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Ebe annla Cimes. iOUIS APPFLT, Editor. :-ANNING. S. C., DEC. 17, 1913. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Publishes All County and Town Of. ficial Advertisements. One sear............15 ................................ 75 Foux months................ - .... 50 ADVERTISING RATES: One square, one tVme. 61; each subsequent In serdon. 50 cents. Obituaries and Tributes of Respeet charged for as regular advertisements. Liberal contracts made for three. six and twelve GRACE WHALEY INQUIRY. 'According to the reports from Washington in yesterday's News and Courier, the committee in vestigating the case of Congress man Whaley had rather an un pleasant experience with Mayor Grace, who, expressed himself in a manner to be called down; at one time during the hearing, a question of veracity arose be tween Mayor Grace and Chair man Post; the Mayor suggested the matter of whose word was to be. believed could be settled outside of the committee room. According to the reported testi mony Mayor Grace admitted his side spent lots of money, more than $40,000 had his side won he would not have submitted a pro test, buthis protest was based on his dislike for Mr. Whaley. No 'where in the investigation does it show that Mr. Hughes, the opponent of Mr. Whaley, is having anything to do with the protest, and our information is, he does not approve of it, and deplores its having ever been started The special election held last spring was indeed the most strenuous ever known in this country, but we do not believe there will ever be another like it, both sides went the limit to win, and neither side has a moral right to blame the other. But if the present exposure will put -a stop to repeating the methods of that election, possibly it will do good, and make it possible for a man to be a candidate for congress who is not possessed of a barrel of money. This morning's dispatches from Washington anource that the committee by a vote of 7 to 2 dismissed Mayor Grace's charges, but there will be a mi -.nority report. CANNOT JAIL POR DEBT. * The acting Governor of North Carolina has refused to honor a * requisition from the Governor of; South Carolina for a party charged with obtaining money under false tpretense. The North Carolina Executive bases his refusal en the ground that the prosecution was brought for' the purpose of collecting a debt. It is a -well known fact that a person cannot be jailed for debt, nevertheless, there are many serving sentences for no greater crime, than they didinot pay a debt. it is a common practice among those who do certain kinds of time business to exact a written instrument from the purchaser or borrower, setting forth security known to the tak er- of the paper the security -does not . exist, and when the time- for payment arrives, re -course to the criminal law is the result. No doubt the North Carolina Governor had. evidence convincing him of this condition which influenced him to ref usehis ermision- to turn the party charged,over to the SoutheCaro lina authorities. If it was proposed to change our constitution so the legisla ture can enact laws which will jail for debt, there would be a terrific howl, and justly so, yet. some of those who would 'howl the loudest, resort to the crimi nal machinery to collect ordi nary debts from an element that cannot afford to resist, or make the issue in the courts. The re sult is, there is great injustice often done. and blackmail is en couraged. Notwithstanding that food stuffs are coming into this coun try from foreign countries since our tariff legislation, we have not yet seen or felt any percept able lowering of the cost of liv ing, if there is any difference at all, it is on the side of higher prices for everythmng, and - too, the necessities of life are being handled so as to make them as expensive as possible. It will take time. of course, to know whether or not the reduction in the tariff is going to help the consumer or the producer, but now when the masses are strug gling to fill their larders for the holidays, it takes a wh~ole lot of money to get a small amount of TIUMAN NOW AN ARISTOCRAT. It has been said by a close observer "wealth and position puts a bluish tinge in the blood," and we are beginning to think there is a whole lot in the ob seryation. About twenty three years ago, Benjamin Ryan Till man, seedy, dishevelled, and thin,went over this State posing as one of the down-trodden and common people. He denounced aristocracy, and preached a doc trine that fanned into flame the prejudices of the masses, the scars from which are not alto gether healed, but characteristic of all agitators, he alone reaped benetit from the revolution he created. He started out by de claring that he wanted nothing but a trusteeship in Clemson college, nevertheless, he had the people so intensely aroused they made him governor, and his pol itical star ascended higher and higher, until now he occupies a conspicuous place in the nation. But, however, Benjamin Ryan Tillman is never spoken of these days as one of the common peo ple, on the contrary, according to a writer in an English maga zine Tillman is an aristocrat of aristocrats. We have had some hot and dis agreeable fights in this State but the political row in Mississippi makes ours appear significant. Lieutenant-Governor Bilbo, a candidate for governor with State Senator Hobbs are on trial charged with receiving and solic iting bribes. These men are of a faction adversed to Governor Brewer, and it is a case of dog eat dog. In South Carolina the political rows have never amounted to anything more than a war of words and boasts, but when the contest has come on, everything usually quieted down, except in the case of the election in the First Congressional Dis trict where the tight has been continued, not by the successful candidate's opponent, but by an individual who has nothing to gain should he be able to con vince the congress that the rep resentative from this district se cured his election by corrupt methods. It is becoming more evident every day that President Wilson has adopted a let-em-fight-it-out policy towards Mexico. As long as American citizens are- un molested, and their property is not destroyed or damaged Huer ta, Villa and Caranzza will be permitted to continpe their sav age warfare. Huerta claims he can put a million men in the field, and the Constitutionalists claim they have clipped Huerta's wmngs and that he must give up soon.The reports from Mexico re minds ns very much of the claims made by either side before a pri mary election. Some of the citizens of the section contemplating moving into Sumter county have asked us to urge the voters against the proposition. We regard this matter as one for individual con sideration, and do not' feel it to be a part of our duty, either as a newspaper or a citizen, to in terfere one way or another. Those who insisting upon an nexing a part of this county to another, we presume have con sidered every phase of the sub ject and know exactly what the result will be; they are cogni zant of the fact that Clarendon has a bonded indebtedness which was made a few years ago. and which is a lien on all the prop erty in the county, if any por tion of Clarendon decides to an nex itself with some other coun ty the bonded tax will be collec ted the same as it is now. ,In other words the bonded debt cannot be shifted, but remains against the property within the area when the bonds were is sued. Conditions are now ripe for the readjustment of political differences and if the conserva tive men of the State will come together, we believe the cam paign of the coming summer can be conducted upon saner lines. The contest for the United States senate cannot be conduc ted as has been the case with former contests, the people realize there is a difference be tween selecting state officers and representatives to the national lawmaking body, and many who heretofore have been allhed with a faction are heartily tired of the strite; they realize the hiarm ful effects of an acrimoniously conducted campaign, and they also realize the harm the divis iun such as we have been hav ing is doing towards retarding community spirit, therefore if the patriotism of the people can be appealed to we believe there is a better time ahead. Catarrh Cannot be Cured with LOCAL APPLICAIONS. as they cannot reach Athe seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to ure it you must take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrli Cure is taken internallyand acts direct ly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Datarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. 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