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CHARLESrON VICE PROBLEM. The fight to clean out the dens of vice in Charleston from the neighborhood of the Memminger scolol continues with unabated discussion. The Mayor has ex presseda willingness to co-oper ate with the Memminger Home and School Association that has complained as soon as a practi cal plan is presented to work upon. The News and Courier of Monday editorially presents a plan, by directing attention to a city ordinance which has been on the books for several years, long before the administration of those in power now, and these same houses now complained oi existed before the adoption oi the ordinance, and have contin ned to exist. The Mayor is ap. prehensive of pouncing down upon the inmates of these iniqu itous houses in the fear they will scatter over the city and light in among the honest and decent. There is a good deal in this, the objectionable creatures are now where they have been for many, many years, decent people do not live in the neighborhood, and avoid it, just as they would avoid a pest, they avoid the neighbor hood where these barnaclescling; then the matter resolves down to a question of what can be done to make conditions better in the neighborhood of the Memminger school. According to the editor of the News and Courier, street by street, be reclaimed just as street by street was the evil per mitted to spread. Theoretically this is what should be done, but practically bow can street by street be reclaimed without seat tering the evil over the city, just what the Mayor fears wili be the result. It might be said, the of ficials can run them out of the the city altogether, and they can, but if they did this it would be unloading on other communi ties, probably some that are not situated.as well as Charleston to harbor them. But what we want to know, why is it there is nothing being said about the peopie who own the property which is re-nte.: Li the complained of creatures? It seems to us that they are to be censured if they rent their prop erty for such purposes, but we do not see that they are. And if, as has been stated these places existed in the community for se many years, it was a great over sight on the part of the school authorities to locate the school ailding in such a neighborhood. It may appear presumptions for an outsider to give an expres sion in this matter as it is a lo cal affair, but we feel an interest in the effort being made by those who wish to bring about better conditions, and because we are watching for results which we are sure the city administratior as well as the association desir es. If the present agitation it Charleston results successfully3 it will be an object lesson to all other cities similarly situated. It will also prove of value to inland cities where vice grows witi population. EVIDENCE SECURED It will be remembered that it a former issue, we referred tt the visit of Mr. H. Leon Larrisy of Charleston to Manning, we said that it was thought his mis sion here was to seek evidene for acase which is to be pre sonted to unseat Congressmar Richaid S. Whaley, who, it is alleged spent much more monel to secure his nomination thai the law permitted. Mr. Larrisv was in Manning again several days of last week, in conversa tion he said, he had enough evi dece to unseat Mr. Whaley without a particle from this county, but as to this county, he obtamned considerable of the strongest kind. He said befOre the matter was ended quite a number ot citizens of this county would be required to tell an in vestigating committee all they know about.disbursinig the vote buying money. When told that some who aid not support Mr. Whaley do not approve of the course being pursued. preferrmng to show their disapproval o1 Mr. Whaley at the polls next year, he replied that he was not trying to have the endorse ment of any of those who op posed Mr. Whaley in the elec tion, but he was seeking to put a stop to the methods that were employed in the recent primary. We do not know what evidence Mr. Larrisy has, but it strikes us he will have a hard time proving what he claims, because those who indulge in illegal practices. generally cover their tracks so that nothing will lead up to them. However, be this as it may, Mr. Larrisy has much confidence in his undertaking, and openly says so. It has been our rule to quit fighting when the nomination has been declared, and we had hoped this would be the case in this matter. We did not support Whaley, and we have no apolo gies to make to him or his friends for the position we took; we did not regard him the man for the place before the election, and our mind has not changed, but a majority of the votes cast went to him, and we are willing for him to enjoy the fruits of his labor, until such time when we can go to the polls to enter our protest against him, as we did before. Therefore, we hope those who are seeking to have Whaley turned out will let the matter drop. Thomas B. Felder, of dicta graph fame, claims the machine lied on him. That is what they 1sayexcen those who admit COLUMBIA'S CLUBS. The Columbia Record recently carried a story of a rumor in the capital to the effect that a tele phone call was received at police headquartersinforming the police after midnight on Saturday night a poker game was going on in the Commercial Club and that Governor Blease was of the par ty. Chief Cathcart and some po licemen immediately went to the club, made a raid, confiscated some beer. and arrested those engaged in the gaming It turns out the governor was at home asleep, and totally oblivious as to what was going on in the club; the Record. however, states these officers in going to the Commercidl Club had to pass right by several similar clubs but they made no attempt to mo lest them. These clubs are char tered by the Secretary of State, under what authority of law we do not know, but they are char tered, and it is said they permit drinking, keep quantities of in toxicants on hand, and the same is drunk on the premises, which to our mind is clearly a violation of the law. If this is so, why was it the police of Columbia were so anxious to enforce the law against the club where it was said the governor was, but which was false, and not willing to enforce the 1lw against the other places referred to by the Record. Did the recent contro versy between the governor and the mayor have anything to do with it? If not, then why is it these places have no.t been baled up before the city co'urt since? Tie Record gave the adurrsses of the places, and showed ttlt ihe police could not get to the Commercial club without pass ing right by tbese illegal resorts To an outsider who h-js some idea of the conditions in that city, the conduct of the police has the suspicion that some one bi~her up is protecting the plac es referred to by the Record, otherwise, they would not have been allowed to go right on after th- ?Iw-paper -xposure. It so happ, n. d 1zhat Gove-ruor 81< ase was n.z at %tie mi, rcid club. and it is stated, he is not even a member of it, possibly he may visit it as the guest of some mem ber, but it -is an unlawful Iusti tution, how comes it to be with a charter granted by the Stat-, and if it is not an unlawful institution then why should the police raid it? WILL THEY CONTIED BRIBED? To those of us who watch the proceedings of Congress, t h e party in power has its rank and file in complete control, and that the senators as well as the mew bers of the lower house cannot act with independence, t h e y must all obey the will of the leaders and act with the same subservancy as soldiers in the regular army. This has bee-n 'brought about by the head of the nation keeping his eye on both bodies, and the moment be has reason to think there might be an attempt to act independent he does not fail to get busy to eethat the forces are held in line How long this-will continae is hard to s ay, it may last throughout the entire adminis tration of President Wilson, but we look to the time when there will be mutiny, and when the break does come there will be trouble ahead for those who are in charge of the whip, already we think we see signs of rest lessness, the average legislator does not feei comfortable under leadership, he wants to do some thing himself, and not be tied down to the views of others. There are a number of the senators who are not altogether pleased with some of the sched ules in the tariff bill, but the party platform must be carried out or the party will be accused of breaking faith, however, the restless ones think the pledges can be faithfully carried ou t without going to the extreme of injuring some of the iddustries of the country. Take the case of the Louisianna senators, they wince under the provision which they believe will put one of their most important industries out of business, then there is the sena tors from the wool growing stat es who are not kindly disposed to the legislation which they be lieve will hurt their constituents, and so on down the line wher ever the interests in a senator's State will probably be hurt, they are in the embarassmng position of choosing between the mandat es of. the party platform and their individual convictions. Un der these conditions the constant cracking of the whip may be come irksome, and it would not surprise us at any time for a spirit of resentment to crop out. Those who have kept up with the controversy between Capt. W. E. Gonzales, editor of The State. and H an. John P. Grace, Mayor of Charleston. have cer tainly been highly entertained. and they have learned that not withstanding the fact of The State editor being an acknow ledged expert coiitroversalist and an artist in the use of words, Charleston's Mayor has him on the hip. The London suffragette who attempted to stop King George's horse in the derby race last Wednesday died from ber injur ies, and now her comrades are giving her the honors of a mar tyr who died for' a great cause. This woman no doubt was a luna tic and was obsessed with the idea Ithat she was called upon to sac rifice her life. Rue~saW~mimSalve. TME CLUB FYIL. Governor Blease appears to b. in earnest aboilt the matter of trying to have the liquor laws of this State enforced as he has written a letter to President Wil son urging him to have congress to enact a law which will put a stop to the issuance of federal li censes to those who are not per mitted under the laws of South Carolina to sell spiritous, vinous or malt liquors. His letter pleads with the President to instruct the Commissioner of Internal Revenue not to issue these li censes. but in the absence of the authority. he urges a special message to congress that a law be enacted. Should the congress take up this matter and act favorably on the governor's suggestion, it wit I have a great effect upon enforc ing the prohibitory laws, it will iuock out the social clubs almost entirely, be.iuse, those who be long to these institutions will not tage the chances .of coming in conflict with the federal laws, and if they must have these bev erages, they will have to buy from the legalized dispensaries, and if the Webb Act is held con stitutional, then there will be no way of procuring alcoholic liq ors except from the dispensar ies, as none can be legally ship ped into counties not having dis pensar les. We do not know what author ity Presideut Wilson has in these matters, but we believe if he should request the Internal Rev. enue department to comply with the request of Governor Blease, it wouid enhance the cause of prohibition in this State greatly, and it would. meet with the ap proval of many who heretofore have not supported prohibition. THEY MUST COME TO THE SCEATCH. Judge Prince is evidently tired of appeals from the Magistrate courts, as he told the members of the Spartanburg bar that he did not propose to make the cir cuit court "a graveyard for Mag itrate's appeals." Tue recent agitation with regard to the law's delays is. no doubt responsible for a more expdii*us maiuner of disposing of cases which come before the courts. and if the re ported remark of Judge Prince is an indication the judges will not be disposed to humor tne practice of some lawyers to hold up the settlement of causes in deinately, but, that they must come to an end so the litigants will know at an early date what their rights are. It has been our opinion for a long time that too much leniency has been permit ted, and because of it litigants have suffered thereby. If the highest tribunal would also .put a stop to making a graveyard out of the supreme. cour-t and would also put a stop to permit ting techni'alities to thwart jus tice, perhaps then there would be less ground for complaint of the law's delay. It will now be known whether or not Capt. W. E. Gonzales is to be minister to Cuba. as it is officially announced that the present minisiter, Arthur M. Beauprie, has been relheved, and it was also announced from the White House that Capt. Gon zales would be named to succeed to the position. There is a faw suit going on in Texas to r eco ve r $99,000,000 penaty from an oil company. Suppose the State wins and the company h .s to pay, how much will that raise the price of oil for the consumer to pay? We ave noticed that every time the government pinches down on the trusts the consumer becomes the lamb to be fleeced. President Wilson entertamned e President Taft at dinner a few evenings ago, but as both of them are total abstainers, the newspapers did not even state that they drunk grape juice. Taft went to Washington the same as any other gentleman, but he did not escape the quick e~ye of the newspaper reporters who made much of his visit. The post masters all over the country will be pleased to know teat Post Master Burleson has issued an order doing away with back stamping of letters. lb will save considerable time in dis tributing the mail, although it may result in annoyance to those working in the offices by being constantly required to answer complaints of delayed mail. Yeggmen seem to have the abit of taking a walk and not returning, recently one took a walk out of the governor's office in Columbia, and has au been heard of since, and last Monday another walked out of the court room in Birmingham, Ala., dur a preliminary hearing, and while a number of detectives were waiting to testify against him. It does seem queer how these desperate men can effect an es cape from the shrewdest of Uncle Sam's officers, they do it with Dut fuss or sensationalism, they just walk away and take the chances. In the two instances they succeeded, and were per haps a considerable distance when the officers discovered the escape. No Substitute Could do This. No inferior substitute, but only the renuine Foley Kidney Pills could have rid J. F. Wallich, Bartlett, Nebr., of l kidney trouble. He says: "I was bothered with backache, and the pain wuld run up to the back of mny head, mud I had spells of dizziness. I took F'oley Kidney Pills and they did the work and I am. now entlirely.-rid of kid CoqAZUL BUSY. Judging fi'm the published accounts from 'Charleston, the constabulary has not gone out of business, as was supposed would be the case from the gov ernor's recent order after the de cision of the State supreme court in the case of receiving liquor for personal use. One day last week a wagon with five barrels of beer was seized by the consta bles in Charleston after a lively chase through the streets, and which might have escaped but for the accidental falling down of the mule hitched to the wagon conveying the contraband. The governor's order was, that all liquor constables commissions would end June 1st, however, in the case of Columbia. this order was modified at the request of the Richland board of control, but so far as has been made public all of the other constables were thought to be out, and the action of the constables in Charleston was a surprise. The seizure was five barrels of beer and four cas es of whiskey put up in half pint packages. When the governor issued his order dismissing these officers it did not appeal to us as wise, but he was of course in a position to know more about the value of such service, however, when he consented to continue them in Richland at the request of the board of control, we pre sume a simitar requeat was made from Charleston which may ac count for the recent atttvity to run down illicit liquor bauling in that city. The United States Supreme Court has filed a decision affect ing the rights of States to enact intra-state rates for inter-state f'ailroads, which means as we understand that a legislature has the right to fix freight and pas senger rates on all roads run ning in and through their re spective States. This decision will open up the way for the several States to regulate rates, which heretofore they have been unable to do because of the in terference of the inter state com mission. At every session of the legisiature in practically all of the Staes attempts have be-en made looking towards the regu lation of rates, both passenger and freight, it has been a hard problem. mainly because those who were seekingsuch legi.,lation could not clearly define the power of the State, now however, this decision will remove much of the doubt and the State commission having already the power to reg ulate intra state rdtes will pres.s on to handling the proposition on the inter state shipments. There is to be horse racing in Columbia under the rules of the jockey club which is -preside d over by Mr. August Belmont, and one of the Columbia news papers we think Tbe Record, rather approves it. When the race meet was the thing in Char leston, much opposition to it was aroused by newspapers all over the State. The Columbia State every now and then would dig Charleston in the ribs atbout the race course; if it was wrong for Charleston to indulge in the sport, it certainly should be wrong for Columbia to permi! it, yet. we have not seen one word of protesL against the con templated racing in Columbia. Why? ,___ On last Thursday the United States Senate confirmed t h e nomination of Justice C. A. Woods, as judge of the 4th Uni ted States circuit court, to fill the vacancy created by the elec tion of Nathan Goff, of West Virginia, to the United States Senate. Judge Woods' election to the Federal bench is very gratifying to the people of this State, and they have every reas on to believe he will make one of the ablest judges in the gov ernment service. His elevation creates a vacancy on the State Supreme Court bench, and there are already several aspirants for the place. We do not disparage any of these gentlemen, but in our opinion, should the general assembly give this distinguished position to Hon. John C. Shep pard it would act wisely. We note that the board of regene of the State hospital for the insane has called for the resigations of all employes, and they will meet on July 1st., to elect their successors. There is a general shaking up expect ed including Dr. J. W. Babcock. We hope there is some mistake about calling for the resignation of Dr. Babcock. In our opinion, it would be a severe loss to the ipstitution for tnis eminent phy sician to leave it. For the past several years there have been rumors to the effect that he would be asked to resign, alnd each time it caused uneasiness among those who appreciate Dr. Babcock's splendid services to the afflicted, and we sincerely ' hope the board of regents, even should they decide to have a' general shake up in that insti tution, they will not disturb the present head. 5100 Reward, 5100. 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It will be national in scope, national in charac ter. The National Conservation Exposi tion has been planned along broad lines and is designed to teach the great lesson of the necessity of con serving the resources that nature has so bountifully bestowed on the coun try. More especially will the necessity of conserving the immense resources of the South be brought out and em phasized at the Exposition. Following are a few facts that give some idea of the magnitude and the aims of the National Conservation Ex position: The exposition plant represents an outlay of over $2,000,000. The site of the exposition is in the most beautiful park in the South-a park that nestles in the foothills of the great Smoky mountains, picturesque, rolling, green, highly improved. Eleven Big Buildings. The exposition grounds embrace with lakes and drives over one hun dred acres. Never was a site for an exposition with more natural advantages chosen, never one better adapted to exposition purposes. Eleven large exposition buildings, modern, stately, snowy white, as well as a number of smaller buildings, will house this exposition. Railroads realize the importance of the exposition and are co-operating in every way, in the enterprise. National leaders of conservation with Gifford Pinchot as chairman are directing the exposition. Sixteen Southern states have formed boards for exposition work and these boards are actively engaged in the col lection of comprehensive exhibits and In arranging state days for the expo ition. South a Treasure House. The National Conservation Exposi tion at Knoxville during September and October will be "different." The displays in various lines will be the largest, the most diversified, the most interesting ever seen in any exposition in the South; they will compare favor ably with any exposition ever held in the United States and they will all teach graphically, eloquently and point edly the lesson of conservation, ad mitte dly one of the greatest questions before the American people to-day. And about all the South-the great South, the South that is a treasure house of the nation, the South busy with the hum and the whirr of count less manufacturing industries-will be on display In Knoxville during the ex position. The South with its tremend ous resources and great industrial pro gress will be strikingly typified. There will be much for every citizen of the country to see in Knoxville dur ing the exposition months, there will be much for every one to learn. TOBACC FLU Get our prices bef( will save you money. Tobacco Tobacco Wire. 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A stranger sitting in the opposite corner politely offered him his bunch In the hope that he would find on It a key to open the bag. But none of them would fit the lock. At the suggestion of the stran ger. who, of course. was an accom plice, the millionaire then produced his bunch of keys, and a few seconds suf ficed to enable the thief to take a wax impression of the key of the rich man's safe. A few weeks later the millionaire's safe was rifled, and before the crime was discovered the thief was across the channel with his rich booty.-Liv- 5 erpool Post. DAINTY COBWEBS. How Spiders' Fine Spun Threads Com pare With Human Hair. it is- bard to realize bow small a spider's web really is. A famous mi croscopist onCe made some interesting comparisons of a cobweb with human hair. "I have often compared the size of the thread spun L-7 full grown spiders with a hair of my beard." he says. "I placed the thickest part of the hair before the microscope, and.'from the most accurate judgment I could form. more than 100 of the spider's threads placed side by side could not equal the diameter of one such hair. If. tt-. we suppose such a tair to be of a round form it follows that 10,000 threads spun by the full grown spider, when taken together. will not be equal in substance to the size of a single hair. To this, if we add that 400 young spiders at the time when 'they begin to spin their webs are not larger than one full grown one and that each of these minute spiders possesses the ame organs as the larger ones. it fol lows that the exceedingly small threads spun by these little creatures must be still 400 times slenderer, and consequently tbat 4.000.000 of these minute spiders' threads cannot equal in substance the size of a single hair." The French. ' The.F.rench. were first.mentioned as t the Franks. 'a tribe of warlIketier mans in the northwestern part of the region now known as Prussia.' They came into notice about 240 A. D. and with other German tribes invaded the Roman empire in the fifth century and settled in the country now known as France. The word Frank, or Frank man, means freeman. After their conquest of Gaul they named the coun try Frankenrick. or Frank's kingdom. Getting Him Inured. "What makes Bliggins compel his boy to practice standing bareheaded in inclement weather'?' "He has an Idea the boy will be president of the United States some day and wants to have him well re hearsed for inauguration."-Washing ton Sa:'. CASTOR IA For Tnnts and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of , 7 ( a~ 0 BARN ES ! >re you buy. Our prices Everything for the Planter. o Twine, rn Lantering, Barn Thermometers, hins. Stock of Binder Twine VARE COMPANY. Bank Book ? 8 d :a ' a 'r I,:tr'on of Pu- b-nk .nw~ '. ' A mar vir s r 'urbeville,8 e. S.C.. 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Bank and Trust Co. *. - - Pay A Visit a our cashier and he will conviare you hat we have every fae&hy hand ntr our backingr buins with :Ic uru~y acd dikpLch Ou:' fi:w-ial tanding is Beyond Question~ d we aim to treat al! oar eas: rs th the greatest cou rtesy and e.n-d ratin, be their accoums I tr;;e or [he Bank of Mannin~g .JHARLTON DdRANT. ATTORNE~Y AT LA'. MANNING. S. )HN G. CAPERS". (.f South . '--- 4 ,APERS & WRI(ilIT. \T' ORtNEY" A.. . Evans Blu d:7 KILLCOU N ANDALLTHROATA~ B i GUARANEEDO 'C . .. lo'tgages. ATT&RNE~' .V . P DY. URDY & uIiY N Atnsa.- m r' ~ E be iIanning Elmues. LOUIS APPELT. EditOr. MANNING. S. C. .TUNE 11, 1913. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY ~eyar.....................l$15 af - izoutba................i TM moths....................... ADVERTISING RATES: one saam~r one time. $I; each subsequeat In 9M&=~s 50 ets. Obitures, and Tributes of 2spe"chargea fer as regulhr advertiement& LimraOttracts madeforthree. six and twelve Advertisers will please re member that copy for a change of ad. MUST be in this office by Saturday Noon in order to nsure ublcation the following week. oemuticmons must e acompanied by the real name and address of the writer in order to food"e suention .o cinIn5Uma of a personai character wM be published except as an advertisement. Entereds atshNostoffoe aT Manning as See end Caassmater. SEATOS UECTE BY DRECT 10TE. The constitutional amendment to elect United States Senators by a direct vote of the people in stead of by the several general emblies is now the law and in the future the senators will be elected the same as the governor and^ other officers, but in the South the difference will hardly -be noted, because for the past several years the senators b-ve been nominated in the primaries, and thegeneral assembly mere ly ratified what was done by the people directly. But in the North and West it will be different, and S aState which will elect a Demo Crab governor may send to the Unted States Senate a Republi can or a Progressive or a Social ist. In all of the northern 'and western states, and, the same ap plies to the eastern states, the voters are not bound hand and foot with the party chains, they vote for men and measures inde -pendent of party: but in the south every white man is requir e to bend his bck to receive the lash, if he refuseshe is made * anoutcast, and he is for years to comedone for. It would be a po itical blessing if the south was situated so it too, could exercise a freedom from the mandates of Bosses,-those who get in con roi of the political machinery are as much Bosses as Tammany had. Take, for example South Carolina, what showing would a man of independent views have, he would be excoriated from one end of-the State to the other. He would be excommunicated from the partyif he did not agree with the views of the leaders, and if he attempted to run in a general election. although not having participated in the pri mary, he would be treated as an enemy. Therefore, we say so far as the direct vote for senators is Sconcerned it does not matter to these states which nominate in the primary, where there is only TeYorkville Enquirer, how ever, thinks that because of this new feature it is the more essen tial to require the registration certinicates in the primary. The Enquirer usually argues w ell, but on this subject it has not presented an argument which convinces us of the necessity. We cannot see how the certifi -.cates can help us chose a sena tor any more than a governor or a coroner, but we do see how a large portion of the voters would lose interest in the primaries if they were required to hunt up~ their certificates to carry to the clubs. HAVE WE CONGRESSIONAL WEAELINGSt The investigation going on in Washington to find out whether the President was justified in his intimation that there was a cor rupt lobby at work at the capi tol to prevent tariff legislation so far does not seem to have 'made much headway in discov ering anything wrong. There is n o doubt that lobbyists have been at work in Washington, and they are still working in matters for which they are in terested, either by employment -or otherwise, and we doubt if the congress can enact a law which will prevent this practice, we also doubt the wisdom of en acting such a law. Legislation is a matter which is more or less of interess to the many indus tries of this country, and it seems to us, those to be affected by legislation have the right to present their views, and to make .such a showing as will enlighten those who must consider these matters. It is all very well to raise a storm about lobbyists, designating them as the "Third House," but unless there is proof of corruption by this lobby, it ap peals to us as a purely tommyrot. There are some who would have the representatives to shut themselves up so it- will be im possible for any communication between them and those inter ested in legislation, and if this is to be the rule, then it would be well to have the law makers guarded the same as a jury in a felony case. It has been testifi ed to that representatives have accepted the hospitality of men interested in pending legislation, .that they dined with them, at tended the theatre, and went au tomobile riding with them. It would be a terrible condition did these courtesies affect one way or another the sworn duty of a representative, and surely if the congress is made up of such a class-men who could be turned from their convictions by a din ner or a ride, the recent tidal -y ;e which swept a Democratic majority into control, was a fear ful mistake, and the sooner it returns to sweep it out of control the better it will be for the couat try We dn not believe there it