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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-12-03

comes the famous old Graniteville
mill organized in 1915, now being
valued at Sl,O0S, ,00C: it has never
ceased to rum"
The Greenville Mountaineer says:
The foregoing interesting summary
by The State is followed by a list of
the mills save the nineteen whose
dates could not be astertained, show
ing when they began operations. The
mill at Autun, in Anderson County,
is reported as being organized in 1888,
and stands at the head Of the list. 1t
was known for many years as the
'Pendleton factory" and from it's
early years was owned and operated
by Col. BENZ, +. Sloan, prominent
and wealthy citizen of Pendleton, who
was the father of Col. J. B. E. Sloan,
OF Charleston, Mr.. B. F. Sloan, Of
Seneca, and DR.. P. H. E, Sloan, Of
Clemson College. Some years after
the war company was organized with
Mr., William Perry as the president
and manager, aud it had series Of
successful years under his manage
ment. Mr.. Perry is now a citizen Of
Walhalla, and is in his 84th year,
BateSville is mentioned as being
the only mill in the world with Wo-
man as the president, which is proba-
bly, true, but it is more than likely
that BateSville should also enjoy the
distinction Of being the Oldest mill
now being operated in South Carolina:
Mrs. Mary P. Gridley Of this city, is
the oiiicient president, and is at her
desk in the mill Office for three days
in the week. She succeeded to the
position ppon the death OF her father.
but he was not the founder Of the
mill at Batesyille, as stated by our
contemporary. Rev. Thomas Hutcll-
ingS, Methodist preacher Is accredi-
ted with being the founder of the
mill industry at that point, an1 his
equipment consisted Of two spinning
frames and one loom situated in q
small house on the banks Of Rocky
creek in a beautiful and picturesque
location, which is exceedingly attrac-
tive today. The house originally
used is still in a fair state CT preSer-
walton. It is hardly ascertainable
now as to the precise year that Mr..
Hutchins began his pioneer work, but
the facts that are known indicate that
he was several years ahead Of the mill
near PeIdleton. probably II 1892.
TTCsrruHD TnD OErTNDTD
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-12-03
4 BOLD ROBBERY.
The Safe of the Enoree Manufactur-
ing Company Dynamited.
POSTOFFICE ALSO ROBBED.
Deeds. Insurance Policies and Other
Valuable Papers Also Stolen.
BloodhoundS Sent 10 the
Scene.

There seems to be great many
safe robbcrieS in this State OF late,
and it would behoOve every one to be
on their guard. The Spartan5urg
Journal saws one of the bolGest rob
berries in this section occurred at an
early hour Wednesday morning when
unknown robbers dynamited The safe
in the office Of the Enoree Nanufac-
turing Company at Enoree. twenty
miles distant from that city. securing
between $500 and 5000 in cold
cash, besides number Of valuable
papers. Tie poStottice was also ro3-
bed OF about $500 in stamps and
money.
Tia first news of the daring rob-
berry was received here early Wednes-
day morning in the shape OF te!c-
phone message. Bioodnounds have
been sent for from LaurenS and Will
be put upon the trail Of the robbers as
soon as they arrive. The exact hour
of the robbery is not known but it is
supposed TO have taken place about !
O'Clock Wednesday morning. The safe
which was dynamited was located IN
the mill office. The office was closed
and securely locked as usual last
night. after the money, books and
other valuable papers, had been secure
~ put in the safe.
The office was found open this
morning and the d0orof the safe blown
of with dynamite. The door had
been carefully drilled, evidently by
professionals. and 4 stick Of dynamite
inserted in the hole thus made, and
the door blown OF. An examination
this morning by the mill officials re-
vealed the fact that everything IN the
big safe Of any value had been carried
off by the robbers.
r. L. Walker, superintendent at
the mill, estimates that between S.
600 and $4,000 was secured in cold
cash. In addition numerous papers
were stolen including deeds for pro-
perty, insurance policies belonging to
Mr.. Walker and to D. S. Cochrame Of
the mill. The door Of the mill Office
was found open Wednesday morning
also the windows were unfaStened. 1t
is not known, however, by which
opening the robbers secured an en-
trance. 1t is thought that the force
of the explosion caused the window
faSteningS to break.
About 500 worth of stamps were
taken. These were the property of
the government. About $500 belong
ing to the postotlice was also secured,
the postoftice money and stamps be-
ing kept in the vault Of the mill safe.
Sheriff Vernon Of this city also receiv-
ed telegram at an early hour We'd
neSday morning stating that 81. 500 OF
the mills money was secured and $500
belonging to the poStotfice. There is no
clue to the robbers. Much excitement
prevailed this morning at the scene OF
the robbery. The Enoree Manufacture
ing Company has today offered a reward
of $500 for the arrest and conviction
of the party or parties who robbed the
safe Of the company Wednesday morn
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-12-03
THE NEGRO GOING.
Colored Help is Being Rapidly DIS
placed in Washington.

The Washington correspondent OF
the Chicago Journal says at
one OF the intelligence office in
that CITY it was learned that
white servants are being brought
to Washington from New York
and other places in considerable
numbers. The small towns of Virgin
ia and North Carolina are being can
vassed for white as well as colored
girls who are willing to come North.
1t is also declared that the coloTed
servants are being rapidly displaced
by the white people. The colorcd ser
want is rapidly declining in favor, and
many good houSekeeperS declare that
they will not have that kind in the
house. They object to them because
they frequently are not clean. because
they live nights in questionable places.
because they almost universally steal
food and carry it home 70 families OF
their own. and because they are not
the courteous race they cn2e were.
Whether or rot this is x true bill
against the cOlpred servants in Wash
ingtOn as a class. the fact remains
that they are rapidly falling into dis
repute and being replaced by the
white race.
People who are interested in looking
for reasons for such changes are dis
posed TO attribute it to the education
of the race. The new generation which
has been reared since the war has had
the same educational advantages in
this city as the whites. They have
their grammar schools and high
schools, maintained at public expense,
and they all go, and NEST OF them go
with an ambition 70 become teachers
themselves, or to enter some profess
sion. They readily absorb ideas OF
Equality which is interpreted as su-
periority to the kind OF labor perform
ed by their mothers and fathers.
Many become superior to work Of any
kind. and are supported by hard-work-
ing parents until they get into trouble
and the workhouse. Seventy per cent.
Of the crime Of the District Of COlum-
bia is contributed by the colored pop
ulation. though they number but a
third Of the city'S residents.
There are no training schools where
the rising generation may learn to
cook or sew or to d0 any CT the things
which might enable them to earn a
comfortable living. They learn to
read, and what they read in the news
papers OF lynchinGS in the South and
West does not tend to make them any
more contented. The race antipathy
is secretly nurtured, and it nlanifests
itself at frequent intervals. in what
the house mistress calls impertl-
nence." 1t crops out also in little
rudenesses on street cars and in other
public places, and causes elderly peo-
pie to remark on the change that has
come over the colored people since
they were young. People who come
up from the South are shocked. and
will discant eloQuently on the differ
ence between the Southern and the
Northern "nigger." With difficulty
are the 'colonelS'; restrained from
violent assaults upon occasion.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-12-03
MORE AND MORE.
The Pension Roll Grows Still Three
Billion Dollars Expended.
OVER ONE MILLION PENSIONS.
AS Result Of the War Between the
States. Nearly Twice as Many
as the Confederate Sol
dierS Numbered.

In the course Of bis annual report
Secretary Hitchcock presents the fol-
lowing statement as to the bureau Of
pensions:
The report Of the commissioner Of
pensions shows that the total number
Of pensioners on the roll during the
fiscal year ended June 30, 1902, was
1,04l. .6S7, and the number remaining
on the roll at the close of the year was
999, ,446, net gain over the previous
year OF LII, and exceeding in num-
Der OF pensioners any former year.
The gains in the rolls during the
year were 10, l21 new pensioners and
1881 renewals and restorations, a
total of 1852. The losses to the rolls
during the year by death were 81, 145,
and from other causes 5,096, a total of
,241, leaving net gain of LII for
years.
The number of claims of all classes
adjudicated during the year was 246,-
353, which number 11S,464 were re-
jected.
The appropriation for tReeaayment
OF pensions for the fiscal yeafeEaS
Sl44, 100000. Repayments to the ap-
preparation MADE the amount available
for payment OF pensions S144, ,004,-
35l 80. The disbursements forarny and
navy pensions during the year includ-
ing the amount disbursed by treasury
settlements. were S137, ,504, ,267.99,
leaving an unexpended balance to be
covered into the treasury of S6,500,-
0S3.56. The expenditure Tor navy
pensions was SO, $40, ,O22.24.
The entire cost of the maintenance
of the pensoin system since the
foundation of the government was
nearly SO. 200, 100000. Ofthe amount
| that has been expended for pensions
since the foundation Of the govern
ment S70,000,O0o was on account Of
the war Of the revolution; S45,025,-
297 on account Of service in the war of
1912; SIS, ,S14, ,206 on account of service
iu the Indian wars (lS32-1S42); S31,-
S61, ,337 on account Of service in the
| ACAlSclii Wal %, ~ ~, LOT OI clSSOOi1O SA
the war with Spain, and 81, 72S: :6Io,-
216 on account Of the war Of the re-
| bellion.
The commissioner recommends the
passage Of a law providing that any
person convicted in court of an infa-
nous crime shall forfeit his pension or
his right to one. I fully concur in
the commissioners recommendation
in this matter; the pension roll is a
roll of honor, and its high standard
should be ever maintained.
Information was received at the bu-
reau Of the death during the year Of
so, 12S old soldiers: Of that number,
however, only 27,G43 were on the pen
sion roll. It is estimated that the
death rate among the pensioners for
the present year will approximate 4o.-
900, and the losses to the roll from
other causes will probably equal 6, 600.
The commissioner expresses the opin-
ion, however, that owing to new legis-
lation enacted by Congress the number
on the pension roll at the end Of the
present year will exceed 100000.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-12-03
Killed the Post master.

Clint z. Osborne, assistant pastmas-
ter and proprietor Of a general store
at Warren, Mich, was shot early
Wednesday morning by one Of a gang
of robbers that. entered the Warren
bank and blew open the safe. The
explosion aroused Osborne, who tele-
phoned to one Of the neighbors that
he thought robbers were at work IN
either the bank or postofflce. All the
telephones in the village are connect
ed at night and it is thought that the
cracksmen heard the bell ring in the
bank and listened to the conversation.
Osborne then started down the street
and had gone but a short distance
when one Of the robbers, acting as an
outside guard. shot him in the face
with 4 charge Of buckShot, killing him
Instantly. Without securing anything
the burglars fled.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-12-03
He Stole & Fortune.

Lawrence Murphy. formerly treas
urer of the journeymen Stonecutters,
association Of New York was arrested
Thursday night charged with the lar
cenv of $4,000. There was a change
Of officers last week when Murphy was
asked to turn his funds over to the
new treasurer. 1t is alleged that he
failed to Go so and that he then LETT
the city. Murphy was supposed |"
have gone to England but THURSDAY
night he entered the meeting place OF
the association and was arrested.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-12-03
WON'T GET IT.
Crum's Color Counts Against Him in
the Collectorship.

The Washington Dispatch of the
Columbia State says President RooSe-
velt has suffered another change of
mind in regard to the appointment of
negroes in the south to federal offices.
It was today learned that W. D.
Crum. the negro doctor whom he had
selected for the Charleston collector
ship, has been turned down at the
White House, nominally on the charge
of political trickery. but his friends
say because OF his color. Crum, who
is now in the city, has been IN con-
sultation with the president and has
been informed his selection is impossi-
bic. AS stated in The State some
weeks ago, the Charleston negro. ac-
c0rding to official information, had
been selected to succeed the late col
lector, Wallace, before the presidents
bear hunt in Mississippi.
He is much piQued over the action Of
the administration and claims he has
been roughly handled in not being
allowed to defend himself before
punishment. 1t is stated that at the
national Republican convention Of
1892 in Minneapolis. Crum upon his
arrival aligned himSel with the anti
Harrison delegates and was subse-
Quently won over to the other side by
the promise of federal reward. After
wards ne received the appointment Of
postmaster at Charleston. but the
senate refusing to confirm him his
name was Withdrawn.
The presentation Of this charge
against Crum is in reSpone to the re-
Quest of the president, before leaving
for Mississippi, to the enemies OF
Crum to advance reasons why he
should not be appointed. The con-
ycntion story is the outcome and the
president appears we'll satisfied to re-
lieve himself of Crum by accepting
the facts alleged as such. Vital i'm
portance attaches to the CoWnEa1 OF
Crum in view of its bearing on the
presidents southern policy. 1t appears
that influence Of the Payne-ClarkSOn
combine, as predicted in The State
Sunday, is on the wane. Crum has
not given up the fight but his fate is
believed to have been finally decided.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-12-03
Hot Iron FIoweS.

4 sudden break in a furnace Of the
Williamson Iron Company in B!rrnIng-
ham, Ala. "Wednesday morning caused
q mass Of molten iron TO guSh forth.
Thomas J. Edwards, general manager,
was standing near. talking to group
of men, and was burned to death. The
body was covered with molten iron
and debris. James I. McAnalley, q
stove man, was fatally burned. as was
also Allen Now, cOlored. foundry
man. Chas. Simpson, a son OF the
secretary of the company, was also
severely hurt. 1t IS reported two
strangers, who were talking to Ed
wards at the time the break occurred.
are missing. They may be under the
debris. Edwards was very prominent
as an iron manufacturer.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-12-03
Garyin The fseTOrmer.

II seems that Dr.. L. +. G. Garrln.
the Democratic gcvernor-elect OF
Rhode Island, has been something OF
a Reformer. He was dcn0mlnated q
crank. and the Republican papers
made fun Of his bills. but according to
the Courier-J Journal he was largely in
strumenta! in overthruwing the land
ed property qualification for foreign
voters and in changing the constitu-
ton as to provide for the election Of
state officers by plurality instead OF
4 majority. He also assisted in the
passage OF a secret ballot law. Il law
creating bureau Uf industrial! Statis-
tics, q factory inspection law. ten
hour law. and some others. The final
triumph 0! Mr.. Garrin recalls the
pithy statement Of Lady Somerset.
namely. that when one person sees d
thing he is d fanatic: that when 4
number see it, he is merely an entNu-
siast, and that when all see it he IS d
hero.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-12-03
His Neck Broken

Nelson Hirsch, editor Of the Sun
day edition of the New York World,
was instantly killed near his home at
West Brighton, Statern Island, being
thrown from his buggy. He fell on
his head breaking his neck and fractur-
ing his skull. HirSch was driving
home before daylight and the vehicle
ran into ditch which he could not
see. The body was taken to his resi-
dence.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-12-03
E,nrinecr Killed.

Northbound passenger train No. +,
en- route from TeXarkana to St. Louis
on the St. Louis. Iron Mountain and
Southern Railway was wrecked at
Prescott, Ark, Thursday. Engineer
Archibald was killed. Fireman Hays
saved his life ,y jumping. None of
the passengers was injured.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-12-03
Volcano Released & Torrent.

Thursdays eruption of La Soufriere
occurred at the head OF the dry river
Rabacci. where huge quantities OF Vol
canic deposits have blocked The water
course since the eruptions last May
in spite Of the subsequent heavy rain
fall. After the eruption Of Thursday
a raging, ,steaming torrent flowed from
the base Of La Soufriere and swept
down the Rabacci, completing the de-
structiOn OF the sugar works there.
Sand at the same time fell on George
town and other places.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-12-03
A BIG FRAUD UNEARTEED.
Discovery ofthe Reason for the De-
mand for Cancelled Stamps.

mand for Cancelled Stamps.
Many people in South Carolina as
well as other States have received 'an
endless chain Of letters asking Quan'
tity Of cancelled stamps. They were
also requested to send copies Of the
letter to two or three of their friends,
making by this scheme the return OF
thousands OF answers to the one letter
and the receipt Of probably hundreds
of thousands of stamps.
The letter was always one with
tale of woe about some unfortunate
boy or girl who had to have an arm OF
leg amputated or was trying to work
his or her way through college. And
then again the letter might solicit
aims for some charitable institution.
There was always an appeal to ones
sympathies in the subject matter.
PostGtIice authorities and detectives
have been trying to locate the person
who started this endless chain of let
ters---for, like all epiStleS Of that ma
ture, it is a violation Of the postotlice
laws.
The postoi1ice inspector, J. L. Cor
telyon. and United States Marshal
John GarSide have arrested an old
man named Henry Bolssea, French
man, in New York City. He was an
inmate of the Home Of the Little Sis
ters of the Poor.
In his room was found a tub con-
tanning fully $4,000 cancelled stamps
soaking in solution. lie could erase
the cancel marks. regum them and
dispose Of them in small quantities for
cash or merchandise. 1t is said he
carried on quite lucrative business.
People who have wondered what in
time a person could 90 with cancelled
postage stamps now see to what use
they were put.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-12-03
According Law.

Calvin Elliott. colCred. was hanged
at Lincolnton, Thursday for criminal
lv aSsaulting Mrs. Caleb Brown. near
there about two months ago. After
several unsuccessful attempts at
lynching a special term OF court was
called and the sentence Of death pass
nG
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-12-03

as Mr. DooleE would say, Alabama's
lilly white" Republicans ought to
blackup if they hope 10 keep near the
pie counter.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1902-06-20
A Real Friend.

81 suffered from dyspepsia and in
digestion for fifteen years. says W.
Il. Stusdevant of Merry Oaks, N. G.
"After / had tried many doctors and
medicines to no avail one OF my
friends persuaded me to try Kodol. 1t
gave immediate relief. | can eat all
most anything / want now and my
digestion is good. | cheerfully recon-
mend Kodol." Don't try to cure
stomach trouble by dieting. That
only further weakens the system.
You need wholesome, strengthening
food. Kodol enables you to assimilate
what you eat by digesting it without
the stomach's aid. A. w. Fore
man. DIV
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1902-06-20

this piece Of folly. Don't violate
the the law for paltry sum Of
money. The Chieftain never will
consent to the open saloon in
nita, nor the "blind tiger" nor !
sale Of liquor on any pretext. It
will if necessary break business or
personal friendships in it's uncom-
promising opposition to this un.
speakable evil. Better have our
buildings inhabited by bats and
owls than liquor dens, and better
have our beautiful city swept from
the face Of the earth by fire or de-
vastated by food than turn into a
baccanalian resort.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1902-06-20
KEEP LIQUOR OUT.

The war on vice and imm orality
in Vinita and every other town
and community is the ''irrepressi.
bic conflict. Year after year the
same old questions arise and have
to be met, fought out and settled
but never settled finally. Anoth
er iarreaching and we'll organized
effort is about to be made to force
the sale of intoxicants in Vinita.
1t is about the same old sch eme
although under different name.
Some harmless or meaningless
name like "Simco" or "Uno" is
the designation. The old argu-
ment that we need the revenue is
being advanced. Other towns it is
said are reaping harvest and
gathering thousands of dollars in.
to their Golfers. Don't permit
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1902-06-20

An agreement was reached
by the United States senate lead
ers Friday that the statehood bill
is TO go over until next session and
by agreement is to be taken up
early in the next session. This
means that for political reasons
the territories ars to be skept out
until after the fall elections.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1902-06-20
Interesting to Asthma Sufferers

Daniel Bante OF Otterville, Iowa,
writes II have had asthma for three
or four years and have tried about all
the cough and asthma cures In the
market and have received treatment
from physicians in New York add
other cities, but got very little benefit
until / tried Foley's Honey and Tar
which gave me immediate relief and
/ will never be without it in my
house. / sincerely recommend it to
all" Peoples drug store. DIV
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1902-06-20

The esteemed Tahlequah Herald
seems to have monopoly Of de.
Tending the Cherokee school boards
past and present, no other paper
has yet disputed its right to do 80.
The Herald is grossly ignorant Of
the history of Cherokee school
boards or is being outrageously in
posed upon
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1902-06-20

Prof VIM. S. Burdich, Phi. D. LII.
b., Of the University of Kansas will
give free lecture under the auspices
Of the FraternaI Aid Council at the
opera house on the night Of July End
at O'Clock. Prof. Burdich is a grad
uate of Yale and Harvard and an ora
tor. He will also make an address on
the Fourth OF July.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1902-06-20
Was Wasting Away.

The following letter from Robert
X. Watts, OF Salem, Mo-, is instruc-
tive. "I have been troubled with
kidney disease for five years. ! lost
flesh and never felt we'll, doctored
with leading physicians and tried all
remedies suggested without relief.
Finally tried Foley's Kidney cure
and less than two bottles pletely
cured me and | am now sound and
well'. Peoples drug store. DIV