fed eral govern ment wanted him, and Iafter its officers said they had nothing against him~i there was n'thing for the G vernor to 3uits now aw aew in Spring it forcible mai tbric and Wo .s exhibition iot. Regardlea kind. . $10.00 to $28 50. ... 3.50 to 10.003 7 Departmeni 'HAND ed the man his freedom. The only question is, was the Gov ernor justitied in paroling this notorious character? ."Portland Ned" belonged to a rang of safe crackers that h Ld commnitted deredatious in this and other States, for which he served a number of years in the Atlanta penitentiary, but after having served a federal sentence he was brought to South Carolina and again tried for the same offense and sentenced to the South Car olina penitentiary, after serving a large part of this sentence upon a strong petition from SpartaLnb urg the Governor de ided he had been sufficiently punished anid therefore paroled him giving him a chan'ce tocarr y out his promise to lead a better life. It does seem to us that if there were osher charges against this man, those wuo had them in their ch-trge were derelict in their duty in not informing the State authorities, so they could hve prevented his getting out of the penitentiary even though tue Governor was of the opinion the punishment was sutlicient for wich the prisoner was serving sentence. Had they done this we doubt if he would h avye been paroled. Secretary Daniels' visit t o Charleston has been so arranged that he will not be in that city long enough to be entertained as those people would like. -He arrives on Sunday and leaves Monday, which will prevent the gving of a banquet or a smoker in his honor. The Secretary of the Navy does not know what he is going to miss by his present schedule. He bad better change it so as to keep the "grape juice" from souring. The situation in California isi so serious that Secretary of Statei Bryan felt called upon to go in person to discuss the legislation contemplated by the legislature. M r. Br y an arranged for a conference with Governor John sn in order to lay before him t h e international complication that antagonistic legislation may bring on, and if California per sists in adopting laws which will prevent the Japanese from own ing lands in that State treaty ob igations wdll be violated and iti wvill be a sword which may cut both ways, at any rate, the na tional administration is greatly' concerned about the matter. If Ciifornia alone was affected it~ would not be so serious, but as se u nderst.tud the propositionr, the whole Pacific coast is involv f'd, and antagonistic laws mat' bring on a relation with the Jap anese government that will lorce other foreign governments to R IN I tit your insp4 Clothes. 0 mner as the p rkmanship. will be higi is of price ea Mans' PantsS... Boys' Pants.... s; you will a II C Tbe grape juice dinner given y Secretary Bryan to the dip omatic corps has been the sub ect of considerable newspaper est, and also the subj-ect of se ious endorsement by the Wo an's C hris ti an Temperance nion. Bryan has always been awhite ribboner 'and his not erving wine to his foreign guests was not surprising, however, we ,ink there is much ado about othing with thi, whole affair. f Mr. Bryan saw fit to entertain his guests with grape juice it was his affair. or if he had fur ished them with red lemonade obody else need be concerned; we presume the guests could tind rinkables to their liking even if hey had to wait until they reach d home. or their clubs. There is a spirit of harmony ex isting amon1g the Dem.orats at Wasiingt in which to our mind neanis th Lt the party wdll carry ut its pledges unhamp.ored by pposition in its oWn h >useziold, and the opposttion from the epublicans and the Prog~res sive parties will not amount to ore than those parties putting bemslves on record. We h-ave ever observed such submission o leadership as is now apparent n the Democratic party. Pres ident Wilson has the reins and e is holding them with a grip that must put all of the respon sibilityv upon his party; if he akes good as it is contidently oped, there will be a.long tenure rr his party, but should his olicies fail to prove beneficipl othe contry disaster will follow. The Supreme Court is having time to get at the facts in the case of disbarment proceedings gast B. B. Evans. It does ap pear to us that the language us d by Evans in a heated political debate ought not to be consider d as a just cause to disbar a man from practicing law; ii the ourt is going to go into such atter for evidence to disqu clfy member of the bar, it will find plenty of room for its operations if it will look into tue methods some lawyers employ in tiieir practice. What Evans said ahout ther lawyers should have no weight in considering whether r not he has so conducted him self as a lawyer as to make him mnfit to practice ini the courts. If it is shown howvever, that Evans robbed somebody, or by trickery deprived them of their just dues, that would be good cause to take his license from him, but what he said on certain occ isions, es pecial ly when the mani wa~s la oring under the stress of hot opposition in politics is another matter that has no place in such . proceeding, if it has any place it is in the trial courts wuere he oud be held accountable either in mon-y damages or by impris mnt. iction and we ur Clothes wil roductions of ily appreciat4 ch garment is see the corret OTHIN Petitions; are in circulation in Sumter county for the re establishment of the dispensary. and in Tu.esday's Irem there is a .,trong editorial rather e)ur aging the movement. -Suould Sumter vote back th.e disp ens4ry it will place Clarend m in an awk trd tix tinaniei tly. The trade movement fromn this c.>u'tv to Sumter is already 1Ir e bit ir the dispensary is established there many who do not now go to that city will g >then. The Sumter Irem heretofore leaned tow rds prohibition),. but its utterances in yesterday's issus w mid le 4d the reader to blieve that it has given up all hope of hawing practical prohi bition under existinig State anti F deral laws, and therefore would welcomne the return oif a legalized sale of liquor. Tho out co.ne in Sumter wiln be wttciied with agre it d sa of interest in this c.munty', and in the event ~that the system is esta'ulished the question is, will it n >t, fr >m a ousiness view, force Clarenidon to ask for it also? COTTOI SMITH 0N HIS J08. Senator E. D. Smith is h.&ed at work in an effort to interest the government for the cot-oi growers, acnd has had already nad a bill passed providing for the testing of cott ic grades to determine their value one to the other, this bill carries with it an appropriation to defray the ex pense, and he has als >introduce.I a oill -'to regulate trading in Cot toni future, and provide for the standard z.Ltionl of up land and gulf cottons separately." With regard to these measures w have a letter in reply to one we wrote him, be says: United States Senate, Commrttee on Immigration. April 25, 1918. Hon. Louis Apoelt, Editor Manning Times, Manning. S. 0. Dear Appelt: By tue way, I think the pro vision that I nave b 4d patssed in testing all the grad es of cotton to determine their relative value each to the other, is of vastly m~re importance tuian our pi. pers have s :ed appreciate. A- you know, I have had passed I a provision Weth an approciauto I suffiient b> defray all expen~ses. to test the tensibie strength. that is, the yarn-matkiung q aalityj of each and every gr tde of cot-1 ton: t.) bleacn every grade. I whether in the form of yarn or I cloth, in order to determime the< cost and result of th*e bleaahne; to e trefully estim Lte tae a.n >Qm. ofwste in each gralie in -ident to converting it into varn and ! cloth; to estimate ,crefully thel I value of this waste. N~w this will give the f irmer the requis- I ite knowledge from an imp drtial officia snon-ce of the real coin unusual ATER, S. C. acted in behalf of the cotton grower. 1 have introduced and amn puhing myv bill loolring to the exchanges. Tis is the same bill th tt caine so near passing last session. Tnis bill provides that in each and every contract for the future delivery of cotton the grade or grad+3s contracted for shall be specifically named in the cootract an.l such grade or rades at are named shall be ac cording to government standard iztion. This will iegalize the standardized gratdes in interstate. commerce and give the sanction of law to the use of the standard grdes in every State. For the interest of the farmers, I should be delighted for you to em phasize the facts herein con tane L. Veiry siacerely yo ur friend, --- - j.' D. &'!TTH, Catarrh cannot be cares with LOCAL APPLICAIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease. and In order to cure It you must take Internal remedies. Hall's trrh Cure Is taken internally~and acts direct ly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It was . prescribed by one of the best physiinns In this ountry for years. and Is a regular prescription. t is composed of the best tonics known, com bined with the best blood purillers, acting di mbinaion of thetwo Iein nts Iwhatpo dues such wonderful results in curing Casarh Send for testimonisls free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props.. Toledo, 0. Sold by druggists. price 75c Hars Family Pills are the best. A Watch~. a Strmng and an Almanac. SuppoJ~se vona wvere- n an open boat o tht- urean withL a mn--' M'anae. a i jer.e t.jf. iut a and - run down'z and were --:. ::.a of your whiereuholsut .> find out where y'ou . - rThe ques't ion mnv *.: -- . do-t put forward:: ts the roIIOWIuI rel.c..' .a -.... -. s to now man.' rimies you can sub true'? II froma l.OxxJ.(xx- "As often as you like ut to return to the bout. the watch. the strina~ and the' alumnae, set the wath goina Withtl the plec of string measure at arm's wength the distance between thle sun and the horizon and as ertain its ratio to the length of the arms l'i will give the sun's altitude at arious times' by the watch. and the latitude undt moment of DOOn can be found approxitmtely In the same way, New York Sun Holy Was bey Moslem. There nam- teen nao universai war by Mosems On unhelievers sinee the early days of Monammfledanilsmf It has been supposed that only the ca iph. an otilu'e now claimed by the sul tans of Turkey. can order a general war or jihad. hut as the Persians and the 3oors, who are !atohammnedans. do not aknowledge the spiritual authori ty of the ottoman sultan and look to their own rulera for their ce in such case. it Is not at all likely that there will ever agaIn he a jihad Holy wars have beeun proclaimled by the mahdis. as was the case In the Sudan in 1882. when "('hinese" G;ordon was murdered t ha rtuau. but there haa been no gen eral war between the followers of the prophet anfd the Infidel dogs since the eerly times when Siohammed was weablhino' his noer.~ Argonaunt invite you Li speak to the BEST ~d by youI studied to .$LOO to $8.50. ...50c to 2.50. t styles and Fe CO.; erial value of every grade of otton. As you kno w. b ith the sprt and domnestic buyvers have ade a difference between mid. ~iner andI the lower grades~ of nwere from $.:..5Oto $i5 per i. Thie producer had no way f knowing whether this was right. just or not. He buid to ake the word of the trade. By virtue of this provisiou of mine. e will be furnished a bulletial giving full knowledge of all hese facts, so that wher he .mas to market he will I in orm.ed, h.e will know the value f everv grade in reference to It manufacturing value. We have had tie grades standard izel and I have begun a cam aign to hive every shsppin< oint where there is a sworn e gher or any competent offi jal that may take charge of these samples a full set of the sta 1d rdizel g- a.ies given them [>v you can readily see tnat 'i i true kiaow edge fu:n shed by tue provision wb.cli is alreadv aN. as to the value of each rade, that if each shuipping point s furuisued witu a set of samples he farmer is equipped to tuor iugily protect aimseLf frow be ng ouacoed or dec.:ived as to what grade his cotton is and.-thle value of that grade. To put it j its political form, Witu these two provisions enacte inmt)> la w, when a farmer comes to market ud a coat >u buyer sam pies his otton a set of -sttndardiz4d ampes oemng on hand, all the farmer has to do is just to comr pare his ssm pie witn the grades urnisel by the government d can determine waiat his grade is When he has deter nined what t~le grade is oy re (erence to the government test .s to the value of tue grade as omared with eacn other or iti middling, he can determine fat is the vaiue of the grade, hat his particular bile of cotton As an illustration, suppose the nareb qu itation for aiddain4i .~12 cents and the partieniar )ale tue farm ir has for sale is ow midinug. Sup pose the uver off -rs rim i haif or three uarter-s ,f a eLat less for this w middimug b te th Lii the quno tion fr middain . Sapp.s: tu.a armer ogr ref'erenice ti a ns t.~~ ern finds tiiit, accoinmg t> veana test, I aw iii.1dlimi or moufacturing~ parpses is valuabe as midhing. With his kaiweJga ne can deenan i e s-a uie priee for nis 1low mid mil as ne does for middling fd it waud be up to him vi -t'r he will take l'ess or de aid the same. In a word, he vl b.e in pissession of all the a'lwedg i av.ilable LO the indi 11 Land buyer and cau govern imself accordingly. I my opiniou this is the most