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be Manning bimes. LOUIS APPICL'T. Editor :JANNING, S. C., MAY 27, 1914. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY THE STATE CONVENTION. Never before tn the State's history has a party been con fronted with a r.ore serious .problem, and it will take the practical operation of the new constitution and rules to know whether or not the problem has been rightfully solved. On its. face, the constitution and rules have the appearance of fairness, there is-xiotbing in either, which will prevent a white citizen from the evercise of a voice in the gQvernment, and, there can be no just complaint of the rules beifig too drastic, except possi bly the enrollment clause, which - -provides for the personal enroll ment of the voter; this we think will work a hardship in many instances,especially in the sparce y-settled rural. districts,. where the secretaries of the clubs have no- special place to keep the -books open. and where no pro .vision is made for a special place -and hours whereby the voters may know where and when to find the book open. - In the cities and towns and } .the thickly settled communities ~very'little trouble -need be to .have.a complete enrolment, be -cause, there can be designated a --thiiue and place -for it, but in the -ontry We do riot see how it :will work successfully, unless ^_-the secretary will devote extra otdiary time and attention to a * tter for which. he gets no com .pensation. It would have been more just, and far better to have adopted the-inomiiy report of the credential committee which provided for secretaries-to enroll - heame of a voter upon his written-authority, the signature this. written- authority wit p nessed:- Had the - convention 4one-this: it would have shown beyond question that its profes sionsof wanting nowhite.man dis fraichised was sincere, but re fising to accede to this. require ment it-gives room for the sus piou- the purpose was to cut off as many votes in the -toifiry as p6ssible. .Some ar:gue the enrollment rTequriseetwas-to reach the cot ton-xtill rote, but if this be true, th 'slereen t-o curtail the cot - on nill vote lost sight of the f~-act thisr vote is- ther easiest to shrmileeaue they' have their clnbs at -the .mill, .and their leaders will-see to it that every n~rgets n-hebooks, but- not p tithe eqcuntry .-where. the voters live -miles -apart,. if the personal enrollment affects - any cFass44f citizens, it is ~those who - w11he -pnuato- inconvenience to - -8eenretheir niares on the books, - -din our~~dpinion; this class il.W.be. the rural voters .and not th-eotton-mill-operatives- or the -oters in the towns.: $egtion o f .the~ constitution wfiich provides the length of resi d - esce, is-an absolute-discrimina -tion against the country in favor oT Chiarleston with its corrupt - ractices. In Charleston a man rel rsident of the State one year, but-outsi~de of.Charleston county n-i order to- vote- he must have .been a-resident of -the State two - yars. Why shiould a mani in hQarleston have a better right - to- vote forofficers of -our State by- goerninent than a man in Green yjlieff totwithstanding that it is -recognized, ---Charleston is the <hotbed - for corrupt .political 7met'hdds, and. both sides is >ottento the core, yet these cor-. - iptionists are given -the special - ri'vilege of one year residence ta vote,. It is not right, and it .should-not have been allowed; -t hias the appearance of a prem --ium .ward for the miserable con -aegito-ditions all factions -in that city -Aside from these two provis i ons thejnew constitution is all -right-we think, and it is now up to the white men ofthe State to - interest- fhemselves sufficiently to'havetheii- names enrolled. No' mian-should complain if he fails -to get his name enrolled. It will -be entirely his own indifference, the incentive to have his name -placed upon the book is so great that it- will be almost criminal - f he neglects it. Think what it mneatis to be disfranchised, con -victs are- by law disfranchised, *no decent white man would want So, by indifference on his part, put himself on a level with a -convict we are sure. It is due a --man's self-respect, 'his family,! and his friends that he go to the greatest inconvenience if neces sary, and make sacrifices to hav-e that he may vote if he so desires. The fact of his name being on the book does not force him to vote, but it does put him in position to exercise a white man's right if he wants to. This enrollment has no bear ing upon who a man will vote for, no white man should lose the opportunity for the exercise of his right as a man, it is a duty we owe to our fellow man that each and every one of us should act as a committee to urge our neighbor to get his name en rolled, and, we suggest that as soon as the necessary books which will be provided by the State committee arrive, every man of voting age, and those who will become of age before the general election in Novem ber hunt up 3 the secretary of his club; and not stop 'until he has signed the book. and then give such aidas he can to get his neighbors to do likewise. Under the new constitution all of the old club rolls are abolish ed, which is the best thing the coinvantion did, and the voters are required to join clubs in their club districts; there will be no more duplicating of names on several clubs, and no more cor ralling the members of clubs that had already elected its del egates,to vote in a club about to elect delegates, as was done to our personal knowledge; this sort of repeating and duty work is done for by the new rules, and we are glad of it. The rolitical fortunes of no man or set of- men is of as much moment as are the rights of individualsi When an individ ual is armed with all of the right of citizenship he is .a full and complete man, it is his privilege to exercise this right or not, as he in -his judgment desires. but when he does not so arm him self, either through neglect, in difference, or wontoness he must not afterwards complain if he finds himself in the humiliated po sition ie imagine a . convict must feel when seeing his neigh bors exercising rights the law has taken from. him. So far as purifying the pri mary is concerned we doubt if the new constitution offers any better safe guards than the old, because, there is too much pow er vested in secretaries. and if they are disposed to do so, they can prevent many of those who are not allied with them in pol itics from qualifying and too, there is too much room for ma chine manipulation, those in con ti-ol of the party machinery can if they so desire hold on indefi nately, but as we said in the outset the practical operation of the new order will have to be seen to know. whether the con vention acted with wisdom or not. We will say this however, a large proportion of the mem bers of the convention was dis posed. to be guided by patriotic motives, .and when the written request for enrollment was pro posed many of these would have supported the proposition had they not -binded themselves-in a caucus held by the leaders of the majority in the Hotel Jef ferson on Monday night. Sev eral- arose on the floor and spoke favorably of amending the com mittee report so as to provide for a clause to allow the secre tary of a~ club to enter a voter's name upon written authority from the voter, but the extreme element who-are determined to eliminate the rural vote as far as possible would not consent and held them to . the action of the caucus, but notwithstanding this a few of them prompted by their consciousness of right voted with the minority any way. THE PEOPLE DEMAND FRANKNESS The speech delivered* by Sen ator John H. Clifton of Sumter in the convention favoring a pro vision to permit tha authoriz ation of a name to be enrolled on a cl'ub book, was a master-piece, and was so convinceing, had it not been for the caucus held in the Jefferson Hotel in advance of the convention, where the lead ers mapped out what should be done, he would have succeded in aving his amendment adopted -and which would have allowed names to be placed on club rolls upon the written authorization of the applicant, it would also have given to the rest of the State the same rights as are now given to to Charleston in the matter of residence limit. Clifton made the fight of his life to prevent this outrage and discrimination: but the leaders in control would not have it so, although they are aware that Mr. Clifton is not allied with present administra tion, either in the past, the pre sent or the future, y et they would not recognize his efforts thogh it was made cle he was only seeking to prevent honest white men from losing their votes in the coming primary. Clifton made the strongest kind of an argument to show this per sonal enrollment requirement would operate against farmers mainly, and give to the cities, towns and mill centers. an over whelming advantage. We were anxious to hear Hon. R. D. Epps on this question as he will oppose Clifton for the Senate. Epps endeavored to get recognition from the chair but after the wonderful harangue made by his law partner Mayor L. D. Jennings, he made no fur ther effort,whether in disgust or indorsement, we do not know. Jennings took an opposite view from his colleague Clifton, and from what we could gather from his 60 lung power argument he belongs to that element who re cently broke into society with a golden key, and favors restrict ing the ballot to as few as possi ble, providing that few can be controlled by him and his kind. We hardly think Mr. Epps, although Jennings' law partner, would endorse such extreme views, because, we have it on good authority that he has de clared himself in favor of Gov ernor Blease for .the United States senate, and no supporter of Blease would want the country vote curtailed, neither would the conservative supporters of Sen ator Smith want the country vote injured, for both sides re alized the danger of a party ma chinery which will cause any number of good white men from being disqualified in the primary. If it is true that Mr. Epps has declared himself a supporter of Governor Blease, we know that Senator Clifton is not, nor has he ever been, a Blease sup porter, yet at the same time, while not a supporter of the Governor he did have the manhood to stand by the Execu tive when he thought he was right, and especially was this demonstrated in the senate's ac tion on the appropriation bill. Clifton stood by the Govenor for cutting down these excessive appropriations,. while on the other hand, Epps was always looked upon as among those who fought against anything the Governor favored1 therefore, when we heard he had declared for Blease it came to us some what as a surprise, and we think it will be well for the friends of the Gov. to get a public decla ration from him that they may know whether to support a man who is open and fair or one who is running with the hare and barking with the hounds. We feel an mnterest in Sum ter's representative in the sen ate, because we appreciate his valuable services to that body, but if the people of Sumter are to displace him for another, which in our opinion would be a great mistake, they should do so with their eyes wide open, and not be carried away with a man's prominence in fraternal orginiza tions,or aprohibition hobby;they should not be guided by the badge worn in conspicuous place on the coat, or the profe. sions of piety when in pious company, but the record made, and the ability to have influence with the repre-, sentatives of the State. There is not a man of greater force and i mece in the Senate of South Carolina, merited by his splendid ability, his absolute fairness and wise statesmanship than John H. Clifton, and there is no man in the entire general ass embly, who has less of the trim mer qualities of the small. poli tician than he. Whatever he stands for he makes it known unequivocally, and, in this day when the lines are drawn he will not gumshoe his way through the campaign, but is outspoken in favor of the present incum bent for the United States Sen ate, and is using his influence throughout the State for Sum ter's candidate fur governor. This Clifton is doing openly, and above board, but if his opponent has declared for Blease in one quarter, he should do so in every quarter, so all of the people will know where they are at when they cast a ballot at the polls. In response to the question "What will be the result should those in charge of having the enrollment books hold them back to prevent a proper en rollment?" We said the people1 would not stand for it, they1 would ignore the primary alto gether and go direct to the gen ral election, this we repeat. It1 is to be hoped however, no such ontingency will arise, but< should such a trick be played1 he primary under such circum-i stauces would not amount to aything. Fair play must be I A DIRTY OUTRAGE. The alleged assault upon Hon. Sam Rittenberg in Charleston last Saturday evening at the Arglye Hotel in which the par ties that. it is said, enticed Mr. Rittenberg from his home by the use of the name of The Times editor should be thoroughly in vestigated; if Mr. Rittenberg does not push the matter the grand jury should. Thugism must not be countenanced. If the law can reach those who used the name of the writer for their cowardly purpose, it will be ape pealed to by him solely for the purpose of teaching these miser able scoundrels that they can not with impunity do such high handed outrages. The Times editor does not know any of Mr. Rittenberg's alleged assailants, never heard of them before, but he supposes they knew him and thit he and Mr. Rittenberg were friends, taking advantage of this relation they fell upon the scheme to entice their vic tim from his home. As soon as we read the ac count in The Sunday News we immediately wrote to The News and Courier practically the fol lowing: '"I have just read the account published in The Sunday News of the alleged assault upon Hon. Sam Rittenberg in the Argyle Hotel, . and Mr. Rittenberg's statement in connection there with. To say the use of my name to induce Mr. Rittenberg from his home for an unlawful purpose has aroused my indigna tion feebly expresses my feelings I cannot recall of ever having heard of George Hartnett and James Livingston. I certainly was not in Charleston Saturday, and when in the city 1 usually stop at the Charleston, and not at the Argyle. Why George Hartnett and James Livingston should have taken the liberty to use my name for their miserable purpose is beyond my . comprehension; if the facts are as Mr. Rittenberg states them, and I believe his statement to be true, the perpe trators of the cowardly outrage upon him should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. I hope Mr. Rittenberg will not re lent in his expressed purpose to do so. Thugism must not be tolerated any lo'nger than it will take the law's machinery to crush it. Respectfully, - Louis APPELT." Instead of- The -News -and Courier publishing the letter as, it was written and signed, onlyits published extracts leaving out the most important parts. Why this was done we have no .idea, but the fact that the parties inter ested preferred no charges at po lice headquarters, and the ap parent disposition to-hush it up, leaves us to think their must be soething "dead up the creek." DOG EAT DOG. The average newspaper read er would imagine aft4r reading the accounts of the State con vention that the Barnwell dele gation or what -is known as -the Martin faction in Charleston came off victorious because the Grace faction was without merit, technically this-may be so, but the facts do not show up any better for the Martin crowd than it does for the-Grace crowd, both sides, are rotten. and -the. State convention would have served a good purpose had it turned both oif the contending factions out, and warned them never to return until they could do so- in decency and order. The Grace crowd did put up~ evidence to show they. had been badly treated by their oppon ents,their club rolls were stolen. and the officers with these rolls jumped out' of wind~ws, they al so showed some of the roll books had names added to them, and in most~ instances the Grace fac tion went into the meeting places with a large majority;- as many as four to one, but when they reached the County convention their clubs were contested and the temporary organization re mained in the control of the mi nority. There was no attempt to justify the conduct of the Martmites, they only, relied up on the technical ground that Grace was not properly before he convention, as he did not ap peal from any ruling of the con vention below, but on the con rary, anticipating what would ye his fate he organized a con rention of his own, had he gone Lhead and permitted the conven ~ion to rob him of his rights, nd then appealed to the State ~onvention. it is possible he would have stood a better show ng, at least, the Barnwell iol owing of immaulates would iave had a hard time mtino sieate. It is our honest opinion, both sides should have been given to understand the people of the'State will not longr tolerate the political practices of Charleston,. whether the factions T are led by the bad man - Grace, c or the bad man Martin, or the I worse man Rhett. When it comes to politics in Charleston, condi- f tions have always been bad and S worse, the elite engaged in poli tics are among the worse ele ment when political juggling is i ] desired. The followers of Grace are merely the students and heirs s of Barnwell,Rhett,Martin meth- t ods. When Grace was a supporter of Rhett, that crowd sung his praises, but when he went up e against Martin the break came, and nothing good was left in n him. -b The News and Courier of to- t day directs attention to an edi a torial it reproduces from the Co lumbia State on the Rittenberg I incident, of which editorial we s also approve, but the same newspaper also had an editorial e exposing the true conditions in t Charleston which The News and v I Courier did not reproduce. Why t nat? Knowing the editor of The t News andtourier we are sure he s cannot defend either faction in e that city. but he should not per- o mit the columns of his great . newspaper to be used for the a exposure of one element and by r its silence hide the faults of the t other. Colonel Roosevelt says be put the River of Doubt on the map, ate monkey.meat and asked for questions, to be put to him to his face, but there was no response. f Who would want to question a I monkey-eating man anyway? $100 Reward, $100. The re adeohspr wflb pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that lsCatarvh. Hall'sCatarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical t fraternity._Cutarrh being a constitutional dis ease,eres a constitutIonal treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cureis taken internally, acting directly b upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys tem, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease.and giving the patients trength by build- y ing up the constitution and assisting nature in b doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers, that they effer One a Hundred Dollars for any case that it falls to a cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0 I -Sold by drrggistsT75c. Hall's Fnrilv Pills are the best. n t Stat of out Carlin ExectiveCham er. PROCLAATION mitte of Shoutho Carndon, n Exechutveh d ambeAr. 194; b RILERE,describedias holos: "Jaes rcie; aot 22i eartd;ebot tha ane assaches thl inegt taib w40 ons-t browne sinned Cto of Cisarenone, o RILE, dsig", whas fled "Jams justice. $ NOW, THEREFORE, I. COLE L. BLEASE, Governor of the State of I South Carolina, in order that justice I may be done and the majesty- of the se law vindieated, do hereby offer a re- r ward of ONE HUNDRED (100.00) a DOLLARS for the apprehension. de livery and conviction of the said James d Riley. To the Sheriff of Clarendon County, at Manning, South Carolina. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, L have hereunto set my hand and caused the tl Great Seal of the State to be affixed, at. Columbia, this'twenty-second day oft May, A. D., 1914. and in the 138th year of the Independence of tbe United 9 States of America.. ti COLE L. BLEASE. v By the Governor:Goeo.I R. M. McCOWN, a Secretatry of State. r BUY TilE BEST When You Buy ! t< fc le A NEW HOME Sewing Machine! You know st< what it means. A New Home b~ e Rotary at $40.00-$1.00 cash G and $5.00 per month. Write C. me. GD JOS. S. DICKSON, Alcolu, S. C. To Cure aCold in One DayI rakerL&ZTvEDRoMO Quinine. Itstops thej ough and Headache and works off the Cold. J ~.V ROVWS giatutre on each box. 2 -. THREE NOTCH ROADS. "hir Curious Title Comes From the Name of George Ill. In Missouri and some other central restern states there are roads that are ailed "three notch roads." They are ublic highways as distinguished from he roads that lead to a sawmill, a choolhouse. a church or an isolated armhqpse. A three notch road "goes omewhere." Proeeding along such a oad, the traveler Is bound, in time, to each a town. There lies behind the curious title an ateresting story. It appears that Eing George III. decreed that all Eng ish public roads, as king's highways, hould be iuarked with his name. In he colonies it was often impossible to ark the roads with the care and oroughness that were used in Eng ind, and In the wilderness it was nough to cut three notches on the irgest trees along the roads. After the Revolution, of course, the ame of King George was omitted, ut the three notches proved useful as means of mar'hing public roads. rrginia colonists, It is said, carried be practice into Tennessee, Kentucky nd Ind.iana, and their children, in urn, carried It into Missouri. Originally Missouri had no counties. eater, when they were formed, the tate decided that if the task were left a the counties there would be little and building. Accordingly, the state onstructed the roads and marked hem with three notches. Later, rhen the counties undertook to build onads, they were designated in the imber country by two notches. Prior o and during the war between the tates the distinction . was preserv d, and three notch roads were al rays "through roads" that led from ne town of importance to another. 'wo notch roads were less important ighways, and roads not notched at 11 were either rail roads or plank oads. A rail road was a road leading o a camp where men split rails, and plank road led to a sawmill. 'outh's Companion. OT CERTAIN, BUT HOPEFUL Villie Clearly Diagnosed the Case In His Letter to His Aunt. Dear Auntey-I did not rite to you ar a long time now witch is not credi ul to me becaws Hennry Begg told ae he yoostoo have an aunt very autch like you and he did not rite to or for a long time and one day his ather came in very sad and said to Innry your aunt dide yesterday and -hen he thought of how she dide ithout getten au ansur to her last let er It almost broak his hart and for a ng time he could not eat the rest of is dinner. The trubble is that when we are oung and helthy we do not think of ow our rellitives are old and aptoo die ny time at all 'and so we do not rite s often as we otto and are sorry after rurd when it Is too late. Hennry Begg was tellen me about is aunt yesterday and how she oos ao send, him' presunts and sumtimes iunney when there was a serkus com en which the neerest one now is two eeks from Wensday. This makes it all the sadder for Hen ry. The price of tickets to a serkus ia kworter for boys the sighs of us nd Hennry's aunt yoostoo always and him fifty sense for two tickets if e should wanto take anuther boy rith him as they offen do. The serkus witch is commen here wo weeks from Wensday is Simmons :Sapp's world's greatest nickul plated bree rings ne plus ulter pearless ae al marvul equine sennsation and zoo gicle agergation with the world fa ous Rloamin Hlpperdroam and sele rated artusts In the sublimest spec eles ever staged for the eddiffication t Man witch I copied from the bills as early as possibul, and It looks as if It as goen to be a pretty good show. I gess .all the boys are goen exsept [ennry and me witch are not surten ut hoapful. Two weeks from Wens ay-Saturday Evening Post. Brief Illness Beneficial. There are some who confess that bey never really read or appreciated ieir daily paper until they had to tay in bed to read it and suddenly dis overed it was rather good reading. .nd I know men who rent pleasant ouses In delightful suburbs, yet :arcely ever see them until a blessed nin occurs and they stay at home for few days in bed. A few days' "bed lag out" might do many human plants lot of good.-London Chronicle. Napoleon's Generals. Many of Napoleon's generals rosefrom je ranks. Bernadotte, the grandson l'a blacksmith; Murat, the son of a nner; Lannes, the son of a small irmer; Ney, the son of a poor Alsa an cooper; Suchet, the son of a silk eaver; Jour~dan, the son of a country rch; Mortier, a brewer's boy; Oudinot, frmeor lad; MacDonald, grandson of Uist crofter, and Lefebvre, a barradt >om brat. -Proud Recollection. "You seem rather elated this morn "I am," replied Mr. Meekton. "Iast ight idy wife mistook me for a bur ar. It's the only time in my life that enrietta was actually afraid of me." -Washington Star. Domestic Jar. She-My poor mother begged me not >marry you. He-True! That's the 2y time she seemed Interested in my elfar!-JTudge. Sound common sense without elo sence is better thuan folly with a fine >w of language. Notice of Discharge. I will apply to the Judre of Probate r Clarendon County, on the 15th day June, 1914. at 11 o'clock a. m. for tters of d ischarge as administratix of e estate of Ellerson Adger, deceased. SALLIE ADGERi, Admninistratrix anning, S. C. May, 15, 1914. Notice We the undersigned forewarn all rsos trespassina or allowing their ck and cattle to trespass on lands longing to us. iv. J. P. W. Gibbons, Rev. W. E. bbons. WV. S. Gibbons, W. D. Hicks, K. Gibbons, R. Mt. Mellette, W. G bbons, WV. H. Castine, J. D. Gibbons M. Rloberson. May 27th, 1914. SHoIlOSOW dOi 012 0 .LS .0 LEY3IORYTAR Wedding Presents HAVE ARRIVED! 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