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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-05
LIQUOR SEIZED.
ear load of Stuff Taken Charge of
I by Officers.

A special FROM Columbia to the Au-
gusta Chronicle says: Revenue officers
bere seized a carload of corn whiSkey
Saturday afternoon believed to have
been assigned to a local dealer. Ihe
seizure was made On request OF the
collector OF internal revenue Of Geor-
gia and viii be held until an investl-
CATION now being made IS completed.
The stuff passed through here some
time ago being consigned from Spen-
Ger, y. c., to Savannah, Ga, which is
the way local dealers work, making
the shipment interstate and safe from
the hands Of the constables. The con-
stables, however, got busy Wlth the
internal revenue office in Georgia and
when the car came back Saturday the
revenue Office here was requested ny
the Georgia office to hold the car.
The dealer here finding the Car
watched SO closely had it billed to
Charlotte. n. c., but the train was
stopped at Blanding street station and
abe Car seized. 1t contained l65 kegs
each holding i IS gallons OF corn
whiSkey valued at about Sl.50 a gal.
lon. The revenue officers here Will
hold it until the officers at Spencer,
n. c., where the car originated, as
,cerJain whether the! government TAX
is paid or not and if not it will be con-
fiscated. II 1t has been paid the stut
will be released, as the government
has nothing to do with the states
law. Meanwhile the constables WILL
not lose sight Of the car as long as II
lis in this state and the local dealer IS
simply out a carload OF whiskey,
Constable Cureton this morning re-
ported to Chief Hammett that he had
seized the distillery run byJ. D. Stan
sell in Pickens county and about 500
gallons of whiskey. Stanseu was
caught taking whiskey from the gov
ernment warehouse for illegal pur-
poses and as the government gauger
violated the law in letting him have
it, he will be prosecuted by the United
States government.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-05
TOBACCO FARMERS DESPONDENT
Unless Prices Improve Many Will
Drop Its Cultivation.

The Florence Lines says the pre-
sent condition in the tobacco market
has greatly depressed the tobacco
farmers, and it is not to be wondered
at. II reports from other towns are
to be relied on few if any market ex-
cept Florence has more than one
buyer, the representative OF the
American Tobacco company. Flor
euce has her usual crops, but prices
here are nothing like what they were
last year, which was phenominal
year. Last year, when tobacco was
at the highest it had ever been known
in this section spectators laid in large
stocks which they cannot now unload.
The prices this year really offer
spectators a good chance, but having
been burned last year they keep their
fingers of of it. The Dillon CORES
pendent OF the Columbia State writ
ing bis paper says: The States. staff
correspondent in a letter from Mullins
echoes the sentiment Of. this entire
section. Tobacco growers are simply
paralyzed. A single instance will
Illustrate: A gentlemen who was in
tereSted in three barns Of tobacco that
were sold by his tenants here on last
Tuesday told your correspondent that
the harvesting curing and marketing
of the lot OF tobacco cost $50. The
net proceeds from the sale were s21,
giving nothing for land rent, guano
nor time and labor expended during
the long hot days and nights required
to make and harvest the crop. The
high prices Of last season induced
many experienced farmers to try a
barn or Two: others increased their
acreage: a few, very few secretly let
it severely alone, when they saw that
the market would practically be under
control the next season Of the Aneri-
can Tobacco company and it will be
very hard if not impossible to in
duce such men to plant another hill
Ol CUUdCUO. Vic QUILL lSooOu do 10 nv"
in evidence is enough. With prices
that would pay for the cultivation Of
tobacco had become an important in
dustry, it gave profitable employment
to thousand besides putting into Cir
culation a large volume OF cash at a
season when without it money has
been conspicuous for its absence. The
result will be return to the old
stand by-cotton-which snaps its
hngers at trusts and combines and
has so +ar defeated every attempt tO
corner it," and besides it's the lazy
mans crop. lie can plant it any time
from March to June, go in the field
occasionally and look at it promising
working next week go fishing, hunt
ing or frolicing then knocked about
it a little and in spite OF it all, it
yields more than he generally gathers
in by Christmas.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-05
i Financial Problem.

1t IS stated CnaL LDe SEeS!CeL:t VI!
call an early session Of congress in &c
yember to discuss and If possible SCI
tie the financial question. The Presi-
dent has been coatabblng with Tue
prominent members OF his party for
!:,1.,tE:S, seeking = solution Tor lues-
| ton. y"!li<li VIC have been told thouS-
;;nhS OF times was settled by the last
two presidential elections. When Mr..
! w } . Bryan declared that the coun-
try needed mere money to conduct
the business Of the country, the Re-
publican party and their allies, the
gold bug Democrats, insisted that the
country was abundantly supplied with
money for all needful purposes. Now
President Roosevelt and the leading
Republican politicians and papers ale
clamoring for a more elastic currenc y
to conduct the business of the coun-
try. The main question to be de-
cided is whether the government or
the banks shall issue the new curren-
cy. Those who seem to be posted on
| Republican politics says there will be a
great battle over the matter, but we
will wager a last years birds nest
shat the banks will win: and will be
given the right Of managing the tinan-
ces Of this great country.
In commenting on this demand on
the part OF Republican politicians Tor
more money, Mr.. Bryan in The Com
noner well says: 1T is less than seven
years since we were told. in the cam
paign Of 1896: that we had plenty OF
money in the country and did not
need any more. Since that time the
volume Ul money has been increased
over five hundred millions, and yet
money is still 50 scarce that the 1ipan-
ciers insist upon the loaning Of all sur
plus money to the banks in order to
keep business going-this, in addition
to the asset currency defended by the
same arguments.
Speaking on the same line a Ne
braska banker says: THE silver dol
lar which we condemned had nearly
fifty cents worth of silver in it, but
the asset currency which they pro-
pose may be absolutely worthless. /
left the Democratic party to protect
the country from bad money. Is the
Republican party going to reward me
with an asset currency, which is in
fnitely worse than silver" This
banker evidently thinks that he has
been the victim of misplaced conf
dence, and is honest enough to confess
it.
The Augusta Chronicle says: Mean
while, the undigested anc indigeStible
securities are in dry dock and the
shrinkage of Wall street securities is
estimated at over one billion Of dol
lars, on the stock exchange. The
New York merchants, hotel-keepers,
champagne dealers, jewelers., art sa-
loon proprietors and captains Of lux
ury are bewailing the forced economy
of brokers' Speculations and the s9sely
bitten rich, who spend freely whess the
goose honks high. The money ques.
tion evidently is never settled. Like
the poor, it is always with Us. Presi-
dent Roosevelt may be aonkeyine
with a buzz saw
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-05
LYNCHlNGs IN TEN YEARS.
Killed by lightning.

a special dispatch to The state from
Spartanburg says: During a violent
thunder storm here Tuesday evening
about 80 o'clock Mr. Tillman Duncan
was instantly killed by stroke OF
lightning. Mr.. Duncan was at his
home in the western part OF the city,
He had just finished eating supper,
and had started to rise from the table.
when the lightning struck the window
and he was hurled to the floor. He
was dead when he was reached by Drs.
Leonard and Cudd. Mr.. Duncan's.
mother, who was at the table with
him was terribly shocked, but escaped
without serious injury. Mr.. Duncan
was 23 years old, and unmarried.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-05
KILLS EIMsELF.
A Prominent Aiken County Farmer
a Ilisnarrh fru.n Alike
Takes His Own Life

a dispatch from Aiken to The State
says. Mr.. Arthur w. CaSh'ean shot
and killed himself at his home, eight
miles northeast Of Aiken, t'fi lay
morning at 8 o'clock. Mr.. Crstiman
was one Of the most prominent men
in Aiken county and had heats OF
friends throughout the State. de
was a member of the legislature from
1893 to 1900 and was candidate 1or
sheriff Of Aiken county in 1900. Be
ing defeated in this race he moved
his family to Texas, where ne lived
about nine months and then returned
to his home county, where he has been
farming ever since.
Mr.. Cushman has been very oespon-
dent for some time owing 20 several
financial reverSes. He was very am
bilious and could not bear defeat IN
any manner. His family have known
for some time that he was continually
brooding over either real or Imaginary
troubles and they have watched him
closely and kept all fire arms, etc.,
out Of his way.
Thursday one Of Mr.. Cushman's
sons went hunting and cn returning
left his gun in his room. Friday
morning Mr. Cuslunan locked himself
in the room and wrote note to his
family, giving instructions as 70 his
burial, and placing the shotgun
against his heart pulled the trigger
and killed himself instantly.
Mr.. Cushman has been very success
full with his farm and all thought
that his worries would case. He was
a man 81 wears Of age, liked by all
who knew him, and by his death
Aiken county has lost one Of her
staunchest citizens. Mr.. Cushman
leayes a wife, three daughters and
four sons, who are all prostrated with
grief at the tragic death OF the kind
and loving husband and father. =
Mr.. Cush1nan had threatened to Kill
himself two weeks ago. At this time
he stated that there was nothing else
to do. His corsf1ant and friend talk
ed to him at. the time and tried to en-
courage him. telling him that there
was no need to do violence to himself
as ne was doing well and could get all
the tinapejaE aiC. he needed. 1t was
thought then that Mr.. Cushman had
been diSsuaded from his purpose, but
the result Friday morning shows that
tho iSaa of SelP-fectrllctiOO had TAX
too, firm hold upon his mind.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-05
A New Remedy.

At Pasadena, Cal, Mss Alice Dane
apparently helpless cripple and de-
nriyed of perfect speech for many
wears, has suddenly had the use of her
limbs and vocal powers restored as the
result Of an accident. Miss Dane had
suffered from spinal trouble and had
tn hohh]e about on crutches and could
scarcely speak above whisper.
while ascending the stairs at her nome
she fell and the last step struck
against her chest. Immediately the
pains from which she had suffered for
many years left and being taken to a
couci, and lying there for while she
got up and to the surprise of every one
walked about without the aid OF
crutches. Many physicians had treat.
ed the case unsucceSsfully for years.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-05
Automobile Against q Bull.

The Biarritz, France, correspond
ent of the New York Herald says:
Next Sunday there is to be a bull
fight such as has never been seen
before. 1t will be a fight Of an au
tomobile against bull.
Mr.. Henry Deutsch, whose name is
connected with the prize for aerial
navigation, will preside. Mr.. Deutsch
when interviewed concerning this
latest novel plan for demonstra ting
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 swiftly revolving automobile
the sport might be immense.
II hold that with 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, 1903-08-05
Insurance Eaa It's Humor.

An enterprising insurance agent in.
duced an Irishman to take out an acci-
dent policy for his wife. A few days
later while conversing with friend in
his office he was startled to see the
Irishman rush in, brandishing fercely
q stout cane.
aye rascalr' he yelled, springing to-
ward the agent. "Ye wanter cheat
me?"
Fortunately the enraged man was
disarmed and held fast by the agents
friend, who was a powerfully built
man. The Irishman, struggling to get
free, shouted:
"Let me git at the spalpeen! Think
oy It, chargin' me foive dollars fer an
acshident ticket fer me ole woman, an
she Jest broke her leg a-fallin' down
shtairs! Wots the good Of the ticket
anyhow
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-05
Reflections of a Bachelor.

Ready-made love is seldom ever a:
good fit.
The consuming passing Of humanity
if self indulgence.
When we say we believe in a good,
oldfashioned hell, we mean for other
people.
No mans income is ever big enough
to satisfy his relatives and friends
who want to spend it for him.
A woman likes to have her husband
sick abed. SO he will be glad he is mar
rieG to some one who loves him enough
to make things for him to eat that he
hates.
All is not shape that squeezes.
The woman who plays with fire at
twenty is kept busy putting salve on
her burns at forty.
Most men could earn more money
'by driving street car than they ex-
pect to get waiting for rich relatives
to dic.-New York Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-05
DeadIy Lightning Flash.

At 9 O'Clock Thursday afternoon
three persons were killed and more
than a. seore injured by lightning at
New Hope Church, Appomatox Coun-
ty, Va. The dead are: Paul GoWen,
Charles Austin and Aubrey Wingtleld:
while among the more seriously injur-
ed are: Eugene Turner, Nathaniel
Morris, Tom Coleman and Napoleon
Patterson. 4 meeting of the James
River Baptist Association was in pro-
eress. and a large number Of men
took refuge under an awning, near the
building, when the storm came on.
Lign9ning struck tree in front OF
the awning, causing the disaster, and
throwing the great crowd on the
grounds into panic.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-05
THE COTTON OUTLOOK.
High Prices are Predicted Even With
Large Crop.

In conversation On Thursday with
q Reporter of The State Mr.. L. II.
Wannamaker, one Of the largest cot
con dealers in this State made the fol-
lowing prediction iu reference to the
cotton outlook: Zone popularity
about the cotton business is that by
mutual consent all the men who are en-
gagged in it, are permitted to enter
tain positive convictions and to ex-
press their views quite emphatlcally
on all occasions, and should ones
Judgment prove wrong ten times to
one that it is right, everybody is ex-
pected to see the correct guess. and
never mention the prophecies tnat
failed to mauecalize.
''You have Of course forgotten
those bearish views expressed by me
last fall, and I now rise to remark
that the developments in the cotton
trade the present season have aston
ished everyone.
Had it been admitted IN the early
part Of the season that the crop
would approximate ll,0oo, 1000 bales,
it would have been conceded without
argument, that 9 cents would be a
full price for cotton. We know that
the crop will fall very little short OF
1900, 900, if it does not exceed it,
yet the consumption has been on such
an enormous scale that we practi-
cally have a famine, and strict mid
ding cotton is easily worth 13 l-2
cents, in spite of the fact that mil
lions Of spindles are idle, as the re-
suit of short supplies. This condition
makes the progress Of the growing
crop Of supreme interest to dealers
and 'spinners alike. There must be a
Weld Of eleven and half million bales
of cotton in the minimum. or a con-
tinueG curtailment Of consumption,
if prices are to be kept within reason
able bounds the coming season.
THE acreage is the largest on re-
cord by probably, 3 to 4 per cent. and
the consumption Of fertilizers is also
greater than ever before. Amor
noally low temperature and excessive
rains throughout the belt, were very
unfayorable for cotton up to about
the middle Of June. Since that time
however, The conditions have been
quite favorable, and with continued
good seasons and a late fall, large
crop may reasonably be expected.
The crop however is one to three
weeks late through the entire belt,
and the chances rather favor a mod
crate yield. The crop is now passing
through a most critical period, and
the next six weeks will largely deter
mine the yield. We must have plen-
w Of moisture through the month OF
August, and should drought develop
over any extensive area, there would
b, sensational advance in the new
crop months"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-05
sDoinr. Europe In Your Mind.


According to a Cairo contemporary,
persons who wish to let their friends
know that they are doing Europe on
8 pr!ncely scale the while they are !iv-
Ing In retirement for a time need only
apply to an agency in Paris, which vii;
undertake to send your letters to prac-
tically any place in Europe you may 81
lect ard there to have them posted for
you on any date you may choose. The
demand lor such an institution arose
out of the absolute horror the Partisan
of high ufe' has Of being suspected OF
remaining in Paris or its environs in
the bathing season. One feature Of th.
joke is that you can not only get your
letters posted from some distant spot,
but you can get answers received for
you and reposted to your temporary hid
ing place. There are great possibilities
for American travellers in this. Why
not stay in America and do Europe?
New York Tribune.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-05
Male RlHshe1s.

One Of the most i'll founded Of all
ropular delusions is that blushing Is
the special characteristic Of the female
sex. AS q matter of fact. except il th'.
case Of very young girls, men blush far
more readily than women. The well
bred woman never bushes at all, While
1t is a matter Of everyday experience
that in the excitement Of business or
political discussions mems cheeks red
den with very little proyocation. What
ever may have been the case hum
dred years ago, the modern woman
shows her emotion not by blushing, but
by turning ale.-Londor Taller.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-05
Mills Shut Down.

A dispatch from Whittinsville,
Mass, says large part Of the cotton
manufacturing industry in that sec
tic,n will suspend operations on Aug.
/ for one week with the outlook point
iag to further gradual curtailment in
several mills after resumption Of work
on Aug. 10. Notices announcing TIE
shutdown were posted by four OF the
largest companies Thursday. 1t IS
thought the decision to close was IN
accordance with an agreement among
certain Of the New England mills
1reasurers to decrease the production
during August on account OF the
uufayorable cotton market.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-05
Mathematics of Love.

Margaret" he began, II have S3,75c
in the bank. I own half interest Id
patent churn company that clears ST.
roo a year. My salary is $50 week,
with prospects Of raise to S22. have
an aunt who will leave me twenty-sev.
en- shares Of railway stock now quot
ed at SO. Tell me, Margaret, will you
be miner"
"Wait," she replied, ''till get pen
cil.''
For she never had been good at n1en-
tai arithmetic.-NeWarkN News.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-05
4 Confessed Murderer.

Harman Truman Coates, who was
committed to jail at Richmond, Va,
for 10 days for drunkenness and who
his been wandering in the south Tor
over year, has confessed to the po'
lice authorities that he is murderer.
The crime, according to his confession
was committed at Spring Valley. n.
Y, May l9, 1902, aud the victim was
Louis Hull Of that town. a telegram
from Spring Valley received today
Z .nirms the story. Coates says he
WAS born in Patterson, \. J. He
posed as an umbrella mender while
l,ara
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-05
a PLUCKY WOMAN.
Mrs. Sanders will Garry Out Railroad
Contract Of Her Husband.

Contract Of Her Husband.
The Spartanburg Journal says:
Perhaps the pluckiest woman in all
this section is Mrs. Sanders, wife OF
the railroad contractor, Earle Sanders
who was killed by an explosion while
excavating for new railroad near La
Toilette, Tenn, last week. Mr..
Sanders, at the time Of his death, was
at work upon railroad contract OF
considerable Importance, grading and
excavating for new line in East
Tennessee.
When the sad news of bis death
reached the home near Cowpens the
young wife was almost prostrated, but
after the shock was over she began to
regain herself and finally her wonder
full pluck has manifested itself in her
determination to go to Tennessee and
take up her husbands work where
he left it. Contractor Sanders, OF
course, was under contract with the
railroad authorities to perform a GER
tain amount OF work and his plucky
wife will now undertake to carry out
the contract. Mrs. Sanders left
"Wednesday for Tennessee. The
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-05
Not HorroxNins Trouble.

Remember" said the college presl-
dent, who was trying to raise funds.
shat the man who dies rich dies dis
graced."
what Of it?" answered the man who"
was trying to reach the 100000, COO
mark. "The public always forgives a.
man after he's dead, anyway."-Chi-
cago Record-Herald.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-05
HERE'S HOW TO KISS
An Alleged Experts instruction to
Those OF Less Practice

Those O: Less Practice.
Thousands upon thousands of well
educated people 60 through life and
never learn the art OF kissing. an ac-
.complishment in our experience worth
! more than all the learning of the
Egreat Sanhedrim. Very true, people
10 extract some pleasure out of a kiss,
but they never feel that bliSsful rap
ture that tingleS and dances along
every nerve from the medulla oblon-
gaia to The very terminal of the great
Sciatic.
Every son Of fallen humanity should
feel and know the ecstatic joy. The
following rule is freely given to all
those who have blundered over SIM
pie little kiss. 1t is absurd to think how
few people perform kissing correctly.
All men Of sentiment read carefully:
It makes not a particle OF difference
whether your girl is young or old,
homely or beautiful. low or tall, thick
or thin. the only absolute requisite is
love. To make the kiss success she
must lend helping hand and not
dodge, or SQueal as if she objected.
Not word must be spoken. Never
oe in a. hurry-haste mars everything.
Put your right arm over her left
shoulder and clasp her right hand
with your left. The right arm must
now slide Slowly down her back to
her waiste-but don't be in a hurry.
Send a little thrill down your arm,
and press her Gloss to your heart.
Look lovingly into her eyes and bend
;cur head till your lips almost touch
;legS you feel her soft balmy
breath. Let your mustache sweep
lightly across her lips by way Of pre-
liminary-but do not hurry. Aim
fairly and hit sQuarely. Let the four
lips come softly together and smack,
SO to speak, into the sweetest homo
geneousness. Look tenlersy into her
upturncd eyes while every tendon,
muscle and nerve quiyars with delight
and fancy bathes her piunaage in i
sea of bliss and scars through IN at
Innspherc redo!ent uf 10y where every
passion and appetite inherited in
Adams fail is refined and purified and
all is swallowed up in lGve-and you
are natural born idiot if you hurry
now. Johnnie G., III The Athenian.