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1W You'll stylish an Our S cause he COOL SUITS of 5 HO0 $7.50, $10. S1I I. Come ~be ahtlg EImes. -LOUIS APPELT. Editor, MfANNINhG.S. C .TNE 18, 1913. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY SSix monthS--------------------. -.... 50 ADVEmfSntG RATEs: 8Ston. eeOte. ~ an Tribute of ~bAdvertisers will please re member that copy for a -change of ad. MUST be in -this office by Saturday Noon in order to insure Dublieation the fonlowing week. - ea name ad drsao h writer in order t * . ~o aor a personna eharaoter ond Class matter GET YOUR CERTIFICATES AND TAX SRECEIPTS. Elsewhere in this issue will be found a letter from Governor Blease, directing the attention to a movement, said to be on foot, to get congress to enact a law to require registration cer tificates in the primary that nom inates United States Senators and Congressman, of course, if such a law is enacted every man who desires to express his choice at his club must not only present *his certificate, but he must also present his receipt for his, pre vious year's taxes; all of this, in our opinion has a purpose, a purpose to curtail the vote in the primary in the expectation the additional requirements will be so bothersome, those living at distances from the court house where the certificates are issued, will not take the trouble to se curethem thus practically leaving the choice of candidates to those convenient topro vide themaselves with the necessary passes to be allowed to vote. Whether congress takes this matter up or not, we have no doubt the next State convention, if it is dominated by the same element as it was last year, will adopt some such rule and regu lation, the only way the mass es can prevent such a hamper ing condition being forced upon them, is to attend the club meet ings when they are called to gether and see to it that none are sent to the county conven tions who favor such a scheme, however, should congress enact a restrictive primary law, then the only safety lies in seeing that every white man is on the registration books, and that he has his certificate and tax re ceipt where he can get his hands upon it when voting time comes. The people have become ver lax about attending club meet ings, mainly, because there was nneessityt oen.a the time, and .ceftainly 3 .d light-weigi ORT of CL( knows he ER6ES. CHEVIOTS an ESPUNS, 5 $18, $20. and $25. here to do y ast -year, notwithstanding the intense interest, the club meet ings were not attended, with the result, the majority was not rep resented, in either the county or the state conventions, as was afterwards demonstrated by~ the actual vote in the primary elec tion. The laxity on the part of the voters was responsible for this condition, they did not go tc their respective clubs to send delegates, but the minority did, hence the conventions were cap tured by the minority. N e x1 year however, with the warning from the governor if the voters repeat their indifference anda large number are deprived fron> the exercise of their right o: suffrage they will have only themselves to blame. 4 .It has been rumored for some time that a prominent man o: this State contemplating being a candidate for the United States Senate, recently visited Wash ington and bad a conference with some of the South Carolina dele gation about getting such a law passed, the result of this confer ence is not publicly known, but should this man be a candidate, he will have an opportunity of affirming or deaying the charge of endeavoring to secure such~ legislation, if he admits it, or it is proven on him, he may as well furl his ambition and quit. The masses will not vote for any man who seeks to deprive them of an unhampered right to vote as they please. True, if offensive re trictive rules are made it will force them to comply, if for no other purpose than to drive from~ authority those whom they hold responsible, but in the end the tendency will be to demoralize the electorate and cause it to lose interest, and when this time ar rives, as it sure. will, then the era of cliques and rings will have new life breathed into them. Imagine certain people in con trol of our public affairs with no fear of being dislodged, is there anything more certain than they would s.>on make themselves a close corporation for their per. sonal ends? As it is, with the knowledge that the masses are in~ control they would like to grab everything in sight, if for noth ing else, to gratify their desire to rule, and to punish those who will not submit to being ruled by them. The safest and best plan is for the masses to be on the look out. be alive to their inter ests, and whenever a move is at tempted to take from them any of their rights, to repel it by or ganization as they would the in. vasion of an enemy A BFEELS RESORT. The orders to the Sheriff and the Chief Constable of Charles ton, by Governor Blease, pub. lised in Thursday's News and Curir, came like a clap of I *JL rant a new 5 ~it that will st; )THES, HEAM is dressed c lTA $1 to $4.00. Panar' our choosing i II Clii thunder from a clear sky. Thei Governor ordered these officials* to put a stop to the Sunday: motorcycle racing on the Isle of Palms, and the sale of intoxicat ing beverages. The Isle of Palms is a pleasure resort where peo pie go from all over this and ad joining States for a few days recreation. The "big day" is Sun day, and when the amusement feature is taken away it prac tically destroys the purpose of the resort. Just why the Gover nor should at this time select the Isle of Palms for a more strict observance of the law we do not know, but from his order it ap pears that he regards the action of the Mayor of Charleston, in requiring the liquor concerns to close on Sundays in the city, to be favorable to the resort across the har bor. Had the Governor put the lid on this resort from the begin ning, it would have been differ ent, but inasmuch as he has taken no notice of the races and t he liquor selling heretofore, there are many who want to know the significance of this re cent move. Especially are they of an exquisitive turn of mind with regard to this matter, since t he Governor has evinced a greater interest in having the liquor laws throughout the State enforced by his recent letter to the President, asking for the aid of the federal government by withholding the issuance of li censes to those who are not le gally permitted to sell intoxi cants It is the duty of the Governor to enforce the laws of the State, and when he endeavors to do so he should receive all tbe encour agement the people can give him, and while we think a resort like the Isle of Palms should be permitted to have a privilege, the authority to get such is from the legislature, and until this body grants a license there is no way but the right way, and that is a strict compliance with the law, and this is what the Gover nor appears to be seeking. TE BUSINESS WORL.D IS RESTI.ESS. What will be the outcome of the legislation at Washington is Ia problem worrying the country considerably at this time. The nearer completion the tariff bill becomes the more stringent be comes the money mnark~et, and today the banks are having a dificult task to get money from the commercial centers at all, whether the tinkering at Wash inton is really the cause we do not know, but there is an evi dent state of unrest throughout the country which is causing a tightening up so that we are on the verge of depression. How long this condition will last is hird to say, it may continue un . icngress. adjouns or it may JLY UIT for the unmp you as a )WEAR and >rrectly and if HATS, a Hats, $5 to $8.00. mnd wear the DLI SU MT EF disappear a.t any time, but in' our opinion, as long as there is my uncertainty about what re uctions will be made in the tariff schedules the tight times will continue. During the past two weeks trade conditions have been a bad shape, stocks fell and verything appeared to be in an unstable condition, it is at uch a time when the speculator gets in his crochet work to take dvantage of the hysteria. J. J. Hill, the great railroad develop er, said in a speech that if ongress would meet once in ten years the country would be bet ter off, and we are oecoming a onvert to that idea. Just at this time conditions are uncertain, as we have an administration elect ed to put into operation experi-, nents, and it matters not wnat it does, the effect will be ques tioned until success has been! emonstrated, therefore, as long as the legislation is in an ex perimental stage we might ex pect business to be nervous and sensitive. MRS LONGSTREET FIGHTS. The President sometime ago appointed a successor to Mrs. Longstreet as postmaster of Gainesville, Ga., but up to the present the senate has not con firmed the appointment. Mrs. Longstreet appeared before the ommittee in person and pre Bented an argument agaimst bhe action of the President. Fri ay the name of the successor to Mrs. Longstreet was brought up in the senate for confirma tion. but it was objected to and her friends have determined to sk for a committee to investi gate the circumstances connect d with Mrs. Longstreet's re moval. Of course, the lady will lose out in the end, but she ma.y be able to show that what the department removed her for was not because there was any1 ~omplaint or that she did not ~onduct the office properly, but it was a case of politics in pay ment for services r-endered to he congressman representing the district, and in the expecta tion of future benefits. In our ~pinion Mrs. Lonigstreet will ~ccomplish nothing that will be f benefit to her, and she would have saved herself much trouble had she quietly submitted to the powers that be, and permitted her successor to be commission d without delay. EVEN EDITORS MUST ABSTAIN. Oh, ye editors, who attend the meeting on the 26th, must prac tice what you have been preach ng, or taIge the chances of ap pearing in court as a witness, to testify against the fellow that sold the tire water without a le FC Fourth or f< progressive I~ TOGGERY n dressed well NEGLIGEE S 50c. to $3.50. Silk H osier: best of Outfit 5LOTE , s. C. iven notice that he intends to -n ave the lid clamped down good ec nd hard on the occasion ot the Ifi eeting of the State Press As-'p ociation, and any newspaper ri eople who patronize illegal re- d orts will be haled before the ourts as witnesses. The news apers all over the State have li een having much to say about a he violation of the liquor laws, ti nd some of them have been n lacing the blame on the gover- y or. If he carries out his implied hreat the sincerity of many of v he members of the press will be ' ested, because it is altogether ti iconsistent to berate the officers b or not enforcing the law in the tl ewspapers, and then give per a sonal encouragement to tne vio- a ators with patronage. If the s, overnor continues at the pace t e is going he will please the ost ardent Prohibitionist. Ic Senator Works, of California, turned over to the authorities a etter from one of his constitu ents offering him $1,000 to se cure for him the postmastership t Santa Barbara. Thuis mn a n a ust have been easy sure enough Ia o write such a-letter, when hej might have accomplished whatf e wanted with a good strong1 bluff. The bluff route to official ' recognition does not c~ost cash. |t and the bluffer is not subjected j o arrest for attempting to bribe. I According to the Commission e er, South Carolhna spends $13,w 00,000 a year for canne.d goods. t This is a whole lot of money tok eave the State when it can be easily kept here, by the people a: auning the pr-oducts fr-om their a w farms. Some of the nirest s >matoes we have ever seen can ned were raised and packed right here in Clarendon. There is not c Sfarm in the county that cannot tl put up vegetables and fruits at ! Snominal cost. e tI The appointment of Capt. W. e E. Gonzales as minister to Cuba ar by President Wilson is gratify lx ng to the people of South Caro- tI a, regardless of factional iti: iignmn t. Captain Gonzales is Ii ~specially fitted for the position. Ip having been a student of the I i sand, the nativity of his ances la ors on his paternual sile, and a 1iving that interest for its wel are which comes of family pride. We doubt if there is a man inthe United States who can btter fit into the position as the prese~tative of this country. eh is familiar with its people. Fe is also familiar with the pur u oses of this countr-y towards 2 Duba, and in making this ap g ointment we regar-d it, not ed l the personal desire of the 3 President of the Unitedl States ~o rcognze oe wh haddon )r your Out IAN! iake a MAN IIRTS, , 25c.. 50c. and $1 ing. It cosi ch for the party which had vated him to the highest of e in the gift of the American ople, but in seeking for a rep ~sentative he manifested wis m in the selection. State by State is falling in e to give the ballot to the >men, the last to come in is e State of Illinois one of the >t progressive in the Un-ion. a believe the demand is grow and in a few years congress il adopt such legislation. 're are many who do not uk the women should vote, t when argument is presented ere can be nothing convincing gainst it. It would be rather ueer sight in this State to a the ladies at the polls, but ie day is fast.- approaching hen thlis will be done; whether iditiorns will be improved by c votes of the women can only ascertained after a trial of , experiment. Washington is amusing itself ith the lobby investigation; sen ors and lower house members re asking each other '"what is a brvY" And when they are told 'at a lobby is they continue rther inquiries to know what an "insidious lobby?" Wben e committee at last discovers hat a lobby is, and whether or ot it is insidious, it will make recomm endation for congress putL a crimp on the lobby, and ~tradite the fellows that bring ith them anything which has e appearance or bcing insid is, then perhaps their work L have been accomplished id t ( colntry will go right on if congress had never been in sio. cording to the News and aUirC of Monday the effect of cgovernor's order to stop wlessness at the Isle of Palms Sunday was quite noticeable, it. ays t he lid was on tight, it the sheriff and the chief nstable were both on hand ievrrything wenit off smooth Mayor G.,race's order that elid must be closed down in Ccity was also o bserved, only )ole's of violation being re rted. so it will b, observedJ t haeleston is no worse than v other city ifthe ofier r ye to the situation.ifcrae S100 Reward, $100. he reler' of this. paper will be pleasecd to itha there is at leaist one dredieud disease .ti':ce has bieen able to cure in all its s~and that is~ rrh. HairI'.Catarrh Cure nrpit' '' . i care'knwn t. the mnedic-al r ie itiriire s itutina tea'tmenit. all j'. 'he ret''. destrovn' the fotndation of thet s.d . iin thie paien'ts trenigth by build iin ti cur.ative powr. tha they otfer one nred Dolla1r" fr 'i. uvcae thait it fails to '.rlss. F . in CHv PiIi'I. ET C o...Tl.. - T.HI ing Trip ! S( carry himself COOL UNDERI 25c., 50c. and $1. Union! $2.50. s no more ! Governor Blease Warns the Voters. To the Democratic Voters of South Carolina: I desire to call your attention to the fact that the amendment to the Consti tution of the United States providing for the direct election of United States Senators by the people has been ratifi ed by a su~icient number of States to put the amendment -ito effect and that this ratification by a sutficient number of States has been announced by Hon. William J. Bryan, Secretary of State of the United States. Although South Carolina has not rat ified this amendment, yet under the Constitution of the United States I sup pose she will be bound by it. It is now rumored that certain South CarolinIans - some native-born a nd some bv adoption without the State's consent-I regret tbey are South Car oliians-are endeavoring to have con-, gress place a provision in a law to be passed under the new amendment to the effect that in those States in which a primary is held by a party for its can didate, no person shall be allowed to vote in said primary except he be qual iied to vote in the general election. This effort is being made in an under handed manner. I now give you notice tht it is being made in order that you may go to your supervisors of registra tion'certificates and be fully nrepared to protect your .lves when the time comes. The books of the supervisors of registration should be open on the first Monday of each month at your county seats, and your supervisors of registra tion should make'proper arrangements to see that every man who is entitied to be registered is registered. The re spective executive committees on each Democratic club should see that every member of every club has his name-up on the registration books. No white mn in the St ate should wait for some-! body else to attend to it for him, bur, shold get his c.ertificate himself and be ready for the fray when it comes. I do not believe that, your legislature is going to place any such restrictions upn your State primary, nor di I be lieve that your S:ate convention will place any such restrictions around your State primary, but we can not tell what e Ifect these under-ground, stab-in-the back. cheap politicians may bring about ia WVashingron, in order to deprive a certain element of the white people of the south and of our Stat e of participat ing in the primary, particularly in South Carolina, because t h ey have heretofore been defeated or now see defeat staring them in the face. I feel that it is proper that warning should be given you, and that it is my duty as i our Governor to give it, and I now do so. I can only give the warning,~ as I feel it is my duty to do. If you faill to heed it, and find ',ourself deprived of suffrage, you will have no one to blame but yourself. Go to the supervisors of1 registration. If they fail to register you, report them to) me. If there is any board of registration in the State which refuses to register the white voters, I' will relieve them from the duty and put, ia board tnat will. I have sounuded the warning. That is all I can (10 I beg you to heed it. Very respectfully,5 COLE L. BLEASE, Governor. Notice of L' ;charge. I will apply to the Judge of Pro bate for Clarendon county, on the I iti lay of Ju ly, 1913, at 11 o'clock, A. M., for letters of discharge as ad minitrator of the estate of Joseph S. Bell, deceased. JOHs D. GERALD, Administrator. Jue, 17th, 1913. FOLEYIIoNT-TAR )mething well, be VEAR, uits. 50c.,.$I to STATEOF SOUTH CAROLINA,, Clarendon County, COURT OF COMMON PLEA&i. . F. Middleton and C. F. Middleto.. Trading as Middleton & Company,. Plaint~iffs against Samuel Hampton, R. C. Rtichardsoa, and WV. R. Coskrey, Trading as W. R. Coskrey & Company, Defend ants. Decree. NDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A udgment Order of the. Court of Com on Pleas, in the above stated action, o me directed, bearing date of May 9th, 913, T will sell at public auction, to be higbest biddder, for cash, at Clar ndon Court House, at Manning, in aid county, within the legal hours for udicial sales, on Monday, the 7th day f July, 1913, being salesday, the fol owing described real estate: All that lot or parcel of land, sit ate in Remini, in the County of larendon, and State aforesaid; ounded on the North by Street of aid town, known as Railroadt Street, fronting forty feet thereon;: ast by lot formerly of A. S. Boston,. bove described; South by Street: eparating from lands of H. B. Rich rdson, and West by lot formerly of:? A. S. Boston; its Eastern and WVest em lines extending one hundred andl wenty feet. This lot being formerly' he store house lot of B. B. King; onveyed to me by A. D. Wither poon and others. There being no numbrance on this lot whatsoever. ALSO: All that, certain lot of land situate, ying and' being in .the County of larendon and State aforesaid, con aining about one-fourth of an acre, ore or less, and bounded as fol ows: On the North by a Street f the town of Remini, S. C., called railroad Street; South by lands f H. B. Richardson; East by aids of H. B. Richardson and Pblic Road leading from Cam en to Charleston, and WVest by ands of estate of B. B. King. Purchaiser to pay for papers. E. B. GAM BLE, Sheriff Clarendon County, TATE OF SOUTH OAROL.INA, County of Clarendon. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, [1itchell Levi and Ferinand Levi, Copartners in business as Levi Bros., Plaintiffs against . J. Graham, Defendant. Decree. Under and by Virtue of an Execu o issued out of the Court of Com on Pleas, and to me directed, I ave levied upons and will sell at pub ec auction in front of the court ouse, in Manning, on Monday, the th day of July, for cash, the follow g real estate: All that piece or lot of land situate Clarendon County, State of South arolina, containing 280 acres; boun led North, and WVest by lands of irs. Harriet Harvin; Southeast and ~ortheast by estate of Henry Byrd d Ann L. Reynolds; North by nds formerly known as the Martin ~yrd tract, lands of Ann-L. Reynolds, nd West by lands now or fo irly ifDavid F. Lide and E. J. Puge, be g the tract of land conveyed to F. . Granaam by J. Cohen Wilson by leed recorded in the office of Clerk Court for Clarendon County in ~ook T1. T., page 721. Purchaser to pay for papers. E. B. GA MBLE, Sheriff Caendon oumntye