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CAPITOL CORRESPONDENCE..
Senate Chamber,
Columbia, S. C., January 30th, 1909.
The past week has been the most
strenuous we have ever had during the
session, it is work, work, work, and to
those who are not in position to under
stand, it would seem as if the general
assembly was giving most of its time and
attention'to the elections now pending,
and doing very little on the work of law
making, but in this they are mistaken.
The elections, it is true, are cutting into
the days we are there, but they inter
fere only a little with the actual work,
as we meet early and get off of the cal
endars as many bills as possible before
going into joint session, and practically
all of the local measures get acted up
on.
All of the bills introduced by me in
the senate, with but one exception, have
.passed the senate, and are now pending
in the House, with the assurance of the
House delegation that they will be put
through without delay. The delegation
from Clarendon has worked harmoni
ously, and each member is doink what
he can to promote the best interests of
Clarendon.
On Friday afternoon we had our first
- delegation meeting to consider local af
fairs. We had before us the recommen
dation of County Auditor Burgess, as to
who shall be the township tax assessors,
we Rent over the list carefully, and
. agreed to have the assessors as recom
mended with only such changes as the
individual members would suggesst for
his section. In Salem Mr. Green with
a view to getting men from different
sections of a township made three chang
es, otherwise the list is as Mdr. Burgess
recommends. The following are the as
sessors recommended to the Governor:
Fulton.-Dr. P. M. Sally, P. H.
Broughton, H. B. Richardson, Jr.
Calvary.-George Tindal, P. B.
Hodge, W. E. Tisdale.
Friendship.-J. S. Cante3y, C. W.
Brqwn, A. P. Brock.
Sb. Pauls.-J. H. King, W. A. Rich
bourg, David Levi.
St. Marks.-I. N. Tobias, W. A. Low
*der. G. G. Thames.
Midway.-J. R. Barrow, S. W. McIn
tosh, Samuel Johnson.
New Zion.-J. H. Garland, J. P. Bud
din, P. M- Gibbon.
Douglas.-S. C. Turbeville, F. N.
Thomas, E. M. Kennedy.
Sandy Grove -Luther McFaddin, R.
E. Burgess, Silas Floyd.
Plowden Mill.--J. M. Montgomery, D.
C. Shaw, W. M. Davis.
Harmony.-E. R. Plowden, W. E.
Daniels, R. D. Thompson.
Santee.--C. H. Bradley, W. G. Frier
son, John W. Clark.
St. James.-Jeff - M. Davis, M. E.
Brunson, I. Y. Eaden.
Manning -A. Weinberg, W. .?'. Les
esne, Jno. W. Ridgill.
Sammy Swamp.-A. A. Broadway, J.
W. Mims, T. J. Tisdale.
Mt. Zion.-W. H. Muldrow, E. C.
Coskrey, 0. J1. Haley.
Brewington.-W. T.?P. Sprott, S. M.
Haynesworth, E. M. Fulton.
Concord.-L. T. Fischer, J. S. Watt,
J. D. Rutledge..
The delegation then took up the mat
ter of considering the appointment of
county commissioners. Dr. C.B. Geiger,
notified the delegation that he would not
serve another term, and Mr. P. B Broad
way who has served from the Pinewood
section a number of years wrote to a
member of the- delegation that he did
notcare to serve if he was not the unan
imous choice of the delegation.
All of us appreciate the services Mr.
Broadway has given the county, having
every confidence in his faithfulness. and
know he did the best he could for the
county, but inasmuch as one of the pres
ent board refuses to serve any longer,
some of the delegation felt it would per.
haps be more satisfactory to the people
were an entirely new board named, and
thereby give another section of the
county representation on the board.
SThe delegation therefore agreed to
recommend as commissioners Mr. F. C
Thomas, of Manning, and Mr. John D).
Gerald of Summerton, both of whom are
recognized business men, who in our
opinion should give to the county a first
class service. Mr. Thomas is a man of
affairs, and it was only after much per
suasion that he consented to serve. Mr.
Gerald is an energetic business man, a
man of practical ideas, with a mechani
cal turn of mind. The two gentlemen
are endowed with financial and mechan
ical ability, and should give to the coun
tv~ a business administration.
In connection with this appointment,
and in order that they may have a voice
in the administration of our county gov
ernment, I have introduced a bill which
has passed the senate, and will prob
ably pass the House the coming week,
requiring the operation of the chain
gang shall be under the direction of the
board, instead of under the Supervisor
alone, thus, the Supervisor will have
the board to share with him the respon
sibility. This bill also requires that all
contracts made and all claims approved
must be by a majority vote of the board,
and by it, I hone there will be a more
economical han'dling of the chaingang,
an' that the board will so direct its op
era.ions, that the county will receive a
better distribution of the gang's work.
It will be remembered that I intro.
duced a bill looking to rid the county of
the stock on hand in the county dispen
sary, my purpose, I am sfi-e has been
misunderstood, as I havcgeard there is
an impression going abr ad that I cap
tiously desire to perpetuhte the dispen
sary by reopening it. 'If there is any~
such understanding on the part of peo
pie, it is a mistake, and absolutely for
eign to my intentions. As everybody
knows, I am not a Prohibitionist, and
was opposed to the closing of the dispen
sary, arguing, it would result in a loss
to the taxpayers. and not reduce the
ble extent, but the people thought oth
erwise, and by their votes the dispen
sary was closed: their action is final, and
I most cheerfully accept the result, did
I feel otherwise I would have contested
the illegal election, and blocked the Pro
hibitionists in the closing until the
courts rendered a decision. I did not
do this, which should be proof of no de
sire on my part to defy the expression
of the people. But another condition
has arisen, Clarendon has several thous
and dollars locked up in its dispensary.
What are we to do with it? Under the
law the board of control are in charge
of, and responsible for it, their pay and
expenses continue, I am informed, at
the rate of S185 per month, something
must be done to get rid of the stock and
expense, or the taxpayers will have a
still heavier burden.
I was informed, tne board has made
honest efforts to dispose of the stock
without success, the uncertainty of
what action the legislature would take
on the liquor question, no doubt has
something to do with the failure of the
board to sell in bulk.
On my return home I made inquiries
of the Bon:rd to ascertain what efforts
they had made to dispose of the stock,
and what propositions had been made
to them, and I received the following
reply. Under the law as it stands to
day, the Board could not. even if dis
posed to do so. accept a propositIon tc
sell on credit.
Manning. S. C.. February 1st. 1909.
Hon. Louis Appelt. Columbia. S. C.
Dear Sir:
in reply to yourr inquiry as regards oflei
made us by Williamsburg Board. would say
Mr. Epps. of the Williamsburg Board visitet
us on January 13th and exhibited bid made hiL
Board made by Chester. asking us if we coult
equal or better Chester's bid. This bid offerec
s per cent. whiskeys: 12 per cent. on wines: 2(
per cent. beers, goods delivered. 90 days it
which to pay for them. or an additional 2 pci
cent. for spot cash.
As we could entertain no proposition likt
a credit sale. we offered them as per our bid 0
January tsnd. a discount of io per cent. and de
liver goods. if entire stock was taken. As w
had no beers, we considered this really a bette
bid than Chester's. Williamsburg Board openet
bids on January 25th and we have been expect
ing to hear favorably from them, realizing a
we did, that they would not likely have a lowe:
bid. We made same offer to Sumter and Orange
burg. Sumter declining our bid, with no repl:
whatever from Williamsbury and Orangeburg
Yours truly.
A. H. BREEDIN.
Secretary Dispensary Board Clarendon Co.
I therefore deemd e it most expedi
ent to introduce a bill providing for thf
disposition of the stock. The bill is a
follows:
A Bil to Authorize the Opening the Count:
Dispensary in Clarendon County for the pur
pose of selling the stock of liquors in said Dis
pensary.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of th(
State of South Carolina.
Section. 1. That immediately after the ap
proval of this Act the County Board of Con
trol of Clarendon County be authorized anc
empowered to open the county dispensary ii
Clarendon County for the purpose of disposin:
of the stock of liquors now on hand either t1
wholesale or retail lots, and shall keep said dis
pensary open until said stock of liquors is en
tirely disposed of and that the money derive<
from the sale of said liquors. after the paymen
of all outsanding obligations, shall be divide<
as now provided by law: Provided. however
That the said County Board of Control shal
not while the said dispensary is open, purchas
any liquors for sale or add to the present stocl
m any way whatever.
The introduction of this bill brough
forth a protest from some of the Man
ning Prohibitionists, some of whom .
am glad to state give me credit for hon
esty of purpose, and these I will statl
also, and Prohibitionists from principle
and not from political expediency, whil;
some others are in the prohibition ban(
wagon because it is heading towards -
political job. This class of prohibition
ists are so loud-mouthed ir :heirprofes
sions of purity, they are aiout to crow<
the real, sincere Prohibitionists off o
the front seat, and are making so mucl
noise they are about tc drown the voic
of men who are religiously opposed t
the sale of intoxicants-men whose live
are a living example of the principle.
The political prohibs will not admi
honesty of purpose in men who ar
frank enough to differ from them; the;
would monopolize all of the virtues fo
themselves, these men are intolerant
and frequently their zeal lifts the vei
from their hyprocrisy to the extent tha
they disgust sincere Prohibitionists
Only a few days ago a gentleman from
Clarendon was in Columbia. and he is:
Prohibitionist, in conversation with m
said, "I am a Prohibitionist from prir
ciple and would be gratified to have th
experiment tried, but I am disguste
with the intolerance and fanaticism
see monifested. Why do not these prc
fessing moralists turn their attention t
other evils besides whiskey drinking
they have nothing to say about payin
their debts, and some of them will no
pay a debt. I regard a man who will no
pay his debts as worse than the man wh
sells-or drinks whiskey: when a man at
tempts to go out on a moral crusade h
should first clense himself not only c
the evils of liquor drinking, but h
should have regard for honesty. chasti
tv and decent conduct in private as we:
public." I agree with this man exactly
I have no patience with the man whoi
a moral leper, who rides at the head C
the procession in a crusade against whis
key; a man should not in my opinion, b
a potential force in the prohibition caus
whose breath stinks from ordered, o
blind tiger whiskey, who leads a dissc
lute life in private, and because the las
cannot reach him destroys the conti
dence of a neighbor when trusted for:
few dollars-perhaps the food he eati
and the clothes upon his back. However
I stand at attention. with uncoveres
head to he who comes to me clear 1:
in heart and purpose, and will give th
views of such my most careful and re
speciful attention. I will, if possibl
without violating my conscience, em
deavor to find a way to agree to he]:
him in his purpose.
The bill above reproduced, as will b
seen, only had for its purpose to reope:
the dispensary to sell what is now il
that establishment and no more, but ot
jection is made from some of the citi
zeus of Manning. A delegation of Mar
ningites, self appointed I presume, as
have not heard of any meeting to dele
gate them, came to Columbia to protes
against the bill. There presence wa
altogether unnecessary, nor did thes
protestents have any weight with th
committee in its conclusion to repor
my bill unfavorable. The chairm'an c
this committee, who is a Prohibitionis
informed me before the bill was ever re
ferred to his committee that it woul
receive an unfavorable report from hit
but inasmuch as he had promised to giv
he parties objecting a hearing, h
would not hand in his report until the;
have been heard.
The gentlemen who appeared wer
Messrs. P. B. Mouzon, Charlton Du
Rant, J. H. Lesesne, Joseph Sprott, C
R. Sprott, J. W. Rigby and Rt. D. Clark
They broughtwith them a petition sigr
ed by citizens of Manning, and I thin1
two persons outside of Manning protest
ing against the reopening of the disper
sary. I will state that some of the sigm
ers of the petition expressed to me per
sonally the Sunday before, just the re
verse of what the petition sets out, an<
since then some of these same petitiom
ers told me they signed the petition up
on certain representations made to them
the representations they claim tha
were made to them and not in accord
ance with facts. The representatio
made, as I understand them, was tha
the county board could have sold th
stock at but a small discount-about
per cent discount and the offer was re
jected. If this is the representatio1
made, and is was this that induced som
of the signatures, the facts were cer
tainly misrepresented: if the statement
given so me by a member of the boar<
is true. However, the petition nor th
delegation brought about the unfavor
able report of the bill. When the com
mittee made its report I had the bil
placed on the calendar, since then
have prepared another bill which I liki
better, but this too has an unfavorabl<
report from the same committee. It
now a second reading on the calendar
and I propose to substitute it for m;
first. Is provides for a removal of th<
board of control, and turn the dispen
sarv over to one man to dispose of th<
property in the dispensary, and instea<
of paying a salary, he will get his coml
per cent. I like this better than the
first, because it, will stop the expense
that is eating its way into the assets,
and by it. there is a greater probability
of getting rid of the stock more expedit
iously, and the commissioner cannot get
any pay from it until he sells. The fol
lowing is the bill:
A bill to provide for the creation of a Com
mission to take charge and dispose of the stock
of liquors and other property of the dispensary
in Clarendon county.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina.
Section 1. That immeciately upon the ap
proval of teis Act the Covernor upon the recon
mendation of the Clarendon delegation in the
General Assembly. shall appoint one person
who shall be a citizen of the County of Claren
don. to be known as the County Dispensary
Commissioner.who shall be required to enter in
tobond in the sum of $5.0 in a surety company
approved by the Clerk of, the Court of said
county.
Section 2. That the present Board of Control
for said county is hereby required upon the
presentation of his commission from the gov
ernor, tnrn over to said commissioner all stock
and :roods belongir r to the dispensary of Clar
endon. takin- his re. . ipt therefor.
Section 3. That said Commissioner is author
ized and is hereby empowered to sell and dis
pose of all property belonging to the said dis
pensary in Clarendon county at. the earliest
possible moment. upon such terms. and at such
price as may be deemed most exprdient to him.
Section 4. That the proceeds ar- sing from the
sale and disposition of said stock and property
shall be turned over to the county treasurer to
be divided and applied as now required by law
Sec 5. Thatthe said Commissioner shall before
turning saiq monies into the treasury. pay -he
just claims against said dispensary. and for his
services as said Commissioner he shall receive
a commission of three per cent. of ihe gross
sales.
Section 6. All Acts and parts of Acts intcon
sistent with this Act is hereby repealed.
Mr. Scarborough introduced a joint
resolution in the House, having similar
provisions as the above bill, with this
difference. He confines the commission
er to sell at a discount of not over 20
per cent, and limits the time to sell
thirty days, and provides two per cent
commission for his services. I cannot
agree to a proposition that puts on a
limitation, because the party to whom
this property is entrusted should be
such a man we can confide a discretion
to do the best he can. and the fact of his
depending upon a sale to get his own
pay he will expedite matters.
Limit him to a price, and if he fails
to secure a purchaser at the price the
stock hangs on, with the expense of
rent and insurance going right on. It is
my judgment that Mr. Scarborough
should not press his joint resolution, as
it can only bring on confusion and de
feat both bills, laving the county with
out relief. I shall try and dissuade him
from his purpose to press his measure
so that the solid delegation will approve
. of my bill now pending. Messrs. Dingle
and Green favor my bill.
Mr. DuRant when before the commit
tee expressed himself as favoring a bill
introduced by Senator Wharton of
Laurens, and the Wharton bill also has
the approval of senator Otts, chairman
of the Prohibition committee. The bill
- does not mee'; with my approval at all.
It is simply amending the Carey-Coth
ran Act in only on particular, it strikes
out the words "for cash, and inserts "to
be paid for in ninety days, or to pur
chasers ourside of the State, for cash."
The following is the Wharton amend
me-!t:
- Section 35. In the event that a Dispensarv
[ be established under the provisions of this Act
in any county, and thereafter an election be
- held hereunder, resulting in the disestablish
x ment of the same. the County Dispensary
Board in such couniy shall immediately close
the dispensaries therein, dispose of the stock
i on hahd to some other county dispensary board,
to be paid for within ninety days, or to pur
L chasers outside of this State, for cash, apply
the proceeds thereof, with any other assets, to
- the payment of outstanding obligations, and
- divide the net proceeds as hereinbefore pro
I vided for dispensary profits.
f My objection is this; the law as it now
I stands permits the sale to other county
' dispensaries, or to parties outside of the
) state for cash, and under this law our
i board have failed to sell after making
an industrious effort to sell, as well as
I it could be done by mail. The legisla
B ture cannot make another county buy
Sour liquor, and the other county boards
e are not disposed for various reasons, to
,invest, we cannot force Sumter to buy
lour stock. Oh! say some, if our bid is
t the lowest they must buy ours or it will
-be known there is corruution. Not nec
2 essarily so. Whiskey under the law is
t bought by a certain requirement. Be
B fore purchasing the county board must
- advertise for the kind and quantity of
a liquor wanted and must buy at the low
iest bid. Williamsburg advertises foi'
[ whiskey, the Clarendon board find they
- have nothing in stock advertised for,
) Florence advertises, and our board find
Sit has one barrel of a brand Florence
I wants, but it calls for fifty barrels, does
it not stand to reason, the Florence
t board will not consider a bid for one
3 barrel when it advertises for fifty? Then
-again, Sumter advertises; the Claren
B don board finds it has some of what
f Sumter wants, but finds it has been bot
tied and reduced by adulteration with
- water. Will Sumter take it? There is
1 nothing to the Wharton amendment but
-to keep the board of control drawing
s pay, with absolutely no assurance of
f ever selling the goods. I am opposed to
- it, and since I have shown the Wharton
B amendment as printed, to one of the
B gentlemen who came to Columbia to
r protest against my original bill, and
- who at the committee meetinig expressed
7 his approval of the Wharton amend
-ment, is now, since he sees and under
.stands it, as much opposed to it as I am.
I am not betraying any confidence when
,I say this gentleman is Mr. - Joseph
1Sprott, and he approves of my bill look
ing to the appointment of a commission
B er. No one will for a moment suspect
-Mr. Sprott of being prompted by other
B than the purest motives, he has read
the Wharton amendment, and does not
approve of it, he has read my bill and
endorses it, as the quickest and best
B route to relief junder the circumstanc
2 es. Mr. DuRant approves the Wharton
1 amendment. and thinks the liquor
-should remain in the charge of te
- board until disposed of instead of put
- ting in the charge of one commissioner.
I I will take my chances of my action
-meeting with the people's approval by
t pressing for relief through my bill
s which has the approval of so good and
sincere a man as Joseph Sprott is uni
B versally known to be.
t I attended the reception given by the
f chamber of Commerce at the Columbia
t Club last Wednesday. I drank punch
- and champagne, enjoyed the occasion
I very much and do not now feel any re
1 morse of conscience from it. The other
B members of the delegation were there
B also, but I was watching the sparkles
in my own glass of wine, and had no
time or inclination to observe their
B movements.
- The senate adjourned Friday after
.noon until Tuesday night, this gave me
-an opportunity to be home Saturday. I
-have taken advantage of it by pushing
C uu the county Supervisor to furnish me
-with an accurate statement of ,the coun
- tv's financial condition. The statements
- heretofore furnished me are misleading
- and if acted upon may cause the delega
- tion to raise the tax levy unnecessarily
high. I want facts as well as figures. Mr.
- MFaddin is as anxious to furnish the
- desired informaition, and in order that I
.may get what I want and need, he has
t secured the services of Mr. R. C. Wells
- who will spend Saturday and Monday
1 to get up this information.
t I shonld have stated that Messrs. J.
H. Lesesne, Charlton DuRant and Jos.
5Sprott made speeches wvhen before the
- committee. I defined my position, and
declared my only purpose is to get the
people of Clarendon out of a bad predic
- ament at the least possible cost. I went
5 so far as to propose that I was willing
i to destroy the liquor in the dispensary
B if the money was raised to put the cost
-of it into the county treasury, and I of
-rdtostart the subscription with -100.
1Iwsin earnest, meant every word that
I uttered. Mr. Spr-ott said he would sub
scribe $100 also. Now 1 renew the prop
osition if the people are opposed to sell
ing their valuables to Sister Nancy,
, then let them go down into their pock
ets, pay in to the treasury the cost of the
liquor, and I head the list with $100.
- In this way the taxpavers do not have a
loss forced upon them, and the over
conscientious need not lie awake fight
- ing remorse for having sold to a sister
Scounty that which biteth like a serpent
md stingeth like an adder. By paying
For the stuff and spilling it out on the
zround as proposed, not even the dis
,ensary heathens will charge us with
2olding tainted money. Cough up, shut
ip, or let me alone. "A."
Deafness Cannot be Cured
>y localapplications, as they cannot reach the
liseased portion of the ear. There is only one
xay'to cure deafness, and that is by constitu
ioal remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
lamed condition or the mucous lining- of the
Bustachian Tube. When this tube gets inflam
,d you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear
ng, and when it is entirely closed deafness is
.he result, and unless the inflammation can be
,aken out and this tube restored to its normal
ondition.hearirg will be destroyed forever: nine
:ases out of ten are caused by catarrh. which is
nothing but an inflamed condition of the mu
-ous surfaces.
We will give One Hunared Dollars for any
zase of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for
,-irculars. free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0.
Sold by druggists. ")
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
The killing of that Yeggman
at Laurens last week was a sure
means of putting a bad man out
of business, but at what a fearful
cost to the community! That po
liceman's life was of untold value,
and it is a pity it had to be for
feited for the protection of the
public. This one instance affords
but slight indication of how much
wickedness and crime costs the
world.
THE TIMES is not an apologist
or defender of liquor selling per
se, nor of liquor buying or liquor
using. It does not approve of
raising money by selling liquor
for the purpose of building roads
or paying official salaries. It sim
ply recognizes an indisputable
fact that Clarendon county has a
liquor business on its hands and
stands ready to aid in an honor
able solution of the problem.
Life at The Citadel.
Editor The Manning Times:
Perhaps there are some alumni
of The Citadel in my county whc
still have an interest in the worlk
being done at this institution,
and who would like very much
to hear a word or two as to how
things are moving along at theii
alma mater. In looking through
the register of our school we find
not a few men from Clarendor
who have already received theit
diplomas, and have gone out in
to the world to make a name foi
themselves and for the school al
which they received their train.
ing. We cannot as yet speak frorx
experience when we say it, bu
we believe that a gradaate of z
college has at all times the inter
ests of his alma mater at hearl
and stands ready to do anything
that Will promote her standing
He is also anxious to hear the re
sult of a foot bal game, or somE
oratical contest, because-the "col
lege spirit", which he had when
student is not yet dead. It is oum
purpose to keep those in touci
with. the school, and to inforn
others as to what we are doing
at the."West Point of the South.'
:As tbe usual thing the life of
cadet at any school is more or less
monotonous. From reveille unti
taps the routine of work each da3
is.much ttie same. Guard mount
ing, recitations and'drill are dal3
occurrences with 'the exceptioz
of Saturday and Siinday at suck
a school. With all these."thing:
a cadet is kept busy and finds onl3
a little time for recreation.
The preliminary oratical con
test to select a speaker to repre
sent us in the state oratical con
test held at Greenwood in May
will soon be held. Those who are
to speak in the preliminary con
test are hard at work preparing
their orations. Among the mem
bers are W. S. Workman, '09: C
P. Cornwell, '10; and C. M. Pil
gram, '10. It will be remember
ed that our representative las1
year come out third in the state
contest.
Our new superintendent, Col
U. J. Bond, is up after a long at
tack of typhoid fever, but he ha
not yet taken the work of th
academy again in hand. Durina
his sickness Maj. St. James Oum.
mings, the professor of English,
has acted as superintendent.
Mudh interest is being taker- it
the track team at present. We
have only an hour in the after
noons to practice for such, bu1
several boys can be seen at tha1
time out on the square running
jumping, vaulting, and othei
things pertaining to a track team,
Capt. Louis S. LeTellier, instruc
tor in drawing, is coaching the
squad. Some time in the nea2
future there will be a track mee1
between (The Citadel, Charlestor
College, the city Y. M. C. A.,
Porter Military Academy, and
probably the high school of thli
city. We are confident of carry
ing off many of the honors or
that day as we have some good
material. During the hour allow
ed for practice, one of our best
runners runs around Marior
Square more tthan twenty times,
a distance of about six miles. He
has run a mile in less than six
minutes.
Our foot ball season has long
since close. We made the best
record last fall with the excep
tion of the season of '06 that we
have ever made. In 1906 we not
only did not lose a game, but
were not even scored against, one
of the games was a tie, however.
The past season the Carolina
bunch was the only one to defeat
us. Among those defeated by us
were Charleston College, the
Medical College and Mercer Un
iversity of Georgia.
In base ball we expect to be
more successful this season than
last. Christopher Matthews, man
ager of the Charleston league
team, has been secured as coach
and it is believed that he will de
velop a good team. We have some
good material in the freshman
class.
Our glee club is busy now work
ing up a minstrel which we pro
pose to give at one of the thea
toriums some night in the near
future. The proceeds will go to
the athnoletic association.
The two literary societies have
already elected their representa
tives for the inter-collegiate de
bate between this institution rand
Charleston college. Mr. S. L.
Rigby, '09, of Spartanburg, was
elected by the Polytechnie socie
ty, and Mr. W. S. Workman, '09,
of Charleston, is the representa
tive from the Calliopean. We lost
in this debate last year, but so
great is the rivalry between the
two institutions that our men will
put forth every effort to win in
this one.
Last Tuesday being Gen. Lee's
birthday, the corps attended the
memorial exercises given under
the auspices of the U. D. C., at
the German Artillery Hall that
night. The address made by Mr.
Robt. E. Lee, grandson of the
distinguished general, surpassed
anything we have ever heard up
on the subject of the Southern
Confederacy.
President-elect Wm. H. Taft
arrived inthe city Saturday, com
ing here from Augusta. He left
this morning on the U. S. cruiser
North Carolina, for Panama. We
saw Mr. Taft yesterday, but it
was only at a distance. It was
our good fortune to go aboard the
cruiser, which was in the harbor
Saturday and Sunday, and then
get some idea as to the kind of
life a sailor has to live. It was
reported a short time ago that
the corps of cadets would attend
the inaugural exercises at Wash
ington in March. The report was
circulated by the boys and webe
lieve it to be an erroneous one.
. In conclusion I wish to say that
the life of a cadet is by no means
an easy one. He is ever busy at
tending to military duties. Yet
the milifary featare is an excel
lent thing, and the longer our
stay here, the more pleased are
w. with it.
A CLARENDON CADET.
S. C. M. A., Charleston, S. C.,
January 25, 1909.
Soldier Balks Death Plot.
It seemed to J. A. Stone, a civil war
veteran, of Kemp, Tex., that a plot ex
isted between a desperate lung trouble
and the grave to cause his death. "I
contracted'a stubborn cold." he writes,
"that developed a cough that stuck to
me, in spite of all remedies, for years.
My weight ran down to 130 pounds.
Then I began to use Dr...King's New
Discovery, which restored my health
completely. I now weigh 178. pounds."
For severe Cold, obstinate Coughs, Hem
orrhages. Asthma, and to prevent Pneu
I monia it's unrivaled. 50c. and $1.00
Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by Dr. W.
E. Brown & Co., and J. E. Arant.
Sardinia News.
Editor The Manning times:
After a month of beautiful
weather we are having good and
cold with thermometer 20 below
freezing point most of the farm
ers was ready to plant-corn, and
didnot think they would bother
about covering their tobacco
beds, but when that breeze from
the Arctic~ regions started in on
Friday night tney was found
hunting around for all the
blankets they could spare from
their own beds to protect their
tobacco with.
Mr. F. L. Collins and family
has moved into the parsonage,
(we have a.young minister from
the Seminary to preach to us)
I think though Mr. Collins will
make us a good neighbor.
Mr. Clacious McFaddin is im
proving very very fast after an
illness of several months, with
typhc d fever.
Mrs. J. H. Garland* has been
quite sick but is improving.
Mr. W. J. Mellsap has moved
into his fine new house. We are
hoping that Bill will not find
it lonesome long in there. With
a nice new house to back his
good looks (?) up we don't see
no reason why.
Prof. Marsh of the New Zion
Graded School, will deliver a
lecture at the Sardinia Academy
on Thursday evening at 8 p. m.
Mr. R. .E. DuBose of the
"Road" is spending a few days
with relatives.
Mr. Hugh McFaddin"at home"
Friday evening from 8 to 1.1.
Mr. Frank McFaddin cannot
fully decide to farm this year
until he can get "fix."
Mr. Editor, there is being a
great deal said about' the stock
of whiskeyin the county dispen
sary. I think the best solution to
the problem would be to put on
a special 30 days sale at -reduce
prices and let the boys celebrate
prohibition in Clarendon Co. and
the county would get clear of
the goods at a fair price, and no
harm done.
UNCLE PIKE.
Boarse coughs and stuffy colds that
may develop into pneumonia over night
are quickly cured by Foley's Honey and
Tar. and it soothes inflamed membran
es, heals the lungs, and expels the cold
from the system. W. E. Brown & Co.
A Boy's Essay on Ducks.
A schoolboy assigned to pre
pare an essay on ducks, says the
National Food Magazine, wrote:
"The duck is a low. heavy-set
bird composed mostly of meat and
feathers. He is a mighty poor
singer,, having a hoarse voice,
caused by getting so many frogs
in his neck. He likes the water
and carries a toy balloon in his
stomach to keep him from sink
ing. The duck has only two legs
and they are set so far back on
his running gears by nature that
they came pretty near missing
his body. Some ducks when they
get big have curls on their tails
and are called drakes. Drakes
don't have to set or hatch, but
just go swimming and eat. If I
was to be a duck I'd rather~ be a
drake."
Foley's Orino Laxative cures consti
pation and liver trouble and makes the
bowels healthy and regular. Orino is
superior to pills and tablets as it does
not~gripe or nauseate. Why take any
RULE OF THE ROAD.
A London Policeman Explained the
'Matter Very Clearly.
"The first day in England," says an
American traveler, "my heart jumped
Into my throat several times. Biding
on top of a bus, the driver would al-.
ways turn toward the left when we
were about to pass another vehicle, 4
and, although I knew that that was
the English custom, I held on tight
and got shivers anticipating a collision
every time. One morning I stepped 4
up to a policeman at King's Cross to
get my bearings, and, as he was dis
posed to be talkative. I kept him com
pany.
"Among other things, I asked him
whether there was any rule requiring
pedestrians to keep to the left. No, he
told me; it was only for the roadway 4
that the rule held.
"I then asked him why it was that
in England they always turned to the
left, whereas in all other countries the
rule was to turn to the right
"'Oh, it's very important to keep to
the left,' he said seriously. 'I knew it
was very important to observe the 4
rule of the road, but why turn to the
left?
"'Well,' he said, T11 show you. Now '
you come here,' a'd he led me to the 4
middle of the roadway. 'You see,' he
continued, 'how the traffic moves along
the two sides of the road?
"Yes, I saw, and a pretty sight it 4
was, too-a string of all sorts of con
veyances coming toward us on our
right and another moving away from
us on the left as far as the eye could 4
see.
"'Well, now'-and he was very im
pressive-'suppose you were driving -
along in the middle-here and another
kerrige was coming the other w'y, and
suppose you. turned to the right, don't
you. see you would be getting In the
w'y of all those vehicles?
"Yes, I saw that.
"'Well, that's why we always turn
to the left.'
"I learned afterward that the 'bobby'
expected a tip for all the information
he had given me."-Youth's Compan
Ion.
A ROYAL DESPOT.
Wurttemberg Prince Who Sold His
Subjects Like Cattle.
Cruel and despotic were some of the
petty princes who ruled the father
land before the Napoleonic wars swept
them away. Charles Eugene of Wurt
temburg, born In 1728 died in 1793
and during his sixty-five years of life
tonmented his parents, his wives and
his subjects. His first consort, Fred
ericka of Beyreuth, was worthy of
him. When entering Wurttemberg
soon after their marriage the girls
threw masses of 'flowers in front of
them. "What do those dogs want?'
the princess asked her husband. They
were always quarreling and never
spoke to each 'other without snarling.
The prince was always short of money
and sold 6;000 of his subjects to Eng
land to raise the wind. He took the
poor wretches from the fields, clapped
a uniform on them and sent them to
their destination as if they were cattle.
Once he called all the young men of a
certain district before him and made
the following speech: "My brave boys,
do you want to go to fight In the ranks
of the English heroes against the sav
ages of the continent?' No reply was
made for the moment Then a number
of lhe youths stepped forward, and
o0nef them said "We donot wantto
be sold like sheep." The prince prompt
ly gave orders for two 'of them to be
seized, put against a wall and shot at
once. Then while the blood was run
ning from the mutilated bodies of the
two unfortunates the prince by divine
right said: "Run away. You see I do
not want to impose my 'will on you. I
think of your welfare like a father
does of his children. You want to.
fight, by the side of the valorous Eng
lish." Ali consented. Schiller heard his
father tell this story, and he himself
related it In a scene of one of his
plays. ________
Phil May's Drawings.
The late Phil May was popularly
supposed. to be the "lightning artist"
par excellence of England. It:Is quite
true that he could draw many wonder
ful things "straight off'." But when a
subject had been chosen for a Punch
illustration many drawings were made
from a model or models who first had
to be discovered. By a process of se
lection each drawing of , tesubject
bore fewer lines.. When the drawing
was published most of those who look
ed at it thought that it had been done
with a few rapid strokes of the pen,
whereas it probably represented a
week's hard 'work.-London News.
Bank of England Watche.
- When you enter the Bank of Eng
land by any door four pairs of eyes
watch you, though you are unaware
of this fact. Situated close to the
doors are hiding places in which are
four guardlans of the bank. You can
not see thema, but they can watch you
with the aid of reflecting mirrors In
which they can see your entrance and
exit and evry movement from the
time you enter the portals of wealth to
the moment you leave them.
H-er Version.
Mr. Highbrow-It was Michelet, I
believe, who observed that "woman Is
the salt of' man's life." Miss Keen
Quite true. Young men aren't half so
fresh after-'they get married.-Boston
Transcript.
he History Revised.]
TePrutessor-What was it defeat
ed Leonidas at Thrtriopylae? The
Bright StudeThe new rules. He 4
held the pais too long-Cleveland 6
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