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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-22
SIGN OF THE TIMES.
Big English Shipbuilder Comes to
America to Get Points.
Sir Christopher Furness Says That
European Manufacturers Are
Awakening to Fact That Their
Prestige Is Threatened.

4 sign of the times was the arrival
at New York the other day Of Sir
Christopher Furne>s, one Cf he I'M
poriaut sh;pouii;:ers aEG >tesi manu-
fac;urers OF Great isr:;a:::. AS OBJ
iect n coming, he declared. vas 'aat
Of visiting ;ae principal >h:22".!G.ng
and steel plants here TO gei >EgSes-
tions for the improvement; OF his
plants in England. He sale: lie had not
come to amalgamate or to buy or SCI.
anything.
S:r Christopher Furness is chairman
of the boards Of ;he FurAess-W!thy
Sh:pbu;;G;ay company, the living
Sh;p3n:!, - company, the Ecr;him-
ber!ar>i S,.:pa"ii,:ing company, the
SwcarGa!~ S;,el company and the
Sout:l r.H ,lan Steel COM laHy. in re-
ply to a question regarding the Eng
Iish labor problem he SAD:
"Labnr n E"yil"G. eSrsc' ally skilled
labor. is '. a,;z:Hg that t is for its
best ir;e-cs: 20 give up tAc i:ea OF
limiting TIE ousYHt per man and that
it has much to fear from German and
American comrS:: s!c". lsr * 1%ily
American. While III Ane RIGA lie price
of labor is higher, yet ths product Per
man is so much greater that labor re-
ally costs ."ss.'
care all these stories about the
scare a:Cn"~ English manufacturers
over thr rev, 'aticn of the progress Of
the Cni;s;: :':ates true?"
Yes. il almost created panic al
first, BIZ "" are awake 10 the fact
that our backs are against the wall and
We must 90 so;netE;nc."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-22
ROOSEVELT CHILDREN BUSY.
Home at the White House
Have Much to See.

The Roosevelt children, Kermit and
Ethel, are thoroughly enjoying their
new home 1T the white house. The
first mornin:: after their arrival they
were out OF bed long time before
the family was ready for breakfast,
and immediat tely began an inspection
of their new home, visiting all the
apartments and admiring the view
from the windows, which overlook
the white lot and the site of the
Washington monument. After break
fast they went out with Pinckney, Mr..
Rooseyelt's colored man servant, and
under his supervision purchased two
bicycles at store on Fourteenth
street. They rode the bicycles hack
to the white house and showed them
to their father and mother. In the
afternoon they took a long ride on
their wheels, going down Penasyl-
vania avenue. over into the Smith
sonian grounds and through the ex-
tensive mail between the national
museum and the capitol. Pinckney
rode with them on his own bicycle to
take care of them.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-22
Consul General Hughes Sends Report
That Many Arc Unable TO Secure
Employment.

There IS a continuous scarcity of
work in Germany, Consul General
Hughes has sent reports to the state
department showing that in the min
ing districts and in the cen:ers of
the iron working and machine max
ing regions short hours, dismissal
of hands, and cutting down of wages
are general. In the month of July,
1900. when the depression Of business
in general was fei. for the first tine
on the labor market, the decrease of
employed .aborers amounted to only
three par cent, while in July of this
year their already much reduced
number has decreased by a further
five per cent.
There IS a marked increase in the
number Of men APPLYING for work at
tie public labor offices. IN July,
1870 fer every 100 open places 1922
applicants were counted; this year
the: number has run up to 1909.
Inc labor Offices report an in
creased rush for places, particularly
by metal workers and those en-
ployed in the building trades. The
latter may hope for an Improvement,
at least in some Places. at the begin
ming of the autuG?nal building sea-
son, but for the iron workers the
outlook is gloomy indeed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-22
ODD SUBSTlTUlEFoR STAMPS.
oAoialS 1t Post oace at New York
c3ty Hold Letters Bearing Old
"Shiaplaste-s."

Officials at the general post Office in
New York city are interested in letters
which were dropped" there on Tues
day and which are Being held for post
age, because instead OF stamps shin
p,aSters" Of IS years ago were gummed
to them. The name Of the person who
posted the letters is known. He has
committed no offense against the law,
but mas failed in some scheme to have
the shinplasters stamped with a can
ceiling stamp as are regular postage
stamps.
There were," said an official, "half
. dozen letters dropped here. Where
two-ceHt stamps should have been
used were fve-cent, ten-cent, twenty
6ve-cent and ffty-cent war shinplas-
tiers. They were carefully gummed to
the right hand top corner of the en-
velorss. where the postage stamps
should have been. All the letters were
held for postage.
The man has not been identified as
a praciica! joker or philateEst. His
aim in aiixipg shinplasters to envel-
opesi obscure. AS it stands, it looks
to me as if the mailer of the letters
wanted the shinp.asters Cancelled.
Such authenticat tons are often Sc
cured by phi.atelists. It makes their
specimens al the more valua BILE. In
one instance that I remember a five
dollar Columbia stamp had the place
of a two-cent stamp. It, of course,
went through"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-22
PRAYERS FOR A STIPEND.
Prosperous ny . Novel
Tromc,

There is q small village in the de-
partment of the Sarthe, in France,
that has arisen from poverty to af-
tiusnce by means Of prayer furnished
on demand for a consideration. The
cure of the village, q certain Aobe
Buguet, was as poor as his flock. But
he was not content to stay that way
and, being a man of imagination, he
looked around for some means by
which he could better the condition
Of his people and incidentally his own.
He finally hit upon an idea, says Lon
don eAch:Dge. he learned 10 set type,
bought a secondhand hand press and
set Up. printed and published leatlet
in which he discorrsed upon the eff
carv cf prayer. Then he made busi-
ness proposition to his flock. He wculd
pray for them. for their children and
fcr their dead for an annual subscrip-
ton of one sou. II other words. he
would take charge of all their prayers
for one sou year. The idea appealed
to his parshioners and all of them
subscribed. With the little sums thus
acquired he printed more leaflets and
distributed them throughout the
neigh boring country and e7cry Ieafet
seem, q 10 bring in a new subscriber.
To-day he has many thousands OF
subscribers who live in al! parts OF the
world. and Montligeon, which was once
little more than collection Of novels,
is a prosperous town. 1t has church
that is a cathedral. Ithas wide streets
lighted by electric lights, post Of
Ace, waterworks ard ca service. And
in the center Of the town is :. large
white building where Able Bugret,
with eigh; aimoners, IS interpreters,
20 secretaries and a crowd of clerks,
proceeds with his work CT supplying
PRAYERS More thar 800 letters come
each day, each Of them containing at
least the required sou. and most OF
them having a much larger sam. a
part OF these letters ask for prayers
and these are divided among various
needy priests in ths ne!ghbnrhood,
who thus are able to ado considerable
TO their meager incomes. All the vol
untary offerings 60 into the general
treasury and are used Tor the benefit
Of the town and the valley in which
it is situated. The mayor of'the town
is the cashier and the principal coun-
ci!ors are the secretaries or chief ac-
countants and Able Ruguet is man
ager Of all It is the most profite ole
prayer factory in the world. J
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-22
Content with Title swife.v

Lady Sybil Cutting. after brief stay
in democratic America, has decided to-
abandon her title. Hereafter she vii!
be known simply as Mrs. William B.
Cutting, Jr.
Her decision may have been inau-
enced by the fact that, under her urg-
ing, her husband has decided TO go
into the sugar refining business and
will begin at the bottom of the. ladder:
This winter the young coupe viii go
to OxnsrG. Cal, where Cu;tingi is prom
ised employment in refinery owned
by the Oxnards, of Brooklyn. They
will occupy plain workingman's cot
tage there. Mrs. Cutting will do her
husbands cooking.
Mrs. Cutting was Lady Sybil Cutie,
daughter of Earl and Countess Desap.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-22

from the rational organization The ar-
proyai and assistance Of the president,
The party'S titular leader, would be
Indispensable. In the, Alabama case
President Roosevelt, who entertained
Booker Washington at dinner with
his family, has announced that be has
no sympathy with the movement
which seeks to elimenatc the negro.
That presidential declaration is fatal
to the attempt in Alabama, as else
where. 1t is evident that the party
leaders have taken the cue and We
shall not for a long time to come hear
anything practical about a white
Republican party" in the south. And
with this goes also all talk of "a de
cent Republican party in these
States. For while purely black party
might conceiyably be respectable, q
mixed white and black organization
cannot possibly lay claim to that des-
ignation. And it is the mixture that
we are still to have,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-22
Stepped OFF the Train.

A very unusual railway accident
occurred half mile west of Pelzer
station Thursday night. 1t appears
that when nearing that point the por-
ter of train No. l6. south bound,
came through the first class coach, as
is the custom and called out the sta
tion when Miss Minnie Hollingsworth,
a young lady passenger, deliberately
arose from her seat, walked to the
platform Of the coach and stepped of
to the ground while the train was
dashing along at the rate Of perhaps
80 miles an hour. 1t so happened
that one of the train crew saw the
lady as she slipped Off and Conductor
Battle was Immediately notified, who
backed the train in search of the lady,
fully expecting to find her lifeless body
by the roadside. but the strangest
part Of the story is that she picked
herself up after the fall and walked
some distance to her home in Pelzer,
with only few Slight bruises about
her person. The strange conduct on
the part Of this lady has not yet been
explained, whether she was asleep or
did not know the train was in motion
is not known.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-22
Eit by the Recoil.

Lawyer examining accused pick
pocket, testifying in his own behalf)
You deny this special charge, and
yet admit that you have committed
similar ofenses. Perhaps you'll be
good enough to tell the court just
how long you've been in this busi-
ness?
Pickpocl,et (nonchalantly)-Oh, not
more than t"o or three E!Hnths.
Lawye:-Gn!y two or t!ree months,
sh? How Go YOU expect the court to
beIieve that statement il view CT the
fact that it las had police testimony
10 the effect that you are an expert?
Pickpociiet (sr:l!ag y)-Oh. we'll,
you must remember that | had the
benefit OF three years previous
practice in your Professionalism
mond Dispa tch.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-22
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The New Zealand government Is
faising the wages OF it's railway en-
ployes to the extent OF 100000.
What is said to be the first factory
for the manufacture of oxalic acid II
being built near Cheboygan, Mich
In the year $50 the mulberry tree
was first cultivated in Greece and the
Levant for the benefit Of the silk
WORMS.
The nest Of the wasp shows e de-
gree OF engineering skill and adapta-
ton of means to end which rival the
same talents of the bee.
Exports Of steel rails for the first
eight months OF 1901, though less by
o,s95 tons than in 1900, was 9o,2++ tons
greater than for the period in 1899.
Irrigation has converted the South
American desert valleys near the city
of Mendoza into some Of the most
productive vineyards in the world.
The broom must go! A French
hygienic journal states that in Tunis
the mortality from tuberculosis is 11.3
per 1000 among the Arabs, and only
O.75 per 1000 among the Jews, who
lead pretty much the same life as the
Arabs, except that they daily clean
all their furniture with moist cloths,
and never stir up the germinfected
dust with brooms.
The skunk first appears in history
III the year 1886, when he was de-
scribed in Theodat's History of Can
ada. He had been long time on the
earth before that time, however, for
there are species of fossil skunks.
The skuEks of the genus Chincs range
over the greater part Of North Amer
ica and as far south as Mexico. 9th
er skuNks are found in Central and
South America.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-22
Automobile Against n Bull.

The Biarritz, France, pond
ent of the New York Herald says:
Next Sunday there is to be bull
fight such as has never been seen
before. It will be a fight OF an au-
torlo5;le arainst bull.
Mr.. Henry Deutsch, whose name is
connected with the prize for aerial
navi"ation. will preside. Mr.. Deutsch
when interviewed concerning this
latest novel plan for demonstrating
the merits of the automobile said:
My opinion is that an automobile
can be used instead of a mounted
picador and if the picador is placed
on a swiftly revolving automobile
the sport might be immense.
Il hold that with a capable chat
feur the automobile could avoid the
charges of the bull. Ny idea mall this
is that as the revolving feature of
bull fighting is the mutilation of the
horse, this could be avoided by the
use of an automobile"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-22
BOY FINDS RICH NINE.
EzaeEse and Valuable Copper De-
rosiss Located by Little
Mexican Lad.

What is believed to be one Of the
richest copper deposits in the world
was recently discovered through
boys selling pretty rocks to an assay
Office at San Diego, Col. Severalweeks
ago small boy came into the Office
Of Col. Robbins, an assayer of San
Diego, with some pretty rocks
which he wanted to sell.
The assayer gave him few nickels
and took the rock. Examination
showed the ore to be almost pure
copper streaked with silver. The boy
had disappeared, but the assayer kept
a standing advertisement in three
papers for several weeks and finally
located the boy and also his father.
It was found that the ore came
from about IS miles below the Mex
lean line and the boys father, AN
tonic Feliz, Col. Robbins and J. Wade
Mcdonald have located the land un-
der the Mexican law. Development
work has begun.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-22
To be continued.
QUICK JUSTICE.
4 Triple Murderer Hanged Two
Hours After Being Sentenced.

Hours After Being Sentenced.
jim Buchanan, colored, the murder
er of the Hicks family. was tried al
Nacogdoches, Texas: ano a plea o.
guilty was accepted by the judge ant
the negro was legally hanged withir
two hours after sentence had beer
passed. Ten days ago the dead bodie:
of Farmer Hicks. his wife and daugh.
ter were found in the Hicks home anc
Sheriff Spradley Immediately began t
search for the perpetrator Of the
crime. A week latel Jim Buchanan
was arrested and finally confessed tc
the triple murder.
The news Of the negro'S confession
spread rapidly and mob of several
hundred people marched upon the
sheriff and his deputies with the
avowed purpose Of securing possession
of the negro and burning him at the
stake. Sheriff Spradley and his depu-
ties refused to give over his prisoner
and later he was joined by Sheriff
Bowers of San Augustine county. The
two officers through ruSe finally sue
ceeded in spiriting the negro away to
the parish jail at Shreveport.
Buchanan was afterwards taken to
the jail at Henderson and a company
of militia was ordered out to protect
the negro from violence. a mob form
ed and it was feared an encounter
with the troops would result in serious
bloodshed. Two more companies of
militia was dispatched to Henderson
and today Buchanan was brought to
Nacogdoches under the protection of
five companies Of militia. Upon his
arrival at Nacogdoches the negro was
Immediately turned over to Sheriff
Spradley, who told the people he
would be given special trial. The
town began to fill up rapidly and the
excitement was intense.
The telegraph wires were cut: the
railroad tracks were torn up for a
short distance and it was announced
that an attempt would be made to get
possession of Buchanan. District
court was at once convened, jury
was empaneled without delay and the
negro'S plea Of guilty was accepted by
the court. The Judge ordered that
the death sentence be executed Nov.
Il. but many people announced that
they would not allow delay. Buchanan
then waived the 80 days allowed him
by law and preparations were begun
to erect crude Scatfold in the jail
yard. When the task was completed
Buchanan was hanged by Sheriff
Spradley in the presence Of a large
crowd,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-22

want to SEE nimE His creditors; for Ili'
stance?
"Why. if they are importunate, he
beats them, | suppose. answered DE
PrcSles. with whom this method OF
settling his bills was common occur
renee.
Yes. he beats them" sneered Pic
ard: "he pays them. Yes. gentlemen,
he pays his tradespeople." And the
valet surveyed the group, enjoying the
surprise he had given them.
oh, the poor fellow is lost. cX-
claimed one Of the party, who at the
age Of twenty had spent a large fortune
and was now living on his wits,
Completely affirmed Picard. and
all owing to the company keeps. tie
won't be guided by me-
"perhapS he is right in that" an
Swered De Preslcs But where is the
attraction elsewhere tonight?
II will tell YOU. gentlemen said d
deep voice near the entrance to the
gardens. and looking up, all saw the
Ch"valier de Eaudrey himself.
He was a noble-lOoking man with
none Of the fopperies and evident at
tempt at display which characterIzed
some Of his companions, and careful
observer would instantly have said
that he was, in mental endowments,
far above the average.
What is all this that Picard has
been telling US. thatyou were not com
ing?" asked De Presles, in surprise.
y did not expect to come, SO sent
him with my regrets" answered the
chevalier, as he accepted a glass Of
wine which was handed to him.
And COW he brings them himself"
said Picard, in low voice, as he left
the garden hastily, lest his master
should hear of the disclosures he had
been making.
The conversation became general,
and before long the orgy was. at ITS
height. when noise was heard at the
entrance, and Lafeur appeared.
After whispering few words to the
marquis, he received the order:
Let her be brought in here"
Lafeur Immediately retired, and re-
turned in q few minutes, followed by
four men who bore sort OF litter, on
which was the inanimate form o.
Henriette.
She lay like one dead; without mo-
ton or color, and save for the sound Of
stertocous breathing, she was to all
appearances dead.
Into the midst Of some Of the most
dissolute Partisan society, had the
poor. innocent, unprotected girl been
brought: with no one to aid her, and
even those Of her own sex who were by
would enjoy her suffering rather than
do anything to save her from the fear
full doom that was so near.
What a terrible change for the two
orphans, who, scarcely twenty-four
hours previous, were light-hearted
maidens. setting out from their child
hoods home to visit the beautiful city
about which they had heard so much.
Now, one was in the power OF low,
vile, wretcheS: and the other in the
hands Of those who called themselves
gentle people, but who had no more
mercy, in fact, not as much as the
Frochards.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-22
FARMING On A LARGE SCALE.
Some Fact. EcgazEiuS Agriculture
as Carried Cn "A IA Pacific
Coast Region.

The department of agriculture has
issued re"ort on the general agri-
cuiiara. ,c":itions in the Pacific coast
re3.o.. lays that although the ten
deE,.E for the past 25 years has been
toM.:t :. < dual reduction in the
area O. 49,. dual farms and ranches
they - ~ Of a size much larger
than - acreage farm of the east or
evsn - - middle west. 1t is par
t.rG:ir.y ~" il California. Another
c:<t.!.>.,y- c.ature. especially in the
gvu.:. - :: ..rcas of California, is the
u:e C IA. merry Of great capacity,
wien E"::-. an economy of human
Ia ho~. T.; -. en- also means waste
OF "ra:'. Itcry effort-is made to COM
bi1e <sre'al operations into one.
Tr& ~, c~;:i,;on Of the enormous guam
ti;y of Pacific coast wheat has been
reduced 20 science. 4 large saving
IS made ~ loading ships directly from
ths crr>. trains being run from the
VISA; fields to t:dewater at very
few hours notice. In Washington and
Oregon. however. the wheat is run
th-c""'; g. n'ev?tn~. who're it is re-
clsancGi ar;: ;>vt:: VIII cher grades
OF VIZ. % h:-...:2> : 20 The required
star III: =: e. n. - watch it is re-
sal - 1f - the vessels or
ears for final shipment. About 27,45o,-
00n nrshfls Of wheat are exported an
nua Y I'm he Pacific coast. with
to!ai ~~'::e of ahout $50 900 900. Of the
2nG0.C0O barrels OF -four annually
shipped from the Pacific coast ports
6ur'::" = oast ten yecrs. nearly one
half is Jared at san Francisco. The
rc1crt ~~-.~': hcc zen about 36.000,-
600 bu.ho' of whea. to supply the for
eirn r.1rfets with i'acifc coast wheat
AMI -four. OF this amount California
ports furnished more than 20,000,000
bushels.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-22
At the Citadel.

Capt. Geo. II. McMaster has been
assigned to duty as cOmmandant Of
the South Carolina Military academy
the Citadel. The duties Of this office
have been discharged most acceptably
by Lieut.. J. Wills Cantey, Citadel
graduate. WHO is not an officer OF the
regular army. Capt. McMaStcr is a
native Of Columbia.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-22
Building IL, Stockholm, Sweden

Only two-thirds Of the area of the
lot can be covered in Stockholm.
Sweden, except on street corners,
where three-four;hs is allowed. The
remainder Of the lot must be reserved
for courts, for light and ventilation.
All chimney fues must be - or IS
inches and must be swept once a
month from October TO April oy Of
fetal chimney sweepers.-Chicago In
ter Ocean.