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LOUIS AFPEL[r. .Aitor MANNING, S. C., SEPT. 2,1914. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY TiE RECENT PRIMARY ELECTION. In the recent primary election one fact was demonstrated per haps - more forcibly than any other, and that is that the peo pIe have become educated in the use of the ballot, and now vote as they please. The election throughout the State was a quiet and orderly one, and men who perhaps ten or twenty years ago suffered themselves to be led to the polls oandtoldhowto vote, this time narched up like men, and re ardless of newspaper misrepre and advice, cast their annfferages for men representiug factions, both Blease and -Blease. They put the -ampof dsapproval upon cam of abuse, and while, Gov edefBlease was defeated, he defeasted on aceount of pe conditions prevailing just this time. While he failed to miajority of the votes cast -:"Aor the United States Senate, h voters also gave their disap p al in.a most over whelming ,of the undignified, vit and, abusive methods bytwo of. his oppon ngs and Pollock. Out -Aboat.35-thousand votes poll eentire State Jennings Mo~ived. esi than 3000, and Pol ban2000. Another in -aOfthe fact that thae voters bheir sufferages as they in. the election was defeat of dr. Brice the anti a eandidate for. Attorney Geeal and the re-election of Aoey General Peeples, a ib of- Governor- Blease's tin and .a close . . . d t th f Governor. P is batvoernor Blease was - inbisrace fr he Sen isut this cannot be at solely and altogether to *npopularity of the Govern isextreme popularity of sis SnI -Had Mr. Pol bursued a campaign other aue.Of abuse he would have ~eiedt -ery complimentary aoe ti probable tht Mayor - ild about / his en~lrnyow. But a great m anvters, who have hereto s~1enupporters of the~ov. iaracefar the Chief Magis took the view that ~o~i~was aready inthe ~ae tat te United States * ~ was doing whlat it' help the farmers of the - the markets of wo, and especially the ~~uidet bctban, whichr is te w~ipouct of the South, and possibly, while Senatori wlias caiming so much for ina raising the price of -ut~,it might be better in the of te price of cotten going -dwto continue Snith in office ~~a see what he could, do, be eas fSmith can do anything mkeepng te price of cotton ap, orifhe ever could do any thing, howia the time he is need -ed.,As a matter of fact we es'if Senator Smith has ever hdanything to do with raisiir ~hprice of-cotton, nor can he -abPthe, price up now, but in s ee ofthe bold claims which was making for himself a gatmany of Governor Blasee's femesupporters thought they wouldgive him achance to see what be could do, and cast their - yotsfor hin. Tiliman's tirade ofabase against the Governor Itwhich came out abouttwo weeks ~.~owas not the cause of the de Sfeat of the Governor. and it would be only the indulgence of ahiknish vanity in an old man sz lr~enator Tilimad to imagine j hat he caused the defeat of Gov ernor Blease. The people have Srefused several times to allow Tm~man to dictate to them who Sshould be elected to high ~office, but this happened to be e: ne ofthe times when the peo pie supported the same man that STillman did, not, however, for the reasons which Tillman as signed why Blease should be de feated. So far as we know the elec tion ,was orderly and without C- fraud throughout the state, and there was not as much bitter ness as there was two years ago. It is true that some young and unthinking man, and unfortun ately a few older one who ought to know better, allowed them Sselves to become intolerant and bitter, and to say harsh and un kind things because everybody Sdid not think and vote as they did, but the campaign did not evn approximate in bitterness the one of 1890, and thc peo ple generally are growing more reasonable and more independ ent in the exercise of their indi vidual sufferages. Senator Smith, by receiving his re-elec tion at the hands of thousands of former supporters of Gover nor Blease on account of the war in Europe and the deplorable cotton situation becomes the greatest beneficiary in the State on account of the European war. In the mean time Senator Smith is elected, but the war goes on and the people will continue to feel its ill effects, but it behooves all good citizens to put aside political hatred and abuse and come together and work for the benefit of the State and all the people. THE NEIT GOVERNOR. The reeent primary election has weeded out all of the eleven candidates for governor except Richarn I. Manning of Sumter, and John G. Richards of Ker shaw counties, who will run the race out next Tuesday. The Times editor is not a particular admirer of either of these gen tlemen politically, considering their past records. Manning is running as a pronounced anti Blease man, which position he finally came out strongly for after the campaign was well un der way, and is now the cham pion of the News and Courter and the ultra anti-Blease people, while Richards announced :A month or two before the cam paign commenced, that he. ex pected to vote for Blease for the Senatorship, and took special pains to make that announde ment all over the State at the county meetings. Neithei man can be regarded as of any greal individual force, and each one wants to be governor. The nast record of Mr. Richards on the dispensary question and the liquor question in general will b' i4'rn(mbered to have been a caeuatie one, being one while for the old dispensary and one while for prohibition, while it will also be remembered of Mr. Manning that in his race for governor- eight years ago he clung to the old dispensary and said he wanted to reform it, and then when he saw the dispen sary was rotten and eondemnied by the people and hadto go, he rushed in as a member of the senate and introduced a resolu tion to investigate the dispen sary and then refused to serve on the investigation committee. Mr. Richards is at present one of the Railroad Commissioners and is a practical farmer. He ~has never originated any states manlike ideas or reforms that we know of, and is regarded a clean and honest man at home. Mr. Manning likewise has noth ing charged against his private character that we know of, andc is president of a bank and the owner it is said of several farms, and just before the campaign began gained some notoriety as the newspapers stated from his home by advocating a scheme for exempting small land owners from taxation, which proposition he evidently saw the unpopular ity and foolishness of and flnally abandoned it. Nobody knows how - the elec tion next Tuesday will go, and the only safe guess is that either Manning or Richards will be the next Governor. -rBE COTTON SITUATON. We are forced to the conclu sion that the farmers of thE South are going to realize very poor prices for their cotton this entire season. The efforts of the National treasury department to assist the farmers of the country, and particularily those of the South, is a commendable one. and should be assisted in every way possible, but the bold and insurmountable facts in the case are that this country produces near fifteen million bales of cot toneach year, while the factories of America consume about one third of this amount, the rest going to the various countries of Europe to be manufactured. The principal countries of Eu rope are now engaged in the desperat throes of the most use less and heartless and bloody war in the history of the world, and especially in modern ages, and they have no time to manu facture cotton. 'I he consequence is that practically two thirds of the American crop is for the present just so much overplus. This not only means that there is no market for the two-thirds of the crop which is usually ex ported, but also means that the one third which is manufactured here will be bought at virtually whatever price the manufacturer choses to pay for it. We hope to see the gnoenments wnare house lending plan do some good, but it will be remembered that the government does not deposit funds in State banks, and there is not a national bank in this county. By the time a farmer keeps his cotton in a warehouse four months and pays insurance on it, and warehouse storage, and borrows money at high discounts from a State bank, and that State bank bor rows from a national bank and rediscounts there, and then when the four months are up and the notes have to be liquidated the amount of the crop which has been held is forced on the market in the face of practically no demand, the outlook for good prices is gloomy. This war ought to teach us of the South a lesson. If all the barns and smoke houses of the South were full of home made provisions we would not have the hard times which are before us for the next twelve months. There is no use to deny the con ditions. We had just as well face them. According to our view of it, the most remarkable develop ment of the campaign now clos ing is the rise to prominence of Mr. Robert A. Cooper of Laur ens. Mr. Cooper although he had served for a number of years as solicitor of his circuit, had not previously been prom inent in State politics and be had to make his way by his own efforts. People who were per sonally acquainted with him knew him to be a solid, substan tial man of unuasally sound judg ment and of uninpeachable in tegrity. but men of - political ex perience hardly hoped that he would be able to impress him self on the voters of the State at his full worth in one short campaign. Mr. CooDer will un doubtedly figure quiie extensive ly in the future political affairs of the State. Misses Aldem Abroad. In your last paper we noticed a thoughtful reference to our return home from a trip to Europe, and a complimentary suggestion that we send The Times a sketch of our trip. We have been made to feel since our arrival that it might be worth while to return to France and light the aggressive foe simply to have once more the overwhelming salutations and greetings of friends upon our return. As to our trip. We sai'd from Boston June 6th, on the "Canopic" of the White Star Line, and arrived at Naples on June 19th, after stops and ex cursions at the Azores, Maderia, Gibr'altar and Algiers. Mrs. Ida Adams of Birmingham, Ala, was our chaperon and she had effeciently planned a trip to the chief places of interest from the tourist's view point. T wo weeks were spenit in Italy visit mng Naples, Rome, Florence and Venice. Italy is a beautiful land with cultured and artistic people. Our -opinion of Italy and her inhabitants is- unfavor ably prejudiced by some of the Italians who come to America, when in reality they represent for the most part a class of peo ple whom Italy herself does not boast of. From Italy we went through Switzerland, having a sight of the Alps. Those snow covered peaks and green-clad mountains will ever be fresh in our mrinds. Germany was quite interesting and her cities were delightiful. At the time of our stay ini Dresden. Berlin, Munich and other German towns we heard nothing of war. The Germans are a contented, pros perous people, deserving to -be commended for their passenger aero-planes, and their beer-con suming capacities. It is impos sible for us to conceive of so splendid a people being made the enemy of all Europe by the 'espotic sway of a few. We had an excursion down the Danube to Vienna. This historic river did not disappoint us for there were mountains surmounted by ancient castles and ruins. The city of Vienna contains some magniicient buildings. and makes for Austria a lovely cap ital. We cannot fail to mention Holland with its landscape pic tures duely dotted with canals, windmills, and cows. Among the peasants in the villages we found the real Dutch costumes, but in Amsterdam the people were disappointingly civilized and modernized. Antwerp and Brussels were our points of attack in Belgium, and at the latter city we first heard of the war when our hotel refused American Express checks in payment of our bill. or to this they had been as read ily accepted as gold. Fearing we might miss our train if we stopped for an argunent, we hurriedly gave the proprietor all our cash and left without tip ping, even slighting the pom pous porter who helped -us in our cab.' Just how greata crime we committed was shown in the revenge the porter wreaked on us by sending our cab driver to the wrong station, consequently causing us to miss our trainand wait six hours for the next one. This gave Martha an opportun ity to inspect and condemn the government owned and operated railroads. She found great fault with the toy like lucomo tives because they provided no seat for the engineer or fireman and seemed to her inefficient service. She also considered some of the passenger cars so small and unlike American cars that an Atlantic Coast Line con ductor would not accept one for his freight cab. We found great aversion on the part of all guards and conductors to make known the stations the train might be passing through, and we agreed with Martba that a tip was the most effective means of obtaining any information, and of securing from the majority of conductors and guards any con descending favors. She was so interested in pointing out these absurdities that she almost for got we were to take a later train to Paris. . We arrived in that city only to find conditions grow iig worse 'and money hard to secure. We only remained in Paris one night and morning for, as soon as we could get our checks cashed, we.ran from Par is upon the.personal advice giv en. our chaperon by the Amer ican Embassy. In London we were among the fortunate. for, while the banks were closed for four days and letters of credit, bankers checks, travellers check et4, were utterly useless, the American Express Company were cashing their checks at full value, limiting the amount to fifty dollars per person a day. Had it not been for the -foresight of Mrs. Adams in carrying these checks we would have been without any money, for just then our letters of credit were so much paper. ' The task of lining up for mon ey and waiting for passages home so filled our time in Lon don that we saw very little of that city. Our repollection cen ters around the picture of stranded Americans lined up for blocks at the American Express office waiting for their fifty dol lars, while their only form of amusement or self-indulgence during those . hours of waiting was the spending of precious pennies for the hourly succes sion of "War Extras." This had its pathetic side, but the true sorrow of the war was seen at the stations as fathers, hus bands, sons and sweethearts left behind their grief-stricken loved ones while they went to war-to death, perhaps, ere this: On August 8th, we sailed from Liverpool for Montreal on the "Teutonic." The voyage home was exciting. Our captain al ways remembered the British fiag under which we were sail ing, and its attraction for the Germans by covering the port holes and windows at nmght, and lowering canvas awnings to con ceal the deck: lights. On two nights all deck and mast lights were extinguished and the search light was considered too great a betrayer to be used. Even then the captain did not think those precautions sufficient and the men were asked not to smoke on deck during those two evenings. At that time we were in the icebergs and fog so our careful captain simply stopped the ship. It was later rumored that on those two nights a Ger man cruiser had attempted to chase us but the fog thwarted their plan. Anyway, we were broght safely to Montreal where we landed on August 17th -thanks..to our competent chap eron, the courteous American Empress Company, and the re liable White Star Line. Yours very truly, MOZELLE ALDERMAN. How's This r wc offer oc Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by F. J' ChENY & Co.; Props.. Toledo, 0. we. the undersigned, have known F. J1. Cheney for the last 15 years. and beieve him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and linan ially able to carry out any oblig-ations made by heir lirm. WasT & TRtUAX, wholesale druggists. Toledo, 0. WA LDIs, KissAN & MAnvIN, wholesale drug HalsCtarrhs Cure is takcn internally, acting iretly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of he system. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by :0l ,rits Testim nials frc. Iow To Give Quinine To Children. PEBRILINEIs the trade-mark name given to an mproved Quinine. It isa Tasteless Syrup, pleas tnt to take and does not disturb the stomach. Chidren take it and never know it is Quinine. Aso especially adapted to adults who cannot ake ordinary Quinine. Does not nauseate nor :ause nervousness nor ringing in the head. Try, Official Returns First Democratic Primary Election Held August 25. sotse em oSmm 0 oeo - w -on-a - o - - o-- - c an .gw'.e.n-8--s ie:-o g*a * e . . . . . . . . . .o. . . . . . . . . *. . . . . . . ~. . .c E. J. Dennis......... c0- co c a c - . Na Cen to- or A c oc -o R. S. Whaley....... =I e2e O en 0- Qv of co 0- to - c e - - Louis Appelt........ W H. Burgess....... - S. DesChamps.... M W. E. Gibbons..... > z1c e o co W. W to cc D. L Green ......... : . M. Montgomery.. =1=2o 00Ico "C0W 0 CSO C o W. N. Rush. R. D. White. 1, to ac o-c co--n1 1. G cce)P-co cc - - L. L. Wells......... reas OCA-coOM~cOa~taoor Orc* o IAndrew P. Burgess. ece o =co e* co to 0 of C4a to kl e= )P.~ Ao ac cm Coo VI& C O- A. P. Rugin.. ...... , 'larence H. Mathis. % Q ames M. Windham. o .J Bradham...... E. B. Brown ........ 00 .-....hn W._Heriot...'.._ clo . . . . . . . . . . . 0 ............ W.__________. 5 . . . .. . . . Thos. H. Ridgeway. Mag. A. J. Richbourg.... m. Mag Edgar C. Dickson... AI'u A. P. Toomer....... 0 .... .. .. ..P . .-... . T . S. Barwick....... . E. Richbourg.... W. E. Flemmine.... B. M. Hardy~... ... M. D. Baird......... W. H. Castine...... $ <... ::.............Hugh P.Gibon..... .......... T. Ivy......... E e Eco wco ocaUw a ocecoaece le L. Blease. . : L. D. Jennings. -.' O O W - -i - - - - - .P o.o k ..................:...:...:.... :... :... J..Brownin... toR. A. Cooper....... oIte---- - - ''' no. T. Duncan. . :W. C. Irby, Jr.......... t0R. I. Manning.. .. B. A Mulaly .. N co toenoa a eeE - ena o '--'a c* I. G. Richards... - : : : :: : has. C. Simnms.... ,.. bas A. Smith.. -_ M n elL-Sih.. co-ce .-- Wm. . Ham'er.... to--to ,- ,- ... A. Hunter... OCOOteoC00 340Aco0!,R. M. Mon---'tate o c 0CC.~CC0 co Ct0 A. ~ to eO it cO S on 0 Cocc~ ~cc~toOstce0W ttoto C ce C-- A A. W. Jones... to 0 ~ C~ c., ~cow to ec , .t as. A. Summerset.. --ccr-ae 01~co , ee o A -c=c o a S. T. Carter--.-..-.--'.- Treas o ooc CnTCOCo CC o 0vt cto _Ac C.- o o cc 0 oc -,. ~ccc- tW\. WV. Moore...Aj R .,. . 0.. A toCZ ~-c~- 'wit n o come M. C. Willis.......... Ge 01 o0o-JC e toc o~eo rooc_~o 2-CooCC 2mo-. o to - ~A. G. Brice... Thos. H. Peeples.... Gen toE. J. Watson Com. o a o.. ceto to ce to to -- James Cansler.. . ~ ...~:eo. W. Fairey... ~ o~ct ~ ~ ~ C. D. Fortoer. ........ co 0 e e - t a.:t - So c . Frank W. Shealy.. - -~ - John H. Wharton... o -~ t oe~CC~-0't ~0o~~t01 . W. I. Wither~spoon.. The above is a true and correct tabulation of the vote cast in the Democratic primary election held on August 25, 1914. - S. OLIVER O'BRYAN, J. M. WINDHAM. Co. Chairman. Secretary. (Paid Advertisement.) MTNNIN is 1T11UVINIl FOR GliB N R of South Carolina When -He Is Elected We Shall Have. 1. A Clean Business Ad ministration. 2. A State Government for all the People. 3. Efficiency in the Exe cutive Department. 4. Co-operation Among -the State Officials. 5. A Progressive Pr o gram of Legislation. Embodying Construc tive Measues.. 6. Enforcement of thie .Laws in South Caro lina. 7. A Judicious Use of the Pardoning Power. Democrats of South It is your duty to go to the polls on Sep tember the 8th and vote in the second pri mary. So far only a partial victory has b~een gained. The election of a governor is the peo pie's fight; he is in the State all the tu ime he can be reached by the humblest man: hz is I the governor, but the servant of every man in the State. Manning will be elected gover nor if the people go to the polls and vote on September 8. There will be many eleventh hour false hoods spread and from past experience the the voters of this State should know that these be-low-the belt ought not be believed. Make up your minds now to vote for good government. There will be attempts to cloud the issue but the people cannot be fooled. DON'T STOP WORKING FOR LAW AND ORDER AND GD GOVERNMENT UNTIL THE LAST VOTE IS COUNTED. The. farmers of the Sate are going to stan~d to Mr. ManninQ, a farmer himself. who iknows the A. B. C. of farm conditions and who has been foremost in bettering rural conditions. He is working now to help in the fight to re lieve the cotton situation and he has already done much to help the planters of his State at other times.