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HON. R. I. MANNING AND HIS PLATFORM. The Hon. Richard I. Manning of Sumter, who has announced himself as a candidate for governor, has issued to the voters of the State his platform. It follows: To the Democratic voters of South Carolina: I will stand for the Democratic nomination for governor of South Caro lina in the primary election to be held in August, 1906. I will stand on my record ft3 a man, a citizen, and on my record as a public official in the general assembly. I stand on my record as a Democrat, ad hering steadfastly to the doctrine of that party in advocacy of those princi - ples of right and justice which protect and defend the rights of the individual, as well as the protection of property. Believing that the foundation stone of a republican form of government rests on the free, untrnmmeled expres sion of the |>opular will, I stand for pure elections, free from the corrupt ing and debasing practices of the use of money, whiskey, or anything which tends to influence voters, except the legitimate and educational influence of argument. I stand for the steady development of the educational system of the state, liberally supported. I stand for the equalization of assess ments of property, so that the burden of taxation will fall more evenly than at present. I stand for the /igid application of business methods to all departments of govornment, and the requirement of effi cient service in all the departments. I stand for rigid economy in the public service, so far as is consistent with effi ciency, and with that spirit of progress which requires new methods to meet new conditions. Realizing fully that success in the executive chair can be attained only by the just "and firm administration of laws, I pledge myself to the unfalter ing enforcement of law by every power vested in the chief executive under the constitution and laws of the state. The office of the governor is execu tive and administrative, not legislative. It it his duty and prerogative to enforce law, whatever the law is, and I pledge myself faithfully to discharge this duty, should I be elected. In view of the widespread discussion of the liquor question, I deem it proper to state briefly my position on this ques tion. I admit that there has been a grow ing tendency to curtail drink, and the time may come when prohibition can be made effective in South Carolina. But, in my judgment, that time has not come, and this question must be met in a practical way. 1 reaffirm my convic tion that the dispensary system, as em bodied in the dispensary law, and amended as proposed in the Raysor Manning bill, faithfully, honestly and firmly enforced, would promote temper ance and sobriety, restrict the sale and use of liquor and minimize its evils. Let me be plainly understood, I believe that liq'uor is an evil, but it is an evil that cannot yet be banished from South Carolina, and the best that can be done is to regulate the sale of liquor by law and curtail and restrict its use, and that this can best be done under a rigid en forcement of the dispensary law, amended as proposed by the Raysor Manning bill. I will declare my position fully and without reserve on all questions agitajt ing the public mind in my public utter ance during the campaign. Richard I. Manning. It pours the oil of life into your sys tem. It warms you up and starts the life blood circulating. That's what Hol lister's Rocky Mountain does. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets. Ask your Druggist. TORTURED TO DEATH? Horrors Said to Have Been Perpetrated Upon Fruit Tree Agent. From the Dark Corner reports of a terrible crime committed by moon shiners have been received in this city. According to the report here a stranger ?a fmit. tree agent?who had business in the mountains, was enticed to the home of a certain man and while there he was visited by a crowd of moon shiners and taken out into the woods and a crime too horrible to publish was perpetrated. So far as known the fellow may be dead in the mountains, for since the alleged crime was committed he has not been seen. The story is that the moonshiners suspected the agent of being a state constable or a revenue officer and en ticed him to the home of a certain mountaineer, from where he was taken out into the fastness of the forest, bound hand and foot and treated in a most horrible manner. The punishment inflicted upon him was most brutal and it is said resulted in his death. ?Spar tanburg Journal. New Cure For Epilepsy .1, B. Waterman of Watertown, O., Rural free delivery, writes; "My daughter, afflicted for years with epilepsy, was cured by Dr. Kings New Life Pills. She has not had an attact for over two years. Best body cleansers and life giving tonic pills on earth. 25c at Palmetto Drug Co. & Laurens Drug Co. _ LAURENS B. & L. ASSOCIATION. Organized With $100,000 Capital and Strong Set of Officers. The Laurens Building and Loan Asso ciation has been organized with a capi tal of $100,000 of the par value of $100 per share. The organi ition was com pleted Thursday afternoon at a meeting of the stockholders which was held at tho Enterprise Bank. The charter will be secured at once and the subscribers will be asked to pay the first install ment within the next few days. At the meeting Thursday afternoon a board of directors, consisting of nine members, was elected, the following well known business and professional men being chosen: M. J. Owings, C. W. Tune, A. C. Todd, C. H. Roper, S. M. Wilkes, C. M. Miller, E. P. Minter, Dr. W. H. Washington, C. E. Ken nedy. Subsequently the directors elected Clarence E. Kennedy, president; Sam M. Wilkes, vice president; Charles H. Roper, secretary and treasurer. STATE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. Annual Meeting Will be Held at Rock Hill on III;. 5th and 6tli of July. The State Teachers' Association will meet at Rock Hill, July 4th, 5th and 6th. The officers are: Prof. A. G. Rembort of Wofford college, president; Supt. L. W. Dick of Abbeville, secre tary; Supt. L. T. Baker of Winnsboro, Supc. E. S. Dreher of Columbia and Supt. A. H. Gasque of Florence, exec utive committee. At the first session on the night of July 4th there will be an address by Dr. J. A. B. Schercr, president of the Newberry college. July 5th, at 4.30 p. m. the association will discuss "The Lesson." The follow ing papers will be read: (a) "Length of Lessons:" Claude Legge, Charleston; Miss Annabel John son, Columbia. (b) "The Teacher's Preparation:" Miss Alice Selby, Columbia; Supt. W. H. McNairy, Marion; Miss Mary T. Nance, Abbeville. (c) "Preview:" Prof. J. I'. Kinard. (d) Review:" Prof. Patterson Ward law, University of South Carolina; Supt. D. L. Lewis, Timmonsville. (e) General discussion of the tonic. Introductory talks will be limited to five minutes. At 8.30 p. m. the topic will be "The High School," and the following will be the programme: (a) "Needed Legislation," Supt. W. H. Hand, Chester. (b) "Organization," Prof. P. P. Claxton, University of Tennessee. (c) General discussion of the topic. Fourth session, July 6th, 11 a. m., business session: (a) Report of com mittee on reorganization; (b) reports of special committees. Departmental session, July 6th, 4.30 p. m.: (1) Woman's association for the improvement of rural schools; (2) college department, programme to be announced; (3) department for primary teachers. 8.30 p. m. ? Reception and social ses sion. A Western Wonder. There's a Hill at Bowie, Tex,, that's twice as big as last year. This wonder is W. L. Hill, who from a weight of 90 pounds has grown to over 180. lie says: I suffered with a terrible cough, and doctors gave me up to die of consump tion. I was reduced to 90 pounds, when I began taking Dr. King's New discov ery for Consumption, Coughs and (.'olds. Now, after taking 12 bottles, I have more than doubled in weight and am completly cured. "Only sure Ccugh and Cola cure. Guaranteed by PalmettoDrug Co. and Laurens Drug Co., Druggists. 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. PIEDMONT SUMMER SCHOOL. Some Interesting Features for Primary Teachers. One of the most interesting features of the Piedmont Summer School to be held in Greenwood this summer will be a course in primary methods by Miss Hattie S. Goldsmith of Greenville. Miss Goldsmith has the reputation of being a most efficient instructor of the little folks. Her energy and enthusiasm in this most interesting department of school work is communicated to all who come in reach of her influence. MODEL SCHOOL. A model class of a dozen or more six year old children will be conducted in connection with her work. Some of these will be mere beginners and others will be pupils who have had a year in school. With this class Miss Goldsmith will do actual school work under the ob servation of her pupil teachers, and will perhaps give the latter an oppor tunity to try their hands, too, under her guidance and friendly criticism. Teaching, like all other fine arts, must be learned by doing. PRIMARY CHARTS. Miss Goldsmith believes too, that suc cess in teaching demands originality, energy and resourcefulness. To encour age these qualities among her student teachers, she will have her class of teachers make for themselves, with her help, charts containing material for Primary Reading and Spelling. These inexpensive charts worked out by the teachers themselves to fit their own needs and environment, she considers much more useful than the elaborate and expensive charts so generally sold by publishing firms. HUGHES* COURSE. Mr. Hughes is to spend the first week at the school giving instructions in the making of maps, globes, and the like, for work in geography. Miss Gold smith is to assist in this work, and to carry on the constructive throughout the four weeks of the school. These two courses in primary r 'hods and il lustrative geography w- emselves repay teachcr? for attci pen the Summer School. Have you weakness oi any kind stomach, back, or any organs of the body. Don't done yourself with ordin ary medicine. Hollister's Rocky Moun tain Tea is the supreme curative pow er. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets. Ask your druggist. FORMER STATE OFFICER KILLED. J. E. Tindal, Secretary of Stale, While Tillman was Governor. Columbia, May 24. J. E. Tindal, sec retary of State when Tillman was gov ernor, from 1890 to 1904, died in the Columbia hospital at 4 o'clock this morning from injuries he received at midnight last night by falling from the running board of a crowded street car on Main street. The body will be taken to his former home in Clarendon county, this after noon, the funeral to be held there to morrow. Mr. Tindal was seventy-nine years old. No one seems to know just how the accident occurred. Mr. Tindal was on his way home from Clemson College, where he had been a trustee for many years, to visit his daughter, Mrs. E. G. Quattlebaum. Dcalh of Mrs. ProffiU. Cross Hill, May 27.- Mrs. Goo. W. Proffitt, of this place, who was carried to the hospital at Chester for treatment on April 27th, died at that place last Wednesday. A successful operation was performed and Mrs. Proffitt was thought to bo doing well, but other complications set in with fatal rosults. Her remains were brought to her home at Cross Hill and from there carried to Siloam Church in Greenwood County for interment. Lazy. J. M. Lewis in Houston Post. It is 10 o'clock An' no unit ain't dug, An' there ain't no joy In the old brown jug. An' there ain't no telfin' How tired I be; Oh, hee-oh-heigh-oh?? My?oh?me! An' I'm noddin' here With a derned ol' book, When I ought to bo In a bayou-crook, Where the shadows are, An sun-flecks fall Like blobs o' gold, And the wild birds call. It is most too lato For to go out now, An' there ain't no bait Dug anyhow; An' ir 'twant too late, It seems to me I'm too derned lazy?oh - My?oh?gee! I'm goin' to sprawl Here on the floor, An' not give a thought To the fish no more; And sleep and dream, Till Hie shadows fall, That Pin Dahin' out Where the wild birds call. Yes, it seems to mo That's the best way For to spend a warm, Old spring-time day; Just lyin' around The house lik? me ? Oh?bee heigh-o? Oh, my!?oh?gee! Oh, dern it all, I'm a weary duck! I s'pose I'm missin' Some dandy luck Where the fishes bite An' the breezes blow, But I'm goin' to sleep, Oh ? hee?heigh?o! R. F. D. ROUTES. How Patrons May Aid Faithful Car riers. The following bits of advice are gathered from exchanges and are printed to aid rural route carriers: You will be doing your carrier a great favor if you stamp your mail before same is put in box or use government stamped envelopes with return on upper left hand corner. This will guarantee de livery or return of letter. If you should happen to have stamps or stamped en velopes wrap amount up in paper. Re member that in cold weather that if the money is put in the box loose the car rier has to get off his gloves or mittens to get hold of the loose pennies. Always stamp upon the upper right hand corner. When addressing a letter to one who i.< not a regular patron of a rural route office, you should mark on the envelope in whose care the letter or package should go. In addressing your letters do not write above the middle of the envelope as the address may be partly blurred by the postmarking stamp. In regard to boxes, help your carrier by having a jjood one in a good easy place to drive up to and always have your mail ready. If you who have visitors who arc ex pecting mail, you should give the car rier their names. Any mail matter deposited in a box is subject to ordinary postage rates. Packages should be well wrapped and securely tied, and all valuable letters and packages should be registered. The mail boxes are protected by the government. Anyone tampering with them should be reported at once to your postmaster. Don't let your neighbor hitch his horse to your mail box post, so that your carrier has to get out of his wagon to put mail in. Don't forget to clean snowdrifts from your box. Don't let your mail box post lean half way over. Don't set your box on your picket fence. If you do don't blame the car rier if he hubs your fence and tears off a dozen or more pickets. Don't put letters in the box and for get to raise the flag. Don't forget that the flag means much to carriers in the way of saving time. Don't forget to nail your box on the post when your neighbor's cow rubs it off. Don't forget to haul a few loads of gravel and put around your box so that the carrier can get out to your box with out miring down. Don't be afraid to meet your carrier half a mile to get your mail (especially where he has to retrace). He will more than repay you when you get busy with your crops. ?Spartanburg Journal. An Over-Worked Cow. The Darlington News prints the fol lowing: "A story is going the lounds in Dar lington that, there is an industrious ne >rro in the county who has a cow which he milks regularly at morning and at night. That same cow ho ploughs till noon, when he drives her to town with a load of wood. In the afternoon he ploughs again and at nightfall another load of wood is hauled to town, at which time the industrious farmer carries to market a pound of butter that his in dustrious wife has made from the cow's milk. At night the industrious cow grazes in the green forest nearby. And thus the thing goes on from day to day. Wc recommend neither the plan nor the butter, but mention it simply as an example of diversified industry. There is cither an over-worked cow or an extraordinary liar in Darlington - we don't know which. But if the story is true, wc would suggest that the man should fasten the churn between the plough handles.? That would save his wife the trouble of churning and the extra labor wouldn't hurt the cow.- Anderson Daily Mail. More Candidates File Pledges. Columbia, May 24.?The following candidates filed pledges with ('lum in.in Jones today: Thos. G. McLeod for lieutenant governor; G. L. Walker for comptroller general; Senator B. R. Tillman for United States senator; L, M. Ragin for secretary of State; M. F, Ansel for governor; J. II. V/harton for railroad commissioner; Leroy F. You mans for attorney general. Wc have in stock a car load of ma chine-made Fruit Jars, and our prices are as low as they can bo bought any* where, S. M. & Fi. H. Wilkes & Co, See our line of Rofrigerators, Water Coolers, Ice Cream Freezers and Fly Traps before you buy. S. M. &, E. II. Wilkes & Co. DR. PELHAM'S WILL PROBATED. Thornwell Orphanage Will Qet Most of His Estate?Personal Bequests. Asheville, May 24.?When the will of the late Dr. J. Wardlaw Pelham, who diet! recently hero and was interred in Columbia, was today fded for pro bate it was discovered that he left the major portion of his estate, valued at several thousand dollars, to Thornwell Orphanage at Clinton. To Col. J. G. Wardlaw of Yorkville, an executor, $500 was bequathed and a like sum to Miss Nannie W. Thornwell of Fort Mill, the executrix. The sum of $1,200 was devised to erect a monument to the deceased parents in Elmwood ceme tery, ?uvl $300 to improve the burying grouds there. A gold ring was be queathed to Miss Jean Sullivan of Lau ren8. Aside from these bequests all property goes to the orphanage. The deceased left an estate valued here at $0,000 and had other property in South Carolina. He was unmarried.?The State. GRAND LOD0E K. OF P. Meets in the City f Anderson Next Yeai The annual sessions of the Grand Lodge, Knights of Pyt. as, were held in Sumter during the p st week, ad journing Wednesday nigh lo meet next year in the city of Anderso. The election of officers i v another year was held on Tuesday with the fol lowing result: M. Rutledge Rivers, of Charleston, grand chancellor. Mcndcl| L. Smith, of Camden, vice grand chancellor. L. S. Mattison, of Columbia, prelate. J. H. Thornwell, of Fort Mill, keeper of the records and seals. Wilson G. Harvey, of Charleston, grand master of the exchequer. Dr. F. M. Lander of Williamston, grand master at arms. J. W. King, grand inner guard. W. P. Moneyham,grand outer guard. Good Time to Remember the Orphans. As summer time comes on, the thought of vacation fills every mind. We are apt in our seeking after leisure to forget that there are orphans to be thought of and cared for. Ask the Su perintendents of our orphan's homes and without exception they will tell you that the hardest time in the whole year, is "the good old summer time." Provisions get scarce and money a great deal scarcer still. It is a splendid time to remember the orphans then. When the wheat crop comes in, send "sam ples" to be tested by the palates of the little people. The 200 pupils at the Thornwell Orphanage could test several hundred bushels of wheat, for the neighboring mill makes the gift of wheat as acceptable as flour. And as for money, only $5.00 will care for a little child for a whole month and there are 200 little children to be cared for here. Provisions can be sent to Thorn well Orphanage, Clinton, S. C, and money to Rev. Win. P. Jacobs, at the same place. A Few Don't. There are lots of things that men should not do. Here are a few that have been jotted down by a Western editor.The list is worth cutting out and carrying around in your pocket-book: Don't. Just plain don't. Don't be reckless ?especially in your lying. Don't give to the Lord and then go out and rob a widow. Don't acquire the (borrowing habit, or the day will come when you will run out of friends. Don't marry an indolent man ex pecting him to brace up, or you may have to take in washing to pay for the brace. Don't lay up everything for a rainy day and go hungry through life. Be sides, where you are going it may never rain. Don't be so mean-minded that you can see no good in a man. He may be the first to loan you money in time of need. Don't spread butter on both sides of your bread just because you have $3 in your pockets. An earthquake may come along and shake the change out of them.? Anderson Mail. GRINDINGS. The thinker is never a "tinker," We never appreciate the value of a pocket until there's a hole in it. Never reply to a disagreeable letter when you are suffering with the prickly heat. He is to be pitied who does not re count with pleasure the pranks of his boyhood. The race is not always to the swift it's the steady goer, who keeps his feet, and wins out. The poor fellow who has the. reputa tion of being funny often has a serious time in making good. The agricultural "hoss trots" sug gests tnc thought that a great many of us "lose our heads" in fast company. The boisterous individual seems to be necessary. The base drum isn't musical but it helps in the ensemble. The world owes much to the smiling face- not the smirk of deceit, but the happy grin that bespeaks the joy?our soul behind it. Self-interest, as well as honorable consideration for his patrons, should impel tho dealer to sell and push the best goods obtainable. Boys arc afflicted with stoncbruises to prepare them for tho lesser trials of life. That's why the barefoot boy fig ures so conspicuously in the world's affairs. It's unfortunate that so many men get vice and pleasure con founded. Some forego plensure through fear of vice, and others, worse still, pursue vice in quest of pleasure. HOLLISTER'S Kocky Mountain Tea Nuggets A Buty Medklne for Bu:y People. Brines Qoldon Health and Renewed Vigor. A ?ncclflo for Constipation. Indlijcstton, I,Ivor nnd Kldnoy trouble*, Pimples, Kcicemn.. Impure I Hood, Hud Hrnuth. filutrKlsh HoweU. Hendacbe nnd HucUacbo. Its Hooky Mountnln Ton In tub 161 form. 86 co.nu n> box. Genuine mndo by Hoi.mhtkr Vnvn Company. Mndison, Wla. 90LDEN NUGGETS FOR SALLOW PEOPLE Still in the Lead With a Line of Sideboards That arc made SOLID OAK, beautifully finished, with French plated mirrors. Has one drawer lined to keep silver ware In? Our line consist of fifteen different designs and styles, ranging in prices from $12.00 to $60.00. QUICKEST AND BEST ROUTE To Savannah,Waycross, Jacksonville and all Florida Points, via Charleston and Western Carolina Railroad. Arrive Jacksonville, 8:40 a. m. Close connections made at Jackson ville for all points South. Round trip Winter Tourist Excursion tickets to Florida points on sale. GEO. T. BRYAN, General Agent, Greenvill?, S. C. C. H. Gasquc, Agt., Laurens, S. C. Ernest Williams, G.F.A.. Augusta, Ga. Dr. Chas. A. Ellett Dentist. (Jffiee, L,a\v Range. Leave Laurens, Leave Augusta, Arrive Savannah, Arrive Waycross, 1:60 p. m. 10:30 p. m. 2:50 a. m. 0:05 a. m. 'Phone 189, Laurens, S. C. Whiskey, Morphine and other DRUGS, and nervous diseases treated. Charges more reasonable than othcr ike institutions. $25.03 per week pays for treatment, remedies and board. Result absolutely the same. L. G. COR BETT, M. D. THE CAROLINA SANITARIUM, Greenville, S. C. Dr. g. c. albright, DENTIST. Odice over Peoples Loan and Ex change Bank, Laurens, S. C. N. B. Dial. a. C. Todd. DIAL & TODD, Attorneys and Coun= sellors at Law. ISnlerpristi Hmk nnd Todd Ollico Bui log. La u r en Si S. 0. DK. CLIFTON JONES Dentist OFFIGE IN SIMMONS BUILDING Phono: Office No. 80; Residence 219. j Simpson, Cooper & Babb, Attorneys at Law. Will practice in all Stale Courts. Prompt attention given lo all business. j SCHEDULES C.N. Si h. Railroad Co. j Schedule in clVeet November 2UI( 1004 : No. 52 No. 21 No. 85 PnssoriKor Mixet ox- Froiffht vx Dnily COptSun- ccpt Sun day day fl.v Columbia 11 10 a m 6 15 p m 1 00 a m *r Nowbbrry 12 3G p m 7 05 p m 3 -IT. a ni ar Clinton 1 22 p ni 8 15 p m 0 25 a m 1 .-u- Laurens 1 -12 p m 8 45 p >n 6 00 a in No. 53 No. 22 No. 84 I I.v Laurona 2 02 p m 7 0(1 am 5 20 p m 1 ar Cinton 2 22 pm 7 30 a in 0 00 pin ar N.>\vboi ry :< 10 p m 8 35 a m 7 05 p m ar Cu/unil>ia 4 15 p ni 10 30 a m U 15 p in C. II. GASOUK. AK?;nt. Side and Back COMBS arc still in the height of fashion, und will also be worn this spring and summer. We have the latest styles of fancy Combs from $1.25 to $7.00 per set of three. Also the newest de signs in Bracelets, Hat Tins, Cuff Pins, Fobs and Crosses. Give Us a Call Before Purchasing. Fleming, Bros SAL Cut Prices! Beginning; Friday, Jane 1st, And id everything in this immense stock of $37,000 worth of Clothing, Hats, Shoes, Slippers, Dry Goods, Millinery, Laces, Ribbons, Embroideries, Gents' Furnish! ^%s^ Shirts, Collars, Cuffs, Neckwear, Hosiery, Hankerchiefs, and thousands of Notions am.^ "good old sum mer time" wearing apparel that you are going to need for this su Himer. Come buy now and SAVE MONEY. RED IRON RACKET is the store that always sells 15 to 20 per cent, less, and now this Special Cut-Pric? June S5?C sends STILL LOWER. Two=Car Loads of Tin, Class and Crockery Ware in BARGAIN BASEMENT goes into this Cut-Price Sale. Nothing reserved. Every thing to go. Hurry up and avoid the rush! Thirty Days Cut-Price Selling IN THIS WONDERFUL DEPARTMENT STORE. Red Iron Racket J. C. Burns & Co., Originators of Low Prices. Three Stores: Laurens, Greenwood and Spartanburg.