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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1922-04-19

furnish candidate in the coming
campaign for Congress in opposition
to Congressman w. Turner Logan.
Mr.. Wright Turbevillc, who left
Manning the first Of the year in
ment hospital at Greenvlle, and is
improving.
The wheat crop in Clarendon seems
to be failure this year. This is to
be regretted as there are hundreds of
acres of wheat planted.
Mr.. Howard Broadway living near
Paxville was brought to Manning
yesterday and lodged in Jail, charged
with disorderly conduct.
Mrs. j. P. Frierson and children of
Kingstree, spent the weekend with
her cousin, Mrs. E. B. Gamble III
Manning.
Last Friday afternoon while play
ing on the scvhool grounds, little
Marie Nimmer had the misfortune of
falling and breaking her arm.
Married last Thursday by Judge
j. M. Windham, Mr.. Charlie Bennett
and Miss Aletha Parker. Both are
from Turbevillc.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Kahn of Wash
ington, D. c., are in Manning visiting
the home of Mrs. Kahn's brother, Mr..
S. Iseman. On Monday Mr.. and Mrs.
Kahn celebrated their fiftieth wedding
anniversary.
A recent ruling of the chairman of
the Democratic convention states that
all ladies that register and join a
club are entitled to vote in the coming
primary. The Democratic clubs meet
next Saturday for the purpose of re-
organizing, and the ladies should be
well represented.
Sheriff Gamble and Rural Police
men Peavy and Hardy arrested Bessie
Sweat, colored, yesterday, charging
him with storing, making and selling
whiskey Sweat is in jail A sixteen
gallon barrel of corn whiskey was
found but Sweat's boy broke the bar
rel before the officers could get it,
and the most of the "juicy fruit
wasted.
Yesterday while Inspector Yassney
had the street hands cleaning out a
ditch at the foot of Boyce Street a
perfectly good quart of corn whiskey
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1922-04-19

Notes Due And Payable
Eureka Hose Mfg 1922-------$ 100000
First National Bank 100000
H. Stewart Note 97438
Simmons Mayrant Co., Note due Dec s 12247s
Fire Department. Note due 10000
Austin Western Road Machinery Co., Note due oct h 1922 375oo
Austin Western Road Machinery Note due a75oo
Austin Western Road Machinery Co., Note due Oct h 1924 S72OO
wafer '0"m'ss'0n' note past due Soooo
Tota ss 4s1 .1s
Delinquent taxes unpaid --. ---ss ss 7ooO 90
Cash in First Nat Bank current account ssss 54
Street Paving
emiannualy, March Sept.
Paving Certificates
1st 1922 First $OoOO0
Payments to be Made for One Year.
$45ooo0o-s6 100000; per $eoooo
paid September 1st
Interest on $53'ooooo, at 7per cent makes $3,71oOo
$1671OOO to be paid by March
Cash hand
Delnquent Pavng Taxes due in 1921 $2'22497
STATEMENT DEPARTMENT
May LIST, to April 1st
Cash on Books MAY 1st, 1921 s $50 %
5275o2
Paid Bills, Meters Repairs and Oil
Paid for Wood 10000
Paid roll labor all purposes
Total --$s's71o2
to the 0
Department.
little $so0Oo for material making
advance of paving also balance Public Works
Water and Sewer Bonds Account Cash in Bank $5,4547.
T. I" BAGNAI, Clerk and Treasurer.
The Commissioners of Public Works under the necessity of building
may ARISE an emergency Such as no" EXISTS Tor adalona water sup
pwihou the cash hand the Commission would help
less to relieve the situation
The o town we'll
Commission install pumping
probably take all of the surplus hand
Commissioners of Works.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1922-04-19

Mr.. Wright Turbeville, who left
Manning the first of the year in
search Of health is now in the govern
ment hospital at Greenville, and is
imDrOyinp
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1922-04-19

was unearthed. Of course, Mr.. Yas-
ney did not want the "Happy Dust"
so he gave it to the hands which they
will evidently enjoy next Saturday
night.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1922-04-19

A district convention and mass
meeting of the Shnday school work.
ers of all denominations in the second
distrist of the Clarendon Colnty Sun
day School Association will be held
at the Manning Baptist Church on
Sunday afternoon, April 23rd. The
convention will open at 800 P. M. A
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1922-04-19
NOTICE DEMOCRATIC CLUB
MEETING

The Farmers Platform Democratic
Club will meet in the Court House
House next Saturday afternoon, April
22nd at o'clock for the purpose of
reorganizing and elccting delegates
to the County Convention.
BY order of
J. +. BRADHAM,
President.
J. Nj. WINDHAM,
Secretary.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1922-04-19

A representative of Golden & Co.,
Washington, d. c., was in town
Thursday making arrangements with
G. Dewey Clark for shipping truck
in car lots through Potomac Yards,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1922-04-19

The wheat crop in Clarendon seems
to be failure this year. This is to
be regretted as there are hundreds of
acres of wheat planted.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1922-04-19

The Ladies Aid Society of the Ho-
brew Congregation of Manning will
sell cakes every Friday afternoon at
d o'clock at Leon Weinbcrg's grocery
store.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1922-04-19

Yesterday while Inspector Yassney
had the street hands cleaning out a
ditch at the foot of Boyce Street a
perfectly good quart of corn whiskey
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-19

to make itself evident at the No-s
yember election, as the rates viii
hardly be in operation before that
time and consequently the burdens
will not be realized. but following
the passage OF high tariff bills IA
the past the public reaction has
been swift and effective for the
time. But always, after a few
years. the beneficiaries Of the high
tariff. trusting to the short mem
cries Of the people, again come
back demanding more. In the days
of Benjamin Harrison the Republi-
can congress passed the Mckinley
bin and was promptly driven from
power. SIN 1892 Cleveland was
elected on aSplsdge to reduce the
tariff: the interests managed to de-
feat the will of the people in that
respect and Cleveland was repudias-
ed. Then foEowed the Dingley bin
and the Republicans were barely
saved from, defeat by the coming
of the & Spanish war Then the,
Payne-Aidrich bill drove them out
again. Wlk the sSmoot bill prove
case of history repeating itself ~
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-19
HAS. HARDING
DEVELOPED
BACKBONE?
White House Advisers
Declare That n e
Has Virtually De-
cided to Order OPP
GRAFTON Of Trains
Under Government
Protection

Washington, Aug. 15-Presiden
Harding, having abandoned all eff
forts at mediation in the rail
strike. was declared today by his
advisers to have virtually decided to
inform the railroad executives thar
in the operation Of trains they viii
be given thefull protection and aid
OF the government. President
Harding. it was stated, has de-
termined that the only course the
government now could pursue was
the path followed in coal strike
the extension of an invitation to
the employers to operate their
property and the federal govern
ment, with the cooperation of the
states would stand behind them in
their efforts so far as they were
directed to serving the public.
Consideration is being given by
the president, it was asserted, 70
going before congress within a few
days with a comprehensive state
ment of the whole rail situation,
including the rebuffs that have
met the governments attempts at
effecting "a settlement.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-19

paroled of pardoned by him only
two had come back"
]. j. Cantey said if there was
better platform than his offered
by any candidate in the race he
was yet to see it. The day has
passed when a bunch Of politicians
in Columbia can write ticket and
dictate it TO the voters Of the state.
He urged the voters not to stanl-
pede at this time but to keep a
clear vision.
William Coleman. former resi-
dent of this county. told of spending
eighteen years in Whitmire. He
said he had brought into the coun-
" of Newberry more definite,
tangible property than any other
person. He believed in coopera-
tive marketing among other things.
declaring that the residents Of the
state must put their heads together
educatie nally. financially and in
dustrially to bring about the well
fare Of the state.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-19
Farmer May Get
Special Discount
Federal Reserve Board Con-
sidering Proposal for Low
Discount Rate on Agricul-
tural Paper

Washington. Aug. 15.-Estab-
lishment of a special rediscount
rate Of 3 1-2 per cent on agricul-
tural paper is under consideration
by the federal reserve board, Off
Gals said today. The proposal has
been laid before the federal re-
serve banks. it was explained, and
action by the board IS being with
held pending their replies, al
though, officials indicated, the sug-
gestion was not meeting with favor
generally.
AS suggested, officials explained,
the special farm rate would enable
banks which made loans for agri-
cultural purposes-upon the Sc
curity of farm products-to re-
discount at 3 1-2 per cent. which
is one-half per cent below the low
est reserve rate now in effect, if the
rate charged by the banks to the
origina eberRower.did not: exceed 6
per cent. A special farm products
rate, officials recalled, was in eff
feet in 1918, but was discontinued.
s
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-19
CONSUMPTION
EXCEEDSC0TT0N
PRODUCTION
Worlds Mills U Sc d,
1,H7, 900 More Bales
Of Cotton Than Was
Produced in 1921

Washington, August 1.-THE
worlds production of commercial
cotton, exclusive Of linters, grown
in 1921, was approximately 15,-
10000 bales of 47S pounds lint,
while the consumption exclusive Of
linters in the United States was
approximately 1G.914,000 the census
bureau announced. The consunnp-
ton during July was 304,936 bales.
compared with 336,3S7 in June and
24l,S43 in July Of last year.
American consumption of cotton
for the year was 5,a11,914 bales,
exclusive OF inters Of which there
were over a million bales more
than consumed in the cotton year
of 1921.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-19
Germany Pleads
Bankruptcy
Note Sent to Allied Govern
ments Alleging Inability to
Pay Pre-War Debts

Berlin. Aug. Is (By the Asso-
ciated Press)) THE German gov
ernment today addressed a note
20 the British. French. Italian and
Belgian governments declaring that
in consequence of the demand for
foreign currency to pay for urgent
ly needed necessaries Of life. and in
consequence Of the fall in the val-
ue of the mark, it could not meet
the clearing house installment of
. 1000 .000 pouads due today in
payment Of pre-war debts, to al
lied nationals.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-19

the. bridge if Lancaster received
such aid. The commission inform
ed Mr.. Adgerton that as soon as
the two counties We're prepared to
match federal aid it would be ap-
propriated when funds were avail
able.
Senator L. A. Hutson of Orange
burg and Senator A. NJ Kennedy Of
Barnwell came before the commits
sion in an effort to arrange for
federal aid to match the two coun-
ties in building a bridge over the
South Edisto river on the road
leading from Springfield to VIII
liston and on to Augusta. The
bridge would cost around $4,000.
it was estimated. No funds are
available and no action was taken.
DR.. A. r. Johnston of ST. George
was present. being interested in the
matter. P. E. Dukes Of Branchville
also appeared in interest Of speed
ing up the county in getting started
on the road from Branchville to
Dorange. The county has prom
ised to build this road without state
aid, this being done to get trans
fer of federal aid to the bridge
over the Edisto at the city limits
OF Orangeburg. The commission
was unable to do anything for Mr..
Dukes as the county has assured it
that the road will be built by next
year.
The commission allotted $4,000
federal aid to Marlboro county for
the construction OF a gravel road
from Bennettsvilfe to the Dillon
county line. 1t also appropriated
$4,000 aid to Horny county for
road from Socastee to Murrell's
Inlet. this to be paid as soon as
available out of the special fund
for aid to county roads and
bridges from the 90 per cent. OF
the motor vehicle license fund.
A resolution was passed asking
the state health officer to investi-
gate WoIhluS III Tic SsiH-
tee river swamp with view to
protecting men working on the
Santee bridge from malaria.
Charles II. Mooreheld, the state
highway engineer. was asked to
call upon all maintenance forces
to cooperate with county officials.
the American Legion and any and
all other orga niZations in planting
trees to beautify any memorial or
other road in the state.
The commission agreed to allow
Spartanburg county $4,000 out of
the 1922 motor vehicle license ac-
cruals for county road purposes.
a request from Clarendon coun-
ty that the road from Manning to
Florence by way Of Turbeviile and
olanta be added to the state sys-
tenn was referred to Engineer
Moorefield for Investigation.
All members Of the commission
were present at the meeting.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-19

Paris. Aug. A (By the Associa;-
ed Press) Premier Poincare has
called a meeting of the French
cabinet for Wednesday to consider
the international situation. it wa'
announced today. The premier will
renew his instructions to NJ. Loms
Dubois. president of the repara-
tions commission. TO oppose the
proposed moratorium for GermanH
it also was learned.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-19

Petersburg. Va, Aug. 17.-Halt-
ing an enclosed truck last night at
Nottoway. river a federal prohibition
agent looking for liquor, captured
eighteen Cinnamon apparently be
ing sn1uggled from Florida to New
York.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-19

Knoxville, Tenn, Aug. 14.-Steps
will be taken Immediately to re-
open the Costcr shops Of the South
ern railway here. 0. B, Keister.
general superintendent of the lines
east. announced tonight on receipt
of a communication from President
Fairfax Harrison.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-19
POINCARE IS
OPPOSED To II
MORATORIUM

LOllOOu, aug. - Wy Lie Assn
ciated Press The 18th allied
conference on German reparations
broke down today, agreeing to- dis
agree" as the spokesmen for both
France and Great Britain putt.
there having been a complete lack
of unanimity on the important
points discussed.
From it's commencement the
conference seemed predestined to
failure, according to the views ex-
pressed by close observers of the
situation, and these observers to-
night are of the opinion that the
failure indicates utter. incompatible
ity between the policie of Great
Britain and France to Germany.
To what extent the recent note
Of Earl Balfour contributed to to-
days results is partly evidenced by
the line Of the 18th hour attempts
by Signor Schanzer, the leading
Italian delegate, at mediation with
Premier Lloyd George at Chequers
Court Sunday. when the Italian
foreign minister proposed that dis
cussion of a moratorium for Ger
! many should be adjourned until the
various countries had carried out
their debt funding negotiations
with the United States.
Mr.. Lloyd George submitted this
proposition to the conference to-
day but, although it was supported
by the other delegates. it was op-
posed by Premier Poincare and
thereupon Mr.. Lloyd George declar-
ed he was unable to agree to an
adjournment of the conference
without a moratorium.
The situation now appears that
the conference has separated with
out any idea of a new conference.
The British government insists up
on a moratorium as an imperative
precedent to any further negotia-
lions. On the ohter hand, NJ.
Poincare resoiute!y refuses a mora
torium. unless it is accompanied
by what he calls guarantees.
The English critics of the situa-
ton as between England and
France saw no other outcome from
the first. They held that NJ. Poin-
care feared his parliament and ap-
pretended a fall like that of form
er> Premier BRAND if he yielded to
British persuasion. The previous
allied conferences concerning Ger
many generally have ended with
some show of surface agree
ment between the policies of Great
Britain and France. This was al
most the first occasion on which
the delegates agreed TO differ
The situation is considered all
the more serious. viewing the con-
tinuous fall in the mark and the
fact that nothing whatever has
been decided upon beyond a tenn,
porary suspension Of the repa-s
rations payment due by Germany
tomorrow. The whole question
again is thrown into the hands ot
the reparations commission and to-
night neither from the French nor
British delegations could anything
be cleaned concerning the next
step to be taken. Both sides are
awaiting further discussions NJ
their respective cabinets.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-19

Paris, August 17-Premier Poin-
caire has ordered the French Debt
Commission, headed by Jean V.
Pasmentier, to return to Paris from
Washington Immediately. it was
learned today, to report the results
of the conversation with American
officials regarding the liquidation of
the French debt in the United
States.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-19
Surrendered to Sheriff

Augusta. Ga, August 7.Corrie
Caldwell, the youth who shot and
killed John Davis. merchant. in
an altercatien yesterday in the Da-
Wis Place. across the river from
here. surrendered to the sheriff OF
Aiken county, 8. c., late last might.
according to information this morn
ing.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-19

New York, Aug. 17.-Samaieo
Correio took off from the waters
of Jamaica bay at 7.2O this morn
ing for Charleston, the first stop in
a $500 mile fight from New York
to Rio de Janeiro.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-19

How the consuming pubic will
view this new tariff bill, every
schedule of which contains as
great scandals as that involved in
the wool tax, will hardly have time
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-19
A chorus girl would make for
tune if she were centipede.

Winter styles follow Grecian
lines: but with coal strike Eski-
mo lines would be the best.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-19


tendant thereon.
One Of the worst iniquities of the
Smoot bill is the wool tariff, laid
upon the backs OF more than one
hundred millions Of users of wool
for the benefit of less than. half a
million growers of wool. Under
the present (Underwood) tariff law
there is no import tax on raw
wool. We use 100000. 600 pounds
Of this product per year, and tariff
or no tariff, in the past we have.
not. on average, produced in this
country more than about half of
the amount we use. Hence, the
new tariff rate Of 33 cents per,
pound on the secured wool means
that this will be added to each
pound of the 120,900,0 900 pounds
imported and will go into the
treasury, but it Will also be added
to the home product and go into
the pockets of the American wool
growers. some OF the. wealthiest ef
whom are occupying seats in the
senate and have just succeeded in
killing Senator Caraway's resolu-
ton to investigate their pocket
book interest in the legislation
they are fastening on the people.
It would not be so serious bur-
den if the increase in the cost of
articles made of wool should end
with the tax of. s3 cents per
pound, but the truth is that it only
begins there. After the wool is
secured it becomes subject to a
sliding scale Of increased tariffs.
each intended to fatten the manu-
facturer who puts It through the
next process, SO that the carder.
yarn manufacturer, cloth weaver
and clothing maker Will get their
slice out of the diminished dollar of
the public. The tariff protection
of the clothing manufacturer alone
is fifty cents, SO that by the time
the suit of clothes gets to the deal
er it is calculated by Senator
Walsh of Massachusetts. who is in
charge Of the wool schedule for
the Democrats. that about FIVE
dollars will be added to the cost of
a suit OF course the dealer bases
his selling price on the cost to him,
which involves another raise. de-
pending on what percentage he
adds for overhead and profit. On
a heavy overcoat the increase will
be considerably greater. On a
woman's suit or coat it will be al ]
most as great.
The wool tariff which will add
about forty millions to the pockets
Of the wool growers will take from
the pockets of the wool users. in
tax and profits to: manufacturers in
addition to the tax that goes into
the treasury, about $50. 600. 900 per
year. This is enough to stagger
the man who is lying awake
nights trying to figure out a way to
make ends meet. 1t is well to re-
member that this new tax is laid
under the excuse of increasing. the
prosperity of class of men al
ready prosperous, the big wool
growers of Il few western states.
incidentally and throu g h the
courage of Senator Caraway in ex-
posing the personal interests of
half dozen western Republican
it develops that the po-
litical control of these states the
senate seats which they hold and
hence control of the senate itself.
are all involved in this new iniquity,
a 33-cents duty on wool.
How ths consuming pubic will
view this new tariff bill, every
schedule of which contains as
great scandals as that involved in
the wool tax, will hardly have time
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-19
UBIQUITOUS
WOOL TARIFF
TAX ON POOR
Republican Contribu-
ton to Wool Grow
ers and Manufac-
turers $4,000, 900
a Year =

Washington, Aug. 14.-For sew
eral years the average American
family has been fighting and seek
ing to evade the encroachments of
the high cost Of living, has been
economiZing and pursuing the elu-
sive bargain sale, mending, clean
ing, patching and hoping for bet
ter days. when dollar might be
expected to buy q dollars worth OF
food or clothing. Some material
decreases have aroused hope
which the pending tariff bill is des-
tinued to utterly destroy. The cost
of living, which has been some
what reduced, is about to take 8
turn upward. In the things we eat
this will hardly be noticed, for the
producer Of things which grow out
of the ground will get no more for
his products by reason OF the tariff,
but in all of the manufactured ar
ticles the increases will be consid-
cradle. For every group and class
of manufacturers there will be
tax on one class-the consumers.
These unfortunates, in their eapa.c-
ity as consumers, will receive no
benefits themselves but will have
to contribute to the increased in
come of every man benefited by
this special class legislation. The
new high tariff rates, always de-
structive in their past history, will
again impoverish the buyers and
thus take the market away from
the sellers, who will consequently
be unable to buy from manufac-
turers their wares for which there
has come a diminished market.
and when these things befall. less.
labor is required in the factories,
hence general unemployment, hard
times and all of the miseries at.
tendant thereon.