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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-01
The Hampton Monument.

The following circular which e2ss
plains itself is now being sent out:
To the Hampton Memorial Commit
tees.
Gentlemen: Having been appointed.
authorized and asked to solicit and
receive subscriptions to a State monu-
,menG to Wade Hampton, soldier and
statesman"-it behooveS US to try to
do this duty. The State has been
blessed with a good year. Food is
abundant. The money returns from
the market products are at least
above the average and comparative
prosperity prevails. Now is the time
to act. Each Of you therefore is re-
uuested to call on the county chair
men and they or their local chairman
to canvass at once for the monument
fund. The prompt collection is urged
that the monument may be erected
while the memory we hallow is still
fresh in our hearts. 1t is desired that
each chairman report and remit by
the week. The amount received will
be published each week, beginning
with the end of the first week in Octo-
Der. The public is most earnestly
solicited to cooperate with Us heart
and hand.
Hampton Memorial Committee,
4. c. Haskell, Chairman.
r. W. Shand. Secretary.
The cLairmen Of the committee IN
the seven congressional districts are
as follows. W. G. HinSon, first: James
N. Moore. second; d. II. Russell,
third: Jas. \. HOyt, fourth: Jas. r.
Hart, fifth: w. E. James, sixth: and
A. G. Haskell, seventh.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-01
A Bold Robbery.

Robbers tried to carry off the safe
in the railroad depot at WATERFORD
one night last week, but were fright
ened away by some one who happened
to be passing. They had handcar on
the track Immediately in front of the
door, but left before they could get
the safe on it. The safe and the tools
were left In the middle Of the room.
1t seems that the robbers forced an
entrance in the waiting room and
pushed a boy through the ticket hole
who opened the door from the inside.
The hat of Joe TeaSdale, negro boy
who has been working for DR.. Acker-
man, was found just outside the door,
and Josh is now resting in jail charged
with the commission Of the crime:
Other negroes in town are suspected
and more arrests will probably follow.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-01
THE COTTON CROP.
Farmer Estimates ofIts Being Short
Confirmed.

The following is the weekly bulletin
Of the condition Of the weather and
crops issued last week by Director
Bauer Of the South Carolina section Of
the United States weather bureau. 1t
is Of special interest as the season is
rapidly drawing to close:
The week ending Monday Septem-
Der %, was decidedly cooler than usual,
with mean temperature Of IS degrees,
a maximum Of IS degrees at Green
wood on the 18th, and minimum OF
Il degrees at Greenville on the 18th.
There was a general deficiency in sun
shine, with more cloudneSS over the
eastern than over the western half OF
the State. The winds were light
eastefly to northerly.
Over large portion Of the State,
and the eastern half generally, there
was little or no rain during the week,
while in places over the western half
fairly heavy showers occurred On the
18th and 18th. The rains were gener-
al and-did not damage open cotton to
any great extent. In the northeastern
counties there is need of rain for fall
crops and to put the ground into con-
dition for fall blowing.
The weather was favorable, on the
whole, for harvesting corn, cotton and
rice and for farm work in general.
Reports on cotton are very full this
week, and cover every section OF the
State, and they confirm previous es-
Inmates of a comparatively short crop.
1t appears that the promising condi-
tion near the close of June was lrrepar-
ably injured by the hot dry weather
from June 2SJh to July 10th, which
subsequently caused the plants to shed
rust and blight and to stop growing,
and while some fields in favorable
localities put on new growth late IN
August that has since blO0med and
fruited, the majority OF plants did not
fruit well during August, and most OF
them apparently died. Cotton is from
two thirds to four-ffthS open, and
much Of it has been picked: some fields
have already been abandoned, but IN
a number Of counties pickers are scarce
and there a smaller percentage of the
crop has been gathered. The yields
are estimated below last years by a
majority Of the correspondents, al
though in five counties the yield IS
estimated equal to or greater than
last years. Frost deferred until late
in November will increase the crop
materially in places. Boil worms have
appeared on late unopened bolls IN
Barnwell county. Sea island cotton is
better than for a number Of years: and
bears fair top crop; picking well un-
der way.
Corn is being housed. Minor crops
are doing well. Truck is in fine grow
ing condition.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-01
Disastrous Earthquakes.

a dispatch received at Berlin, from
Tashkent, capital Of Russian Turkes-
tan, reports a terrible earthquake
August %, the shocks continuing un-
til September 3. One hundred persons
were killed at kaShgar, in eastern
Turkestan, 400 in the village of AS
tyn, 20 at Jangi, while the town of
Aksuksitche was completely destroy
ed. The disturbances also wrecked
many villages in the northern part OF
the province, the total of persons kill
ed being 1000. There were no pre-
monitory signs, says the dispatch, but
a pronounced rise in temperature fol-
lowed the principal shock. The tenn
perature continued to rise during the
subsequent days, which were attend
ed by a repetition Of slight Quakes.
The dispatch says no Europeans lost
their lives.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-01
Negroes Not Wanted.

Negroes are being driven out Of
Illinois by the whites. The Adjutant-
General of the State reports serious
condition of affairs at Eldorado, and it
was found necessary to detail a larger
force, the troops now there being un-
able to suppress nightly attacks upon
the negroes. He says the outrages
have extended to the surrounding
country and ifty-four negro families,
some of them owning improved farms,
have been compelled to sacrifice their
property and leave. He reports that
no clew has been found to the per-
petrators Of the outrages, and that
none can be found who is willing to
talk because of fear Of violence. At
the request Of the governor, General
Smith has arranged to keep the Mat
toon company OF forty men at Edo
RADIO for the winter.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-01
Hanged for Murder.

Will Mathis, white, and Orlando
Lester, colored, were hanged at Ok
ford, Miss, on Wednesday for the
murder Of Deputy United States Mar
shals John A. and Hugh H. Montgom-
cry. The crime was committed No
vember l6 last, Is miles from Oxford
at Mathis home, whittier the officials
had gone to arrest him for illicit dis
tilling. Mathis escaped to the
swampS of the Yocona river, where
for three days he successfully eluded a
large posse with blood hounds. He
was fually forced to surrender and Or
landa Lester, the negro who was work
ing for Maths at the time the murder
occurred, Bill Jackson, George Jackson
Whit Owens, Mathis father-in- law,
and Mrs. Mathis also were arrested
charged with the compliesty in the
crime. Mathis and Lester made con-
fessions which they later reDudiated
but they were found guilty Of murder
and sentenced to death. Whit Owens
also was found guilty and will be
hanged October "a.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-01
Lives Lost in Coal Mines.

The United States geological survey
has Just made public report contain
ing statistics of fatal and non-fatal
accidents occurring during 1901 in the
process of producing coal in the eigh-
teen States and territories wherein
that product is mined. The total
number of lives lost in 1901 was l,46I,
and the total number Of men injured
was 3,643. The number Of tons Of
coal mined for each life lost varied
from 1926, ,O94 in Maryland, to 1921
in Indian Territory. The average
number of tons mined for each OF the
1857 lives lost Vas lSS,66S. 1t is in
teresting to note that in Pennsylvania
the number OF tons Of bituminous coal
mined per life lost was little more
than double the amount mined per
life lost in the anthracite mines OF the
same State.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-01
Takes the Cake.

The following from the Columbia
State takes the cake. The State says
two railroad men were discussing a
wreck on northern road. One Of
them cited the most remarkable wreck
on record. A freight train left the
making up point with 26 cars. Ar
irving at the destination the conduc-
tor found that he had but 25 cars. 1t
was through freight and none but
momentary stops had been made. In
yestigation developed the fact that a
car had jumped out of the middle OF
the train, at the same time uncoup-
ling itself from the severed sections.
The cars which had been following
we're not derailed or even checked in
speed, but ran into the forward Sec
tion and in some way coupled up. The
truant car was badly wrecked and no
one knew it until the search was
made"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-01
Trunk Exploded.

A trunk exploded in a baggage car
at the union station Thursday, and
the baggage master has a novel expe-
rience to relate. Mr.. Kirk Robinson
was the official who was in charge OF
the car. The trunk was the property
OF an elderly lady. and she stoutly de-
MED that it contained explosives, but
the odor Of powder was unmistakaole
and the top and the bottom were
blown OFF. There is hackneyed old
Joke about baggage masters and port
ers handling trunks roughly, but Mr.,
Robinson's narrow escape from being
blown up will no doubt guarantee
that no trunks are badly treated
around Columbia
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-01
Waylaid by a Demon.

George Bundrick shot and killed
John J. Shrouder Wednesday morning
while the latter with mis- wife was pro-
ceeding in a buggy to their home near
Raines, Ga. Bundrick had claimed
that a negro on Shoulders place had
stolen his pocket knife and had under
taken to arrest three of Shoulders
hands. Shrouder offered to pay for
the knife in order that his farm force
should~not be interferred with at this
time. BunGrick accused Shrouder Of
siding with the negroes. Shrouder
said he would meet Bundrick as soon
as he could take his wife home. They
then parted. Bundrick went out on
the road and waylaid the young man
and his wife, sending load of buck
shot into them. Shrouder fell dead
and the wife was mortally injured,
the horse running away and throwing
the wife violently to the ground.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-01
TRUST RIDDEN.
Startling Statistics Given by the
Democratic Campaign Book.

Until the Democratic campaign text
book was published it was not gener-
ally known how great the number of
trusts was. In that publication the
number is placed at 2S7, with capt.
talization Of S6, ,972 ,44S,951. OF this
number it is asserted that at least l6S
having a pitalization Of s., ,09G, ,S94.-
OH, are able to charge eXhorbitant
prices because of the protection they
receive from the tariff. Of the rest Of
the trusts it is estimated that at least
thirty-eight received more or less ben
etitS from the Tariff. Under such
condition of affairs it is not to be Won
dered at that there is d strong and
bitter feeling against trusts-a feeling
that will certainly show itself at the
ballot boxes this fall.
There is another matter OF interest
in regard to trusts and their hold on
the people Of the country, which,
while not part Of the subject mat
ter Of the Democratic text book, might
very well be considered in connection
with what has just been said, and this
is the matter Of the insurance rates
that are charged, about which there
has been such a howl from all parts
of practically impotent country.
The associated insurance companies
have raised their rates throughout the
country from 25 to 100 per cent. and
there is no provision anywhere to reg
ulate them. Insurance business has
grown wonderfully during the past
few years, but the number Of compa-
MES has not multiplied in anything
like the proportion that the business
has, and there are few reliable compa-
MES outside the combination and no
race for the business that is refused
by the combination.
The insurance companies, as an eX-
cuse for raising rates, proclaimed that
they had suffered heavy losses no less
sum than S19, 9,000,000 in 1901. But
committee Of Philadelphia business
men, after examining the books of the
companies, found that instead Of such
losses there had been a profit Of near
ly ST., 900, 900, and that 1901 had been
year Of profit instead of loss. There
seems to be a great discrepancy be-
tween the statement of the insurance
companies and the Philadelphia COM
mittee. What are the facts? 1t is up
to the insurance companies to explain
this difference. If they can, and sub
stantiate their statement, the public
must pay the piper. If the statement
of the business men is true, insurance
must be numbered with the squeezing
trusts.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-01
An Investigation of Cotton.

\ number of special agents Of the
United States department Of agrIcul-
ture have LETT Washington for the
South for the purpose OF investigating
certain features OF the cotton move
ment. Statistican Hyde's estimate OF
cotton actually grown during the year
l9O1-02 and the report OF the census
Office as 10 the amount ginned during
the year both differ considerably from
the amount marketed according to
commercial reports. The department
believes the difference is made up
largely Of cotton carried over from
preceding years and Of linters and re-
packs. No expense will be spared: 1t
is said in an investigation as to what
the commercial crop really amounted
to and what it consisted OF and a full
statement Of the result will be made
public by the Statistician.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-01
Hester'S Cotton Statement.

Secretary Hester'S weekly cotton
statement issued Friday shows an in
crease in round figures in the move
ment of cotton into sight for the
seven days Of $4,000 over the same
seven days last year, an increase OF
10000 over the same time year before
last.
The amount brought into sight for
the week ending Friday afternoon is
stated at 81, ,619 against 222. .43S for
the same seven days ending this date
last year and 30l,707 year before last.
The total of the crop moved into
sight for the 26 days Of the new sea-
son is l,Ol7,252 against 563,S2s last
year and 7l4,512 year before last.
Receipts at all United States ports
since Sept. /, have been 23,902
against 337,776 last year. Overland
across the Mississippi, Ohio and Poto-
mac livers to northern mills and
Canada 1868 against l5,l07 last
year; interior stocks in excess Of Sept.
|, l25,197 against 75,546 last year;
and southern mill takingS Isl, 800
against l35, 400 last year.
Foreign exports since Sept. lSt have
been 406,6 6S2 against 227 ,9Sl last
year.
The total takingS of American
mills north and south and Canada
thus far for the season have been 237,-
III against 19l, ,49l last year.
Stocks at American ports and the
80 leading southern interior centres
have increased 373,4 bales against
an increase for the same period last
season of 139, ,94S.
Including amounts left over in
stocks at ports and interior towns
from the last crop and the number OF
bales brought into sight thus far for
the new crop the supply to date is
,232, 1926 against 923:5l6 for the same
period last year.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-01
Killed by a Train.

The Eastover correspondent of The
State says Tuesday morning Of last
week while the rock train was moving
through Eastoyer, Charlie Sheppard,
colored. who had brought bale OF
cotton to the gin for Mr.. B. ". Bur-
kett, was instantly killed by the train.
1t seems that Sheppard was at the
gin house. which is about $50 yards
from the depot. and when he saw the
train coming ran t. where the train
was and caught and swung on to the
side of the cars. AS he passed a cross
ing at the depot a bridge railing
struck his head breaking his skull in
several places. He fell from the train
and was very much mutilated. The
verdict OF the coroner's jury was that
he came to his death by misfortune
and accident caused by his own care
leSSNeSS
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-01
A Good Thing.

The novel invention of Prof. Arte-
mietf gives security to workers in lab
oratorieS using high-tension electric
currents. 1t is a safety dress Of fine
but closely woven wire gauze, weigh
ing 3.3 pounds, and completely enclos-
ing the wearer, including hands, feet,
and head. The cooling surface is SO
great that powerful current passed
for several seconds from one hand to
the other without perceptible heating.
Clad in this armor, the inventor re-
ceived discharges from currents OF
$1,000 to 100000 volts and handled
live wires at pleasure, all without any
sensation OF electric shock.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-01
sLANDERING THIS STATE.
Some Resolutions Adopted by a La
Dor Union In Maine.

As a sample of the malicious false
hoods circulated in the North about
child labor in this state, secretary Of
state recently received copy of some
resolutions adopted at Portland, Mo,
over l, 500 miles away. concerning the
working Of children in mills.
The resolution was unanimously
adopted by. the Central Labor Union
OF that city and a copy OF them was
ordered sent to the legislatures of
South Carolina and Alabama. The
first pait of the resolutions refers par
ticularly to Alabama and is, compare
lively speaking, mild. South Carolina,
however, is severely denounced for
permitting 10000 children half star
we'd, too spiritless to laugh and too
dead to weep" to work In the mills.
The paper goes on to say that the
people Of this state should be ashamed
to permit themselves to be so con-
trolled by the capitalists, and winds
up with the hint that the national
may take hand in the
matter.
AS matter of fact, out Of $4,000
in the cotton mills only
about 800 are children; and as re-
cent article published in The Record
taken from The Tradesman, South
ern Industrial magazine, states, this
number will BE- much reduced,
when the schools open.
The resolutions referred to above
have been adopted in one or two Mas
SachusettS towns, where the competi-
tion Of Southern mills is keenly felt,
and it is not likely the Southern oper-
atives will take kindly to this inter-
ference from the North.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-01

After consulting with DR.. Richardson
another member CT the party, 1t was
decided that, in order to avoid the
probability OF blood poisoning. 1t prob
ably would be wise to have an opera
tion performed. The president was
very much averSe to anything or the
kind, but nevertheless when Logans-
port, Ind, had been reached he had
been prevailed on to deliver the tarlf
speech at Milwaukee, and which was
regarded as one Of the most important
Of his proposed speeches for the west.
At Logansport Senator Bererldge
boarded the train and after a consul
tatiOn with him. it was decided that
he should summon several OF the best
physicians of Indianapolis to meet the
president. When the train pulled into
the station the doctors were taken by
the senator Immediately iato the pres
ident'S car. " hen the president rose
to acknowledge the reception given
him at the hall, and also when he rose
to make his address. it was noticed by
those near him in front Of the hall
that he stood with all his weight on
his right leg, and the posture seemed
so awkward and so much like pose
that it caused comment. When the
president was taken to the Columbia
club for luncheon he was made the
subject OF a serious consultation by
the physicians. His leg was barred,
and the swelling examined. After
considerable time the physicians ar
rived at the verdict.
Said DR.. Oliver: In order to avoid
possible blood poisoning setting in, 1t
will be necessary for the president to
submit TO a Slight operation" and in
this view all the other doctors concur
red. The president wished that the
operation, since it was necessary
should be postponed until he reached
Washington, but the physicians again
proved obdurate. They gave it as their
opinion that the bruises could not be
trifed with in its present condition,
and that no one could afford under
all the circumstances to take any
chances in postpOning the needed sur
gical attention.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-01
A FIENDISHMAN BRAKEMAN.
Bru,ally Shot and Fatally Wounded
Colored Boy.

\ dispatch from 'jpartanburg to
The State says a l3-year-old boy died
at o'clock Tuesday morning at the
lodging house of colored man named
Adams, near the Southern depot,
in that city, from the effects Of a
pistol shot received Saturday after
noon at Melrose on the Spartanburg
and Asheville railroad. From &C
counts the shooting was an act or
wanton brutality and the pistol was
fired by negro, presumably an en-
ploye of a freight train.
The boy, Yank Dooley, and his
brother John were walking from Mel
rose towards Spartanburg on the rail-
road track. They stopped at Melrose
and seated themselves on piece of
sewer pipe about p. m. Saturday.
While there a freight train passed by
coming this way. AS the train pass
ed, according to the testimony OF John
Dooley. at the coroner'S inquest
negro brakeman brandishing a pistol
in one hand swung from the side Of
the car next to the cab and fired, the
ball striking the boy Iank. The
negro then fred twice more.
The boy was picked up and it was
discovered that he was dangerously
wounded. The agent at MelroSe tele-
graphed to Tryon, and further down
the line, to have the negro on the
freight train who did the shooting
captured. The scoundrel had made
his escape prior to the train reaching
Tryon. He has not been seen nor
heard from since.
The wounded boy and his brother
were carried on train to Saluda, and
from there they were brought to Spar
tanburg on the passenger train Satur-
day night. Yank Dooley lived until
a. m. Tuesday and died from his
wound. While his brother was the
only witness who testified at the coro-
ner's iquest he gave his testimony in a
Straightforward manner, and, if it be
true, the negro who did the shooting
should be captured and dealt with to
the extreme end of the law.