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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-28
THE MANNING TIMES, MANNING, c., OCTOBER 2S, 1908

the case cited by the prohibition
lawyers of the Manning bar in a
letter addressed to Nh. W. NJ.
Plowden, which we publish else
where, in the opinion of other
lawyers will not apply to a spec
ial election, as the very same su-
preme court has held that the
notice in a general election is di-
rectory and not mandatory, but
in a special election the statute
is mandatory, and must be COM
piled with. Hence it will be seen
that lawyers are ever ready to
find decisions which will back up
their contention in any contro-
versy. Even courts reverse them
selves. So far as it being ap-
parent, "that the dispensary ele-
ment is making every effort to
keep down the yote," we think
this is misleading and unjust to
those who claim the same privi-
lege of doing their own thinking
and reaching their own conclu-
sions. The r'dispensary element
as far as we have been able to dis
cern is exceedingly inactive, they
are having but little to say one
way or another, they are certain
ly not holding any Sunday mass
meetings, they are not sending
out literature, nor are they bring
ing in men from other counties
to tell our people how they must
vote. We think we are in q po-
sition to know, and we can assert
there is no effort whatever being
made by those favoring the re-
tention of the dispensary ito
keep the vote down." and had it
not been for the legal opinion ad-
vapced by one of the prohibition
lawyers at the Sunday mass meet
ing, in which the speakers were
applauded as if in an ordinary pol
itical meeting; as to the qualifca-
tions for voting-exhibiting tax
receipts and registration certlf-
Gates. we have every reason to
think the election would have
been held in the customary way,
and nothing said about it, and
certainly not taken advantage OF
by the "dispensary element.
This "element" feel that the peo.
ple of Clarendon have the intelli-
gence to know what to do on this
question, and if the election is le-
gal. and the majority of the
people in the county are willing
to pay more taxes, and want the
legal sale of liquor abolished,
there is nothing for those who
think differently to do but to
submit. The matter of legality
is not for five of the eight mem
bers of the Manning bar to de-
eide, it is for the Supreme Court,
but, if this tribunal decides that
eighteen days notice is sufficient
when the Act providing for such
special elections distinctly reads,
the supervisor shall give thirty
days notice, then the dispensary
is abolished, and the gentlemen
of the bar, who are urging pro
hibition, can later decide wheth-
er or not they can consclen-
tiously accept fees for defending
men charged with Illegally sell.
ing liquor, against the peace and
dignity of>the State, and the
moralissue they have pressed as
a religious principle.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-28
COMPLY WITH THE LAW.

The managers of election have
heretofore been lax in managing
elections, for the reason there was
no opposition, and everything was
one way; things are different in
this election, there is opposition
in the electoral and congressional
boxes, and, a condition is con-
; fronting the voters which will
! probably not be settled outside
of the courts. Under the circum-
stances we take the liberty of ad
vising the managers at the several
precincts to comply strictly with
the law, and permit no man to
put a ticket in the boxes, who
does not first exhibit to them his
registration certificate and his tax
receipt for the previous year. 1t
is the duty Of the commissioners
Of election to impress upon the
managers calling for the boxes
the Importance Of enforcing the
following section OF State Consti-
tuition.
Article II, Section 4, subdivis-
ion "(e)" Of the constitution Of
! 1895 provides as follows:
"Managers Of election shall re-
quire Of every elector offering to
vote at any election, before allow
ing him to vote, proof of the pay
ment Of all taxes, including poll
tax, assessed against him and col
lectable during the previous year
The production of a certificate OF
Of the receipt Of the officer author
lied to collect such taxes shall be
conclusive proof of the payment
thereof.
Same section subdivision ''(D"
says. "The General Assembly
shall provide for Issuing to each
duly registered elector certif-
cate of registration" &c.
Section 213 of the Civil Code
says. "The Managers of Election
shall require Of any elector offer
inc TO vote at anv election. before
allowing him to vote, in addition
to the production Of a registration
certificate, proof Of the payment
Of all taxes, including poll tax,
assessed against him and collect
able during the previous year.
The production Of a certificate Or
the receipt Of the officer authoriz-
ed to collect such taxes shall be
conclusive proof Of the payment
thereof"
It will be observed from what
We have quoted that it will be a
clear violation Of the law for the
managers to permit voter to
vote without complying with the
legal requirement. his
tax receipt and registration certi-
fcate.
This election will be watched
more closely than any we have
held before, because. there is an
intense interest in the ballot on
the liquor question, and unless
the managers carry out their du-
ties as the law directs, it may
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-28
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by Iocalapplicatlons, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion Of the ear. There is only one
way TO cure DEAFNESS, and that is BY constltu'
tional remedies Deafness is caused by an IN
famed condition OF the mucous lining OF the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets infan
ed YOU have rumbling sound or imperfect hear
ing and when is entirely closed deafness is
the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken cut and this tube restored TO its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed -oreVer nlne
nothing but an infamed condition OF the mu'
couS surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case Of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send fol
circulars, free.
Sold by druggists, Is
Hall's Family Pills are She best.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-28
A Healthy Family.

"Our whole family has enjoyed good
health since we began using DR.. Kings
New Life Pills, three years ago." says
L. A. Bartlett, OF Rural Route l, Gull
ford, Maine. They cleanse and tone the
the system in gentle way that does
YOU good. 25c. at DR.. W. E. Brown &
Co., and J. E. Arant's drug store.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-28
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County Of Clarendon.
Bv James NJ. Windham, Esq, Probate
:Judoe.

BY James NJ. Windham, Esq, Probate
Judge.
,sgHEREAS. Martha V. Beard and
w Samuel D. Powell made suit to me,
to grant them Letters of Administra.
ton of the estate and effects OF
James E. Beard.
These are therefore to cite and ad,
monish all and singular the kindred
and creditors of the SAID James Z;
Beard, deceased, that they be and
appear before me, in the Court OF Pro
bate, to be held at Manning on the
5th day of November next after puoilca-
ton thereof, at II O'Clock in the fore
noon, to show cause, if any they have,
why the said administration should not
be granted.
of October, A. D. 1908.
JAMES NJ. WINDHAM,
SEAL Judge of Probate.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-28
Union County went Prohl-

UnlOn county Weub IfOll-
tion yesterday by a reported
majority Of 282, with some
boxes to hear from which is
supposed will reduce the major
ity somewhat, In December
last the dispeusary lost by a
II majority, but that election
was set aside on account Of
Irregularities. The Prohibi-
tionists, aided by Rev. Thomas
Leitch, were thoroughly Or
ganized, while there was no
organized effort on the part of
the dispensaryites.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-28

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No .,coun;cation OF persona, character
will b. published except Us an ADVERTISEMENTS
ente ID at thePostoacc at Manning as Sec
ond c., IS matter.
BOTH ,7aIsTLING TO KEEP UP COURAGE.
Both Of the great political
parties are winding up one OF
the most puzzling campaigns
ever had in this country, and
mex. Tuesday will decide which
Of these parties will be accept
ed h. the people. The Dem
ocra;ic press claim all is over
but ne shouting, and that vii
ham Jennings Bryas- will go
in ov a veritable landslide.
The Republicans are equally
as sanguine Of success, but 1t
is easily seen they are some
what alarmed over conditions
in heretofore Republican
States, notably Ohio, and be-
cause Of this uneasiness extra
efforts are being made by them
to keen Ohio in the Republi-
can column.
Chairman Mack is either do
ING some hard blufing Or he
is badly mistaken as to the
States Bryan will carry; If
however, he is correct, then
the country will have a Dem
ocratic President, a Democrat
ic lower House Of Representa-
tives. and a Republican SEN
ate. which may result III ham
pering the Democratic presi-
dent in carrying out the re-
forms and the principles he
has been advocating on the
hustings.
Chairman Hitchcock does
not eem to be giving out for
his arty any boastful state
men other than to say he is
salts ed with the outlook and
that adge Taft will be elected.
If ) Republicans win. the
cam ign has demonstrated,
that Though the party is in
poss sion Of the government
viii. he advantage Of an army
Of c.fce holders and also the
adv 1tage Of the money bags
Of tie big industrial interests,
they are nightly frightened,
and ave got to fight, and fight
hare for their victory. If the
Den >crats win it will be be-
causa the people are desirous
Of & change, are not IN accord
with the strenuous policy of
the administration, and be-
causo Of the dissensions in the
rank; Of the Republican party.
The panic has had much to
do With descrediting the party
in power; the vast labor ele-
ment in the North and West
miss the full dinner pail, !"
and attribute its emptiness to
the 1anic under a Republican
adm; listration, and too, they
belic5e the cause Of this con-
ditio:l can be traced to the ad-
lninistration's efforts to regu-
late the trusts, and, unless
Chairman Mack is being de-
ceived by Samuel Gompers,
the great labor leader, the Ia
Dor vote in the doubtful States
will 90 to BRYAN.
The shooting up Of Browns
vile for which President
Roosevelt dismissed a regi-
ment Of negro troops is cut
ting a considerable figure in
some Of the States where that
race is a strong factor, and in
some instances WELD the bal
ance OF power. If the negroes
in these States, together with
the labor organizations desert
the Republican party, the par
ty they have affiliated with in
the past. then the leaders Of
that party have good cause for
alarm, and Chairman Mack
the best of cause to lie san
guine.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-28
5aTN WITH INDEPENDENTISM.

II ee will have to be some
char in our primary cleo
ton 2ws, or a break which
will 9 hard to mend will re-
suit. Several years ago on
acco It of corrupt practices
in tt primary in Greenville,
an il ependent candidate was
elect over the nominee Of
the emocratic party. The
prov alton must have been
grea i. Greenville for the peo-
pie . refuse to submit, and
rese: the declaration Of the
Coul.:y Democratic Executive
Com lttee, but they did resent
it, ar; repudiated the commit
tees :=:tion by overwh elming
elec: g an independent candi-
% In Richland County
on is alleged, and an
candidate for the
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-28

Itch cured in 30 minutes by Wool,
ford's Sanitary Lotion. Never fails.
Sold by W. E. Brown & Co. Druggists.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-28
Notice to Creditors.

All persons having claims against
the estate of Frank w. Thigpen, de-
ceased, will present them duly attested
and those owing said estate will make
payment to the under signed qualified
administrator of said estate.
J. T. STUKES,
Administrator.
Manning, S. c., October y, 1905.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-29
SCHOOL HOUSES and
CHURCHES ARE BURNED
Farmers Union DiscIaims Any Con
nection With the outrases-Negro
Lodges Said to Have Provoked the
Uprising of White Citizens.
Hearst News Service.

Albany, Ca, September 29.-Two
members Of the gang of alleged night.
riders, who have been terrorizing ne.
groes in Miller, Baker and Calhoun
Counties, were captured this morning.
1t is said that eleven negro churches
and five negro school houses were
burned since Saturday night, and that
more than a dozen others have been
posted.
Thus far the negroes have offered
no resistance and there has been nc
bloodshed.
The trouble started over the passing
of resolutions condemning the lynch
ing of a negro. These resolutions were
passed by a negro lodge and the
churches and school houses burned
have been those used as the meeting
places Of the lodges.
A number of negro lodge buildings
in the same section were blown up by
dynamite several decks ago.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-29
COMPRESS
|NSOLVENT'
Hanson's Statement Shows Assets
of $33,O25, But Doesn't
Include Debts.
Daily News Special.

Daily News Special.
Jackson, Miss, September 29.-The
report of C. C. Hanson, receiver for
the Gulf Compress Company, has been
filed with Judge Niles, of the United
States court. The report is rather
lengthy, yet very general in it's scope,
going not at all into the smaller de-
tails of receipts and disbursements,
but setting forth the items under gen.
eral classifications. 1t shows the as
sets now to be $3S S,O25.7S above the liza.
bilities, but does not take into account
something like 100000 of disputed
claims outstanding against the com.
pany.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-29
PHYS|CIAN
Slain BY
FARMER

Ruleville, Miss, September 29.-Dr
j. M. Taylor, one of the most promi.
nent and wealthy men of Ruleville
was instantly killed last night
about midnight by VIII Walls. a farm
er, who lives just out of town. They
had been drinking together nearly all
day, and had been driving in Walls sur.
rey and, returning to town, had driven
to the residence of T. F. Lloyd, a
brother-in-law of Walls. They were
getting out when Walls claimed that
DR.. Taylor was going to jump on him
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-29
ATTORNEY GENERAL
ADDRESSES MEETING
Movement on Foot to Change the Date
on Which Terms Of sherifrs Expire.
Next Meeting Of the Association Will
Not Come to Hattiesburs.
Daily News Special.

Daily News Special.
Jackson, Miss. September 29.-The
meeting of Mississippi sheriffs yester-
day. which was formed into perma-
nent organization to be known in fu-
ture as the Mississippi Sheriffs' Asso-
citation. was continued until today,
when its most important session was
held in the hall of representatives
at the capitol.
At this session, which was convened
at $3.50 this morning, the first thing on
the program was an address by Attor.
new General Fletcher, who had been
invited for this purpose on yesterday.
The purpose of his address, and the
object the sheriffs had in mind at the
time the invitation was extended, was
to get together on needed legislation
Many of the things which have been
engaging the sheriffs' attention re-
Gently are familiar matters to the at.
torney general, who spoke very inter.
estingly on them this morning.
While there are innumerable little
things the sheriffs themselves want
to get together on and perfect a more
uniform system of blanks and methods
of conducting certain features of their
work, there are only few matters
requiring the attention of the legisla
ture. Chief among these is proposed
change of date for the incumbency of
sheriffs, and perhaps of other county
officials, to August 6, instead of in Jan
nary, as is now the case.
The main reason for this proposed
change is that sheriff now retires
just as he is closing out the tax collec.
tions for the previous year. and that
new sheriff has to go into the office
during the businest possible time and
make his first report in the great
est possible confusion.
There we're Just twenty men present
yesterday. Others came in this morn
ing, but even then the crowd was not
large one. 1t was enthusiastic enough
however, and every man present re-
garded the meeting as very import.
ant one.
r. M. Kelly, Of Vicksburg. was elect
ed president; q. M. Clarke, of Natchez
vice president, and ]. G. Magruder, OF
Hattiesburg, secretary and treasurer.
Sheriff Magruder, of Hattiesburg
began early in the game to talk Hat
tiesburg as the logical place for the
next meeting, extending an invitation
of the local officials. Somebody sug
gested that Jackson was the most cen
'tral point. But look what you can
see at Hattiesburg," replied Mr.. Ma
sgruder. At other times he took occa.
sion TO exploit the desirability of go.
ing to Hattiesburg, and did his best
in that direction, but the majority Of
those present appeared to favor Jack
son.
Sheriff Harding, OF Kinds County
was busily engaged with a strenuous
court term and could not be present
at either session.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-29
UNION NOT RESPONSIBLE.

Atlanta, Ca, September 29.-Tht
Farmers Union disclaims any connec
tion with the outrages reported il
Colhoun, Baker and Miller Counties
President Barrett says that he is will
ing to assist the officers in locating
the guilty parties and that the unions
in the section where the crimes have
occurred will be instructed to lent
every assistance to this end.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-29
HOTEL MAN
SUICIDES

McCool, Miss, September 29.-Jake
Greenwald, proprietor of the Black
Hotel, committed suicide last night
by cutting his throat.
The deed is attributed tod esponden-
cy on account of ill-health. The de-
ceased was at one time a well known
travelling man, and was a brother of
Morris Greenwald, merchant of this
place, and of Isaac Greenwald. a well
known drummer The body will be
taken to Meridian for interment.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-29
TEDDY TO ignore
Days STRUCTURES
Hearst News Service.

Washington, September 29.-The an.
nouncement is made that the presi.
dent win ignore the caustic criticisms
of Chancellor Day, of Syracuse Uni.
versity, made public this morning. 1t
is said that several of Mr.. Roosevelt's
closest friends have urged him to
make reply, but that he has positively
declined to do so.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-29
1zO0 Young W1blte. Men
Severely Horsez0hipped
For SZande,1ng Women

okolona, Miss, September 2s.-os
car and Floyd McGhee, two young
white men of the Boon's Chapel neigh.
borhood, about six miles south of
this city. were publicly horsewhipped
by W. w. Harper and Frank King.
The McGhees, it is said, had circulated
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-29
CUMBERLAND HAS
ANOTHER KICKER
Daily News Special.

Daily News Special
jackson, Miss, September 2s.-Hon.
e. M. Barber, of Biloxi, makes COM
plant to the railroad commission that
the Cumberland Telephone and Tele.
graph Company charges 35 cents toll
for three minutes conversation be-
tween Biloxi and vancIeave, dis.
tance Of seventeen miles, and wants
to know II that is the correct rate, and
II not what is correct.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-29
WHITE WATCHMAN
KILLED BY NEGRO

Greenville. Miss, September 29.-
Herman Wheat, prominent citizen of
Elizabeth, ten miles from here, was
shot and mortally wounded by a me-
gro who was ordered away from a cot.
ton gin while prowIing around it.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-29
SHIPPING
Crippled
Hearst News Service.

New York, September 29.-Shipping
is temporarily paralyzed through a
special storm warning issued this
morning stating that it is dangerous
for any vessel to enter the port of New
York within the next two days.
A sudden drop in the temperature is
reported from almost every section of
the country.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-29
MORE THAN 100000
Change HANDS IN DEAL
Papers Were Signed and AcknowI
edged Before Notary Public J. n
SeIby Today Which Transfers the
Holdings of the Williamsburg Co.

A lumber deal of magnitude was
consummated in this city today when
the papers were signed and acknowl.
edged in the sale of $5OOOOO worth oil
timber by the Williamsburg Lumber
Company to the Silverton Company, oil
New York.
In addition to the purchase of the
timber, the Silverton Company also
pays $4,000 for the lease of the viii
liamsburg mill and for the livestock
and commissary Of that concern.
The final details of the sale were ar.
ranged this morning in the Hotel Nat.
tiesburg and the papers were acknowl.
edged by Notary Public ]. H. Selby. al
the county court house.
This deal has been pending for some
time and the sale was practically made
some weeks ago. The clox
the deal today in Hattiex
the transfer final apSu
vent of another b
Hattiesburg distric
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-29

reports derogatory of some of the wo-
men members of the families whose
representatives did the whipping. Os-
car McGhee has been confined to his
bed since the whipping, and there is
some doubt of his recovery. All par
ties to the trouble are highly respect.
ed here.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-29

Mr.. Wheat, after being wounded. fired
four shots at the fleeing negro. None,
however, took effect. Mr.. Wheat died
in st. Josephs Hospital at Memphis
yesterday, shortly after an operation
was performed. No trace of the negro
has been found.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-29
king
IS BANKRUPT

Galveston, Tex, September 29,-The
announcement is made that the i'm
mense estate of William C. Greene,
the copper king of Sonora, Mexico, is
in financial straits and that Greene's
health is shattered.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-29
LORD 1WEEpSMOUTH
TENDERS RESIGNATION

London, September 29.-Lord
Tweedmouth, lord-president of the
British cabinet, has resigned, assign
ing continued ill-health as the cause.
with a knife, and he fired The bullet
entered the breast above the heart and
ranged downward.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-29
WILL secure AN
EXTRA ROOM FOR
Ward ONE School

At the meeting of the City Council
last night, in addition to the work of
personal tax equalization, the matter
of renting room for school purposes
in Ward One was taken up and an
order entered leaving the selection of
the room to the discretion of Superin'
tendent Woodley and the Board of Ed.
ucatiou, the council to ratify their ac.
tlon.
The regular school building in Ward
and some of the child,
IN care of in an extra
win be selected
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-29
CHANCELLOR DAY OF SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY

Syracuse, N. Y, September 20
Chancellor Roscoe Day, of Syracuse
University, is out in a statement in
which he charges that "the Standard
Oil Company remains under the ven
omous hatred of President Roosevelt
for reasons that are best known to
those on the inside of Republican par
ty affairs
"On the other hand" says Chancel-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-29
RAISING funds
TO Fight Tigers
IN BIRMINGHAM
Hearst News Service.

Birmingham, Ala, September 30
The sum of $4,000 has been raise,
here to hire special officers to assist
thepo lice in enforcing the prohibi
tion law. If this fails, an effort wiz. 4,
made to get a special session Of ri
legislature to enact more strin gem
laws on the subject,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-29

Millions are the green trading
stamps which attract bankrupt noble
men into investments in the American
matrimonial market.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-29

park commission. General Lee re-
ceived President Roosevelt on his visit
here October 81, 1907. and Mrs. Roose-
welt in April last, when she came to
board the yacht Mayfiower