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Cbe Manning Eires. LOUIS APPELT. Editor. MANNING, S. C., OCT. 1, 1913. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Publishes All County and TOWn Of ficial Advertisements. ComMufllatljoflS Must De accompanied by the real =me and a--'dress of the writer in order to ;%T0 emmnimcation of a personal character wil be published except as an advertisement. Entered at the Postomce at Manning as See ond Ciass matter. PUBLICITY FOR CANDIDATES. We agreed to publish the let ter wbich we have in this issue relating to the candidacy of Hon. Richard I Manning before see ing the manuscript, but in the future we shall treat letters of this character as advertising matter. Candidates for political offices ought not to expect to get their publicity free in the newspapers. Newspaper space is valuable. it is for sale the same as the goods in a store, or the counsel of the professional man. The letter referred to, is sent out from Columbia from a news bureau; we presume the sender gets. compensation for the service. but the newspapers that give the publicity get noth ing but the privilege of paying for the composition, press work, and the other expenses incident thereto. No more of this kind for us, thank you. It seems that several of the candidates feel called upon to deny the report to the effect, they will not be in the race for governor in 1914. Strange, so many of them seem to be afflict ed with the same complaint-a report has been put into circula tion, and they feel it is their duty to put a crimp in it, in the meanwhile the newspapers bear the financial burden. Mr. Manning says he will not recognize the existance of two factions, in 'this we sincerely hope he will be able to get the public mind to agree with him, -but this he will not succeed in unless he can influence both sidestomake honest concessions, for one side to make a complete surrender to the other is out of the question. The indian turkey and buzzard plan will not be ac cepted by either faction. We Adize the harmful effects of 1aitionalism, and will give what i1 we can to doing away Nith This State has been divided i:no factions ever since the rev olution of 1876, and every few years it becomes intensely dis tgreeable, but the spasm is over ..d we believe conditions are rn oe for bringing the people ~together upon a sane basis. If *Mr: Manning can accomplish :his, he will have done good work whether he succeeds in securing the nomination for the Sof governor or not, and so -far aswe are able to aidhunmto /wipe factionalism, we gladly en .list. /about the qualifications for the primary is the same old story -we have been hearing after al most every primary election, the all want the rules amended so as to insure honest elections, yet, none of them offer a plan that is any better than the pres ent rule. Who is it that does not want honest elections? We assume it is the desire of the candidates as well as the masses to have honest elections, but we do not believe the human mind is capable of making .rules or laws which will keep dishonest men from devising schemes to get around existing rules or laws. We have had courts in this country - and law-making bodies from time imemorial, but the laws they make are constant ly evaded through the ingenuity of man; because of the fact that it is impossible to make human laws perfect, we do not favor *hampering the electorate with rules calculated to make the ex *ercise of the voting pr ivilge burdensome or aninoying, which a requirement to -bresent the registration certificate and tax receipt will cause-it will not have the effect its advocates are counting on, and it will be re sented by the many as an at -tempt to encroach upon their rights, and, instead of bringing the masses together in harmony, the breach will become more acute, finally resulting in thc *organization of a new party which will menace the suprem acy secured after great sacri fices of the masses. When the call was made for men to secure this supremacy there was no restrictions asked for, every white man was wanted, and now that the government is in the hands of those who rescued it -from the enemy, it can continue to go on without attempting to deprive a single white citizen of his privilege to have a voice in the selection of officers. We thiak some slight changes in the present rules of the party can be made without offence; our idea is there should be the '.reqnirement that every voter cast his vote in the township or ward in which he resides, that residence must be at least three months prior to the election, and be otherwise qualified. that is to .say, a resident of the State, the necessary length of time to ac quire citizanship, etc., that there. shall be only one club in the ,-4qwnship, or ward, and there shall be no one but the voter allowed at the ballot box. Some amendment like this wvould put a stop to repeating, and it would polls; the representation to county, conventions should be based upon the number of votes cast in-the preceeding primary, thus insuring the doing away with false representation in the conventions. If those in control will adopt these few and simple changes, in our opinion. it will have the effect of restoring con fidence in the primaries without creating friction and resentment. We do not want this comment to be construed as favoring or opposing Mr. Manning or any of the other announced candidates; as we have said in previous is sues, it is too early to make polit icat aligumerts, out we can say with sincerity the candidates so far announced, regardless of re ports of whether they are going to remain in the race, are good men and are not calculated to arouse the bitterness of the last campaign, the fact is, we look forward to a general breaking up of factionalism, because we believe the people are tired of strife, and the easiest and most effective way to stop the bitter ness is for a sincere effort on the part of the masses to frown down factionalism wherever the lines are attempted to be drawn. It is predicted that the price of cotton will reach 15 cents be fore the 1st, of November, and we are inclined to believe it, but we would not advise the holding of cotton as long as the present prices prevail. It is rather risky to h->ld after a price has been reached which was beyond ex. pectations, and while the condi tions point to a great falling off inthe supply of the raw material, the manufacturers have made their contracts for the manufac tared goods upon a price b:tsis. When the material reaches a price beyond what the manufac tured goods was based upon there is danger of depression, therefore we say, it is too great a risk to hold, and especially among those who have obliga tions to meet. We recall condi tions in the past when the farm ers were advised to hold, but in nearly every instance they were disappointed, and many lost stacks of money by acting on the advice. The safest plan in nine times out of ten is to mar ket the product as fast as it is put into marketable shape. A cotton buyer in Spartanburg created a sensation Saturday by buying the staple for export, as a result, the price went up from 33 to 14 cents. Spartanburg is the center of the cotton mills where it is to be supposed the price for the staple would be more than where there are no mills. Manning without a cotton mill near, paid as high as 14t on Saturday and it did not create a sensation either. The farmers of this county have been fortunate this season. they re ceived' a top-notch price for tobacco, and now the cotton buyers are giving the top-notch price for cotton, as a conse quence, cotton is being sold on this market that we have never seen here before. When a cot ton mill center like Spartan burg pays less for cotton than is be ing paid in a market many miles away, it is time for our cotton growers to appreciate what is being done for them at home. The controversy over the man ner in which congresaman Whaley was nominated in the last primary to congress, was, we had hope dropped, but May or John P. Grace of Charleston insists upoa an investigation, and he has forwarded a petition to Speaker Clark for that pur pose, the matter has been re ferred to a committee to under take the task. We deplore the determination of Mayor Grace. even though he succeds in un seating Mr. Whaley. As is well known we did not support Wha ley for congress, and have no reason to become a partisan of his at this time, but we have al ways taken the position after a nomination has been declared by the authority of the party, to let it stand. We cannot see any good to be derived from the in vestigation, but we can see how such an investigation may en gender ill feeling among neigh bors, which should be avoided whenever possible to do so. A Marvelous Escape. "\My little boy bad a marvelous es cape," writes P. F. Bastiams of Pr-ince Albert. Cape of Good Hope. "It oc cured in the middle of the night. He got a very severe attack of croup. As luck would have it, I bad a large bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in the house. After following tbe direct ions for asn hour and twenty minutes he was through all danger." Sold by all dealers. The nice words of commenda tion from the editor. of The Orangeburg Times and Demo crat in his issue of yesterday, relating to last week's issue of The Manning Times, is sincere ly appreciated, and coming from such a high source it gives us encouragement to strive the harder to make this paper second to none. We have lab ored long and hard in the news paper field to give to the read es a readable paper, and we beleive the reading masses ap preciate our efforts. Beware of i~tments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury as mercury will surely destroy the sense or smen and completely deranee the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescrip tions from reputable physicians. as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can pos sibly derive from them. Hal~s Catarrh Cure. maufactured by F. J. Chuney & Co.. Toledo. 0., contains no mercury, anid is taken internally. acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. In buying H alts Catatrrh Cure be sure you get the! genuin-. It is taken internally. and made in Toledo. Ohrio. by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. TO THE FARMERS. 1 enjoyed Mr. J. H. Lesesne's articles, and would be pleased to see more from his pen. There is so much good reading in these days that one could spend all of his time in profitable reading, but then, there are other claims for time. I hope every cotton planter in the cotton belt has read the ar ticle in the Progressive Farmer, of September 6th. by Mr. W. R. Meadows, on "Losses in Cotton Marketing." Mr. Meadows ta ught cotton grading at Clemson College, before taking his present position with the Department of Agriculture as Cotton Tech nolgist. I read with pleasure two ar ticles in your issue of August 6th, by "Farmer" and by L. B. McFaddin. These articles are shooting close to the target of some of the things in hopes to see realized in the next few years. In speaking of picking cotton, I want to agree with "Farmer" when he says, "Some of us are very careful when picking, or having it picked, no wet cotton or trash allowed, others do not care, and we do not like to have gined cut, trashy and stained cotton mixed in a nice clean bale." One of the largest merchants and cotton buyers in our town, in explaining the course of the local daily cotton market said in substance; "The Cotton brought here from some of the large plantations is so badly gathered and handled, that it makes poor samples, or grades. causing the average price paid through the day to compare unfavorably with that paid by the smaller towns on the same day, when most of the cotton sold was gathered and handled by the owner, with more case." There is much room fox better management at the gins, by in telligent and reliable men. It is a common thing to see cotton push from the press in a shame ful condition. I would be glad to see Mr. McFaddin's sugges tion for smaller bales put into practice, then one man could handle his cotton, now, as a rule it takes two men. In this connection let one say, it would be a good plan to have all fertilizer put up in 100 pound sacks, and I believe this should be brought about, either by um ted petition to the manafacturers or by legislation. ' We know the inconvience of always having to send men to haul fertilizer. unless there are two or more wagons hauling at the same time. We know also the position of the older and stronger men to put this work off on the young men or boys. This change would be in the general interest and sympathy for. young humanity, white and black. What Mr. McFadden says a bout a smaller bale is in direct line with what Prof. Meadows says about "Gin. Compression and Direct Selling." as follows: "There are both round and square gin Compresses now in use. which make satisfactory bales of the required density, and their general use is advo cated." See how these writers come close together again, Mr. McFaddin says: "The ginners should be able to grade cotton as it comes from his condenser very easily, he being in position to see all of the cotton that goes into the bale; with his stencil and platform scales he could weigh and stamp the cotton with grade, weight and his name, so he would be responsible tor grade, etc. That bales of cotton would be accepted by the world by the brand it wears and be sampled and weighed by every Tom Dick aud Harry. When that cotton is put on the market, it could be handled in transit without being torn to pieces by hooks." Prof. Meadows says: "Anoth er advantage of gin Compression is that sampling is done before baling, and the necessity for cutting numerous holes in the bagging in order to draw out samples is obviated. Then by putting the grower's name, the gross weight, amount of tare and net weight on each bale in indellible ink, we could greatly simplify the question of tare and pave the way for dealing on a net weight basis. Warehouse and ship loss would be reduced to a minimum, and the City Crop largely curtail ed." Fellow farmers one of our great troubles in selling our cot ton, is that we don't know our cotton. We know white corn and yellow corn, we know yam potatoes and a spanmsh potato, but we do not know "middling" cotton, the basis per all price qnotations. I have just passed my half century in years, and until last January when I took the cotton grading course at Clemson, did not know one grade from anoth er, not even the basis on which cotton is gr-aded, and don't claim to know much now, for it takes large experience to know cot ton. Until this season no cotton buyer ever told me the grade of my cotton, they look at it and bid on it, that is all. At Clemson I learned that cotton is graded primarily on the greater or less quantity of trash in it. trash being, leaves, motese, dirt etc. Color-, pel and glint are deter mining qualities next to trash. The graded is thus determined, then it is penalized for off colors, such as red stains by post and blues by mildew, We never see our rcntton staplerl it a ll gos in~ For Well-Dressed Men! There's no doubt that there are more men fooled in buying clothes than in any other thing they buy. Take the one question of style---the thing most men are very critical about. Lots of cloths are called stylish which are so only in name. Style is an art, not just simply a word. HART SCHAFFNER & MARX n Are Style creators; when you get into one of their suits or overcoats, you know just where you stand in that re gard., The question of good fit is another matter of high importance; but that's something you judge for yourself. The point we want to make and have you --remember is that you can be success fully fitted in these clothes, ready. HART SCHAFFNER & MARX designing is done scientifically, and for so many different figures that even the man who is hard to fit, the stout man, the fat man, the tall big chested man, can be fitted well in many cases made to look 20 to 50 pounds better than usual. You can be sure of being dressed in the latest, smartest style, in quality such as you ought to have with a fit such as you want, if you buy Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes. Whatever you may want in the way of weave, color, pattern you'll find here.. Greys, browns, blues in mixtures and plain serges; imported and American cloths; the new models are particularly striking and smart. We ought to get these clothes on you for your sake. Suits and Overcoats $20 $35. Suits and Overcoats of other good makes from $10 to $30. Hart Schaffner & Marx also have a special order department and make Suits and Overcoats to measure at a small advance over this regular made goods. We also have the Sole Agency for the well known Custom Tailors, Ed. V. Price & Co. of Chicaqo. Young men want these clothes. You young men who are keen for the latest styles in suits and overcoats will find here the things you~ want. The new models in sack suits, with lapels and shoulders just right for the most tashionable appear- -- ance; the smart new ideas in beltback, shawl collar overcoats; all here and ready. TIE D. J. CliNE LitCOTHING 110. This Store is the home of Hart Schaffner & Marx clies. as shaort cotton.cotyu exes gogadfie niesadr gadsopomnnan veyscesucosdrdi ths oncin ico.adion s av toh.is SeasIs-wesboranlogn intebxscryn twletpsotome aetterctointnebuhtndrneonat ified ton. to in. is loge a racs..umytk h ahgae hymyb hdtewy httbcomi r om t aea h i os sta le cotton. I 1-36 in. and short- fl hr ore rmyseilfraot$3.0 n vr o-dig .egtaqaiyo o-wrhwie eod o a is Texras, or Texas upland cotton. n uto hre ol hyd ihfl eso ihrteeo e rd n i ntelt tewso h inrb ul 111n. is Gulf cotton. 1 3-16 in. i o es h e okcto xhneTi ugsini nln ihetbihd and longer is staple or peeler Thr weeol foro usgae.Tectnselr ofwaPio.Maossya Itemshttebstnwr cotton. Peeler being a generalspcaiigo cotngaigec mret hol rqusfoostobhqetosi;tefres term per long cotton. ls aurfo h hl hi uest euetee 'samte ffc ti tognz n ooeaei h inch. should get a premium onofthtbg adococipie io.rahste om rilwrd, otn. pric ofsh .frec .6i, adbior n ot lm o taper o meta vr adi ould be dirbletopirzed y.0ayhais.ivetosr each i in. below 1 in. 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