Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I . 'PON ne matas taes Wbe uneandu ther s.a element in this town not satis fled with some members of the present town council, they would lhke to have them displaced with men who conform more closely to their ideas of town govern ment; this is airight, if there are any members of the present council who have committed the unpardonable sin of endeavoring to look at matters which came before them from the viewpoint of law and evidence, they should be removed and replaced by those who have the fanatical ides that governments are or ganized to convict and punish, evidence or no evidence. We-have been a resident of Manning nearly forty years; perhaps we are as close an ob server as any citizen in the town;-we have no hesitency in saying, the present council is made up of men who have the interests of the town at heart; they ~try to be just to all, whether it be the lawbreaker who dishes out liquor, or the man higher up who violates the law whenever it suits his con venience, and it is profitable for him to do so. Manning is as law abiding as any town of its size, there are no towns under perfect control, nor will they ever be until the millennium, not only so, per fection is hard to attain any where or in any organization how often do we read of viola tions of the laws of church as well as state? It is not the case that men of professing piety are not alwayslaweabiding;it has been shown by the criminal records time and again, that some oi these professing pietists are just as liable to the frailties of man kind as many who make ne special professions of piety. It has been stated that Man ning has become addicted to the gambling habit, that gambling is going on in this town by young and old; we have been hearing this song for over a quarter of a century but so far. not one o: Ai ~~~AY "I , somir & Ther 4 iy not wan * Droi WitI prices---. 166, those complaining hlave ever at tempted to do more than make the assertion; when pinned down for facts they evade by saying< they "heard so." We have noJ doubt that a certain amount of gaming, and other things too is1 going on in Manning, it would be a most remarkable town if thereI were not some vices. but we don't believe their is conducted in this town a place for the purpose ofi gambling; it is possible there) are a few persons who may in dulge in a little game of cards,1 and too, they may put up a little wager, we do not even know] this tobe afact, but it is possi ble; the average man in Man ning has not manifested any in dication of having angelic pin feathers growing on him, there fore -we say, it is possible that an occasional game of cards is indulged in here, but when it is intimated that such men are gamblers, it can only be attrib uted to dense ignorance or slan der What is a gambler? One who makes gambhing a callmng or pro fession, and indulges in it for what he may gain. The man who occasionally plays a game of cards for amusement, even though he stakes a wager is not a gambler; if such an one is a gambler then the good women who, at this time are enjoying the fad or are afflicted with club itis, can be characterized as gamblers. We think the man who would so characterize these good ladies who congregate at each other's homes to play bridgezor rook and win prizes, would not get far before he would be reminded that he is poking his nose where he has no business, and possibly he would have an argument presented that would enlighten him of the, difference between persons in. dulging in certainsocial pleasur esand those who make the game of chance a means of support. No earthly government, whether it be a municipality, or State can be conducted entireiy on pious principles, one reason is that it would be hard to secure enough of the~ truly pious to undertake it, and an other is, it would be impracticable-there was a time when the church undertook to exert a controlling influence ov er government, history tells us he doalei result-t h e Good-bye" to .g out in Spril e are many n t to trail aloni i in any day ju There a style cre ati roll Coats. 4 er. Some C lishy" you tall our super Never. $1O.O( Boy's K ~hurch has a mission to perform which keeps its hands full, and when it successfully controls its wn government, it will deserve u praise, but when an element f its membership, especially bhose who do not enjoy the full ~onfidence of their fellows, mdertake to steer the ~hurch into government control, whether it be municipal or State, it will run against rocks, and im pair its usefulness. The people do not take kindly o such restraints as zealots, bi lots and fanatics choose to im pose, and,when they have a sus picion that some of these who would restrain them, would be wise to sweep before their own ors before they undertake to ensor the conduct of others, then they resent such interfer ence with indignation. Manning is a well governed town, we have good order and good health, there is no just ground for hysteria on the part f individuals, and we say right ere and now that whenever a town council is chosen to con duct the affairs on narrow and extreme principles, the people will not stand for it. Law and rder all want, but they do not propose to subject themselves to the fanaticism of extremists, whenever a person is charged with offending the ordinances, his or her case should be thor oughly investigated, and a juidg ment rendered upon the proof without fear or favor, but always with such mercy as the circum stances justify. We should have been glad to have supported the :ouncil as at present organized, and regret that some of the members declined to stand for re-election. IS PRESIDENT WII.SON ON THIN ICE? The controversy in congress over the repeal of the law ex empting tolls for American yes sels passing through the Pana ma canal is perhaps the greatest oratorical fight that has been waged in that body in many years. Leaders such as Chami Clark and Oscar Underwood whc have stood by the President tc carry out the pledges cf the Bal timore platform are in revoll against the President's appeals to the Congress to violate the party promise, and repeal thi; aw. Had any other man besidei SIN your old Wint tg things! aw style featu 5 in the rear of .st to see what re new Suiting ons in the way 0oatS are cut si )f the new Spri know! ior styles and ), $15.00, SUITS MADE TO MI nickerbocker ndler he Home of the President suggested the vio lation of this plank of the Dem ocratic platlorm, he would have been ostracised from party coun cils, and denounced throughout the length and breadth of the land as a traitor, but like tbe King, the President can do no wrong. The Democratic party in con vention assembled nominated Woodrow Wilson for President, and placed him pledged uponi a certain platform of principles, one of the planks in that plat form declared for free tolls for American vessels passing through the Panama canal, but President Wilson, .since his election. has come to:regard that particular plank in .the party platform, if adhered to, a viola tion of a treaty obligation with England, and, he is using his great influence with the con gress, to repeal this law in spite of the protests of his loyal lieu tenants who have unswervingly stood by him to secure such leg islation as would make good to the people the pronmises made by the great party they repre sent. If American vessels are not to have any advantage over foreign vessels, in this American built and owned canal, it seems to us there will be no encouragement for the revival of American ship building; it is because of the subsidies granted to foreign ships by their respective coun tries, that the American flag is seldom seen on the high seas, and the transportation by ocean route is practically a European monopoly. There was a time, before the building of the great transcontinental railroads, when the stars and stripes floated on the high seas in great numbers, possibly master of the ocean, but now it is not so; and the American people are feeling the disadvantage since their flag has been driven from the ocean by the European subsidized ships. The exports shipped out of this country, and the inm ports which are received, constitute a great part of the high sea transportation, we think America is second to no oth er country in the world, and yet, it is not over nine per cent of the ocean freight carriers that float the stars and stripes. The great cotton crop of the South is taken er Suit when 'es this Sprir the processi< s what in the s in handsom4 of narrow sI liorter, and Tr rig models ar Suit goodnes .00, $20.00, ASURE, $15 TO $40. Suits, $4.001 Clot Good Clothe ver the transcontinental rai oads for thousands of miles, t e packed in foreign ships bon for Cbina and Japan, thes ranscontinental railroads an the steamships lines, are owne y the same foreign capital, an the same ownership has alway ontended against the America overnment granting any priv leges to its shipping. The free tolls for America shis as we understand it. meat simply to give to our own ship n advantage over foreign ships so, they may be in a position t ompete with the ships of foi eign countries, which are sul sidized, tbis, we take it, was tb purpose of the Democratic part n making tbe pledge in its pla form, the very same pledge wa given to the people by the R< publican and Progressive pai ties, all of them recognizing as a sound American principle but President Wilson will n< aave it so, and we fear his insit tence will be a wedge in ti party's future welfare. Lt is all very well to be loys to the President, but the part pledges are greater than any it dividual, if Mr. Wilson forge' his obligation to the party the~ made him President, Chain Clark, and Oscar Underwood ar right in doing all in their powe to prevent their chief froi guiding the party wrong. A ready the President's course being criticised, and, it is insit nated that his position is n< without suspicion. Representi tive Knowland of California in speech on the floor cited date of alleged secret visits to ti President byithe private secr< tary to the British foreign mii ister, and he quoted con-currei facts in an effort to prove th the President's policy to requi: American coastwise vessels pay tolls through the canal h~ been formed since the da of these secret visits. Th same Representative alb quoted Secretary Bryan fro his speech made last May Washington Park, Pa., in whi< he stressed the sacredness of party platform. And we reci Mr. Bryan's speech before t] general assembly in Columbia which he said, "that whenev a man found that he could n ennnnoethe requirements oftI SU everybody elsc Lg and you ceri )n. Spring Suits! > colors. New Loulders, soft 'ousers small e very "Eng s we're are nex $25. 00. ;o $12.50. s." - at platform he should have > the honesty to resIgn." The d President may win, he has- the ae patronage leverage to help him, d but if he is not exceedingly care ful it will be a victory at the expense of the party that honor ed him. 1 .DO NOT ABOLISH THE CAMPAIGN MEETINGS. nThe News and Courier has op ened up a campaign against the county, to county meetings for candidates for State offices, its position is being seconded by a number of country weeklies, but in our opinion, should these ed itors succeed in getting the State convention to adopt their sug ~.gestion, it will not have the ef fect they hope for. 'j he people want an opportunity to hear the candidates, whether they take tadvantage of it or not, and, whenever i s attempted to de prive them of this opportunity,it will be regarded as an invasion upon their rights to be resented in no uncertain way. The Demrocratic party of this State is made up of the white r people; they have become ac customed to the method and are not complaining until they do complain, the campaign meetings will be held, in spite of the frothings of a few disap pointed newspaper editors, and their little me too's here and there. In last Mor~day's issue of Charleston's morning daily there tappeared a number of editorials reproduced from county news papers, but the "Old Lady of Broad Street" did not think it ~wise to reproduce the editorials e from those editors who disagree - with its proposition, neverthe - less, the people in the counties t where editors are opposed to de .t priving the masses of an accus tamed opportunity know the o views of their county newspaper, td and will not be misled by The e News and Courier giving to its sreaders only one side of the is sue it has raised,. odowt We had something t owt hthe organization of the Demo a cratic party in South Carolina, il perhaps more than a majority of e the present newspaper men of in this State, we know what sacri er fes were made to secure cou at trol of this government, and who s mla the sarifies; havingz this ~ainly do er up in SUMT nowledge we are reluctan bout accepting tbe advice, o0 the dictation of those who ha< bsolutely no part in rescuinls this government from politica nemies. We recall themethod f politicians in control prior t< 1880, and how the masses grev restive from the growing ten dency to confine the politica privileges to a certain few, thi: brought on the agitation for th< primary; as long as the result: of the primaries bore fruit suit able to the tastes of certain pec ple, all went along as happy a a marriage feast, but when oth ers came into control change: ere demanded, not by the masses, bu thy the element tha was relegated. It is our opinion, it will be sorry day for this State if a cer am class of politicians get con trol of the party machinery,i they do, it will mean not oni: depriving the masses of seeing the candidates face to face, bu it will also mean the disfranchis ing of many who now enjoy the right of political manhood. 1 behooves every white man to at tend his club meetings, whe' the clubs are called together tc reorganize, and elect representa tives to the county conventior who will represent the views o their club. This is important a: the franchise of the masses i involved. The people will no soon forget how two years ago by teir indifference, the count, onvention was made up of me: who really did not represent thi views of the people, they oni: represented a certain few. a: vas fully demonstrated whei the primary election came o1 and the people recorded thei views at the ballot box. The clubs will be called upol to assemble on the 25th, o this month, it wvill be well t begin now to look after the clu organization, see that ever, white citizen is enrolled, an that he attends the meetingc his club when delegates are t, be elected, then, if the club de sires to do so, it can instruct it delegates whether or not it d4 sires the campaign meeting abolished. To Prevent Blood Poisoning apply at once the wonderful old reliable D1 PORTERs ANTISEPTIC HEA LING OIL, a su gical dressing that relieves pain and heals1 ll R, S. . 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