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THE MANNING r Entered at the Postoffice at Manning as Sec Appelt & Shope, Proprietor Published Every Wednesda Subscription Rates $2.00 per year M.'' .0..\V DNESDAN THE MOTHER OF MAN On next Sunday the nation will observe Mother Mothers' Day-why it is, when it is, and for what close to our hearts as Christmas or the Fourth of Ji which we honor the mother of man. The arms of im of the human race. They are the rock upon which future, the guiding star which leads humanity thro -and into the safe harbor of maturity. Pages upon the glories of our mothers, but not all of the words could do them justice. It is beyond the power of ot to the mother of man! May her days and her joys may her home in the next world be oneworthy ol Gf God. - o00 Friendsh ip in many cases is only money deep. - oo The man who minds his own business generall: worth mining. -- - oo- - Earth holds many blessings for you, but it is not band an(l a lelegation of orators. Get out and ho A. elean town creates comment. Comment ad% tising puts us on the map. Let's keep this town el 0-----0--O And still it is quite safe for the millionaire ti always a line of (istinction between the crease anud Even one lone man can do much for the c nIn.0 when all men pull together there is no end ,o thept ____- --o A New York theatrical manager in Paris s prei American stage some of the boldest productions'of t Paris is going sex mad, he says, and the . t p: performances ar-e American tourists. lie states th. "1give A merica what it wants"--and even a feeblb i1. rest. Local citizens should prepare bomb p qoi to the eastern metropolis. oo -0 Tie overall fad is having a reactionary effect i big cities. The average laboring I ' is comptII!!d of the nature of his work. He must buy them, what advent of the new fad the city dealer, true to form, faddist will pay the amount without objection, will novelty has worn off, and then return to his forme will be compelled to continue their use and to pay t is making a noise-and with some reason. ---- - oC Since the Unmite(d States scotched the Iighbindc people themselves inl power that island country has ferance. If this country coul( do the same in Al military (lespots out an(l give the mass of the peol honest election- a conservative government migl am prosperity again hover ov'.er that strife ridden The ruling factions in .lexico represent only a very principally of the im ilitary caste. Tle great majo thoroughly demoralized, an1d have no voice whateve dest ines. TIhere will be no eace in .I\ixico until feectant. --- - ---oo EI t.CATING THIE PUBII4 Certain members of congress have been stirr in ten over wihat they teim a waste of publitc folts inl 1t by the va rious depa rtments and bureaus. N'(ot havinmg sein aiy of tCe said bulletins, we mIent up)on1 their value as educational Imed iurms. Ali tion of ti public is the Prli mary object of their1 publ Buit if thle o(ve'rni menti or congress is des irous informat ion relative to agriculture, health, science, C oJne way, and one only, of re'achiing the people wh'lo p: That way is to use the columns of the public pie a fai p rice for the space consu med. Practically every citizen of normal inteltigene 'Th a necwspapler aga and the leople are lost will Giovernmencit inforination disseminmatedt in this y'reat m(ass oif thme peoptle, those for whom it is comipi woi heI 011Io ~t rata purpose in the exstenslo gr'eater dtevetlopmnt (If Ithe count ry. To educi(ate t reach the pulic, Land there is no arm so long or voi A.\l EICC'A S8o111,1) TA h E IIE F Theoret ically Ithe war( has made~h the worldt safe f t :s not safe for anyt hing or for anybody. Thore is not, a contr y in tihe world in which tra jf ing unest andl discontent are cveriywhere. P'oliti( It will require mouch wisomn andt sagaity and r I rder oIf chaos andt make this eairth realty hablitale Amer('ica, the' r'ichest andil the ?ar(atest, shouldt tal SWestern and FISH~ IEvery Tuesday ant SJ. A. SURL Ni me uildinq It Phane '761 IMES ond-Class Matter. 8. 1 Advance , MAY 5, 1920 i' Day. Every one knows it staids. It comes as ily, for it is the day upon :therhoo(l form the cradle we rest our hopes of the ugh the perils of infancy pages coul(l be written of of the English language r humble pen. All honor upon earth be many; and the greatest handiwork finds that business well hunting you with a brass stle. ertises i place. Adver Can. wear overalls. There's the grease. ity in which he lives, but ssibilitics. arirg to spring upon the hat immoral French city. 'sistent levotees of such it for once lhe inten(s to lagin:d ion can Supply the alihi before journeying 1 certain quarters in the to wear overalls because: ever the price. With the s boosting the price. The parale in them until the r raiment. The laborer he additional price. He rs and placed the Cuban fully justified our inter exico-kick the grafting le an opportunity for an t be selected and peace Imdl torch ruincd country. small minority, composeI -ity are unorganized, are in controlling their own America applies a d isin up a mess in Washing 0 publication of bulletins r)e unable to pass judg I we presume the e(luca ication. of disseminating useful r' other suhjects, there is y the bill. si and) pity the 1publi shers readls the new~spapers. out them. na nncr woul reach the edI at gr'eat expense15, andl of k mwledge :and the~ te putbl i you must Iirst~ :c so loud as that of the IEA [) ir dlemnocracy. In reality mituil ity teigns. Sm'olde r al v'olca noe's are on the muy fitrm hands to bringF or mtankindl. e the lead itn at determ))in . totther country cant Native I Friday a fanning, S.C. OPPOSES INCREASE OF(RATIE FOR MAILS Washington, May 4.-The house postoffice committee today went , on iecord as opposed to the automatic increase in second class mail rates to bec6me effective in the next two years Final action on a 'substitute measure was deferred however, , by the com mittee. As a -substitute for the bill, intro dued by Representative Fess, Repub lican Ohio, at the request of the American Newspaper. Publishers' as pociation, the committee adopted a motion offered by Representative Madden, Republican, Illinois, to fix a flat charge of one and one-half cents a pound on reading matter and from one and one-half to five and one-half cent- or advertising. Committeemen that this action taken by a vote of 9 to 6, killed the Fess bill. Later the committee decided 8 to 7 that the Madden substitute ' would re main on the table as unfinished busi ness and subject to future action. Mr. Madden saidl he expected to have a final committee vote soon. - --- SYNDICALISTS FIRED. ON BY TiE POLICE Valencia, Spain, May 2.-The secur ity police yesterday gred on a crowd of syndicalists, who were holding a demonstration, woundin gthree ien. They also arrested sixty-five persons of another group of syndicalists, who were celebrating May day without au thorization. During the troubles, in cident to the holiday, syndicalists fired on a tram car wounding a wo man. -----------0 VERDICT AGAINST CHILDS New York, May 5.-Two tacks al leged to huve been swallowed by Mor itz D. Shitzer, while drinking a bowl of soup inone of the Childs company restaurants resulted in a jury in su premle court today awarding him $25, 000 damages. The verdict was for the full amount for which he sued. - -0-- - HARNESS FOR SALE MOUNTED IN GOLD The Hague, May 4.-Horses carri ages and harness belonging to the for mer German emperor including a set of gold mounted harness presented to him by the pope are offered for sale in a display advertisement in tonight's Handelsblad. The advertisnent is sign ed only with a number, but it is agreed to furnish photographs and further information. So far as the Associated Press is able to learn no doubt exists that it is Count Hohen zollern himself who is disposing of the goods. For some time past rumors at Amerongen has had it that the for mer emperor's financial condition has not been thriving. r'i1 phasis is lid upnlO the historical value of the article in the advertise ment, which declares inal, docuients wi! he furnished to prove they are ~renumne. London, March ..--Nancy Pdrkins Field, widow of lien ry Marshall FieHd of Chiicago, was amarried toilay to A rthur Ronald Ia mbert Field T Iree. Thew bride, who is a n iece of L~ad y As tor, was given away by Viscount As tor'. Mr. Tree is a son of Lady Heatty, wife of Admiral Viseoant Bleattty, by a former marriage a nd therefore a ousi n by marriage of the bride. Mr. Field died in New Vork in 19! 7 fol. lowving anr operation. Sdnator [. D. Smith Makcs Crcat SpDCCh (Continued from page One) an mecrease in thosm seven years of $tf52,222,000. A fter something Ies stha n seven years of the prmsentI ad ministr ation the resou ree, oif the natijonal banks in the same Sout herin states a mounted on Diecembier 81, 1919, to .$3,5317,01 1,000 I ei uct the resouns o~if February 4, 1913, of $1 ,473,4I68,000, we find an in creaise from Februaryi, 1913, to D~e cember of 1919 of $2,06I3,5413,000. The resou rces of the nationIal bnks in the Southern states have, ns a matter of fact., grown $590,000,000 more in the past seven years (of the 'Wilson admin istration than i n the entLiire 50 preced - mng years from the i nauguoration of the national hank ing system in 18(63 (downi to the year 1913. The resources of thle natijonnal banks in these Southern st ates at this time or say on D)ecemb er 31I, 1919 excedl the total resources of anl Ithe national bank in the 11 New Englan rd ainI Middle stateCs, plusti the reso(uirces oif all the national banks in the states of Ohio Indiana arid Illinois including the big banking centers of Niw York, Chienge Boston, P'hiladelph in, I'ittsbu rgh , Cin .emnnat i anad C leve'land all combinedl as late as the year I1899. No Bank Failure. For the fiscal year ending Novem hier I , 1919, there was no failure of any national b anik in the entire coun t rv inuvol ving $1 loss to depositors. F~or the 40 yearsi period pirior to 1913 Itle nuhmber of national bank failures i nthe Unriit ed States in volv inrg lose tr (aepos itors of 7,700 banks hadl aver aged .1G.8 - bank failures per annum In the year' 1914 there were eight na tinnl bnk filure. In.,1 nre..me.. S Corset, a Has bought th< had same rer Gossard Corset Stern and othe Onyx Hosier .U1 Georgette and OPENING TE When you con Sumter Cor 112 Sonth Main Street their Ii, The ist 50 natural lack of * pise5, 1) -arbitrar - them. T the lI crit pr to sell I I *C .,-, ~ crelitor The rea (3 , meager - not thal ||e LigAraer y z a/ ixiom o F'OXENT lRTMNM1:TS ticle foi of ba rg l btt of thel TIHE PASTIMIE TIIEATRE aln' WED)NESDAY, MAY 12TIlI. hut had fromi ai now im to five failures, in 19161 and 1917 there and wil were three each, in 19l3 one, and for financia the fiscal yeart endcing November 1, dIwelt ai 1919, n1one. finacial The record of the 22 months end.. thle Der' ing November 1, 1919 includling about cas e ten months of the strain of war and conunerIC 1 2 months of the reconstruction period Soulth I was in the matter of immunity from her of failure, 30 times or 3,000 per cent het ter' thuan for f,he 10 years period prior I calli to the present admainaistration. enIijoyed It is need less for mte to comment enjioyed on these eloquent figures. The federal this cor reserve act is the dieclaratLion of in- upon wl dlependence of the .American citizen piort thi from bondage to the vested interest _____ and capitalists of the country and is as well the constitution tinder whose~ Atitt: provision the A merican citizen shall enjoy his rights to life, liberty and. the pursuit of happiness in financial freedom. TIhese mill ions in our banks mean the dlevelopment of our tun touched resources. It means the con trol of the price of your own prod uicts, it means a fair return for your cotton, for your tobaeco for your cat- ( tle. It means the ability to establish' your own manufacturing plant with your own capital and receiving as your ( own the profit on the manufactured articles. ' Write SectIon 13.( I had the honor of writing into the new banking~ and currency lawv the { piroviso in section 13 which gave to- \ the farmers and cattle raisers of this couintry six months papeir on all notes, 'rafts and bills issued for these prod uiets of farm and ranch as agpinst 20, 60 and 90 dlays paper for commercial nurposes, thus recognizlng the condi t ions under which fa:'mers and cattle r-uisers can produce 'and avail them-- a tit selves of a commercial asset to meet, UMTER nd Hat Shop Sumter Corset Shop, and nodelled. In addition to s will carry a line of Gage, r exclusive models in Hats. y, Vanity Fair Silk tiderwear, Crepe De Chine Blouses. [URSDAY, MAY 6th. 1e to j'tmter, stop in the set and Hat Shop, SUMTER, S. C. tbilities in production. Democratic party placed upon the )overty of the South for the statute books a progressive income years was not the result of tax which forced those protected -and causes. Not the result of the favored individuals to pay their share initiative, intelligence, enter- into the support of the government it was the result of artificial. which had heretofore protected, and y conditions forced upon supported them. he South had no means under The Democratic adminintration id law of capitalizing her re- passed the farm loan act, which looks and developing them. What toward enabling farmers or those who luced she produced on ieagre ldesire a farm to obtain money at a oled out to her and then had reasonablc interest on long time loans wr products to meet her in- to develop or procure a faroni. ss on terms dictated by her I have dwelt at length upcan those things which the Democratic party marvel at the inereased comn- ha do: to equalize living conditions mn the farmer is now receiving. inl t he counotry with particular refer son that he received such Ience to the application of these things complensaLtion heretofore was to the South. By' the very nature of his product was not wvorth things the hope of the country aind th as to the intrinsic value preemfinent!y of the South is emb~od roduct and the vplue of his ied in the principles of the Democratic uit because he bad no0 powver party. and maintain a just v'aluation The achievements of the Democratic abor and his product. It is an Party from 1913 to 1917, say nothing f business that you cannot as- of the glory of bringing the wvorld's the inixisce value ojf any ar- war in a successful term ination i -sale until you have equality enough to enthuse the hea o~ every uinmin power betwveen buyer D~emocrat in the powver and glory a~t ter. Previous to the passage priinciples of his party. Wha't wo )anking and currency law the have accomplished in the few short reserve -act, the South hadl no years of our tenure in office is but an yf capitalizing its resources, earnest of what may be accomplishedl -to dlependl upon b~orrowving in the 'oml)ing years of reconstruction 1 unfriendly source. She is priogres's andI developmilent that stretch a position to become as she is so invitingly before us. I become the indlustrial and| Is there any aman particularly ini leader of the nation: I have i South w~ho would be so derelict to t some length upon the his diuty as a citizen as to repudliate condition brought ablout by~ the slendid nIeahievements of the nocratie adlnuimstrat ion be- party that has brought such marvel arrency is the life blood( ofj ouis blessings to the nation at large ce and for 50 long years tihe and particularly to his section? Is ias been the paralyzed mem-. t hire any mani who wvould retum'n to tihe Amic'(an tinancial body- the old order where special privit Passed Income Tax. eges wer'e granted to a few, where tile (d attention to the vast inlcomle opport'unities for' the miasses weire re by the protected inlterest of stricted to enlarge thle opp~ortunlity of by the pr'otected interests of1 tile classes? Surely, tile o1ld North ntry undler Republican rule State, whlo has contributed her share i(ch no0 levy was mlade to sum- to th is glorious recor'd, will not be national government. The rec'reant to her dluty. For Sale! )ne 30 H-. P. Return Tublar Boiler. )ne 25 H.? i~ yddell Engine. )ne 20 H. P. Lg'ddell Engine. )ne 20-inch Wi iams Grist Mill. E. B. ORTER, avis Station, S. C. tititttittttttidittttttttittttttittitititttttttt