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Co 30 30 40 " f: YyLe All you'wai things we claim to its guarantee in addition, you 30 days trial you any price. We hi JANUARY 17. 18S ILUIS APPELT. 21u,.1915. IANNING, S. C., MAY 17, 1916 pUmLISHED EVERY WEDNESDA1 I. I. APPELT, The latest Ford joke-Bethea. Peace is in sight again, thi only trouble being that we can'1 get hold of t. Peole who take Carranz seriously have their hands ful of nothing. History may ressurect it, bu~ the rest of us have completel: forgotten that Irish rebellion. It would be poetic justice ti n >~require Villa to dig his owl ~grave. But it is doubtful, how Sever, if we could keep him in 11 With the women in the Britis: Kisles outnumbering the men .b; 2,100,000, what would you~ cox ider a fair market price for husband? Here not long ago "they were wanting to do away witi the county-to-couinty campaig: because "there was nothing ti it but demagogic mud:slinging and now that the State Ware *house association wants to d some genuine edusational wor *by sending McLaurin around a a school teacher, "they" at raising a bigger howl than evel Verily, it looks like there is jus no way to please them.-Yor] ville Enquirer. Any man who keeps pace wit Hon. John L. McLaurin thi smer will fully understan why the daily papers of tb SState- put up ahowl for th -abolition of the -aunntytcountl mpinmeetings. It isa plan aihenose on your fac gmanwll be why these l ~~4m t~swekles had th You Cannot i peMenPor per cent More] 'per cent More. ~ss.Carbon. Makes starting < . YOU RISI4 t to know about the COMP~ for it? You risk nothing. Th on your car the same as it are protected by our uni are not more thau satisfied wve tested this I wool pnlled over their eyes and t< joined in the chorus to do away w~ with what they delight to term ti the "biennial circus." Not one p of them has given a reason for its abolition. Away with your 'w "puesy-footed" politics, come 12 out in the open, meet the people, ci ace the issue, and if there are s< feather's on your legs stay out ci for the campaign is no place for TI a Shangi.-Kingstree Record. b d THE PRICE OF FOL.LY. o The world is paying the price b of its folly today, and the price u is exceedingly large, it is appall ingly great. t Over in Servia the folly of a half witted dupe of unscrupulous plotters resulted in the assassib nation of a worthless archduke. a That shot, conceived in hatred r ~.and executed in the blindness of c 1folly, has plunged half the world into the bloodiest and most gi-e gantic war of all history. It is tdevastating the fairest spots of SEurope, making millions ofe widows and orphans, prostitut ing humanity, and transforming Sa land or peace and happiness ainto the mire of misery and degradation. Paying the price of8 Sfolly! Mexico had a ruler in the per son of General Porfirio Diaz. He was a man of blood and iron, whose simple word was a lawr aunto itself, but he ruled wisely ~ and well, or as much so as could be expected of any man in that illiterate country. His country was prosperous and laws were Sreasonably enforced. But folly ~ 1crept in Francisco Madero, head 'ed a successful revolution. Thbe old warrior president fied to Spain and death, Madero was 0proclaimed president, and was kpromptly deposed and murdered '~by the ininions of his chief gen e eral, Huerta. Carranza and Villa -joined forces for the overthrow t of Huerta, but the United States - practically forced the Indian dic tator to forsake his bloodstained laurels and flee the country. Car 1 raza became the ruler and Villa is promptly turned his guns against d his erstwhile friend. Now Car is ranza is about at the end of his e rope, 'with defeat and assassina yy tion as his probable reward. s Mexican soil is soaked with , blood, and the ground is strewn k with the bones of its fallen sons. I -- Had Diaz been left in peace the t e co,,,+r. end have' continued< ifford to Rt NSA Power Speed Mileage easy--Fits any Car. Atta a Greatest Mc NOTHING. ENSATING VAPOR PLI e COMPENSATING VA[ has for thousands of o1 conditional guarantee of l. One trial and you woi 'lug thorough Distributo >prosper anca develop and grow, hereas today it is barren with ie ashes of decay. Paying the rice of folly! While the warring factions ere operating in northern [exico outrages upon American tizens in that region became > frequent and the situation be ime so serious that President aft sent our tiny army to the order as a warning to all evil oers. He committed the error E stopping the forces at the order, and the warning went nheded. Conditions became' orse, and the heritage of our midity is the contempt with hich Mexicans view every ing American. Mr. Wilson ecame president and failed to Iter the mistaken policy of bis redecessor. A nit i-A m e r i a n demonstrations c o n inued. outrages upon our citi ns became more frequent, and ventually culminated in an Lmerican expedition being land d at Vera Cruz. A salute to the Lmerican flag was demanded of de Mexicans-and was nev r given. The American troops ere soon withdrawn without ceomplishing any results other ban to increase the ccmtempt f the contempt of the Mexicans or the American people and the terican army. Villa's horde aided across the border and hot up Columbus, Ne w Mexico. leneral Perishing was dispatch d across the border with orders o "get Villa dead or alive." It ras the iirst sane order- since he day Taft sent the troops to he border and committed the olly of stopping them there. lut Perishing was hamstrung ith diplomatic red tape and iicial timidity, and his e-.,-edi ion is a failure. Now other raids have occur ed. our citizens have been aurdered and kidnapped, Fun tun has demanded 50,000 Na onal Guard troops, and he re eves the troops of Texas, New dexico and Arizona. about 4,000 n number. Had Taft sent his roops right on across the bor Ler, supported by the 129,000 ational Guardsmen, and fol owed by levies of volunteers. dexico would have come to her enses in short order, for noth ng impresses them as much as >romptness and firmness. But he timidity and procrastination Stw presients has cause d mn Your Car Never H as i ched in five Minutes. N ney Saver Ev J6 is. will it do the 'OR PLUG will live up ther car owners, and money back if after aid not part with it at Ly d ftnd th rs for Olarend MANNI them to view us a bunch of cow ards who are beneath their con tempt, until now .nothing wil ever restore order along on border but intervention and long and bloody war of pacifica tion and occupation. The price of folly is great, bu the penalty of timidity and pro crastination is even greater. And we are paying both. HOW'S THIS FOR A 'PI.ATFORMI' A candidate in the adjoinin county of Banks, has, according to the Homer Journal, made the following unique announcement 'To the white voters of Bank: Co., and if not elected in thi Democratic primary, then to thi white nigger voters in the gen eral election; I, Frank Martin of Banks ceunty, Ga., U. S. A. being of sound mind and body do this day, without solicitation from~ any man or woman, de care myself a sacrifice for eith er senator, representative of county office, subject .io the ac tion of the aforesaid elections. do not need the money which at office pays, I am not in the rac for the benefit of mankind neither do I desire the hono: which the office carries, but: do wish to try out a few reforms hoping that no one will be bet ter or worse when my term ex pires. If elected to either thie uppe' or lower house, I guarantee t< put through more bills thai three governors can sign. If elected ordinary I will abol. ish the convict system in th( county and work the roads my self. If elected clerk of court I wil have everything put in on< book and cut the fees in half money in your pocket. If elected sheriff I will kill al criminals and save the cou nt: the expense of court trials. If elected tax collector I wil give you a rebate of 25cts oi every dollar paid me. if elected receiver, I will poin out to you all where you havy been giving in your propert: too high. If elected coroner I' promisE to hold more inquests the firsi year than has been held in tbE past five years. If not elected to promise t tay a t home wheare I belongr. Another Hui 7VA o Be Adjunsted. :ver wears out. Fits any r er Offered Mo' Delay is expensi Compensating Vapor posit under our mone) or you yourself can at Enclosed find $5 in antee it for life and will r( -Iuse a..... Name of car............. Model ............. Address.... -..... at it does all th 4D. L. Lon and Sumtei NG, S. C. OUR DUTY IN MEXICO. It is inconceivable that, any Itrue- American could want war for war's sake. We are not that kind of a people, and our inter -ests do not lie in that direction. But we are confronted with a situation in Mexico which is calculated to exhaust the pa tience of any person with an ounce of red blood ini his veins. It is time for us to stop quib bling and do some real acting. Our states bordering upon, Mexico are raided with impunity by the outlaws and cutthroats who infest the northern section of that country. Our citizens are murdered or outraged and their property stolen or destroyed. Te de facto 'government of Mexico is not only powerless to prevent these forays, but we ave every reason for the belief that the authorities are making no effort whatever to check them. Every American city or town on the border is in constant danger of invasion by the bandit Ifollowers of the Mexican leaders. No home is safe from the des troyer, no feminine heart is ever devoid of the constantly increas ing fear of the brutal ravisher. Under these conditions the duty of the United States is clear. Tbe citisens o[ our border sbates are our ownl people, they are our own flesh and blood, and their interests are our interests. IThey are entitled to the protec tion of the whole natjon, and as a nation it is our duty to afford them that protection, The government of Mexico will do nothing. It therefore is Iup to us to do something. We have waited for five years for the restoration of law and order in Mexico, and conditions are infinitely worse today than Ithey ever were before. The future holds out no hope of any thing but unlimited and unbrid led brigandage, an impossible condition for this country to Slonger tolerate because of the constant menace to our own peo bple and to our own interests. A sufficient force of American troops should be sent into north er Mexico to restore normal conditions throughout that whole Iregion, and another force should be sent to the border to afford ample: protection to the people )of those states. neal Fnstnn has asked maammxm1yyyY~y idred Miles i fOR Equipped anifold. Instantaneous Re tor Car Owne: MAIL COUPOF e. You lose money every plug. Accept our offer not r back if not satisfied guard tach it ia- a few minutes--fi COFFEY & HARVd full payment for one Compensating ifund $5 deposit in full if I return y at..is..claimed..f. for is00 cati m euad op. He should have the whole 129, 000 members of the national guard. And if they are not enough for the service required.! then volunteer regIments should be raised to supply his every de mand. And if the Mexican govern ment and the Mexican people do' not like such action, and offer any united opposition to the cleaning up of this territory, then a great volunteer army of half a million or even a million men should be spread over that country like a blanket, and not a man should be withdrawn until every bandit has been hung or driven from the country, law and order restored, a stable govern ment established, and the~ Mex ican people themselves demon strate their ability -to govern themselves in a manner accept able to other nations. We do not covet a foot of Mex can territory. de do not want any trouble with Mexico if it can be honorably avoided. But con ditions in that republic have reached the state where nothing but American bayonets and shot: and shell will be of the slightest They should get it, -md with out an unnecessary hour of de< lay. And they should get it in 1 such quantities and with such < force as to forever breed a whole soie respect and fear in the heart of every Mexican for the - power and might and justice of the United States.1 MOTHER'S DAY. To those who can read "the hand-writing~ on the wa'.," it looks as if the long-neglected mothers of this country are go ing to receive a little mnore at-| tentioi. We have long erected public monuments to our great men but have seldom dropped even a flower on the resting place of the noble mothers who y raised the gifted mnen and to whom most of the credit for the greatness belongs. In many states dependent mothers with children are given a pension, and the inauguration of "Moth er's Day" has set all to thinkingj more of the debt we Swe the noble mothers of our land. a On May 11, 1912, Mother's e Day was celebrated all over this broad land and will hereafter be celebrated with as much regu- g lait s Christma To Miss ii Vithout the P LI Parcel Post Prep aid for Slight Additional Cha suits. rs. 4 TODAY. day you operate your v. Fill out the coupon--s4 ntee. Any garage man a i11 instructions free. IN, Manning. S. C. Vapor Plug-with the understai our devise .to you within 30 days. ...Y ear ...................... Name .................. r it-Coffey & . [ARN Anna Jarvis, of Philadelphia. Pa., we are indebted for this ay which is set apart for the purpose of at least thinking of ur mothers. A reporter recently called on liss Jarvis to get a history of her life and what she said will ~ertainly interest the readers of Ihis department. "Please," she urged, smiling n apology, "I had so much rath r talk about mother's day than bout myself."~ The flush of in. nate shyness rose to the lines of her pale hair and her trusting 3yes turned involuntarily to a portrait above the hearth. That is my mothers, said Miss Jarvs. simply. She was mother to eleven ~hiidren. I was her baby. It s seven years since we lost her. [bis was her sitting room. these re her things. The big home-like room flood d. with sunlight, was crowded vith womanly possessions,~ deep hairs by the open fire, luxuriant ,lants in the generous window farden, a huge Canton jar of oupour., low taaules and baskets or nending needlework and ooks. books, every where. People think that the loss of a nother falls heaviest on chil lren, said Mrs. Jarvis gently, ut, really, it is only the grown aughters and sons who under This Mother's Day movement -making the second Sunday in fay sacred to mothers-has iot'.ing behind it but my belief f men and women as sons and laughters. Eventually it will reate an all nations brotber ood that will stand for the pro ction of the mother and chil [ren-the unmarried moth3er,the other who works, the mother ho is widowed-for, indeed,the preservation of th~e home itself. The white carnation was chos n as the memory flower because igrows everywhere and its hiteness symbolizes the purityj f a mother's love, its endurance er fidelity. Through all ages and all cen iiries the world is inde bted to iotherhood, for mother love is, s old as the wrdand as young s the youngest born. It is the reatest force for good on this ~rth. Even a bad father's in- t nence is so discounted by a C ood mother's that nine times Se, h children come ont all s ar without the ,nd your $5 de rany mechanic ling that .you guar. ...size carburetor Earvin. I ght.And ost eopl hid s had the best mother that ever li 'ed. I contend that Mother's Day should be the greatest of all hol days, because you cann6t per entrate anything without moth Very tenderly, as one who tches sacred things, -the mother of Mother's Day'" brought from her desk packet after packet of letters. They came in hundreds. she xclaimed.-, Here is one from a convict in. onolulu, where they celebrate other's Day in .prison. He says that the memory service in spired him to write to the moth er he had forgotten for eighteen years. This is from Kentucky where a girl about to be married asked me to decorate her moth er's grave with white carnations on her wedding day. Mother's whose grown chil dren have become careless, moth ers whose hearts broke slowly, waiting for the word thit did not come, have ivritten me mess aes of blessing for Mother's Read this if you can. It came rom a woman in Wy oming, hose only son, a lad at college, wrote home every week. On the night of last Mother's Sun ay-there have been seven so ar, you know-lhe wrote .his mother a love letter. Next day went boating and never re urned, the letter followed the legram to that stricken house, aword of comfort and affectioir rom beyond the grave. The official recognition of dother's Day has been wide and nd satisfactory. Forty State overnors have became honor ry vice president of the associa on, half of them having issued .Vother's Day proclamations. >l. Roosevelt. ex-President raft and President W ilson have vritten that they consider it an onor to serve on the advisory oard. And wherever men have een concerned the co-operation ns been chivalrous. Comrades, wrote the G. A. R. ommander-in chief to his sol hers, the boys of 61 owe their nspiration as de fenders of -their ountry to their mothers. On Her Sunday' we will march to hurch with the white badge of temory in our' lapels, carrying he nation's flag. "Our Association should have he largest membership in the orld, for everyone is a son or aughter of the best mother 2ho ever lhved, the mdther of 'our heart. -