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\l ANN ING, S. C., JULY . 1913 Publishes All County and Town Of. ficial Advertisements. RUTH CHAPTER, NO. 40, H ROYAL ARCH MASONS Regular Meetin;. Second Men S day in Each Month. CHARLTON DURANT. FRED LSEESNF High Priest. Secrtury. Mannin Chapter, No. I9 *Order of Eastern Star.' Regular Meeting, First Tuesday in each Month. (Mrs.) G. M. SMILTH. W. M. (Miss) SsiE HARVIN. Sec. ST. PETER'S LODGE, No. 54, Meets Wednesday Evening. June 18. Fellow Craft Degree Conferrel E. C. HORTON. W. M. E. J. BROWNE. Secretary. Fruit Jars, Jelly Glasses, Jar Rubbers, Parawax and everfthing you'll need for your pickling and pre serving. Of course, the prices are at the bottom as usual. Manming Gr1cery Co Mr. H. C. Bruns of Georgetown is visiting in Manning. Mrs. M. L. Sauls has gone to visit her son at Winston-Salem, N. C. Beginninagyesterday persons can send through the mails packages C. 0. D. Mrs. B. P. Broadway, of Jacksonville, Fla, was in '.fanning yesterday on f business. t The depot at Wilson's Mill was des troyed by fire last Saturday night from t lightning. The young folks of Manning enjoyed a delightful fish fry at Martin's Lake last evening. - Dr. and Mrs. Ellison Capers, of Sum merton, spent Monday In Manning on a shopping tour. Miss Helen Thompson, of Sumter, is in Manning visiting her school mate, t Miss Margaritte Nimmer. - Mr. and Mrs. C. A. McFaddin left yesterday for Columbia where they ex pect to stay for several days. The Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist chnrch will meet next t Friday afternoon at 5 o'clock. Mr. 3. Covert Piowden, who has been off on his summer vacation re turned to his worg Mo.nday nignt. Miss Virginia Wilson left last Thurs day night to join her sister. Mrs. Belser. for a trip to Hendersonville, N. C. Mrs. T. M. Mouzon, accompanied by her sister, Miss Clara Williams, of Georgia, has gone to Virginia for rest. .The Times editor spent last Friday at the Isle of Palms, and you can take it from him, the lid was on as tight asI bee's wax. Mfr. J. A. Weinberg left Monday . Dight to join his family in North Caro lina. where they will go to New York and Canada. Mrs. J. D Huggins of Denmark a rived in Manning Monday morning to spend the day with the family of Mr-.1 A. H. Breedin. We are informed that Dr. J. P. Har rison, of Greenville, a recent graduatet of the South Carolina' Medical college, will soon locate at Alcolu. Morris Ness has returned from New York where he has been to buy his stock for the new store which he is about to open in Manning The citizens of the Home Branch sec tion are alive to the niecessity of better school facilities, and they are going to vote u pon themselv-es an additional tax. A freight train left the track at the Manning depot last Monday morning at an early hour, and the wrecking train had to be sent for to get it on the road again. -There will be services in the Man nling B-aotist church Sunday morntng and Sunday night by Dr. R. W. San ders of Greenville. The public is cor dially invited. Prof. John K. Bree~dini, dean of the Anderson Female College, and his wife are in Manning on a visit to Mr. Bree din's parents, after an entended tour of the North and Canada. If you want to have a few days of real pleasure take advantage of the special rates that is being offered in this issue by the Isle of Palms company for the 4th, 5th i.nd 6th. Countyv Superinrtdenit of Ed ueation. E. J1. B'rowne, whlo has been at. Rot-k Bill. attending a meeting of the Super intendents of the State, and teacheris ummer schoo!, arrived home Monday night. Mlr. S J. Smith who has been so journng at Myr-tle Beach with his family. r-un over to Manning for a few .day;'to look after some business but he will return to the salt water- and the acool brecezes. M.1trried at the Manse by iev L. B3. NcCord, in Mannin:z last Satur-day. Mr. J. Henry Mouzon. of Williams bug and Mi~s Nellie Huggrins, of the Fo'rk, a daughter (of Mr. and Mrts. J. WV. Huggins. Tfhere was a game of batse ball last Saturday betwee-n Hlome Branch and Trinity, r-esultingz in favor of Home Branc-h. 5to 8. The Home Br-ancher, have not been~ defe'aed this seas.>n, and they are proud of the distinction. Adam Fulton was shot and killed by Madison Nelson, both negries, ias.t Sun day mrnng on the CXnuoor Wells pla-e on .santee. Lt is said that Nelsen wemt to he h~ouse~ wherec Fulton was s!t-epios and called, when Fulton raised up in bed Nei-.on lit ed upon him through w window. Nels'n cihumis the shooti nr w ,s.accider nial Sherifl Gambl- art e-;e Yeison andi lodged him mn jail to awant erial at the next. toerm of rur. Arant's ad.. is worth five cents. Save it. Died at Asheville, N. C.. at the home of her daughter, Mrs. I. C. Strauss. yesterday. Mrs. lose ltyttenberg, of Sumter, widow of the late Harry Ryttenberg. The funeral takes place in Sumter tomorrow. The oil inspection act, adop'ed at the last session of the gener.l asermbly is now in etTect and it is to be hoped it will be the cause of preventing the re fused oil of other States being dumped upon this State as has been the case in the past. Miss Augusta Appelt, left Manning last .\Ionday night for Gainsville. Ga.. where she enters the Bronau t.olle e Conservatory to take a special instruc tor's course in music. This institution has the reputation of being the best music school in the South Bright Mack the life convict who at tempted to escape from the Clarendon chaingang last week and was shot by one of the guards was taken to the pen itentiary for treatment in the hospital, yesterday he was placed on the operat ing table, and died in a few minutes. It was thought the Manning post of fice transfer would be made yesterday so the new postmaster would begin his duties on the beginning of the new quarter and the beginning of the new fiscal year, but he has not as yet receiv ed his commission, and we do not know just when he will take charge. The outlook for a good season for the tobacco people is the finest in many years and the local buyers are making every preparation to induce the weed to this market. All of the best con cerns in the United States will have representatives upon this market and the competition bids well to be strong. Charlie Lun, the Chinaman who left Manning last week, is said to soon leave for his native land where he has be :ome heir to a considerable fortune, at present his family is living in Charles on. While living in Marning Charlie ;o conducted bimself as to win the ind feeling of all those who came in ontact with him. The horse stolen from the ;table of R. D. Clark in this town, mention of the theft having been made in The imes last week. was recovered the ext day about five miles from Sumter. negro was riding the animal, and when he saw he was being pursued be jumped from the horse and made his ?scape through the woods. Mr. H. D. Plowden left yesterday for olumbia, accompanied by Dr. G. L. Dickson, to consult with Dr. Guerry vit a view to having a surgical opera ion performed upon his face and neck. 1r. Plowden has a growth upon his ieck which causes him much inconven ence, and of late considerable pain. It s hoped the skill of this famous physi :ian will give Mr. Plowden relief. For legal reasons the Woman's Mis lionary Society of the Methodist churcb gill not have two meetings in the nonths of July and August as hereto ore. The third Friday in each of ese months we hope to meet at the hurch as usual. Beginning with the irst Friday in September the usual wo meetings will be called. Mrs. G. d1. Smith.. presiaent. Mrs. J. H. Orvin, ecretary. The organizing of chambers of com nerce in the little towns is becoming reneral but if they do not accomplish he bringing together and the pulling ogether of the merchants they are iractically useless. The main trouble with these or ganizations in small owns is. thev~ are 'usually started to -xploit some individual and they do iot attempt to do those things which re of material interest. The war department is not in favor of leepening Btack River up to Kingstree, Lnd has so reported to the House comn nittee. No doubt this is a disappoint nent to the Congressmen who, when a -andidate. would have been glad to iave a line of steam boats running up ud down this river. Candidates are al ays ready and willing to get the gov irnment to help them get votes, even f they have to promise to ditch pri rate lanos. ThosA comtemplating a trip for the Ith should take advantage of the ad ;ertisement in this issue of the suecial iogiam prepared by the Isle of Palms ompany. A day at this resort is one of he best, outings we know of, it is inex ~ensive, and more pleasure can be got en out of it for the tooney spent than it any place in the country. The surf athing is excellent and the boat ride a exhilirating, especily to those liv g in t be inte-riturof the State. Go to ,he Isle of Palms to spend the great tational boliday-. Died Sunday morning in Mlanning eter B. Mouzon, son of M1r. and Mrs. ['. 1. Mouzon, in the thir~d year of his ige. This death is peculiarly distress n because only about ten days ago he parents lost an eight-year old son, nd it leaves them chi'dless. Words tannot express the feeling of sympathy h community feels for the bereaved yarents. The children were exceedingly right and pi omising and to have this 2ome visited by the Reaper so soon is ndeed a visitation that casts a gloom ver the entice community. The funet at -k pla-e Mlonday in the M1anning :eetery. The funeral of is. Ellen I. Hluggins hose death v-as mentioned in this ewspaper last week. took place in this: lethodist church last Wed nesday dternoon. Rev-. G. P. Watson, p-.tor f the Methodist church. assisted by Rev. H. K. Williams. pastor- of the Alcoiu Baptist church, and Rev. L. B. McCord, pastor of the Mlanning Presby terian church conducted the serv-ice. During the funeral as a mat-k of respect the stores clesed, and there was a large ongregation at the se-rvice. The pall bearers were, Mlessrs Ji. -r. Stukes, Wv 1. Plowden, W. C. Davis. B. A. John son, A. P. Burgess. and A. I. Barron, active. Messrs. C. R. Ilarvin. J.S Wil son. L. L. Wells and JIoseph Sprott. honorary. Read Hir-schmnano's big sale advet tiement in this issue. lHiischimann is p epa: ing to lower his imm~iense stock in oder to imake roomr for h, s fal and winter purc-haoEs and it is an opput tunity to get bargains. Every up-to date mer-chant realizes tile cdi-advant ae it is to his business to ca: c-v over stock and lie tinds it a paymri invest ment to give his cu-,tomers the adtvant ag of buying at a reduced priec rather toan to ca:rry ove ci oek from one sea s m to another, theirfore H-irschiman is putting on this salle w ith a view 1o cutting down his~ suttmr stock to make roma foir the stcki to -oon c-one it: T~oe who have thie ca-sh on haxnd can secure frunm this sale ood b larening~ in the inu- that is neede' i m-v e v house hold. Take advainta::ge of it anad save The-e was a meeting of the tobacco men in Fior-ence last Saturzday. when it w.s decided ali of the war-ehouises shoulm open uip for tihe reception of tobacco July 10th. It was also deter mined by them to o'ppo-e the .-seling of tobacco on the farmits. This may have the apptearatice of a rominie among the wrehousemen:, but the-y say it is n 't, this action in tixi n2 an opening :ay is in the inte-rest of the plateris. and in opposing the- sellirng of t he we-ed n the farmns is to ore-vent os~s to the ftrer. It is oui opiin,~ thle avern'ee . hco firmier is quitle well posted, .m: he 1 is inl o-itio tol k now w hen an where to sel i ii s product. if in hii j iah-m--nt it pays imn to sell at his t ni he wi no wu. if i-ut he~ will tin. wa lne tin i :s -tihe best mar ket ani Political Thoughts Editor The Manning Times: I did not bother You with an articl last week. I thought maybe you wou: bave so much news matter and so man, editorial thoughts to give us that yo would prefer using all your space your self. I have been writing about th tariff, the income tax. Congress, etc but I am coming nearer home th week and discuss some matters in Sout Carolina. I said sometime that the a' erage South Carolinian loved politic: Ihis is true, I don't care what som folks say to the contrary. It is mor than twelve months before the uex primary election, and yet there at some five or six candidates in the fiel fctively running for governor, and a ready the average voter has begun t liscuss the candidates and to pick bi ,hoice. without even hearing what an )f the candidates stand for. or annount ing their platforms or views. In on respect all tbese candidates stand o he same platform, and that is the big est plank in their platforms, to wil .hat each fellow wants to be governor. I noticed a short while ago that on >f the candidates for governor had a rticle in one of the big daily paper .n which he said that if the peopl would do so and so, and if the peopl who had big tracts of land would nc want so much for their lands, and bese lands were cut up into sma 'arms, how much the condition of th state would be improved, and so fortt But the candidate never intimated tha fe is a big land owner himself, neve ;aid anything about bow to cut up thes yig plantations and get them owne tnd occupied by small, but progressiv armers. In fact he merely mentione some unfortunate domestic conditions ad pictured how much better certai )ther domestic conditions would be without offering or suggesting an. -emedv. and strange to say, the edito >f the big daily paper fell in and wrot long editorial, commenting upon an >ommending what the candidate fo fovernor had said, and be did not offe Mny remedy either. The whole thing ooked like a mere effort to get in th )apers. But I venture the voting pea le are going tithink below the surfac text summer. By this time next summer South Car Plina will be in the heat of anothe tampaign, and the campaign partie vill be going from county to county mnd supposed to be advancing new an >eneficial ideas of government. I d lope the masses of the people will d owe thinking by next summer, anc 'lect a governor who will recommend ad members of the legislature from th arious counties who will carry out ome measures of real benefit. Yo now the making of a few crimina aws is a small matter, and I sometime vonder why so many members of tb egislature will content thems'l, a w rying to pass some little criminal stat ite, or some little school measure per aining to some township in his county without ever touching or giving though o the larger questions which effect al he people. The biggest question be ore the people of our State, in m3 pinion, is this tax question. Nobod: ill deny that our taxes are higl nough, and certainly no one will den; hat our present system of taxation i: umersome and does not work equall: ipon the people. We people who livt ight here in the town of Manning pay ve? 31 per cent taxes every year ounting state, school, county and mu icipal taxes, and then we have to pay city license to do business besides Iark you, I said 31 per cent, not 31 ills, and if you do not believe it, coun Sup for yourself. Under our presen ystem, the man who is honest and con eientious in returning his property ai sfull value, or at even the supposei axable value, pays more taxes that is neighbor who is not so scrupuloui d tries to pay as lhttle taxes as possi. e. and under-values his property bt alf, or even returns it at one-third os ne-fourth its value, and the trouble it at he gets off at that, and our preseni ws seem to be utterly impotent it beir enforcement to make the ta, dger pay what he ought to. Now] ould cite some specific instances t< rove this, but I do not want to be per nal. Everybody knows the truth o that T amt saying In a year of peac ie this, and when we have no politics nd everybody is working along mak ag a living, it is a good time for pee ,e to think about a question like this t~nd if anybody in Clarendonm is think og about running for the general as embly next summer, let him go t< osting himself on our tax system an< ee if he cannot evolve a general tay aw that will put property on the tay oks in some sort of way that wil ear equally upon all. Now I know hat there are many difficulties whici will have to be overcome, 'especialla ben the equalization amonx the va ious counties in the State tax questiot considered, but our system can bt 'astly improved. It would take tot uch writing for me to even give at utline of some changes in our presen ax laws which have suggested them elves to me, but I havte some views. I do not contemplate running for goi' rnr or for the legislature myself, ant will content myself if I can get pros ective candidates for these offices, wh< re supposed to be reformers and ad anced thinke'rs, to take up this tas uestion, and go to studying it. ThE reatest need tnat South Carolina hat n-day is a revision of her tax laws, an< he man who can accomplish a good re 'ison and remodel our present lawt till be a statesman, and not ornly makt ,name for himself, but be the greatesi menefactor to his people and his State am told that a few ef our neighboring tates here in the so-,;th have complete y remodeled and improved their sys ems of tax assessment. It can be done Thy can't some of our legislators gel road enough and wise enough to do il n South Carolina. Of course, it is rood big auestion, and will take somnt tudy on thie part of the man who triet t, to frame the bill, and then still inert orce to put it through, but it certainly s needed in South Carolina. I do no ook for any practical suggestions or his matter from the various candidatet or governor next summer, because tha unch is going to tr~y to olay first thit olitical card for their benefit, anc .oid this political rock which miuh rork against them, so that the states nan who can accomplish the job ha: ot to come from among the people it n of the counties, and go to the legis ature. I should like to see Clarendor roduce such a man. He will not onl mmortalize himself, but be a grea enefactor to his State. If any body con emplates running for the legislaturt text summer, now is the time for hin o commence studying the most, import ant question affecting our domestic aws in the State. The next article I write I am think g of coming still nearer home ant liscussing some local county laws tha ye need My article is already too lont o take them up this week. J. HARRY LESESNE. Unsightly Face Spots tre cured by Dr. Hobson's Eezem itment, which heals all skin erus: ions. No matter how tong you hav >een troubled by itching, burning, o ealey skin humors, just, put a little c hat soothing antiseptic. Dr. Hobson' czema Ointment on the sores, and th ouffring stops instantly. Healing be tins that very minute. Doctors usei .n their pract ice and recommend it. Mr lleman, of Littletown, Pa., says: "Ha sczema on forehead; Dr. Hobson's Ec2 snia Ointment cured it in two weeks; 3uaranteed to relieve or money refund ed. Alt druggists, or by mail. Pric S0e. P-feiller Chemical Co., Philade: The Black River Union met with the Clarendon Baptist church, at Alcolu, last Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The attendance was good, and a number of good addresses were made that related themselves to Sunday school work; the meeting was interspersed with several sermons which were also of a high or der. The offering Sunday morning, which in amount. was more than $25. goes to help rebuild the Baptist church at St. Stephens, that was destroycd by aire severar weeks ago, this church, it, is thought, was burned by an incen diary on account of the pastor's attack upon the illicit sale of liquor in that section. The Clarendon Baptist church services are aeing well attended, the Sucday school has almost doubled in th, last two months, and at a recent meeting thee were three accessions to the membership, one by letter and the others by baptism. The Supervisor of Sumter county after an inspection of the petition and the registration books has decided there are sufficient names to warrant him in ordering the election to decide whether or not Sumter shall re-estab lish the dispensary system. There is 1 no doubt. the contest will be hot and i exciting as those who oopose the legal 1 sale of alcoholic beverages will leave no stone ucturned to prevent the es tablishment of the system, and we have no do~abt the other side is equally i determined. Clarendon will watch the outcome of this election with keen interest, and the decisision either way will have its influence upon the senti ment here, should Sumter re-establish the dispensary there will be a strong demand for it~ in Clarendon, but the only way Clarendon can give an ex- 1 pression on the question before the present statutory time which we think 1 is about three years more, is for a special At of the general assembly, and whichs no easy task to accom plish. Will Close on the Fourth. We, t h e undersigned merchants, hereby agree to close our places of bus icess for the entire day of July 4, next: Leon Weinberg. The Manning Grocery Company, Inc. By C. R:. Breedin, Pres and Treas. Manning 5. 10 and 25c Store. R. R. Jenkinson. S. R. Venning. Louis Levi. Levi Mercantile Company. 4 The New -idea Company. D. Hirschmann. Player Furniture Company. DuBose Barber Shop, half day. B. A Johnson. J. E. Arant. The Manning Hardware Company. Zeigler Pharmacy. T. Nimmer. Dickson's Drug Store. by H. H. H. The Clarendon Millinery. Katzoff's Bargain Store. Manning Furniture Company. Plowden Hardware Company. A. Abrams. Manning Candy Kitchen, half day. 1 J. H. fisrby. T.. E. Wilkins. " t !t Sam Dukes Electrocuted. The electrocution of Sam Dukes who murdered Policeman Isadore Barwick at Pinewood February 10th, this year, t toolk place yesterday in the State pen- e itentiary at Columbia. The electrocu- t ion was witnessed by about thirty per- r sons including Messrs. Robert and B. T. C Barwick, of Pinewood, brothers of the c deceased Policeman Barwick, and Mr r John Barwick of Sumter. Dukes was pronounced dead in one minute and five D econds a ter the current was turned 1 n. Dukes was convicted at the last.. erm of the court, and was sentenced s y Judge Gage to be executed on Junes 27th. Tne governor granted a reprieve i o July 1st, to break the precedent of t naking Friday a special day for the j execution of criminals. When every- a hing was in readiness for the execu- t ion the superintendent of the peniten- t tary asked Dukes if he had anything c o say, whereupon Dukes said, ''I want t o say to all '.bat may have any thing 1; gainst me, that I hope they will for- t ive me for any wrong that I have d one. The Lord has forgiven me and e [ hope you will too." He then thank d the guards for their kindnesses to s iim, and the helmet was adjusted, the eurrent, turned on and 1900 volts of lectric current passed through his a body ki lintz him in about a minute. The killing of Policeman Barwick at Piewood was entirely unprovoked, j Mr. Barwick had given Dukes no cause i to shoot, him, be merely asked him if s e was Sam flukes and for a reply Dukes fired into him. The people of s Pnewood labored under the severest strain to keep from taking the jawt into their own hands after Dukes was aptured Mr-. Barwick was a popular I young man, and had quite a large fam-, ily connection in and about Pinewood. Rid Your Children of Worms. You can change fretful, ill-tempered :hildren into healthy,, bappy young stes, by ridding them of worms. Toss ing, roiling. grinding of teeth, crying ~ out while asleep, accompanied with in tense thirst, pains in the stomach and E bowels, feverishness and bad breath, I are symptoms that inoicate worms. Kickapoo Worm Killer, a pleasant can-a :y lozenge, exp~els the worms, regulates the bowels, restores your children to 9 belth and happiness. Mrs. J. A Bris bin, of Elgin. Ill., says: "I have used t Kickapoo Worm Killer for years, andt entirely rid my children of worms. I would not be witdout it." Guaranteed. I All (druggists, or by mail. Price 25c. Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co., Phila- 1 delphia and St. Louis. T RIN ITY. Although some may think that Trin ity has gone out of existence there is enough news in the Fork to have a newspaper' of its own. However we will donate these few notes to help the Times along. Mlessrs. John and William MicDaniel of Tindal attended a fish fr-y at Brew inton last Friday. The Presidinfg Elder Rev. Walter I. Herbert preached a very effective ser mon to a large~ congregation at Trinity last Sunday afternoon, after which the generai sessi on of the quarterly con lteoece convened. The new Miethodist church which has been under ereetion at ri-nity for sometime is nearing completion andI will soon be ready for use. Died last Friday evening in the Fork tme infant son of Mr. and Mr's. A. J. Tindal-. Miss Hattie Hierlong entervtained her H school0 with a tish fry at Brewingzton lat Friday. In addition to the young peole around Trinity. several attend ed from other places. Tbi~s sc'htol (Bay wood) has just closed af tr an ext ra long and successful term.C It seems to be becoming fashionable for young men to take young ladies to 1 pinics and let, visitors entertain them. Evidently Mr. William Holladay is get:r~ stucek on the Trinity girls. He evel. got .,tuck on one's hat pin last Sunda after'uoou. POETAE. Rheumiatism and the Heart. Don't overiook the grave fact that1 rhumatism e asiy settles in the hear." and disturbs the valvular ac to. Thie curec consists in removing the cause. F(ley Kidney- Pills so) tone u and strengtlhen the kidneys that they kre the blood free of poisons and uric aeitI erystals. that 'cause rheumatism, swrl In join; s. backache, urinary irreg ua.;-2. and di.turb) heart action. Try them. For sale by all dealers every Iwhere. WILL ORDER AN ELECTION. People of Sumter to Have Opportunity to Vote on Dispensary Issue. e Supervisor Pitts stated Tuesday after I noon that he would order an election on c the dispensary, to be held on the third u Tuesday in August. After going over the names on the dispensary petition, the registration books and comparing e them with the county treasurer's exe cution books it was found that more S than one-third of the qualified voters of b the county had signed the petition and there was nothing left then for the su pervisor to do but order the election. e For the past three weeks Supervisor e Pitts and Mr. R. L. McLeod have been working on the petition, the registra e tion books and the county treasurer's execution books and have had hardly any tine for anything else. They have o been busy, probably the hardest part s of their duty being in answering the v thousand and one questions which the the prohibitionists, dispensaryites and e parsons just out of curiosity had to ask 0 concerning what the supervisor was do ing in connection with the matter and what he would do.in future. It is safe to say that the course taken by Super e visor Pitts, while it might not meet : the approbation of all the most ardent , workers on either side, is as fair as one a could have been devised. D His idea was to find out whether one t third of the qalified voters of the county f baa signed the petition and he found I out that they had. He first took the pe a tition and carefully compared it with . the registration books, removing all t names which were not to be found on r the registration books. as only qualified a voters were wanted. He then went over I the list and compared it with the names a of those 'registered voters who had not I paid their poll taxes before the fifteenth , of March, eliminatingall names of those who had not paid their poll tax six , months before the time of the election. F Next he went over the registration r books. removing all names of those who were known to be dead or moved away I f r o mi the county. The registration r books were then compared with the poll e tax executions of the county treasurer r and the names of those non-signers of a the dispensary petition who had not - paid their poll taxes six months before a the date of the proposed election were eliminated. Before this task was com pleted it was found that more than a r third of the qualified voters of the county had signed the petition and Su peryisor Pitts left off his comparisons and eliminations. There were left on the dispensary pe tition 793 names. The names of the i fifty persons who had signed the dispen sary and anti-dispensary petitions were removed from the dispensary petition. When Supervisor Pitts left off his work of comparison of the tax execution books and the registration books, with six townships still to be comnared, he had left 2.376 names of qualified voters t on the registration books. Of course, this number would be considerably re duced if the comparison was continued to the end. However, this final compar ison was not necessary and Supervisor Pitts did not think it any use to go fur ther than to find out for a certainty that more than a third of the qualified voters had signed the petition asking for an election on the dispensary ques tion, of whether or not Sumter county should re-establish the dispensary. The decision to order an election will no doubt be the signal for the com mencement of one of the hottest cam paigns ever held in this county between the prohibitionists and the anti-orohib itionists. The election will be on the third Tuesday in August and. it is prob able that the het weather will be made even more hot by the ringing campaign speeches and the earnest fight which will be put up.-Sumter Item, June 25. Farm Life. [By John P. Thames.l A griculture is the a reatest among the arts, for it is first in supplying our ne cessities, it is the mother and nurse of all arts. It favors and strengthens pop ulation. It increases and maintains manufacturing. Gives employment to navigation and materials to commerce. It imitates every specialty of industry and opens to nations the channels of opulaney. It is also the strongest bound of well regulated societies, the surest basis for fraternal peace and natural associate of good moral. We ought to count among the benefits of agriculture the charms which practices of its com -munications the country life. T h e charms that has made a country in our own view is the retreat of the hero, the asylum of the sage and the temple of the historic muse. The strong desire, the longing after the country wbich we ind the bulk of mankind to be pene trated points to it as a chosen board of the subluminary bliss. The sweetest occupancy -for culture with her varied roducts and attendant enjoyment is the last relief from the stifling atmos phere of the city. The monotony of the subdividers employment, the anxious uncertainty of commerce, the vexation of ambition so often disappointed of self love, so often mortifies of ficticious pleasures unsubstantial vanities. Health the first and best of all blessings of life. If preserved and fortified by the prac tice of culture. The state of well being which and cannot define. The self sat isfing disposition which dep.ends per haps on tbe perfect equilibrium and easy play of vital forces turns the slig ht est acts of pleasure and make every ex ertion of our facilities a force of enjoy ment. This inestimabie state of our body functions is most vigorous in the country and if lost elsewhere it is in the country we expect to recover it In ancient times the sacred plow em ploy'd The king and yawful fathers of man kind; And some with whom are com[pared thr nec rbem Are ybur inth rbeo our summer day; Have held the scale of empire, to rule the storm wvar, Thn with unwearied hands disdain lit tle delicacies sized.. We deplore the disposition of young men to get away from their farmi home to Jarge cities 'where they are subject to difficulties and temptations which they but too often fail to overcome. Ds. pend upon it if you hold your sons and brothers 6ack from roaming away into perilous centres. You mnust steadily make three attempts to abate the task work of farming to raise maxium crops and profit is to surround your work with exhaltation of intellectual progress. You must elevate the whole spirit of our vacation for your rac.t~tions sake till no other can out strip it in what much adores and strengthens the civil ized state. We long observed, and with unfeigned regret the growing tendency of young men and lads ye t early in their teens to obominate the healthful an.d enobling cares of the farmz for the din gerous excitement and vicisitudes of the city life and trade. The life of fire side and friendly circles in the Q uiet ru ral districts are every day sacrifice tO this lamentable mania of the times Young men favored with every comfort of life and not overworked, fancied that they may be far better than to guide an ,ox or turn the stubborn glibe, and wit hi -out the merest trifle of consideration a their hands are withdrawn from the e implements of agriculture and given to fthe offiees or shopwork of the cities whib generally proves vastly agree Sable of profitable than they had in their inexcusable thoughtlessness anticipat t ed aisappointment, and chagrined they .faint under the advance of nimbled mis chance that comes so swift of feet. and - where one is enabled to withstand the 'sweepng tide of sensation tive are sub -merged in its angry waves and is bur -ted on to ruin. Every year finds hun -dreds, yea thousands of such victims, THE SPOILS OF VICTORY. According to a despatch it yesterday morning's newspaper; the postmaster at San Francisco Cal., has put Postmaster Gener al Burleson in a position to "pal up or shut up." It will be recall ed that Postmaster General Bur leson announced a policy or no1 removing postmasters until their commissions expired, u n le s charges of inefficiency were proven against them, but Mon day he wired the San Franciscc Postmaster requesting his resig nation; this official politely re fused to comply with the re quest, stating that his commis sion does not expire until 1916, that no charges have been made against him, and none can be made with propriety and justice. If the policy of the postal de partment as announced in the be ginning of the Democratic admin istration was honestly made, then unless there are charges proven against the San Francisco post master, it looks to us that Mr. Burleson will have to recant, or remove the man whether or no. We do not take any stock in the professions of the politicians at the head of the government when they announce a policy which will keep their fellow party men from sharing the spoils of a par ty victory, and when it was giv en out the administration would not remove unless for sufficient cause we did not think then it would stand by it. "To the vic tors belong the spoils" is the principle politics is worked by, and when the Republicans get into control, regardless of their outward professions, they are going to have the fruits of their victory where they can find a member of their party to re ward, so it is with the Demo crats, and it is pure unadulterat ed hypocrisy to profess other wise. We are glad of this San Francisco episode, and we sin cerely hope this postmaster will stand firm to test the sincerity of the Postmaster General's early professions, by doing so he will either force an out an out removal or he will hold on to the place. We know the head of the department can request the President to remove a post master, and when he does the President will in all probability comply with the request, but if the matter is contested on the ground of a violation of the ad ministration's polcy the case may go before the senate com mittee and that b'ody will be the judges whether or not the Post master General was right in re questing the resignation. The more the horrible tragedy which was enacted in Lexington county that wiped out an entire family is investigated the more it is believed a member of the family coinmitted the murders, set fire to the home and killed himself. The Jacobs family are prominently connected and was highly esteemed. At first it was thought the house was struck by lightning which set the house on fire and so stunned the in mates that they were unable to give an alarm and were burned to death, but when signs of viol ence were found' the lightning theory was abandoned, and while all ttheories are mere conjectures it is accepted the family was de stroyed by human hands. The latest is that John D. Jacobs the head of the household was heard to say, "were it not for leaving his family" he "would commit suicide." and from this remark many believe he did the killing. Dr. Mary Walker who claims to be the original woman's suf fragist says there is nothing in the declaration of independence or the constitution denying the right of women to vote. If her conclusions are correct it seems to us the easiest way to deter mine this question is to make a test case in the courts and have it settled for all time. The selection of Ed DeCamp, of Gaffney, to the presidency of the press association was indeed a happy one, and we predict that under his administration the gang will enjoy their- outings as their is no one better quali fied than DeCamp to find and give a good time. DON'T use a cough medicine con tain ing opium or morphine. They constipate the bowels and do not cure. only stille the cough. Examine the label and if the medicine contains these harmful opiates refuse it. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound contains no opiates, is healing and soothing. For sale by all dealers everywhere. tims of every class. The smoothing tongue parlor gambler and rake to the more degraded if not more despiseable bowery boy and dead rabbits while the prison doors and worse, the gates of in famy, close on many lost ones who had been saved but Tor foolish desertions of the home and school friends. It has been well said that for a young man of un stable habits and without religious prin ciples there is no place where he will be so soon ruined as in a large city. Parents throughout the country have not failed to realhze this startling truth and to sorely mourn the strange inclin ation of their sons to encounter the fas cinating snar-es and pitfalls of the city residents and fashion. Iu brief let the country lad be as well educated for the farm as his city cousin frr the bat- or counting room, and by all possible means let the farmer be ledl to properly estimate his high and honor-able posi tion in a community. Ever- remember writes Goldthwait, that for health and substantial wealth, for rare opportuni ties for self improvement and real inde pendence, farining is the best business in the world. History tells of one who was called from the plow to the palace, from the farmi to the fot-um, and when e had silenced the anxgry tumult of the state resumed again the quiet duties of a husband man of whose resting place I now write. Such gr-aves as his.are pilgrim shrines, Shrines no code or creed continedi: The delphian vales Paiistines, The .nae of the mind. We are frequently asked, what has become of the congressional inquiry which a few weeks ago had everybody on the qui vive to learn how much money was spent to secure the seat in con gress from the first district. Judging from appearances the matter has gone to sleep as we have seen nothing in the press despatches going to show any thing stirring at Washington, and we pros me the first news would come m that quarter. So far as we are concerned, we are not going to melt a collar about the matter one way or another, as we are not in the least concerned. Washington seems to be a mill to grind out investigations. The time of the extra session of con gress is taken up with the in vestigation of this or that report and it is about time something in the nature of substantial leg islation was being turned out. The editors of the State were treated loyally last week at the Isle of Palms. Deafness Cannot be Cured by localapplications. as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in flamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inflam ed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear ing, and when it is entirely closed deafness is the result. and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition,hearing will be destroyed forever: nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mu cous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. T. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O. Sold by druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. A Heavy Ourden. A Bad Back Makes Life Miser able for Many Manning People. A bad back is a heavy burden. A burden at night when bedtime comes, Just as bothersome in the morning. Ever try Doan's Kidney Pills for it? Know they are for kidney backache -and for other kidney ills? If you don't, some Manning people do. Read a case of it. Mrs. R. L. Logan, Manning, S. C., says: "For a long time I had trouble from weak kidneys, and I suffered from a lame and aching back that kept me from getting my proper rest at night. Doan's Kidney Pills, which 1 got from Dr. W. E. Brown & Co.'s Drug Store. (now the Dic son Drug Co.,) were used as directed and they relieved me. At the present time I am enjoying much better health." - For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name-Doan's-and take no other. Bankrupt's Petition for Discharge DISRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA,i In t he matter of J. J. Nettles, Bankrupt. TJo the Honorable H. A. M. Smith, Judge of the District Court of the United 8tates for the District of South Carolina: J. J. Nettles, of Alcola, in the coun ty of Clarendon, sud State of South Carolina, in said district, respectful ly represents that on thle 17th day of January, last past he was duly ad judged Bankrupt under the acts of Congress relating to Ban kruptcy; that he has duly surrendered all his property and rights of property, and has fully complied witnl all the re quirements of said acts a~nd of 'the orders of the court touching his bankruptcy. Wherefore he prays that he may be decreed by the court to have a full discharge from all debts provable against his estate under said Bank rupt Acts, except such debts as are excepted by law from such discharge. Dated this 13th day of June, A. D., 1913. J. J. NETTLES, Bankrupt. ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON. DISTRICT OF' S. C.-ss: On this 27th day of June, A. D. 1913, on reading the foregoing peti tion, it is Ordered by the Court, that a hear ing be had upon the same on the 30th day of July, A. D., 191:3, before said cort at Charleston, S. C., in said district, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, and that notice thereof be published' in The Manning Times, a newspaper printed in said district, and that all known creditors and other persons in interest may appear' at the said time and place and show cause, if any they have, why the prayer of the said petitioner should not be granted. And it is further ordered by the court, that the clerk shall send by mail to all known creditors copies of said petition and this order, address ed to them, at their places of resi dence as stated. Witness the Honorable H. A. M. 8mith, Judge of the said court, and the seal thereof at Charleston, S. C., in said district on the 27th day of June, A. D.. 1913. RICHARD W. HUTSON, Clerk. To Prevent Blood Poisoning apply at once the wonderful old reliable DR. PORTER'S ANTISEPTIC HEALING OIL, a sur gical dressing that relieves pain and heals at the same time. Not a liniment. 25c.50c. $1.00. Notice of Discharge. I will apply to the Judge of Probate for Clarendon County. on the 30th day of July, 1913, at 11 0>'Clock a. mt., for letters of discharge ats .immstrat or of the Estate of J1ulia A. Parker. de ceased. ..B KR Administrator. Lake city. S. C., June 30, 1913. Notice of Discharge. I will apply to the Judge of Probate fotr Clarendon County, on the 30th day of July, 1913, for letters of discharge as Executrix of tihe Estate of Sarah J. 'Leg, deceased. ICARlRIE D)EBELLE LEGG. .\anniug. S. C.. June 30, 1913. ITO GET RID OF MOSQUITOES You can Sleep. Fish, Hunt or attend to any work without being worried by the biting or singng of Mosquitoes. Sand-flies. Gnatsor other insects BUSINESS LOCALS. For Sale-One 50-inch Simond Saw, 8x9 forty teeth. One 50-inch Diston Saw in good repair. R. D. Weatherford. Itch relieved in 30 minutes by Wool ford's Sanitary Lotion. Never fails. Sold by Dickson Drug Co., druggists. 5 or 6 doses 666 will break any case of Chills and Fever; and if taken then as a tonic the Fever will not return. Price 25c. Anything you want in sheet music S. I. Till has it. All 25c. music 15c. 50c. music 25c. by mail postpaid. This department is in charge of Mrs. W. F. Ducker, phone 690 Sumter, S. C. Farm Wanted-Sever- Marlboro farmers have asked to get them farms in Clarendon. Write me what you have and best price. R. Cosby Newton; Bennettsville. S. C For Weakness and Loss of Appetite The Old Standard general strengthening tonic. GROVE'S TASTELESS chil TONIC. drives out Malaria and builds up the system. Atrue tonic andsureAppetizer. Foradnltsandchblden. Soc. Notice. This is to state that I have mislaid or destroyed certificate No.' 11 for ten shares of the capital stock of the Bank of Pinewood, S. C., par value $20.00 per share. Date of certificate December 16th, 1912. I will apply for a duplicate of certificate ;n 45 days. Ezs R I ATES State <.f Souti " ... ilna, I County of C :wendon, - Peisonally, ap~peardt. before me Mrs. C. W. Bates, who on ca.h says that she lives in the State and county aforesaid, in Town aforesaid, and that she ownes ten shares of the capital stock of the Bank of Pinewood, a duly incorporated Bank doing business in the aforesaid State, county and town, and that her certificate number eleven for ten shares of the capital stock of the said Bank of Pinewood has been lost. MRS. C. W. BATES. Sworn to before me this 18th day of June. 1913. R. A. RIDGILL, (SEAL) Notary Public in S. C. $3.20 TO Isle of Palms Sullivans Island, S. C. Tickets sold May 31st, and on each Saturday to and including Septem ber 13th, 1913, limited to reach Man ning returning prior to midnight Tuesday next following date of sale. Excursion Rates North and East. For any information address T. C. WHrTE, H. D. CLARK, Gen. Pass. Agt , Ticket Agt., Wilmington, N. C. Manning, S. C. WE Reove Nervous Depression s.d Low Spis The Old Standard general strengthening tonic, ROVE'S TASTELEsSchzII TONIC. arouses the iver, drives out Malaria and builds up the sys- -. e. A sure Appetizer and aid to digestion.S.c The Cheery Dandelion. Of all the merry, happy go lucky flowers the yellow dandelion takes the prize. It is "bon camarade" with the rich and the poor. Its saucy, impudent little face greets you from the center of your choicest flower bed, and it smiles cheerily up at you from the dusty highway. In the crowded alley. reeking wit'" ilth, it bravely opens its yellow pet:dls. Anywhere and every where that a bit of earth can accumu late there appears the little dandelion. A veritable street ga'min, how it lives and how it thrives .is a mystery much like its buman brothers. Close to the pavements, under the horses' feet. snuggled in areaways, laughing from the gutter, the cheerful little rascal wins your love in spite of yourself. And out In the country what glorious timecs they all have together, starring the grass with golden stars, the joy of the children atnd the curse of the gar dener-Suburbaul tLfe. If a substitute-is offered you for Foley Kidney Pills, it means a cheaper medi cine is pressed upon you for the dealer's proit. not for yours. Foley Kidney Pills may cost the dealer more than a heaper substitute, but the give better results than any other kidney and blad der medicine. Ask for Foley Kidney is. For sale by all dealers every where. - A: Contractor. "What's your husband's businesS2' "Contractor." "What line?" "Dets. "-- New Orleans Times-~Demo God gives every birds its food. but does niot throw it Iuto te nest.-J. G. Eolland. The agonizing discomfort and sense f suffocation tnat accompany hay fever nd asthma may be greatly alleviated y the use of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. It has a soothing effect on the mucus linings, and relieves the gasping and tickling sensation in the troat and bronchial tubes. For sale by all dealers every where. in thle eye ::nd have wa~xed In the Inorin: to thId it gone~ i flu man at'es of this kindl the fnreignl matter i~s ben dissolved by the moIsture of Not What She Meant. "I thinkl th b~laby has your hair. naam' said~ the nurse girl. looking pleasantly ait her mistress. 'Gracios:" exclaimed the lady. glancing upi from ber novel. "Rln into the nursery and take it away from hIm. What will that chIld do CASTOR IA For Infanits anid Ohildren. The Kind You Have Alwajs Bought