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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-02
To Improve the Ltaple.

Tie Boston Journal of Com nerco is
authority for the statement tina, the
United States depsrtm ut of axrl-
cuilnre is NV engaged IN -erlss nt
experiments with view to produ;ins
a specie Of hyhri cotton that vii have
. staple Of 6ne' quality aus; yrea'er
length The exoerlments are taing
carried on st Charleston, ) Z The
orj-ct of the tests is to produce CIT
ton that will have spe as 'oas ID
firm as Sea Island and one that can be
grown in the cotton belt. Test are al 20
being made with all varieties of Egg p
tian cotton. The department is very
re,icent in regard to the success OF the
experiments, but it is rumored, with
how much truth We cannot say, that the
tests are meeting with fair success and
should they be as successful as is hoped
will be the the case, our southern
planters will be able to produce co.
tor that will have staple the equal Of
any now being grown in Egypt or in
any foreign country. From what We
have been able to learn, says the jour
nal Of Commerce, We ascertain that the
new variety of hybrid c,tton will not
only have longer and 6oer grads Sta
pie than our upland cotton, but that it
will also possess several other adyanta-
ges over our present staple. 1t is re-
ported that these plants possess much
wore yigor than DO the present ones.
That the bols have much more cotton in
them, and that these bolls are mucn
easier TO pick. Ali Of these sdvanfa-
ges, if correct, should make the cotton
the superior of the present Egyptian
varieties. The necessity Whi,h has
led to these experiments is the alleged
fact that our upland cotton is of such
short staple that it cannot be successful
ly used in making the finest lines Of
cotton goods The tendency Of cotton
manufacturing is towards finer grades,
and it is stated by the Journal Of
Commerce that I'VE have not got a
single truly American co ton that can
be used to spin good yarns above 8Os
Sea Island cotton can be used for yarns
as fne as 400s; and Egyptian can easily
be spun to 1905; but when We come to
the best grade Of what is classed as
true American cotton it is hard for the
spinner to 90 over 75's to Sos" The
Augusta Chronicle says the desire for
finer goods has made the demand for a
cotton of fser fibre, aud manufactur.
ers it is claimed, look to Sea Island
cotton or to Egyptian cotton to get the
staple that is needed. It is in the ef-
cultural department is now experiment.
ing It is very certsin that the vast
bulk of cotton in the world is ouI
American cotton, and it is used not
only in this country, but in all coun'
tries where cotton manufacturing il
known. Can it be possible that it is
not suited for the finer grades of cloths
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-02
,ty. He ought to see that each

the county. He ought to see that each
sescher shsll make the proper reports
and leave proper record Of the work
accom- pli he'd by each pupil SO that the
succ edine teacher may know what each
pupil has done and soouid next begin
He should bring pr2ssu e 20 bear up'n
the teachers to do better work, to lm
nrove III, mselves. He should discover
and muster olt of service the uncon
scien,ious teachers, the time servers,
who merely keep scto,i for the
money" He should look after every d !,
tail of the school business of the county
aud hold tight rein, though with
kindly heart and 8 broadly, sympathetic
intelligence Bat, would be be re
elected? Would there not be host to
electioueer against hiu?-those whose
petty notions or selfish interests h.,
with large view of the educational
interests Of the county, has crossed or
baked? Hardly docs he get his duties
we'll in hand before the campaign for
re. elec'io is in sight. He is tempted to
try to accommodate everybody, to be
polite rather than to do bis duty aud
make few enemies Policy dictates
iuaction-do nothing, risk nothing and
you may b. overlooked, and allowed to
continue in Office.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-02
EvoGution OF the Pocket.

The ancient wore single pouch al
bis belt; the modern has-hoH
many pockets il an ordinary costume
for outdoors? Let US count them: In
the trousers, Ave; in the waistcoat
six: in the jacket. FIVE; in the
overcoat, four, making 20 in all
"a full score of little pokes or bags. and
arranged so conveniently that they
are scarce noticed. Truly, this is an
evolution. How long may it be before
we have pockets in our hatoands,
where the Irishman carries his pipe,
the American soldier his toothbrush
and, internally, the pettifogger his le'
gal papers, the papers that his preoe'
cessors in England thrust into hl'
typical green bag?" How long De-
fore there may be pockets IN ou'
gloves-for there are. believe. pat
ents covering this invention-and IL
our shoeso The cane also. with 1t:
screw top. cegins to be useful re-
ceptacle. Two centuries from now, Sc
the man with a long foresight can
clearly see, the main idea underlying
tie wearing Of clothing will have en-
tirely changed. The chief purpose Of
garments will not longer be consid'
cred to protect the body. They viii
be regarded, first of all. as textile
foundations for innumerable pockets,
Tudor jerks, in Woman's Home
Companion.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-02
A Rara Bird.

The most striking Christmas present
is said to have been that Of Russell E.
Gardner, OF st Louis a local manu-
facturer to his employees. We are told
that n winding up the years business
Mr.. Gardner discovered that the pro-
fits for the twelve months exceeded his
expectations aud needs by $40, 900. Mr..
Gardner concluded to DIVIDE that
amount among those whose industry
and application to his business had
made it possible for him to realize so
we'll on his investment. He announced
to them that be would like to make
them present Of the $1,000 on
basis Of the time they had oeea in his
employ ard the worth they were to the
concern. There was no murmur of dis
sent. Drawing out his chechbook he
gave away the entire SO 600 zithin 20
minutes, one employe receiving 81 OOO.
Mr.. Gardner is 81 years old and has
accumulated a fortune Of $3.50, 600 in
Il years. Although rich, be scorns
great wealth. He says that money max
ing is the easiest thing in the world,
and believes that every man at the age
of 35 should be able to retire with all
the money be will ever need. BE does
not believe in people claiming them
selves to business after they have got
enough.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-02
A Curious incident.

One of London's papers, presuni.
ably well informed as to the mental
peculiarities OF its readers. gravely re-
cords that not long ago there lay oo
the table in West end club list Of
members who had put down their
names for an approaching house din
per. \ workman on ladder, who was
putting the finishing touches to the
decora ton of the ceiling. let fall
single minute drop of red paint. This
dropped on the first name on the list
and obliterated it as if with the
stroke OF a pen. Some OF the mem
bers who observed the incident, con-
tinues the impressive narrative,
thought it very bad omen; others,
like Hamlet, defed augury. But.
curiously enough, the member whose
name had thus been struck out was
taken i'll next day, and died in the
club on the night before the dinner was
to have taken place We fail to see
in this sequence of events anything
that is curious enough or even
curious at all. but opinions of such
matters differ widely, and it is well
known that our dear cousins are much
more easily interested in the psuedo.
supernatural than people with shorter
histories.-N. Y. Times.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-02
Genuine Gratitude.

The portly statesman in the black
.utaway coat lighted his cigar, leaned
against the bar and puffed away con-
.entedly. Like most New York bar
rooms. it was cosmopolitan place,
full of many sorts OF people. A lean,
aungry-looking individual with grimy
hands and the beard of an anarchist
approached the portly gentleman eau
tiously.
Il say. boss, could you not let me
have a nickel?" he began, tentatively.
Whats the trouble?" asked the
other
''Well, you see, the fact is I haven't
cent. and I was out on an awful
spree last highland want beer"
He got the nickel. He looked at the
coin meditatively for time and then
at his benefactor.
"Say," he calculated at last,
you're a good fellow. l wish I had
another nickel so could treat you"
N. Y. Mail and Express.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-02
Carueted Rivera.

The search for convenient ways Of
transportation by which the products
of the Sudan may reach the outer
world has called attention to remark
able phenomenon Of vegetable life on
some of the head waters and tribu-
taries of the Nile. This consists Of
enormous growths Of papyrus and
other plants, completely covering the
streams and forming carpets of yege-
tation two or three feet thick, beneath
which flows the water. Navigation by
small boat is, Of course, entirely inter
rupted by this obstruction, which is in
places supplemented by vines and
clinging plants which arch the streams
from bank to bank. Heavy foods occa-
sionally sweep away the accunulations
of plants, but they are quickly re-
formed.-Youth's Companion.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-02
The Terrors of War.

The Augusta Chronicle very truly
says people who were unable to find
words in which adequately to
express their ndemnation Of Sher
mans burning of Columbia and
Atlanta, and many houses along his
march to the sea- hear with much
complaisance Of the lootiug in China,
the work Of desecration aud devastation
in the Philippines, and the brutality
and incandialism in South Africa
Winston Churchill defends the destruc-
ton Of homes in South Africa, and
says "if you have right to kill a man
you certainly have a right to burn
his house" War doesn't give the right
to murder hep ess non -combsntants,
and though saVages massacre women
and children, it is not regarded as leg
innate warefsre BY enlightened nations.
To say that soldiers have the right to
burn homes aud de7astste lands, leav-
ing women and children, hon seless aud
beggared, to die Of want, is to carry
modern war back to the standards Ct
barbarism. Charles Williams, who is
a veteran Wat correspondent Of eleven
campaigns, aud one Of the most dis
guished military journalists in E E,glaud,
writing in a recent number of the
Speaker, has this to say: 1T has per
haps escaped notice how many senior
officers begsnto come home just as soon
as they understood the new policy Of
"denuding" the country; or buraing
hemesteads because a railroad several
miles off was broken in the ordinary
course of war; Of looting farms Of al that
could be carried and burning or bloWaa
ing up the rest; Of leaving women and
children on the bare, cold veldt; Of
forcing folk against 9hom something
was suspected, bu; nothing could be
proved except the absence of their male
adults, to concentrate in the toErs
where they had no means of subsistence;
sending out bands, without an oficsr,
with orders to burn every home they
came across-for all which there is
abundant evidence over the signatures
of the very men who were so disgusted
with the jobs put on them that they
complained to their fathers and moth.
ers at home. l do not say all the Of
fcsrs referred to came rome because
they declared they could notstand that
sort Of work; but there we're some.
And | say, with some experience Of halt
barbaric warfare. that many Turkish
general in 1877 would have been
ashamed to carry OF campaign as
some part of ours has been carried on
in Sju,h Africa.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-02
A MYSTERIOUS CASE
The Pltiable Condition of a Young
Man in Columbia

The Coluu5is State says there is a
young man in one of the best rooms at
tbs Columbia hotel who will probably
have to account, as soon as he regalos
bis senses, for the appearance on his
person of checks sggregatipg in value
about 81 600. The pane is not given in
view of the fact that he may have re-
gistered under an assumed oae. The
whole story is peculiar one though
the police aud Others inter s.ed are
keeping their mouths shut about it. The
young fellow, who is about - years of
age, and who ssaid to have been in the
employ of Soutker Express company
at Charlotte, N 9, until rec n,ly, came
here day or tSo ago. The hotel people
say he had probably 81 600 IN cash.
What has become of it none know.
Oo Thursday night from heavy drink
iog the young man got into a terrible
s;a,e. He had been trying to com nit
suicide. Some gentlemen who were in
the hotel about l o'clock Friday
morning saw him go out. They followed
him, and acquainted police officer
With the statements they hadheard The
man was soon in charge Of the officer
and taken to police headquarters. Later
on he was carried back to his room at
the hotel, owing to his condition, Pre-
Yiously bottle of lauiauum vas taken
from bis pocket. On getting him to his
room an off yer was detailed to prevent
him from omnitting suicide. This OH
Ger proceeded to put him to bed. The
man seemed to be uneasy about grip
that was locked, concerning the key Of
4h;ch he told several tales. When his
trousers were being lul'ed of three
checks that be hsd stuff d inside slip
ped out. One vas fer 81 200 another
70. 81 900 AID another tor SS17 All
were signed by the president of several
Union cotton mills and were payable to
the order Of the Souther railway agent
st Uaioo, who had endorsed them.
Southern rsilRsy off ,:als were sum
noned, along with others and au in.
vestigatiou started About a'l that
cou; d be learned as to the result is that
these checks were turned over to the
Sou hern Express compsny at Un'o
to be shipped to Charlotte, on Dtcem
Der 3 They we're addressed to q bank
in Charlotte, aud, it is said, the record
shows they were delivered. How they
came to be found here is the all i'm
por ant question. The matter is one
Of mystery and some people are loosing
sleep over it 1t is certainly case of
ns1y peculiar features. The young
man has been able to say nothing since
the iadiug Of the checks, his condition
being pitisble Superintendent Sadler
Of the exlrcss company arrived here
Friday morning, and he and Route
Agent Richardson, who reached here
at $50 . N, were in consu ltation
daring the night
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-02
a Greater South.

Alabama, MISSISSIPPI, georgia, the
Carolinas, Virginias, even Texas, are
rapidly rising to position in the in
dustrial world rivaling that once CO.
cupied by Massachusetts aud other
New England Ststes," says the Phila-
delphia Manufacturer. This is an hon.
est confession on tn, part Of tha Manu-
fscturer, which goes on u say that
the resources Of the S 'uth, reaching
as they do, untold, almost UNRELIABLE,
millions, make possible position far
beyond the boundaries Of our best men S
ambitions in the days before our coal,
iron and other mines were opsned.
With all her natural wealth, the South
is not safe or secure. What is wanted
is being urged upon her by her best
business men and by her most thought
iul statesmen. The great need now is
teacbnical, industrial art and CONNER
cisl education. This is being urged by
t1e leading lights in the editorial sanc
,ums of the South. The building of
mills will be better paying business
by and BY if the South is wise enough
&c anticipate the rivalry aud competi
tion ;hst is bound to come 1t is the
old story. Captains of industry, so
necessary for success, must come in
from the outside. This is irritating to
a proud people. Naturally they ask if
others are able to organize and intro
duce higher forms of Industrial, indus
trial art education, why not the South?
The South situated SIS it is on the Gulf,
Atlantic, and not far in its western parts
from the Pacific, with its wonderful! corn
cotton, rice, peanut and potato fields, Of
their kinds the bes. in the world, with
coal, iron aad lime contiguous to each
other, with water supply perennial
and powerful, with waterways extend
ing far inland in one case, the Missis
sippi cutting into the heart not only Of
this continent, but running through
one Of the richest, if not the richest
valley on earth, must make great
eRorss for the one thing it needs to put
it into a position to compete perma
nensly with not only New England,
but with the outside world. What
others have done, say eloquent South,
ern men, the South can do, and the
Sou b will do. The textile, iron and
agricultural interests of the South
should see to it that all kinds of schools
necessary in the textile and iron lines
are added to the cities and towns of the
South. With them success, progress
aad prosperity are certain; without
them the South will have to crawl
while others move forward erect, with
constantly. sccelerating speed" The
above is sound sense aud the gratifying
part about it is We Southerners have
learned to understand, appreciation and
profit by such pleasant lectures.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-02
Cultivated Roosters.

The village of Bracket, il Belgium,
enjoys the fame Of having originated
one of the most celebrated races of do
mestic fowls. The Belgians do not hes
itate to assert that the Bracket hens
are unequaled for the excellence and
number of their eggs, while the
roosters have developed, thanks to
generations of cultivation and the
influence of growing tournaments"
q power and rhythm of voice equally
unriyaled. The breeders have theory
that the musical contests in which tho
Bracket roosters are trained serve to
develop the peculiar qualities of the
race. However this may be, it is GER
tain that cultivation has differentiated
these fowls from all others.-N. Y.
World.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-02

Pigeon Service In the French Army.
Special attention has recently been
paid in France to the use OF carrier
pigeons by the cavalry. The pigeons
are carried in basket attached to the
riders shoulders in the same way as a
knapsack, says foreign correspond
ent. Each bird is placed in tube made
of wicker and lined with hair. the elias
ticity of which deadens the effect of the
jolting. One, two or three such tubes
can be carried in the basket. The birds
are in a numbed condition when first
taken out of the tubes, but they speed.
ly recover unless they are left several
days in the tubes, when the numbness
ends in death. To prevent this, light
form of folding cage is carried, in
which the birds car rest and recover
themselves during halt, and partake
Of aourishment. Twelve men belong
ing to the cavalry are sent every year to
attend a course of instruction in the
handling and treatment of pigeons at
the military pigeon station at Vau.
girard.-Detroit Free Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-02
TIE YEARS RECORD
Great Rush OF c>p,;al Iato all
k'ndr rf Enterprises
FACTS AND FIGURES GIVEN
c ,tton OIL Mills, Banks, M 4nuf4c
turing and c,hsr c nca
CLASSIFIED Official State
ment is Civ an.

5 cretary Of State Cooopers ropar: Of
the general assembly, the copy Of
which will be placed in the hands Of
the printer 10 w days, will not only
be the bost ever issued from that off ,e,
but will make q remarkable showing
for South Carolioa's business activity
during the past year. Tho iacorpora
ton of private companies vas placed
upon the secretary of States off ,e in
1888. and during the l2 years about
2 800 charters have been ISSUED It
is remarkable fact that one. third Of
that number has been isled within
less than two years. The remarkable
showing of new c,pital iu cotton mills
published several days ago, consequent
ly, is not tho only evidence Of progress
and enterprise which it will show. The
comparative statement Of charters
granted during 1900, by counties is as
follows:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-02
Talking Through Els Hat

Victor Smith-"Tip Of the Tongue, >
in the New York Press-came south on
Christmas visit to bis father, bill
Arp" at Gainesville, Ca, and sends
to his paper, a Republican organ, some
Georgia Impressions. We give the fol-
lowing samples:
Wherever go men are discussing the
new white mans Republican party in
the south. Itis the settled belief that
ali the negroes are to be turned out OF
ofice next March and that their places
are to be given to respectable white Re-
publicans. The whole south Is alive
with good citizens who will join the Re-
publican party as soon as the disfran-
chisement of the colored brother is
completed. This is no idle therory;
it is condition.
Georgia ,s state of a single party,
and her legislature is perhaps the rot
tenest aggregation of ambitious states
men this proud republic could furnish.
A member of assembly from Gainett
county is so ashamed Of himself and
80 disgusted with the late session Of
this body of law breakers {oot makers)
tha. he has refused to a,oept his homo.
rarium of 81 day from the state. IA
declares be has not earned it. This is
q proceeding hitherto unheard of in
Georgia politics. The strange mans
name is Perry. To rescue Georgia from
herself and her 80 900 democratic ma
jority is the ambition Of many demo-
Gratis who will join the republican Jar
ty in the near future. Whenever
cotton mill Or a factory Of any kind is
built in the south the democratic ma
jority is reduced.
The Augusta Chronicle, from which
paper we clip the above says it gives 1t
without comment. None is needed.
This Georgia bora gentleman sees
through glass dsrkly. We should
like to have photograph Of BILL Arp"
when he reads some of the sons pro-
ductions.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-02
Women convicts in Austria.

Austria IS the one country in the
world which never puts a woman in
prison. Instead of giving the female
criminal so many months in jail she
is sent, no matter how terrible is her
record, to one or other of the con-
vents devoted for the purpose, and
there kept during the time for which
she is sentenced The convent is not
a mere prison in disguise, for its
courtyard stands open all day long,
the only bar to egress being a nun
who acts as FORTRESS, just as in other
convents.-Bufalo Express.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-02
Reckless Fishing Methods.

"Our fishing methods are absolutely
reckless, and we allow the young to be
destroyed, not only in thousands, butin
millions. It is not only that the Chi
nese and japanese line their seines with
mosquito netting, and thus capture
every thing that is not microscopic, but
the shores of the bays and lagoons of
the island are swarning with ducks,
which eat up the small fry of the mullet
and even. pursue them into the shadows
far distant from the coast ne."-Ea-
waiian Star.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-02
Smashed Mirrors.

Mrs. Csrrie Nation, president Of Bar
Der county Kansas w. G. 7. |. enter
ed the Csyey Hotel barToom today and
with stone smashed $500 raiating
and q mirror valued as slU0. Mrs, Ma
tion broke mirrors in two saloons at
Kiowa, some months ago and declar-
ed there is no law uoder which SIZE eau
be prosecuted. She was lodged in the
county ] Ill this afternoon charged with
malicious destruction Of property.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-02
An Awful Crime.

Mrs. Dave Birdsong, wife Of a we'll
known farmer living about six miles
from Macon, Ca, was murdered We'd
nesday morning at her home. The
murderer is supposed to be John Bat
tie, negro lsborer. Posses are now
searching for him Mr.. Birdsong and
a friend gent hunting Wednesday
morning and on their return home the
body Of the woman was found lying
partly on her bed with her skull frae-
ured and stone dead.