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Entire St An oppoi buyer. -TH Sale End nbe Amauui times. LOUIS APPELT. Editor, :dANNING. S. 0., JAN. '7, 1914. PUBLISIIED EVERY WEDNESDAY ZNabslhes All County and TOWn Ofa ficial Advetiseslents. A KISCiEOUS DOCTRINE. Among the causes for conten tion and dissatisfaction between labor and capital-employees and employers, are the utterances of men who hold government posi tions~and imagine they must at tract attention to hold to their jobs. These people are usually men who have never had any practical knowledge of business and, if not on mischief bent, the effect of their murmurings is al most as bad as that of the an archist, who incites his hearers to riot. The most dangerous kind of a fanatic is the dreamer who feels he has a mission to revolutionize for the good of humanity, such an one, is more dangerous than the known agi tator of the professional type--the former is honest but misguided, while the latter is not honest and commercializes his profess ion. making the cost go to those he professes to advocate, as well as those he is prosecuting. But when a'man goes forth with the sanction of the government preaching doctrines of discon tent, his utterances are calcula ted to be productive of great harm, because, it is to be pre sumned the government would not send men out who stir up strife, but that it will extend its pro. tecting care around all of its citizens of whatever degree or calling. Dr. B. W. Manley, a man of Southern birth, now in the gov ernment service, is reported in newspapers as saying that "men working in many mills and fac Stories twelve hours a day are in worse slavery than were the ne groes of the South in the days ol slavery;" for a Southern-born man to utter such a statement is inconceivable, even though he is employed by the government nd is expected to earn his pay, his superiors do not ex earn his pay by mis 151I ock of Suits, 4 tunity to bu~ E D. s January 201 institutions of the section tha gave him birth, and thereby pre judice the rest of the country Doctor Manley does, or shoult know, the laboring man in thi: State is not to be compared witi the negro slave of former days the laws fully protect him froi imposition should it be attempt ed,and that he cannot be forced ti work overtime, nor does he d< so, except voluntarily, 1o which, he receives an extra com pensation agreed upon betwee1 himself and employer. The ex travagant utterances attribute< to Doctor Manley should rhceivi attention from, the governmen he is supposed to be represent ing, because, they are calculate< to disturb the harmonious rela tion which should always exis between employer and employee The day for the Dennis Kear ney's of San Francisco sand 10 fame, and the other disturbing elements is fast waning, thi people realize that thes' windjammers going over thi country fanning up prejudice ought to be squelched for th country's good; those who hay their money invested, and, ar providing the means for hones men to earn their bread, are coi stantly being menaced by th wild utterances of these long haired theorists, who never di, a day's manual work in thei lives, and who obtain their idea from books written by dreamers or from an element of profee sonal trouble-makers who leech like, sustain themselves by sai ping those that give heed t their preachments. The idea c a Southern .man so ignorant c conditions that he can stand i: and compare the laboring man c today with the negro slaves c the days never to return; doe not Dr. Manley know the labo employed in our mills and fat tories is carried on by white me mainly, who would not submit t imposition, and that most c them belong to strong organize tions? And too, the State ha provided officers whose duty iti to seethat labor is protectedThe: with this knowledge, how can h Igo about preaching his doctrin of discontent, and hope to have or expect harmony betwee labor and capital? It is just such wild utterance that brought about the labc trouis of this country, disturt )AlI Dvercoats, Tr IDE C Fine Clothira Nothing ( JECH h. ly result, and yet it is permittet when indulged in by labor agits tors it is bad enough,and harmfr but not near so harmful as when representative of the governmer imakes these harangues; th~ sooner the government puts il seal of disapproval upon the em . travagant mouthings of thes >impractical theorist-employees i the better it will be for both,th~ working man and those who prc .vide honest labor. The goveri Sment noticed and call down . bunch of wine-filled officers wb l sang an objectional song at tI Carabus dinner; it can with be ter grace and with more goodi result, call down other emplo3 I ees of the service,by giving thel - to understand it is their duty I prevent rather than to incil .labor troubles. . A large per cent of the di: content and labor troubles thi country is frequently curse with, arises out of the speechi made by those who reach cor clusions without a proper invesi gation into the facts. This shoul not be in this day when evei man chooses his employment ui der such arrangements as 1 jvoluntarily makes. He cann< . be forced to work, but when I Idoes work, his hours of labc .are fixed by law, and, he real: i has better protection from impi sition than his employee. A BAD PRECEDENT. ..State Bank Examiner B. .Rhame is sending out a Bill thi .he is asking the members of i y general assembly to rote fo r which makes very little chang j in the present law, except1 ytake the appointment out of i f hands of the governor. Ti f Bank Examiner had some troi ; ble shortly after the bank failui r at Lexington, the govern< .sought to fire Mr. Rhame, bi i the matter was taken into II courts and so far nothing af f been done. Mr. Rhame's bera .will soon expire and the presei governor, if the law remains Sit is, will have the naming< Shis successor, we presume it is proposition understood, if i governor has the appointmei ofan :Examuiner, the preses nincumbent will not be names therefore the legislature is asi s edto make a law to fit the cas r and keep M4r. Rhame in his jol -We have no reason to oppo! -i akmxminer Rhame., But 'ousers, Undel LOUD ig and Furnis ~harged. Evei ANOL SUME ; seems to as to be establishing a - bad precedent to make a 16w for i the special benefit of an indi vidual who desires to swing on t to a position that he knows he cannot get under .existing law, a if that is done, there will be re -quests of a similar nature for all e offices where the Executive has i, the appointment of. To change a law there should be a better - reason advanced than the mere . personal side of it. a Mr. Rbame may or may not O make a good Examiner, we do not know, and Gov. Blease may t- or may not have been to severe on him when the Lexington bank . failure occured, but thosepeople 2 who had their money entrusted to that bank, evidently endorsed a the governor's position, and they certainly felt as if there - was dereliction of duty s on the part of some official which caused them to lose their bard a earnings, and, as it was the duty - of the Bank Examiner to know i- the condition of that bank, steps d should have been taken -to warn the public of the danger. - If the law relating to the e banks ot this State was good t enough for so many years, the e same law under which Mr. r Rhame received his commission, y ought to be good now, anless con -ditions have arisen which make it necessary to amend the law for the better security of deposi. tors, but to change the law , merely to deprive the appoint it ing power of its present privi 16 lege, is not proper legislation in , our opinion, especially, as the e law requires the officer appoint o ed to be recommended by the a State Banking Association. - The press of the country is pe somewhat disappointed over the r recent excursion of President i Wilson's personal representative me in Mexico, Gov. John Lind.from ms Vera Crus to Pass Christian, a where the President is taking it his rest. It was thought his a conference with President Wil f son would furnish to the world a some important light on the me Mexican situation, but it did not, it and if there wastanything of im tportance discussed between the president and his representative, ~.it has not leaked out so far. e Representative Lind went back b. to Vera Cruz as quietly as he e came, and the world is no wiser it fm th visit. -wear, Shirts, OUT I ing Goods a ything Strici ER C ['ER, S. C. LEGISLATION DOES ROT GET MOIIEY. According to some of the newspapers the currency Act recently adopted will make it easier for the farmers to get financial aid to carry on their business needs. It is our opin ion the currency Act will not do all that is claimed for it, those farmers in position to borrow money have been able, and will continue to be able to secure loans as if there had bein nc currency legislation. What money borrowers want is to find some way of being able to borrowv at a lesh cost. Any business man, whether he be a farmer or a merchant, can get all the money he needs -from his local bank if he has the necessary security, but he must pay for it at the usual rate, or in other words, the market price for money in his locality-this price varies according to conditions, but in this State eight per cent discount is the rule and practice. and with the new currency Act in operation it will nat likely be any less. Much of this currency and ifarmners credits legislation, t our mind is political claptrap, held out to the masses to ma~ke them feel like the negroes in the days when the forty acre and a mule was promised them; they got the forty acres and the mule alright enough whenever they demonstrated their ability to pay, just so with the present day legislation, whenever the farmer or the other business men demonstrate their ability to pay, money will be forthcoming. NOT RICE WORDS MONET IS WAITED. Information has reached us that when the Bonsal interests complete the work tbey are en gaged in now, which is making for Charleston by way of An drews, the next work to be start d will be in this direction from Timmonville by way of Olanta. Our informant would not tell us the road would come to Man ning, but intimated that it was probable, if the Manning people got busy and offered induce. ments, which we too~ V' mean the projectors are expvctng con cessions in the way Lf noney, right of ways and ~s.) The Seaboard c; 'ection will come here we- h;L'Ze sot the least doubt, but it W1 Ft- here ,makre if the mt'inlterests, SA Gloves, and~l LT CDI L prices that s 1y Cash. LiT which will be most benetitted, will get together and put mat ters in position that something substantial can be offered. The builders of railroads do not ac cept hot air fulminations as col lateral, they want something more than vapor something sol id, ilub- dub and soft soap may tickle the vanity of brainless men and women, like a red strip ped stick of candy pleases a child, but such men as Mr'. Bon sal and his associates are from Missouri and must be shown. If Manning wants the railroad it should get busy now, and be prepared to talk business to the projectors of the railroad. THE LAW IS GOOD ENOUGH. The State of Monday in its leading editorial, urges the reto mation of our primary system, but it does not give any intima tion how it is to be done without disfranchising a large p~opor tion of the white vote. We hard ly think ther-e are any who ob ject to having the rules of the party changed to prevent frauds, all want the honest expression of the white vo;.rs, but there is serious obj ection to hampering these voters with tantilizing con ditions which in effect, will dis courage many from going to the polls. So far as the use of mon ey is concerned, we cannot con [ceive of aiy law that can be en. acted which can be stronger than the present law upon our statute books; it is in violation of law now to buy votes, and a purchasable voter can ply his trade with a registration certifi cate as well as without one. It is our judgment we have enough law, what is needed most is to enforce the law exist ing, and too. we do think the legislature should undertake. to make rules to govern a political party, this should be lef t entire ly with the party convention; that there is looseness and lax ity in our party rules is true, this can be remedied. without burdening the statute books with laws that will not be en forced. Representative Rittenberg of Charleston will urge his primary reform bill in the general assem bl wbich will convene next week, but a reading of its pro iions dno not appeal to us be reckwear 1iould appeal ause there are a number of fea tures in it most too airastic, and, while they may work in a city,it will not be operativein the conn try. However, Mr. Rittenberg may be able to convince the leg islature of the merit of his meas ure, even though it has to be amended considerably. As the time approache.e for the convening of the legislature, suggestions are made for the reformation of the primary sys tem, but none of the suggestions we have seen,seem to get at the kernal of the trouble. All that is needed, is to require the voter to cast his vote in the~ township in which he resides. Any law which forces a man to exbibit his registration certificate .in a primary can only bring about the disfranchisemen4 of many voters, and when this is accom plished party solidity naced. The electionito re or and a councilman burg resulted in a dorsement for the offi to be recalled. Ther in the law which wi the circulation ofa tion, and if the ne ber of signers are o governor 1s compell the election. Under ommission form of law a city can be kep tinual broil, and we will be an amendm :oming session. Col. W. 3. Bryan to be contemplating t of a site, and erectin near Asheville N. North Carolina news in ecstacies over the r distinguished citizen it is hard to live upon year salary that he windjamming tours ment it, must havef way to lay aside a li rainy day after all. Keo's Thist We offer One Hundred Doll to every 0. Clarenos School News. Miss Ida Eptng of Newberry, the pricipal teacher of Clarendon School )isric No29,haa~returned to take up er school work. Miss Epting Is very much admired y both young and old in this section nd is classed as one ofthe best teach re that Clarendon school ever had. There was a delightful dance given t the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. orris Friday evening January 2nd, in onr of the Misses Haddon of Due Mr. Junius and Ernest McIntosh. after spending the holidays with their arents Mr. and Mrs. H. M. McIntosh ae returned back to college, the ormer to the University and the latter o Clemson. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Hodge of Savan ah spent the holidays with their arents Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Morris. Miss Lallahi Haddon, after spending the holidays with her sister Mrs. D. A. cIntosh has returned to Nicos to take up her school work. Mr. and Mrs. Press Morris went to Ltlanta especially for santa clans, as o could not be found In this section. Mr. IL J. Morris of this place will leave for Charleston Friday to spend a Miss Ida Epting is preparing her higher grades for college We notice that a patron of the Bar row school said that Miss Epting had only sixteen scholars, but we want the ublic to know that is all a .mistake, she has twenty one scholars attendicg regular and she can gladly say she has ure hours, and her motto seems until the eyes grow dim. ils seem interested in oalso can proudly more than the ofthe children to go to k the five 7six. Claren every the ct nA