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2:E >EDA -~~' - -aIts ' aged tr -- unfar and pr asswge t the effot When sneet~fsj eeother sider' tuVdtli theditor of Theaoed when be cannot nestaniis position by argumez~ e~sleaisisreadesbyvlli fitniln DAd ajugigof'langu -2ue ssoe leist Wed mdufder theead "Correct stke takes: the Or C i'imes and Democrat ooifr endaisig the posi &tion ofbt Manning~ Times on diffiondijdestin anid its comn imenl~ataaaeiQo f the Char lestans and Columbia newspa Sprwi.iregard to 'the state menternshbedby Senator Lide <ot rgeurg, one of the comn 2nittee seat to Washington to confer with the Secretary of the Tfreasurs and the members of thaefederal Reserve Board. The Orneur Tijmes and Democrat published at the home of~enator Lide, commenting on our editorial said "We are of the opinion that the statement, . it had beeni widely read, would have materially helped the 7cbances of the hondtissue. .Sen ator Lide had visited the officials in Washingtonknew their minds and'intentlins, and the people would have recognized the weight of his opinion. The daily .newspapers did n o 1 print the statement which had .been handed them, and this was, of course,. a step which aidied the opponents of the bond issue, We do not defend their suppres uion of what was virtually a pub lie document." .The Becord says it was.noi handed the statement by Sen atne Lide "in so far as the edi Cool tions. W~ grade cott and in pay - hi Cotton. F for Low M This ~ER 9th, 1914 tor kinows,"- and- further says, "but while the.5ensar promised 4 furnish the repostr with a copy of his statemeni .he .never 'id so,"and then -goes- on with a lot of flub-dub abcul "any in teligent reader could see for himself during the bond agita inthat the daily newspapers, while opposed tothescheme and ing all tair argments agamnst iti in their editorial columns, gave cheerfully and ustincted Iof theirinews columns: to set drith the statements and argu Ynents for it offered by others." ePhew ! We say that any intelli gent- reader can see for him self that the reverse of what The Record claims is true. Senator lde complained because of the unfair treatment he received at the handfof til'iy newspa pers and* was austfe in his complaint especially, when he, ~as well as every intelligent read ur could se that thie daily news papers resorted to all manner of arguments to prejudice-the pub lic mind against the bond issue, and that they did: not publish the other side from a source which would have been consid ered authoritative by the read ing publiegant on the contrary, they did publish a mass of mat ter from any source that'tended to aid them in-prejudicing the public mind. The personal allusions to The Times editor has nothing what ever to do with the question at issue, and so far as The Times editor is concerned, gave' it a square deal, it matters not to hiar whether The Record editor thinks he is "morally re sponsible" or not, the only thing for the public to know is wheth er or not the ~daily newspapers suppressed the argument for the bond issue. We say they did not publhsh Senator Lide's statement of facts and, they had an opportunity to do so, that they refused to publish said statement because it was un answerable, and had it been pub lished it would have convinced the public the arguments of the daily newspapers were fallacious. misleading and unfair. The Times editor will not in. dulge in an exchange. of epithets with The Record's editor, were he so disposed, and did express himself, he would lay himsell liable to prosecution in the .United States courts for sending weather and Shave had qt on, MIDDLID ment of acco1 offer is only or Strict Lo'n iddlingf 8 -2 c offer holdsg mater 'thi'h the~ ails' in, vio lation of law. Tie bond matter is a dead is su, and further argumient is -a waste of time,:'it, was killede by the cuttlefish tactics of, a certain element who were inspired by selfishness, in this they were aided by the newspapers in which they held: large financial interests; the people; for . whose benefit relief was intended, sole ly depended upon the unselfish pagriotismn of their representa tives. they had no great daily newspapers to present theii-side, but notwith.standing that relief was defeated, the people. have been taught to accept- in- future with great caution the -guments o the daily press when the in interests of the masses and the interests of corporations are be ing considered. The Yorkville Enquirer makes te follwing observations with the o. ., anal attitude 'of The Reo-rd and other newspapers iri mind. and which is in the mind of the -reading masses now more than ever before: "One nf the greatest mysteries of the recent extra session of the general assemby is why certain newspapers who at first showed a disposition to boom the pro Iposed bond issue, suddenly fac ed about and began to fly-blow it. We would like to see 'some explanations from these papers; but are not looking for anything of the kind." "In the old days most of the South Carolina daily newspapers devoted themselves mainly to the spreading of the light of truthfui information, and now the sole object of many of them seems to be the promotion of the schemes of the interests by which they are owned. Would that there could be a return to original principles, and that all of our papers could be lifted above the undignified and disrep uable condition of personal in terest press agency. Of course the public will reyolt against these things eventually, but how much harm is being done in the meantime!" The city authorities of Colum bia have put the lid on, and they are going to make that city an example for the other towns in the State. If it had taken this spasm two months ago, perhaps the extraordinary session of the legislature would have not been arrn of results. Ten Cent C( Lte a liberal iG or ABOVE ints. for Middling, Middling w ents. ood until No' * w A!~1ESITE ErCTION) The central committee for-the prohibition .movement in the State has organized with head quarers in.Colimbia for State wide prohibition. Mr. J. K. Bredinr of Maining has been named --as secretary who will have his offiee in. the Palmetto building. The purpose -is to have so executive committee, one member from .each county, and these are to secure the sig natures of the inlifidd voters from each. voting preinct, to get petitions addressed to their rep gesentatves in the :genera.l as sembly,. .asking .for. the enact ment of a law which will author ize an election-on state-wide pro hibition to be held in September 1915, and for the enactment of stringent laws to enforce prohi bition. It seems to us, if the- general assembly is to be petitioned iby the qualified voters, it would be a great saving of money and time did these petitions ask fox direct action on the question m-~ stead of a referendum. Repre sentatives are the--servants of the people, and; if -the -vot ers of the State aire desirous of haing South Carolina to prohib it the legal sale of intoxicants, their expression through peti tions should have as much force as an election; in fact, if a major ity of the voters say they want prohibition over their signa' tures, it would be more express ive of the will of the majority than would be obtained at the ballot box in a general election, because, the voters are usually indifferent about voting ini a spec ial election; if the recent election is taken as a guide, instead of gettig the will of the majority, only a small minority will take the trouble to go to the polls, and there still will be left a majority that no expression has come from, leaving the question open for constant agi tation. General elections are very ex pensive, this expense should be avoided if possible, therefore we think if the Prohibitionists are determined to have state-wide prohibition, it can be accom* pished with less expense by having a majority of the voters to petition for the enactment 0f a state-wide prohibition law. We cannot speak for the general assembly, but we believe the members of that body, repre >tton is stimu response to o ~, at Ten Cer Good Middli: are allowing rember 25, 191 snting the masses, and not their individual- views, will give ser ions: consideration to the peti tions of the people they repre sent. Thereis .no~question..aboutit, if 'South Carolina is to place upon thie statute books a state wide prohibitionilaw it can only be effective by 'accompanying such a statute with laws that will prevent shipments of liquotr into the State, such as the Webb Act of congress purposes doing. The Greenville Piedmont tersely puts it: "Our people are familiar with the Webb law, by which con gress gives states power to pass legislation dealing with inter state shipments of intoxicants. Some states ha've already taken advantage of the Webb law and South Carolina should do so at next session of the general as sembly. To cut off supplies from the blind tigers will deal them a death blow. Drunken ness in South Carolina can be tremendously decreased by giv ing authority, under the Webb act, to officers of the law to seize supplies of wet goods before they get into the hands of the blind tigers. It is easier to seize supplies, under such authority, than to detect blind tigers in op. eration and secure convictions. Fully three fourths of the crimes of violence in South Carolina and they are frightfully frequent -can be traced to the effect of blind tiger liquor upon those who drink it. Not only does drinking injure those who in dulge in it and often bring sor row, suffering and deprivation to those dependent upon them, but it is directly responsible for the major portion of the cost of our courts. All those who want the laws of South Carolina en forced should exert their infiu ence to have the general assem bly in January pass a statute taking advantage of the Webb law." There has been a rumor re cently that the Hon. R. Good wyn Rhett of .Charleston, and Mayor John P. Grace have be come reconciled with each other. If it is true, what affect will the reconcilliation have on the may. orality contest in the city, and what affect will it have on the congressional honors in the first distrit two years hence? There is no doubt that Mr. Rhett is a man of force and with the Co operation of Mayor Grace he car do a whole lot for Charleston, both have brain, energy, anc abiding faith in the future de eopment of the. City-By-The lating trade a ir offer to ac its per pound ig and Strict 9 cents per s I THE REGIONAL. B'A2ES. The reserve banks opened up for business last Monday. lust how these" banks will aid the agricultural interests of the country remains to be seen, as it is a new departure from a banking system tha.t has.. pre vailed since the beginning of this government. Those who are in position to speak on the subject, claim they will put an end to the annual anxiety trom which the country has. suffered the past generation about in suficient money and credit to moe the crops each year, and will give such stability to the banking business that, the ex treme fluctuations in interest rates and available credits which have characterized banking in the past will be destroyed per manently. The chief attraction and value of the new system, according to its interpreters are to be found in the elasticity it will give to recognized paper currency. The Federal reserve notes which probably will replace the familiar national bank notes will be is sued on commercial paper aris ing out of actual business trans actions. It is designed that they will rise and fall in amount according to flow in the tide of business. Tbey will be govern ment obligations. having back of them a large gold reserve in the regional banks. Reserve banks, through them, are ex pected to aid member banks having good paper, but needing cash. Kansas announces that it has fifty skunk farms, and The Columbia State says it is "not surprised." Wonder if The State would be surprised to learn of the existence of "a skunk farm" in the city of Columbia, where Moore skunks put forth odor every afternoon. Hon. J. A. Hunter of Bamberg, recently a candidate for Lieu tenant-Governor, has announced himself a candidate for the po sition of Superintendent of the Penitentiary. He must not be aware of Col. D. J. Griffith's mn tention to stand for re-election. Col. Griffith has made an ex ceptionally fine officer, and we doubt very much if the general assembly will displace him mere ly to find a place for one who failed of a nomination in the nd collec cept good. in trade Middling ournd, and An'?' SUMT PLENTY OF LAW-ENFORCE IT. We. note the arrival of race horses in Charleston, and 'it is to be presumed the racing meet. will be conducted this winter unless stopped by, the law. There has been much written about the race track gambling in Charleston, those, who do this writing evidently do not know that the statute 'books* contain all 'the law necessary to suppress gambling, whether it is^ race track or any other kind of. gam bling, but in addition to this, there is also a very strong stat ute passed by' 'the legislature with a'view to putting an end to race track gambling,, this statute is so sweeping it will al most convict a man if he thinks of betting much less' does bet. The law is on the books, and the writer helped make it, if it is not enforced, the county auth orities of Charleston alone are responsible. The general idea is that the city authorities en courages this violation of law by inaction, but the city authorities have no jurisdiction outside of the city, and the racing is done outside of the city limits. Some contend the governor should act. Governor Blease has said time and again, that whenever the county authorities report to him their inability to enforce the law and ask for aid he will give such aid as is in his power.-Then why is not the law enforced? The Columbia State in its is sue of yesterday commenting on law enforcement in the capitol city, where there is wave of civ ic virtue has a very sensible ed itorial under the heading "Keep the Questions Separate," and if its advice is taken by the Law and Order League and the law authorities the results will prove beneficial and lasting, but if, in the attempt to enforce all of the ordnances and statutes, many of which are obsolete, they make and bring about a resentment and a swinging of the pendulum to the other extreme,~ the ac complishment of good will be de stroyed. The "Blue Laws" of an hundred years ago may have served their purpose in their day, but in this enlightened and practical age laws to be enforc ed with public sentiment to sus tain them, must be reasonable, jst andltolerant. S7I ERSC Whether it is the opening o the exchanges, or - faithr in the new bankitig asystem,a- it.i, the cloud of business 'depression is appearing, cotton prices hage stiffened some, and with th:. openiig of foreign markets and' a revival of shippmng, we 9 forard to brighter times! in the nears future. While we ar waW ing, it will be well for the agri ultural interests to prepa their lands for a plentiful supply' of foodstuffs, because, o should. the war terminate soonerr than we expect, -the prices of foodstuffs will be high for at least tweive months or miores the war ravaged countries hav not been able to farm to any ex tent, and America will be looked. to for supplies. Plant one acre: of cotton for every two acres ot grain as the law requires, then, give attention to cattle and hogs: and this country will again comle to its own. Peace appears in sight in Mexico is the news from the' Southern Republic. Carranza has agreed to resign, and Villa. may leave the country. Now if. no other uprising breaks out be fore the United States troops leave Vera Cruz, Uncle Sam may not have to keep his watchfal and waiting eye upon the war. torn country to the south of us~ for at least two weeks. The Columbia canal question will have the attention of the general assembly at its 1915 ses sion is the information given us. We shall then see whether this water power will continue to be withheld from the rights the. State should have in it. If those who claim to be familiar with this matter are correct, South Carolina is not getting what be longs to her, and all of of the ounties on the Santee and other rivers are depirived of water out lets which stops water transpor tation development. How's This ! We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for anycase of Catarrh that cannot be cured be Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & 00.. Props., Toledo, 0. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. 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