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be mauag~ Enme JANUARY 17, 1894 l'oUIs %,pka.rjr. APRI 21,1915. AANNING s. C., JUNE 23, 1915 'PUBLIStIED EVERY WEDNESDJ I. I. APPELT, EDITOR AND PROPRETOR. LIV.NG ON OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY. How many people in this cd munity are living on their os money? If the question was put each person individually. he i questionably would answer tb he is living on his his own fun< And be doubtless would be -s cere in his statement, But are we really living our own money? Let's dig down under the si face and see what we find. For the sake of argument i will assume t1iat you- are rt ning an.account with the grocA and the butcher, and possil other merchants. You pay of course, but p baps you make settlement oi every sixty or ninety da: Some even pay their bills or twice a year. Now was it your money t] paid 'the wholesaler for I goods'you are using and: which you have not paid, or v i-the merchant's? And if it was the merchani and you have not paid him, is our money you are, living until settlement day, or is it h We contend that fully oi half the people are living fri day to day .on other peopl money an4 by doing so tk ar thnelves directly contr uting-to the present high, o of iving. Nowontrol your rising ang -or a moment, and we will hu biy endeavorto show youw ayo are keeping prices up. P>.. he average wercantile stc cost several thousands of d ~-lars, and it must be paid for S-ash orth merchant must< tainaline of. credit from I hwolesaler. And when he bi a.isgoods on credit he pays higher'price for them. a' I turn you ~buy 1your goc from the~ merchant on' cred and~he in self defense must a siad ibionai "safety." pr at.I other words, he mi charge more than a cash pr mnorder to rotect himself fr< the certainty of loss donseque uponslow collections, bad del und other annoyances. Thustwo "Safety" profits e added to the original selli prices of the article. - Do you see how it works-h< the price is boostered? If every customer paid s5 cash for his goods the muercha in turancould do the same wi *the wholesaler,.thereby securi from the latter a discount -cash of possibly7l1-2 to 10 1 cent. And then the merchant hi self wonld not be required add the "Safety profit" to1 *goods, which would ,mean other substantial reduction the price of the article, and because of the simple ex] diency of handing the cash oi the counter. * Now doesn't it look as thou this practice of living, on oi people's money is costing considerably more than we justified in paying for such doubtful priyilege? It might require some slig -inconvenience and a little te porary retrenchment in order -change over to a cash syste but if a merchant made you fiat ofr of a fifteen or twer per cent discount for cash y Wrould jump at the opportuni1 Doesn't it appear to be to I -advantage of everybody in ti -community to wipe out the ba ful credit system and buy a sell for cash. It certainly looks that way us. How does it appear to you? NJSTI.E AND WINNSBORO That wretched tragedy winnsboro strikes deep into t . hearts of loyal South Carol ians. There is a very gene: desire that justice be meted< to the men who shot down t brave officers who fought defense of the law, and foul in accordance with solemn ol gations resting upon ,the What is the metal of the Sta courts? is there a~"Southi Cai lina instice" which will ta rank beside the far famed "Vir- c< ginia justice?" The law has ti been sinned against in a most si inexcusable fashion. The peo- ti ple who made the laws against ft murder and against interfering 'a with the administration of jns tice have seen a smalt be.dy of ti - men treat these laws as if they r4 deserved not one scintilla of re- s spect. The enormity of the a crime 'against the State is dis c tressing, and provocative of an- ci " ger. Good men want to see jus- a tice done, but they want the law n acting through regularly con- b - stituted courts and accepted r< medium, to avenge itself. There tl is no desire for violence, which d is evil, but there is a very de tA - termined desire that this blot p upon the name of the State be b effaced as far as may be by a p 3 prosecution of the guilty men. o In the number of dead men, f; in the nature of the crime laid n at the prisoner's door in the at picturesquesness of surround I ings and of participants, the in killing at Winnsboro difiers from o the killing at Hillsville, Virgin- : on ia. But otherwise the two cas- u es are similiar. - The principle a ir- which urged the Virginia courts on-to the administration of jus ve tice against the notorious Al- t lens, now is crying aloud to the e r courts of South Carolina to e arise and do their duty. The e test isAt hand. Have the jur- t ar- ors the courage and conscience a to act as they think they should? f some may say that this is as- c il suming the guilt of men before , proving it. This is a technical- i iat ity in this case. for ail of us t he know very well that somebody e lor is guidty. Sheriff Hood did not c a start it. Neither did any other officers of the law. But some s, body did start it,. and several it civilians took part therein. It a is a self-evident fact that there t is guilt somewhere. . If our ma- i ie chinery of justice is worthy the s trust reposed in it, strenuous a efforts will be made to locate i the guilty, 1. Sherif Hood. a man of reput- I ed and proved bravery is dead. The killing of this official, whose a er death was a patriotic as that of a . any soldier on Bunker Hill. at t y New Orleans, at the Wilderness I at Gettysburg or at 3Santiago-' kdoes not represent merely the a .l slaying of an individual. ~It is b in :more serious than an inexcus i >b able killing of a private citizen. he In his body, was reposed the ys power of law. -that law' miade e aby the people, and that power t reposed in him by the people. da The shots fired at him 'were ,~ ~fired at the sanctity of the law. c idWill such anl outrage be for- a Sgot? We do not know who is a ist guilty. But what we wish to ce see is apositive effort to locatet. the offending parties, and to con a ~vict them. Is this malice? We a )think not. What protection have we if our laws be left in tr he dust for the reckless'ones to t ntrample upon? Only on an ideal t basis-can we afford to acquiesce , wpassively in an act of lawless- I ness. But we are far from the tideal, as the Winnsboro tragedy s at proves.-Greenville News. th TEE STATE WAREHOUSE, orLast October, the legislature, 1 er called an extra session to furn eish relief to the farmers because m- ot the ruinously low price of cot ton passed the State warehouse ubill to enable the farmer to holde rhis cotton for a better prnce. - 1 -After emasculating the origi- a anal bill, and appropriating in-e sufficient funds to carry out the er provisions of even that compro mise with corporate' greed and gh political hatred-they elected * the father of the original and ur better bill, John L. McLaurin, rState warehouse Commissioner. aThey expected McLaurin with insufficient funds-lack of knowli ht edge on the part of the farmer'sa and hostility of banks and cor Sporate warehouses-to make a dismal failure, so it could be re a pealed at next regular session, yand McLaurin and the farmers oboth got rid of. YMcLaurin. fooled the whole s bunch, he put the warehouse Ssystem into successfull opera etion, and the low country farm- 3 nd ers who benefitted by it stuck to I him. When the legislature at- C to tempted to repeal this, the only il piece of constructive legislation I for the farmer's benefit that has a been enacted for twenty years- t it got too hot for them and they t at turned it loose p. d. q. i he The Commissioner has about d n- fifty State warehouses in opera- E -al tion-mostly in the low country V >ut --and has secured thousands of he dollars for farmers at 6 per cent 1 cr -loans on State warehouse cer- 'T :ht tificates.e i- But our people up here, don't a m. know about these State ware- e te houses and how to get one, and 6 -o- why? It is because McLaurin c kea seaking up the trust-owned I3 rporate warehouse that rob H te farmers on storage and in- wi irance, and the banks who rob F tem again in interiest-There- dE ore the trust owned papers are hi gin it 'tb This is a State institution for la ie benefit of the farmers and to m lieve them from a fuedal vas- uE 6age to financial pirates. If S< ir press was free and fair, it F ould get all the information it H >uld from ihe Commissioner, n< id publish so its farmer patrons S ho pay for the paper could w nefit by the information. The S, abon they don't is because di iey are-not free and dare not et isobey the orders of their mas- m rs the corporations -who very al roperly see in the State ware rE ouse system when in operation bi roperly an end to their tenure W fusury and pilfering from the el trmers of the State.-The Scin- t1 itar. EDITOR BEARD SPEAKS PLAIN.Y. The mutual admiration society t herwise the -~South Carolina n ress Association is soon to t( eet at Chick Spring-then t atch the "liminator" get to e. ork. 18 If our State had a strong in- ai flligeut personelle, in the fourth e state, a.virile body of independ at thinkers and-writers, instead y f a servile band of corporation >ols, whose inspiration is usu ly the weekly pittance paid yr literary ability to cover ther F1 oven foot of corporate greed re should deem it an honor to e a member. But as the mat- N .r stands at present, we have li nough moral demerits to our p redit now without adding de- 1 eneracy, and sevility to the el st. Notwithstanding that, there el re some good true men among ti de press of this State-some A i political accord with us,. and c Dme not in political accord with a! s-but they are dominated as a S ody, by the superior number of C .terary, and political crooks. tA 'his is not a case of "sour rapes" for many have sequoeled S s to join, and np doubt all a rould be willing in order to con- e col our policy by tieing our o ands with their Gonzales made ti code of ethics" that admits of d n editor's lying for it salary- 'a ut prevents his telling the si ruth when it hurts the financial o1 irates who control through the al ay envelope, and advertising n ntracL; the political policy 01 m Lie press. A No man can tie our hands, and v re can talk as big on a diet of el orn bread and- sow belly, as Ii ny other editor can on steak TI nd potatoes-hence we have st ever applied for admission to o: 2e "mutual admiration society" al nd their hostility is accepted as F tribute to honor. - A Recently a prominent news aper man told a friend of our's Lat "people are getting tired of e die Scimitar. The press are ratching for a chance to get ti teard shut out of mais" We had satirized this thin g kinned gentleman and there is y o doubt-but that he is "tired of Lie Scimitar." But from rapid- a: r increasing subscpription list Sappears that he is pretty lone ome in his 'tired' feeling. .We began publication ten d xonths ago without a single sub o eriber-the Hon. J. Frank Lev- g r was the first to subscribe-the . ist issue we printed 2000 copies nd none left over. We receiv- a d last week fifty subscriptions di 1 one mail. That looks good to u s-and our list contains as ii iany AntiBleaseites.as it does leaseites, which looks better. As for shutting us out of the ails-othets have tried that c: ready. We comply with the ostal regulations, and law, and s long as we do so, these little a inheads who stab in the back d bsolutely powerless to injure ur business, in order strike by roxy, a blow which they lack e brains to properly direct.F 'his is our answer to a threat. c.AURIN BEFORE BANKERS ASSOCI- t1 ATlON. G Following the address of State farehouse Commissioner John di 3. McLaurin before the North a arolina Bankers Association, w 1 session in Wilmington, on p 'riday, President W. B. Cooper si f the Association, suggested I ie appointment of a committee o: confer with Senator McLaur- bi 1 in the interest of getting un- f er way in North Carolina a tl tate system along the lines of de South Carolina system. I Senator McLaurin went to 01 'ilmington in company with Mr hi 7. P. G. Harding, of the Fed- di ral reserve board, joining him m t Florence. Mr. Harding being w rroute from the meeting of the al outh Carolhna Bankers Asso- ai ation in Charleston to the it nth Caronina meeting. Mr. al arding and Senator McLaurin ,re the only two speakers dn aiday morning, Mr. Harding ivoted a considerable part of s address to a discussion -of e warehouse system in its re Lion to ti:nce, and in his re a~rks, in citing a receipt for e as a collateral, described tbe )uth Carolina roe.:.ipt exactly. Alowing the address of Mr. arding President COnoper an unced that the author of the )uth Carolina~ war. house l:&w as present, and called upon mnator McLaurin for an ad -ess, appointing a committee to cort the South Carolina com issioner to the rostrum. Seu or McLaurin was given a tine ceptin by the North Carolina mnkers, and the interest which as taken in his remarks was ridenced by the .suggestian of [e president as to the appoint eut of the committee, before ie adjouinment of the meeting, take up the consideration of ie system as adapted to the !eds of South Carolina. Sena ir McLaurin devoted his speech > the State wareibeuse systen, plainiing the South Caro;ina ,w 'and the result.s and aius id purposes of the system gen -ally. Both Mr. Harding and Sena ir McLaurin ^received the cord 1 thanks of the North Carolina inks for their addresses. LAK TO PRISON FARN, PEOPLE EX mM wA. Atlanta, Ga., June 21.-Leo [. Frank today began serving a fe sentence at the Georgia rison farm for the murder of [ary Phagan, the 14-year-old nploye of the pencil factory of hich Frank was superintend t. 'His hurry secret trip by -ain and automobile from the .tianta jail to Milledgeville pre 1ded by a few hours the issu ace of a long statement by Gov laton giving his reasons for )mmating the death sentence life imprisonment. Frank was delivered at the tate prison at 4:30 o'clock this orning and soon after extra litions of newspapers announc I the fact here. Within a short me crowds began to gather on D ntown street corners and ithin three hours their demon ;rations had resulted in calling at two-thirds of the police force ad later an order closing all ear-beer saloons and clubs here liquor may the obtained. t about noon a crowd conser itively estimated at 2,500 gath 'ed on the capitol grouds and stened to several speakers. he most of this crowd later as mbled in the-hall of the house representatives where sever speakers said they doubted rank had been remnoved from tanta. COMMITTEE OF SEARCH. A committee of five was select I to visit the jail here and try >find Frank. They reported at he was not there. Then beriff Langum who with depu es took the prisoner to Mil dgeville gave the crowd his ord he had delivered him there ad explained the trip in detali. he crowd which packed the or and galleries then decided make another demonstration :wn town. They marched to Five Points" in the centre of ie business section and then ent to the city hall. - As this had been the scene of -demonstration earlier in the y the police took prompt meas res. Within a few minutes the t of arrests had been mncreas I to 10 all charged with failure 'move on." Mounted officers rode in cir es in the crowd, cutting them in small detachments. A p rently disheartened by such ethods, the crowd gradually spersd. HANGED IN EFFIGY. At Marietta, 20 miles from At ,nta, the former home of Mary hagan, Gov. Slaton was hang Iinm effigy. An inscription on e dummy read: "John Siaton, eorgia's traitor governor." The governor went fully into stail, explaining why he com uted the sentence, his 15.000 ord statement not being comn leted until almost noon. He id his decision may mean that must live in abscurity the rest my days, but.I would rather a plowing in a field than to feel r the rest of my life that I had tat man's blood on my hands." Frank did not know until a w minutes before he started 1 his trip that he was to leave s cell last night. His heavy, stinctive eye-glasses were re oved, which in itself was some hat of a disguise. The officers so placed a slouch hat on him ud he was not recognized by Le few persons at the station He was recognized when the train reached Griffin and at Ma con he was reported to be very nervous, needing the support oif No Sheriff Mangum when he walk ed. At the prison farm today Frand changed his demeanor, Far assuming the outward calm that n has marked his two years fight for life. He again protested his innozence, expresiel gati tude to Gov. Slaton and s tid that he had intuitively b!ive I ! -h: lie would at least get a commu- rvt tation of sentence. He was giv- tell the en No. 965, doone.d a suit denot- , ing the grade prisoner an I to- ma night apparently had begun the !e routine of prison life. tre Early tonight the principsi Iea business streets were crowded rle: with men and boys and crowds ma Ien gathered on many corners. ? A large force of p-Ltrolman exn and mounted police paced b ck ie" and forth along Marietta street which was a centre for the throngs. Tnere was no in liz L tion. however, of serious trou ble. About 8:30 o'clock several hundred men started a march through the streets and finally halted at Peachtree: and Pine street. The police then started to break up th- ,athering. "Come on, Iet's go out to Gov Slaton's," shouted several mem bers of the crowd. A large number of men marched north, on Peachtree street, in the di rection of the Governor's coun- dl ed try home, which is several miles fal from the centre of the city. "Y Members of the party declared a th4 they intended to make a call th upon the governor. 1a3 A number of county policemen. of were on guard at the governor 2 n home to-night. en Solicitor General Dorsey, who nu prosecuted Frank, issued a state re ment to-night in which he de- fa, clared that "the action of Gov. h0 Slaton nullifying the judgments 1a of the State and federal courts w< and overriding the recommenda. er r tions of the State board of par - dons was unprecedented." He m added that no defendant in his ' recollection had had the benefit of more appeals to both the : State and federaf c ourts. ~" I cn not find in the record of - the Frank case, or in the gov - ernor's lengthy statement of at i tempted justification, one rea son why the governor should in- nlE terfere with the judgments of to the courts in this case, said th'e i solicitor. How's This:i We ofrer One Hundred Dollars Reward for aycase of Catarrh that cannot be cured 1"e a J F.3 CJ EY a CO., Props.. Toledo. 0. We, the undersigned, haveknown F. J. Cheney !e for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly ,, honorable in all business transactions and finn cily able to carry out any obligations made by WEST &TTUAx, wholesale druggists. Toledo, o. WALDnio, KDWAN a MAnvnt, wholesale drug- to ga~ T arrhi Cureja taken internally, acting Cf directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of CU the sytem. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all t ANIMAL HOSPITALS ON FARMS Quarantine Place Should Be Clean and Comfortable--Many Young PIgs or Calves Can Be Saved. .F Every farm should have an animal1 hospital, where really sick anmalsj can be cared for and nursed back to health and where those suspected of having some disease or any "off color" in any way may be put away from the ch balance of the herds and flocks. There are many reasons for having such a place. First, there Is the con- br trol and check of contagious diseases that might be accompliehed by promptly Isolating the first prospect and itking vigorous preventive meas ures with the balance. Thus many young pigs or calves that get "a bit off ~ feed," continue to -decline If kept with ~ the balance of the herd because of their inability to "rustle" their share I with their healthy, husky mates. If such are put by themselves and given Pu special care and food for a few days they are soon back to normal and go on without serious setback. This quarantine place should be a o shed or building that is light, clean and comfortable, and one that can be thorougbl-y disinfected. It should be n apart from other buildings and so sit- t nated that anluals other than those i quarantined cannot have access to it. The control of one outbreak of dis ease or the added gains on a few e yo~ng animals will pay for such a b building. d PRICES FOR THE BEGINNER sa to Hardly to Be Expected That He Will Dy Get as Much for His BIrds as Experienced Poultry Man. If you are a beginner in the poultry Ci business, you must not expect to sell your breeding birds for what you gave for them. The man you bought from, his repu- pr tation, the prizes he has won, the ad- p vertising he does, must count against yos until you have won out as he has fo: If you have paid $20 for your breed- se, ing bird, then half that amount is tr enough for the beginner to ask. If shi you have paid $10, then $5, or even $3, ho: will be enough for the present. Be- inj sides, most beginners do not have mc scored lirds. fa: sua Lu CASTORIA 3 For Infants and Children fol In Use For Over 30 Years the /F.A #, Signature of , ,thF th TEREST IN POULTRY Visible Sign of Over-Supply in Products. mers' Wives Study Details of Basi ess and Are Eager to Learn of Better Ways to Care for Fowls-Conditions Change. (By J. WELDER.) he farmer's Ideas of poultry-rals have changed considerably from kt they were a few years ago. rywhere on the farms a more in igert interest is being taken in subject. he farmer at last has realized t the poultry Is a good source of >me, and Is willing to take some ible and spend a little money to ke it even more so, instead of ving the womenfolks to struggle ag with the fowls as best they y, without any help or conven Des. Fot much in the way of eggs was ected of them, and they fully real I these expec tions. Usually they A Pure-Bred. I not supply what eggs were need in the farmer's family, nd the mer often remarked to his wife: t our chickens are a perfect nuls ce. I can't set a thing down but y are into It," (poor things! It was Lt or go hungry!) "and they don't r an egg." onditions are changing. .The most the responsibility for the poultry the farms still rests on the wom but instead of being considered a isance, the fowls are treated with pect and consideration, as an Im rtant part of the business of the -m. They have neat, comfortable uses, and yards, and scratching eds, where they can be contented d happy, and keep industriously at >rk in cold as well as warm weath The farmer and his wife both w feel it to be a reflection on their tiagement if the hens do not lay >re eggs than the family uses, in nter as well as summer. !L is a common thing to see a beau Pock of pure-bred poultry on a r= and when farmers -or farmers' ves meet, it is seldom they part thout asking: "How are your hens in-? Are they laying well?" and es- it Is already known, they are re to ask each other: "'What breed] hens do you keep?" They are studying the poultry busi ss in all its details, and are eager learn of better ways of caring for, ei: fowls, and of conveniences to - about the work. n some neighborhoods the women the farm meet on certain after ons, to talk over their experiences a their poultry; to discuss the etions of feeding and . caring for em, and to read together the poultry lps to be found in the agricultural eios of the newspapers. 'This interest Is not confined to the rms, but is also felt In the small wns and villages At the meetings the~ aid societies you will hear dis r.ice on hlow to care for the hens mave them lay, and many a woman -ink i* r:. emall town helps out her abnd s :rc~'e by nearly, or quite, yng t'e zrocer' bil's with eggs dI reir from a small flock of re-bred fon:is kept In the -yard. a good cow is the best milk ma& One of the farm teams should be Dod mares. t is best for the average farmer to ndle the draft brceds trong, vigorous cows are more re tant to disease than their weaker * * * Protein may now be bought cheaper cottonseed meal than in any other rchased feed. 3pasmodie salting, a nandful in the Lger when you happen to think it is not the best way. Iuch depends upon the. early train. ;of the colt. Teach a rapid walk first thing when the colt is put harness n the cold parts of the country, ery window should have a tight ird shutter to close over the win w on cold nights. Prof A A. McDowell of Wisconsin is it is easily possible for farmers double or even treble their crops better cultivation and diversifying. VILIZATION'S GREATEST TRAGEDY. ~xtract from article by W. D. Lewis, sident Texas Farmers' Union, op sing woman's suffrage: 'We are willing to join in every ef -t to elevate woman but will assist none to drag her down. The de mt of womanhood Is the most awful gedy in civilization. As she sinks s may, like the setting sun, tint the rizon wtlh the rays of her depart glory. She may tenderly kiss the 'untain tops of her achievement ewell; she may, like the sinking , allure the populace with her mty as she disappears for the, night twhen she steps downward, the th is as certain to tremble and inge into darkness as; death hs to low life. Art That Is Seldom Practiced. ome people can talk fluently and ik well at the same time, but even seldom do so. I.r REV. ALLEN FORT One of the most popular young ministers in the Southern ,ptist Conve-ation is the Rev. Allen Fort, Pastor of the First 3aptist Church of Nashville, Tenn. The Baptists of this city vebeen fortunate enough to secure his services for this pi o racted meeting beginning'July 4th, and continuing two weeks. )r. Fort will speak twice daily during ,the neeting, -at 11 a. m nd 8:30 p. m. Dr. Fort recently held a -meeting with the First Baptist Thurch ot Clarkville. Teni. We clip the following editorial from he daily Leaf-Chronicle, of that city: OLD TIME RELIGION "Old time religion had full sway at last night's revival ser iec at the Baptist church, when, the great audience de. nonstrated in a manner not to be mistaken that the Spirit of God ras there. Under the gripping spell of the ministers eloqnent eading tl.e Holy Spirit stirred the people profoundly. The *esult was an old-fashioned love feast. It has been a longtime ice a claiksville audience was so stirred religiously, and it will e an occassion long to be remembered as one of' the most satis Atory services of a great meeting." "Our community has been specially blessed by the presence Lnd indefatigable labors of Allen Fort. This mighty man of God as strongly endeared himself to this community. His work has ,rought many luke-warm and back-slidden Christians to realize heir un-happy condition and has caused some to rededicate their ives to a loyal service -of the mster. No man can listen to such eaching and remain neutral upon the question of his souls sal ation. Dr. Fort simply exhales the spirit of the gospel and is a nihty force for good. A THE STORE OF HIGH-6RADE MERCHANDISE. This week we are Featuring Silks. Our Silk Department is as near complete as could beinany first-class dry gjoods store at this time of the season. We arejshowing a Full Line of Taffetas. Peau desoui and Perspirative Proof Silks in Black, Navy and Sheppered Checks, for that new suspender sheered skirt of yours. Also a Ft113.Line of Tub iSilks in all colored stripes, for that waist you are plan nling. Complete Line of Crepe de chines in solids and brocades. Prices range from 29c. to $1.50 S Also a few Silk !Poplins in the. leading shades. Special this week, 69c. If you are plan ningan individual dress we suggest the Shantong Silks. at 50c. per yard. Ask to see them. A new lot of Laces just arrived, suited for trimming soft materials THE STORE OF H16H1-6RADE MERCHANDISE. im