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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-21
THE RECoRED IS ENDORSED.

The Columbia Record Of last
Friday publishes a letter from
Governor Woodrow Wilson en-
dorsing its suggestion to extend
the primary to the election of del
egates to the national convention.
This adds some strength to the
Records position no doubt, but
nevertheless it does not convince
us that such a primary can be
made practical in this state. Com
menting editorially on what we
had to say last week upon this
subject the Record IN Its leader
makes the following argument:
BY NO MEANS IMPRACTICAL.
The objections raised by The
Manning Times to The Records 5
suggestion as to a presidential
primary are not to be lightly dis
posed Of, but they can be dlspos-
ed of.
It is true that experience has
indicated an Indifference among
the voters in this State as to the
selection Of the presidential tick
ct. Club meetings are poorly at
tended: county conventions are
made up generally OF politicians
who are in office: have been IN
office or want to be in Office, and
the State conventions are simil-
arly composed. However, this is
the very condition that we would
have changed; and we believe
that nothing would have more
effect in changing it than sub
mitting to the people directly the
national issues as represented by
the personality of national lead
ers. The presidential primary
might not bring out the first time
a very large percentage of the
Democratic voters, but IN the
course Of years the Indifference
which is now deplored and de
plorable would be dissipated. and
there would come about a very
genuine interest in national af-
fairs in South Carolina.
AS to the objection on the
grounds Of the expense, we have
already considered this IN prev.
ious articles upon the subject.
Whether or not South Carolina
adopts the presidential primary
system, there must be q change
in the method of financing our
party primary in this State, if it
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-21
person whether he is friendly

person whether he is friendly
disposed towards the governor
or not. There are certain histor-
les Governor Blease objects to,
and be gives the reasons for his
objections, it is for the majority
Of the board to agree or disagree
with bin. He wants the children
of this State taught from the
books of Southern authors to be
Taught by Southern teachers, but
regardless of what he may think
or feel about this matter his views
and sentiments must be concurr-
ed in by the majority Of the board
if they are to prevail.
We are truly glad the board OF
education was not disturbed be.
cause the majority of the board
are educators and men who by
their experience in the school
room know the needs probably
better than most any other set Of
men the governor might select;
it was nice in the governor after
all of this newspaper gush about
what he proposed doing to the
present board for him to say to
them Il want to say to you, gen
tlemen, that there will not be any
change in the State board Of ed
ucation; for you are all honorable
men. and I don't believe either
of you would be subjected to
prejudice or improper influence
in this matter no matter what
your political feeling is towards
me, as that has nothing to do with
the adoption, for, as I said the
otheg day, the adoption of books
is the most important matter that
can possibly arise during my ad-
m.iasstration." BY making this
statement to the gentlemen COM
posing the board he. with one
fell stroke smote his slanderers,
laid bare in all Of its hideousness
their hypocrisy, and attempts to
sparage his administration.
The people are watching the
present administration more than
any previous one since that Of
Governor Tillman, and regard
less of what the newspapers may
say or do they will sift the chaf
from the wheat, and base their
future conduct upon the actual
results and not upon the repre-
sentations made by partisan
newspapers or politicians, they
will be able to Judge whether or
not the present administration IS
entitled to endorsement: the op.
position press and the aspiring
politicians will neither mlslead
or influence them to render an
unjust Judgment when the time
for the general summing up
comes.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-21
IS1T FAIR AND PROPER?

Judge Prince took novel way
tosecure evidence ofapersonsell-
ing liqrorin Lexington last week.
Two negroes were charged with
raising a disturbance at a negro
church, they pleaded guilty to
the charge claiming they were
drunk. The judge said. ''Tom,
if you will tell me where you got
that blind tiger liquor, [ will be
lenient with YOU" The report
goes on to say, s'Tom did not
hesitate a moment, for he wanted
to get off as light as possible, and
with a beaming smile on his face
he called the white mans name.
The other negro went through
the same performance. Judge
Prince expressed a wish that he
had the white man in the dock
with the prisoners SO that he
could teach him a lesson.
Suppose the white man is hal
ed before the courts on the state
ment made to Judge Prince after
his promise that if they would
tell where they bought the liquor
he would be lenient, would such
testimony be admitted as evi-
dence? Of course the promise
held out by the Judge was an in:
ducement for the negroes to tell
something and call uobody's
name. The negroes may have
told the truth. if so, no damage
was done to the man named but
should itturn out they lied to have
their own punishmentmade light
er they have aroused suspicion
against a white man who. if in
nocent. would not relish such a
suspicion clinging to him.
q he only way we see out OF
this dilemma brought on to him by
Judge Princes promise to be light
on the negroes on trial before
him, is for the grand jury Of that
county to make presentment
against him: send his case to a
petit jury let it pass upon the
evidence against him and say
whether or not the charge is true.
We do not think it right for a
Judge to make the promise Judge
Prince is reported to have made,
under such circumstances, the
party promised leniency is liable
to put any citizen of his acquain-
tance in a very embarrassing po'
sition by raising a suspicion Of
wrong doing against him when
he may be entirely innocent.
There are many citizens who
would be greatly worried did a
-! prisoner in open court tell the
Judge that they were guilty OF
violating the law, especially the
LIQUOR laws. However we do not
suppose that Judge Prince was
influenced much in framing his
sentence against the negroes as
he put the usual fine or impris,
onmentupon them, notwithstand.
me the fact that he secured their
statement on the promise to be
llenient.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-21

Not so long ago one of the judges
from the bench declared prohlol-
ton in Georgia to be a farce, but
whether he voiced the opinion OF
the masses cannot be told until
there has been a vote in the gen
eral assembly or probably not
until the question is again put to
the people, at any rate the liquor
question will always give the po
liticians a hobby to pester the
voters with.
When Smith goes TO the senate
he will have reached an ambition
that he has longed for, and so
far as he is concerned it will not
matter which way the liquor sen
timent goes. He will be fixed for
the next six years.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-21
: not to hecome an opportunity

is not to become an opportunity
for only the rich or the corrupt.
In Virginia, for instance, as we
recently pointed out. the primary
entrance fee for candidate for
United States. senator is 5000.
Underthe Virginia system, which
is similar to our system, no man
can afford to become candidate
in the Democratic primary for
United States senator unless he
is wealthy enough to spend SIS, 900
or $4,000 in his primary cam:
paign, or unless he is corrupt
enough to have his campaign
financed by those who may be
willing from improper motives to
do so. Reference to the explain
alton of the Oregon primary plan
by Senator Bourne which we
are publishing today, will give
the remedy for this condition
The, expenses of the primary in
South Carolina ought to be paid
by the State, as is done in Ore
ecc and other states where the
party primaries are conducted
and regulated by state law. This
principal has been incorporated
IN the commission form of gov.
ernment act now in effect IN Co
lumbia. To require candidates
for Office in the primary to bear
proportionately their share of the
expense, not only of the party
primary but of the party cam
paign for the general election, as
v we do in this State, is to bar the
poor man from becoming a can
didate. The system is thorough
" wrong in principle and vicious
in practice, and will have to be
abandoned evenif South Carolina
never adopts the presidential pr.
mary.
In replying to The Manning
Times question as to how we
would expect to secure the right
kind Of men for national delegat.
es, we would say, as we have said
before in reply to a similar ques
tion. that there would be no more
trouble in. securing u proper del
egatiou than there is in securing
proper presidential electors. Del
egates to the national convention
would occupy in the party sys.
TEN the Identical position which
is occupied in the national system
by the presidential electors, and
their expenses would oe paid by
the State. there being of course
a limit to the amount Of such ex-
pense.
This, we think. answers com
pletely the objections raised by
our Manning contemporary and
demonstrates that the primary
plan for delegates to the national
convention can he made entirely
practical.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-21
A GOOD MAN FOR SACRIFICE.

Hon. E. W. Hughes has an
nounced that he will remain in
mayoralty race IN Charleston.
Mr.. Hughes is a most excellent
gentleman, one who would grace
the mayors Office Of Charleston,
without hydeing behind the poll
ticians of that city, but we fear
he has reached the conclusion
too late in the game to be much
in the running this time, as the
voting forces have about lined
| themselves up between Hyde
and Grace. True, Hughes has
been a candidate for this posi-
ton ever since last year, but the
hope of going on the federal
bench kept him from pushing
his claims for the mayorality,
pending the judgeship appoint
ment, the Grace and HYDE forces
have been telling the boys how
it is, and getting from them their
promises of support. We believe
though, there is one man in the
city who has not committed him
self to any of the candidates yet,
he is Chief Boyle, if Mr.. Hughes
will get some one to him right
away there anay be one sinner
saved.
We agree most heartily with
The States estimate of Mr.
Hughes, as a man, heSis all that
newspaper says of him, and
more, but if he has any hope
whatever Of ever being mayor OF
the city of Charleston ne had not
better heed The States advice
on how to make his fight. The
idea of advising a man running
for mayor in Charleston to tell
the voters that he will put the
liquor concerns out of business,
is simply equivalent to telling
him to stick a match to a bale OF
straw the paper puts him on.
There is no doubt people like a
plain, out-spoken man, butshou]d
Mr.. Hughes tell the electors OF
Charleston that he would enforce
the Liquor laws, they would be-
lieve him alright, and then hustle
to see that he did not get the
chance. The legislature should
give the city of Charleston a
license system and let the city
regulate the sale Of intoxicants
as the conditions permit, there
should never be the farce made
of the law that now exists. True,
the city did not bring this con-
dition on itself, it was brought
on by those who did not know
nor care about the conditions.
their only thought was to comply
with a political demand at the
time: what are the conditions in
! the city today: There is an e]e'
ment who have always resented
/ the States interference with local
self-government, who will con-
done the law1essness: and rather
F.; than make any attempt to break
it up. these will join with the
F.; ;lawless element 70 defeat any
! man who has the temerity to at
] tempt to put down the sale OF
!, beverages, the result IS, that
respectable hotels are deprived
| fof the privilege Of dispensing
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-21
FgE STATE EDUCATIONAL BOARD NOT
disturbed.

Those newspapers which have
been censuring the governor in
advance of his action for what
attitude with the state board
Of education would be must now
realize that they have done Gov
ernor Blease an injustice They
were cock-sure and so charged,
that he was going to dismiss the
board prior to the school book
adoption, and some OF them went
so far as to intimate that his pur-
pose was tosfll the position with
his friends, that they :lay share
graftin whatever there is of prof
st in awarding the school book
contract; some Of these newspap-
ers indulged in such strong hints
Of corruption brewing. that if the
general public did not know the
extreme prejudice this class of
papers have against the goser-
nor, it would be taken for granted
they had information to base
their vile hints upon, haat the
governor did not remove nor has
he asked one Of the board to re-
sign. He did however outline his
position with regard to,the adop-
ton OF these books, which was his
right as well as the night of each
individual member Of the board,
and it is now up to. the majority
of the board whether the COVER
nor's views and theirs agree
Governor Blease may not be
correct in all, of his views, and
we do not think we shall be ac-
cused Of partisanship in his ia
vor for the reason that whenever
we thought he was wrong we did
not hesitate to say so. at the same
time, in doing this we endeavor-
ed to reason and not abuse: when
we agreed with him-we gladly
commended his course, this
school book proposition is huge
matter. one involving a vast
amount of the peoples money
taken directly out of their pock-
cts, that the board authorized to
make the contract which must
stand for five years should so
slow and careful must appeal to
the judgment Of every reasonable
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-21
THERE'LL BE A HOT TIME IN "JAW JAW"

The Georgia political situation
is giving the political seers some
thing to hand out to the public.
The Inauguration Of Governor
Hoke Smith takes place on the
9th, and it is expected that the
governor elect will be elected to
the United States senate, this
will create vacancy in the office
of governor: and already there
are a number of prospective can
didates, among them being Gov
ernor Brown, the present in
cumbent whom Smith defeated
in the last election. Besides the
election of a senator, the Georgia
legislature is expected to take up
the always-bobing-up liquor
question. The prohibitionists will
do their utmost to make the pro
hibition laws more drastic, while
the anti. prohibitionists will want
to repeal The preseHG dilUl-llq uoi
laws and enact in their stead To-
cal option laws. The prohibition
leaders are calling their forces
to activity, while the other side
are apparently quiet, unless they
are conducting a still.hunt cam
paign which makes the white
wings suspicious.
The sentiment for prohibition
in Georgia has waned consider
ably since the action Of Alabama:
and it is problematlc what the
legislature will do, as there was
no issue in the campaign which
elected the present legislature
that would indicate how the mem
bership stands on that question.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-21
EoW'S Ia:S:

We offer one Hundred Dollars Reward for
any ca Sc Of Catarril iG%i cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
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for the last l5 years. ;,rd believe him perfectly
honorable il al business transactions and liLat!-
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their t;rn:.
WEs, & r,I1Ax wholesale druggists. Toledo. O.
WALDIH::, kISN.,S X MARVIN wholesale drug
..StS. Toledo. @.
Halls Cat4rrh Cure is ta!iei: Z atcrnaily. acting
directly upon III: bIooG and E:.cou;; surfaces OF
the system. Price 75c. per bottle Sold by al
druggists. Testimonials Tree.
Hal Family Pills are the hest.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-21

The Newberry Observer says
the World quotes an editress from
Summerton, S. c., as saying
"Nev York is too damn big" In
the first place there is no edltress
in Summerton. and in the second
place, if there was she would not
have said any such thing. The
Summerton people do not use
such language even in the hot
weather.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-21

Communications must be accompanied by the
real name and address OF the writer in order 70
receive attention.
No communication Of perSoNat character
viii be published except as ao advertisement.
Entered at thePostoface at Manning as Sec
cnd Class matter.
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drinks to their guests: while low
dives are permitted to run on
with a license system collected
in the shape Of fines.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-12-21
Obituary

At the home of his son Frank in this
city, on Saturday evening, Dec. 16, oc-
Cured the death of Edward Vawter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vawter came to Newport
from Bates City, Missouri, about the
middle of August, and bought home
on the South Sidh, where they expected
to spend the remainder of their allotted
time, but Mr.. Vawter's time was des-
tined to be brief, as he was shortly
after taken i'll and was removed to the
home of his son, where he breathed his
last.
Edward Vawter was born in Jennings
county, Indiana, Nov. 81, 1888, and
reached the age of 70 years and 25days.
In the '60s he emigrated to Oregon,
driving an OK team over the historic
Oregon trail At Portland, Oregon, he
was married to Barbara Kroher, who
died in 1866, leaving one son, George
A., now resident of Spokane. Re
turning to the middle west to live, he
was married second time to Catherine
Zimmerman, who with two sons, Franz
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-12-21
Papers Recorded in County Offices

Reported by the Pend Oreille County
Abstract Co., of Newport, Wash.
Deed-K Mckenzie ct ux ct al tc
Thos W Kinney, 81, 81 ne4 and nj sci,
17-36-43.
Patents-U S to Michael A O'Connor,
e3 sw4, sw4 sw4 Of Sec and sci sci of
5-36-44.
U S to Barney Holley, ea ne4 and 81
sci, 3O-3O-43.
Deeds S Leonard to L A Leon
ard, 81, WI sw4, ne4 sw4 and nw4 sci,
22-32-43.
Deeds-Larson Realty Co to R A
Bailey ct ux, 81, lot Is, blk 2, Metaline
Falls.
Laura M McKinnon to VIM McKinnon
81, und J in lots 3 and 4, sci nw4 anc
e3 sw4, 6-32-45.
U R Wooding to S R King ct ux, ST.
tract in nw4, 29-37-43.
S R King ct ux to U R Wooding, ST.
lots Fl and 22, blk A, Tiger.
Bill of Sale-ErnestD ienhart to Mike
Fox, 100000 ft sawlogs on n3 sw4 anG
81 nw4, 4-31-45.
Panhandle Invt Co to c. w Turke,
$3.50, lot IA, blk 9, lone.
Panhandle Invt Co to G w Frank, $500,
lot 4, block 5, lone.
Water Right S Anderson to Pub
lie, on west branch of LeClerc creek.
Patent-U S to Emil Johnson, mel
sw4, NIB sci and sci sci, 24-35-43.
Deeds w Cusick to ] R Bond, 81,
lot 4, blk 3, Cusick.
Treasurer of Pend Oreille Co, to The
odore F Holbrook, lots and 6 in 1886
A and n3 ne4, SCI ne4 and ne4 sci, 20
31-45.
Sheriff's Certificate of Sale-Sheriff
of Pend Oreille Co to Henry Harbican,
S365O, lot l and nj of lot 4, blk IL, Tai
madge's add to Newport.
Complaint Lounsburg VS. VIM
Lounsburg, for divorce.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-12-21

Newport, Wash, Dec. II, 1911.

Newport, Wash, Dec. IL, 1911.
Editor Newport Miner.
Considerable inconvenience has been
and is being caused by lack of means to
identify the location of residences of
people living in Newport, quite a few
of the inhabitants of the town not
knowing even what street or avenue
they live on, and business men who de-
liver goods to purchasers being often
directed by landmarks one or more
blocks away from the house wanted. A
lady, in requesting goods delivered,
says: Il live one block north and one
block west from the Methodist church,
the second house north from the corner
and on the left hand side.' Or, "Do
you know where Mrs. Somebody or
other lives? Well, I live the next house
but one to her,
[ suggest as remedy that the coun-
Gil get some street signs painted and
put two at each the southeast and the
northwest corner of each street, at or
near the angle of the property lines and
that the streets be measured for num-
bring. And would suggest as an I'M
tlal point for numbering the avenues
the rights-of-way of the railroads, al
lowing 100 numbers on Washington
avenue for both railroads and other
avenues to correspond. And that the
streets be numbered west from the
state line. Would further suggest that
eight numbers be allowed for all ave-
nues and streets, and twenty feet be
allowed for two numbers along blocks
uniformly throughout the town.
And in order that the council NAV
have something to deliberate on as to
the expense, will take the contract
for survey for numbering and mark the
number (where desired) on the door of
every house in town, and furnish
memo slip to every property owner in
town or his agent, doing the work at
once, for $50. J. R. PATTERSON.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-12-21

W., of Newport, and William, of Wink
Ter, Kansas, survives him.
While Mr.. Vawter was not long a
resident of Newport and did not acquire
a wide acquaintance among our people,
the sturdy qualities of good citizenship
in the man were easily discernible, and
it was evident that he had lived so as
to enjoy the respect of his fellow men.
Funeral services were held at the
home of Frank Vawter, on Monday,
Rev. Weigle, of the M. E. church Off
ciating. Handsome floral emblems from
the Modern Woodmen and Royal Neigh
bors and friends of the family testified
to esteem and sympathy. Interment
was in the I. O. O. F. cemetery.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-12-21
Fruit Trees in Pend OreiIle County

Through the kindness of ]. C. Eakle,
horticultural Inspector for Stevens,
Ferry and Pend Oreille counties, The
MINER is enabled to present list of
the number of fruit trees of various
kinds that have been set out in this
county. The list was prepared by Dep
uty Fred M. Nudell, who spent about
six weeks in the county last fall. He
found in the neighborhood of 200 acres
set out to trees in varieties as follows:
Applet yr old, 1865; 2 yr old, 1850;
8 yr old, 1880; in bearing, CLOS; total,
1868.
Apricot yr old, Is; 2 yr old, IS; 8
yr old, Is; in bearing, 40; total, SO.
Pearl yr old, 400; yr old, ZIG; 8 yr
old, 100; in bearing, $50; total, 996.
Peach-1 yr old, 247; 2 yr old, 300;
yr old, AS; in bearing, 365; total, 1857.
Cherry yr old, Sc; 2 yr old, 40; 8
yr old, 215; in bearing, PA; total, sos.
Plumb yr old, $50; Tyr old, PIG;
yr old, ITO; in bearing, 238; total, 957.
Prune-1 yr old, 12O; 2 yr old, 27O;
yr old, 316; in bearing, 473; total, 1179.
Ounce yr old, 20; 2 yr old, IL; 3yr
old, At; in bearing, 10; total, 80.
Mutt yr old, SO; 2 yr old, "a; 8 yr
old, Is; in bearing, II; total, 49,.
Total number Of trees, all kinds, Is, 983.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-12-21
CARD OF THANKS.

To our friends who so kindly assisted
during our recent bereavement we ex-
tend our sincere and heartfelt thanks.
CATHERINE VAWTER,
F. w. VAWTER AND FAMILY.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-12-21

Mrs. Hynes gives thorough up-to-date
instruction on piano and organ. Terms
reasonable. Studio cor. 9Th and Scott ave.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-12-21

For coughs and colds use BAL
LARD'S HOREHOUND SYRUP. It
acts soothingly in the irritated lungs
and throat. Price 25c, SOC and 81 per
bottle. Sold by Judd's Drug Store.