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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-21
SEVEN LIVES LOST
and Six Others Seriously Injured
in New York Fire.
HEROIC RESCUEs BY FIREMEN
Men Sought to Escape First but
Thurst Back While Women
and Children Were
Taken Out.

At New York seven persons we're
burned to death and six others were
injured seriously in a fire which parti-
ally destroyed a tenement building at
Nos. $50 First street early Tuesday.
More than 20 families were asleep in
the building and acts OF bravery ac-
companied their rescue, which was
accomplished by fremen and police.
1t was shortly after 2 o'clock when
the alarm was given. Within the
few moments that had elapsed the
flames were found to have gained
great headway from the first floor and
the neighborhood was in a panic OF
terror. Women and children were
being dropped from the windows OF
the lower floors and dozens Of grown
persons were fighting IN the Railways
to reach open air.
A policeman ciambered to the ROOF
Of an adjoining building and by cling
ing to the -cornice with the smoke
pouring into his face, reached down
to the windows Of the fifth floor and
rescured seven children who were
banded out by their parents. An off,
Ger winding coat about his head,
entered the building from below and
rolled down the stairs the body Of
half sufocated man. Three times the
officer came back carrying two persons
in his arms. Then be fell, exhausted
Meantime, ladders had been run to
the top of the building and hremen,
clambering up, rescued at least 20
tenement dwellerS who were about tc
jump. Men sought to reach the lire.
men first, but we're thrust back while
the women and children were taken
out. One fireman although badly
burned, took seven persons from a
single window on the fourth floor.
When the work of rescue had beer
completed and the flames had beer
brought under control, the fremen
hurriedly searched the crowded fats
and on the fourth floor, they found
six members Of the Konovitsch famil!
dead.
On top Of the building an unidenti'
fed man was found dead. Police
Capt. McDermott and the freneu
who first reached the burning build.
ing, believed the fire was of incendlarj
origin. Their theory is borne out by
the statements Of the janitor of the
building who says that an attempt
was made to set f'e to the tenement
last Thursday night.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-21
MANY LIVES LOST.
One ofthe Fiercest Storms on Record
Sweeps Atlantic Coast.

One ofthe Fiercest Storms On Record
Sweeps Atlantic Coast.
a number Of lives were lost, much
property damaged and several ships
were wrecked in the storm which
swept up the Atlantic coast Tuesday
night and Wednesday. 1t was one OF
the fercest September storms on
record, thunder and lightning adding
terror to a bowling gale which swept
drenching sheets of rain over sea and
land.
The greatest loss OF life was near
Wilmington, Del. The tug Israel w.
Durham, with a crew of six men and
four other men employees Of the
American Dredging company, was
swanped in the Delaware river early
wednesday during the height OF the
storm. Eight Of the ten persons on
the little craft were drowned.
halifax, n. S., is mourning a $780,
600 fire. While this fire was not oi-
rectly due to the storm, the flames
were famed and driven forward by
the high wind which prevailed.
New York suffered comparatively
little. The wind and rain and light
ming and thunder was terrific, but
little damage was done. Nineteen
coal barges went adrift in the bay and
their wreckage strewS the shore from
the battery to the narrows, but no
lives were lost. Several small vessels
also went ashore on various parts Of
the coast near New York. One "a
tality was reported in New York
when a piece OF cast iron fire escape
was blown from building and struck
Carl Hertzner, killing him instantly.
A fishing steamboat, Joseph
Church, of Greeuport, n. Y, struck
on Peaks Hill bar and was smashed to
pieces. The captain and crew OF
twenty-one men were saved. From
Wilmington, Del, comes the news
that great destruction was caused by
the storm. Trees were uprooted,
houses flooded and crops ruined. In
Chesapeake Bay the storm was pal
ticularly fierce. Incoming steamers
arriving at Baltimore report that
never in their experience has so severe
gale swept down on them at this time
OF the year. Oae man was seen adrlft
in small row boat in Chesapeake
Bay, but it was impossible to rescue
him.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-21
WILL NEGROES DIE our:
Tuberculosis Said to be lncre easing
at an Alarming Rate.

While the population of Augusta IS
practically evenly divided between
whites and blacks, the mortuary
statistics OF the city show that from
two to three negroes die to every
white person. The fact is causing
considerable discussion since the re-
cent vital statistic ordinance has been
put in force and more complete records
kept.
The new ordinance went in force
August %. So far IS deaths have
been recorded with Secretary Cald-
well. OF this number 48 we're ne
grces and 20 white people. An ex.
animation Of the records for several
years part show that this ratio is
about correct, sometimes the records
showing an increased ratio. Monthly
Sexton Calhoun reports from two tc
three times as many interments as
are made during the same time IN the
two white cemeteries.
When questioned as to the probable
reason for the greater death rate
among the negroes physicians declare
that it is due to the unsanitary condl.
tion of thair homes, the poor atten-
tim given to the SICK, carelessness in
summoning medical aid to their sick.
their careslessness in exposing them
selves to- diseases, and also to the fact
that coDstitutionally they are the easy
victims of q nunber Of maladies.
1t is authoritatively declared by
physicians that tuberculosis is increas'
ing among the negroes at an alarming
rate. They seem to have predisposi'
tion to the disease. 1t is also a fact
that this disease is one to which they
more quickly succumb than white peo
pie. While locked upon as a robust
race, physically strong, it is said to bt
fact the course Of the dreaded dis
ease is much shorter when they art
attacked. 1t is probably true tha-
this is in part due to the unsanitar!
condition Of their homes and the ex
posed occupations they pursue.
It is also true that the birth ratt
among the race is on the decrease.
Looked upon as a prolific race, thu
fact will cause considerable surpris'
among the laity. In the opinion
OF many eminent students OF medi
cine, as the race is brought up to
higher state Of civilization, the death
rate will increase aud the birth rat
decrease until the negro is practically
Observation-Disclosures Chronicle.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-21
Farmers Institutes.

Farmers Institutes will be held in
December in the following counties:
Marion, Horny. Florence, Williams
burg, Georgetown, Clarendon, Berke-
ley, Charleston, Dorchester, Orange
burg, Bamberg, Colleton, Beaufort,
Hampton and Barnwell. Applica-
tions for institutes must be in by
November l. These applications must
be signed by Is farmers.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-21
TIE RURAL SCHOOL LIBRARIES.
Number Of Librraies Established lE
the Different Counties.

The following list shows the num-,
her of rural libraries established this
year and the number yet to be estab-
lished in each county in order to re-
ceive the benefit Of the appropriation
for 1904, under the Aull library act.
Supt. Martin is anxious, now that
the county campaigns are over, for
the county superintendentS, teachers
and patrons of each county to bestir
themselves in order that none of this
appropriation may be lost in any
county at the expiration Of the time,
Dec. 31st, of this year. Each county
is entitled to II libraries under this
act and should by all means avail itself
of this rare opportunity Of outside aid
before it is too late. The list is:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-21
TO ELECT ROOSEVELT.
The Trusts Have Subscribed Nearly
Seven Million Dollars.

Seven Million Dollars.
The New York American recently
published list Of the leading contrib
utors and amounts pledged to the Re-
publican national campaign fund OF
1904. According to the American near
II $4,000, 900 has already been paid to
the national committee. The remain
der is to be had on call.
The list shows that J. 2. Morgan
is the largest individual subscriber,
while the Standard Oil, Gas and Elec-
trio Trusts are the most generous OF
the corporation. The American says
the ultimate plan is to collect sl0,.
900, 900 more if necessary, as against
Sc, 900, 900 in 1896 and about S., 5,0O0,-
900 in 1900.
These are the pledges: Standard Oil,
Gas and Electric, through William G.
Rockefeller, 81, 900 900; J. Pierpont
Morgan, $3.50, 900; United States Steel
Corporation, through Andrew Carne-
gle and n. c. Frick, $3.50, 900; Ameri-
can Sugar Refining company, through
81. O. Havemeyer, $780, ,0G0: Consoli.
dated Tobacco, s500,o00; Charles NJ.
Schwab and his allied interests, $780,
900; National Paper and branches,
$3.50, 900; Pennsylvania, Reading and
coal Trust, through A. J. Cassat,
$500, 900; New York Central system,
through the Vanderbilts, S25o,000,
other railways, s500,000; National
Biscuit Cracker trust,) 100000:
American Wool, 100000: National
Lead, 5000, 900; manufacturers,
through Messrs. Dolan and DobSon,
$500, 900; James Stillnan and other
bankers, $3.50, 900: total so far pleged,
Sc, $50, 900.
The American adds: 1.-THE LIST Of
contributors and sums printed above
comes from a source Of the highest
authority in the Republican party, q
member OF the great trusts, a man OF
millions, who was induced to give the
facts because Of the reports that it
was hard to raise money to elect
Roosevelt"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-21
SEND THEM TO SCHOOL.

1t is often asked why the boys and
girls do not attend school longer.
Many-by far too many-of them
drop out at ten or twelve. and it is
seldom that the boys attend after
their fourteenth or fifteenth year.
This should not be so and it would
not be the case if parents used the
proper encouragement. Because a
boy gets restless in the schoolroom his
parents need not conclude that it is
waste of time to send him. He will
do well if encouraged and kept at t
1t is poor economy to put the boz ct
work when be ought to be IN school,
unless it is a necessity. Give hin the
best education be can get, and fit
him to do something in the world.
Because you succeeded with but little
education is no reason that your son
should by deprived Of all he can get.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-21
Better Stay at Home.

The Anderson Mail relates the story
of a. citizen Of that county who sod
all his lands, goods and chattels and
moved West to better his fortune.
He utterly failed and will now come
back and start all over again. South
Carolina is as good a state as any in
the union, and superior in some
respects, for agricultural pursuits,
and as The Mail says, a man who can
not make success Of it in this state
will do no better anywhere else.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-21
Snothered in Cotton Pile.

Bryant Partin. the six-year-old son
OF Frank ParJin, was Smoshered to
death Tuesday while playing in pile
of lint cotton In front of his fathers
home near Raleigh, \. C. The boy
playfully dug hole in the cotton and
jumped in. He had net been missed
at the house and his dead body was
found by his little sister, who was dig
ging into the loose cotton. The child
was found standing on his head in the
center Of the pile OF cotton.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-21
Too Late.

If I had told her in the spring
The old, old story briefly,
When the sparrow and the robin be-
gan TO sing,
And the sowing was over chiefly.
But haste makes waste, and the story
sweet,
l reasoned, will keep through the
sowing,
Till l crop the corn and SOW the wheat,
And give them chance for growing
Had even told the tale in June,
When the wind through the grass
was blowing,
Instead of thinking it 100 soon.
And waiting till after the sowing
Or had I hinted, out under the stars
That I knew a story worth hearing
Lingering to put up the pasture bars
Nor waited to do the shsarlns
Now the barn is full and 50 is the BIN,
But Eve grown wise without glory
Since love is the crop not gathered IN.
For another fellow told her the story
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-21
A VOID to Farmers.

What will farmers do with their
cotton seed? Do they understand
their value? Every 1000 pounds OF
lint cotton yields one ton Of seed. The
seed is worth one.seventh the price Of
cotton when. the latter sells at 10.
cents. One ton of seed will yield: Il;
300 lbs. (40 gallons) Of oil. s:
$50 lbs. OF meal.
40 lbs. OF linters.
900 lbs. of hulls.
20 lbs. Of waste. E.
Placing the crude oil at Is cents a
gallon and the other products at the
market price, the mill gets s2l.68.
from the ton Of seed.
One ton Of seed, 66 bushels, con-
tains:
78 lbs. of ammonia. ~. -
13 lbs. of phosyhoric acid.
% lbs. Of potash.
Placing the plant food at the whole;
sale price, the ton Of seed Is worth
sll.42 to the farmcr. Adding freigh5
and the retail profit a ton Of as se:t.
would be equal in value to cJnn-r
cial fertilizer worth SIS to S17.
Consider ths<e f ,ures. Can the
farmer afford TO sell his SEED ior 122Sto::
Is cents a b1s1e They are worth 81
cents, used as a feidil,zsf. II NJ ex.
changes seed for meal he should ssaAHa
], 500 to 1000 pounds for a ton So s&s
seed. We do not advise any one to SELL
seed for cash. Exchange for meal and
put it back on the land. Hulls have
been retailing at $40 a ton recently
and meal at s1.40 a hundred pounds.
The prices will drop when the. mills;
start. We advise farmers to hold
twice as many seed as will be needed
to plant their next crop. Sell the ball
ance provided they can get their price,
II farmers will sell for cash to the
mills they should not take less than.
the fertilizer value. II they exchange
for meal they should get at least L.
500 for a. ton Of seed. We commend
the above from the Greeuville Noun
taineer to the thoughtful considera-s.
tion Of our farmers. .7 .5z,se
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-21

Miss Helen Gould has organized an
attack on the boil Weevil. She be-
lieves bird brigade will exterminate
the pest. Secretary Wilson pins his
faith to ants. Meantime the weeyil
says the Augusta Herald, is saving
wood and saying nothing.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-21
Trivia, Accident Caused Death.

The Anderson Mail says the wife OF
David Dooley, the well-known coloreo
blacksmith, died Monday morning
under very peculiar circumstances,
death resulting from blood poisoning
caused by a fish bone which penetrat-
cd her hand about TWO weeks ago. No
attention was paid to the trivial ac-
cident at the time the bone became
embedded in the flesh, but within
few days the hand became very in
TANNED. with the discoloration Of
the tissues surrounding the wound
which accompanies blood poisoning.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-21
STORM SWEPT.
Much Damage Done in the Eastern
Part of the State.

The storm OF last Tuesday night
and Wednesday did considerable
damage in different parts Of the State.
At Georgetown on Tuesday night,
18th instant, the wind began to rise
at about O'Clock, coming from the
northeast in gusts that increased in
violence each honr accompanied by
heavy showers Of rain and attained a
mamimum velocity OF about 50 la1.es
an hour near midnight. Towards
morning the wind changed completely
around, blowing strongly from the
southwest. The storm came without
warning from the weather bureau
and the rice planters have suffered
severely. & large part OF the rice
crop being cut down and lying in the
fields. The damage to property in
town will foot up fully $4,000.
MARION SUFFERS GREATLY.
A dispatch from Marion to The
State on "Wednesday says a terrible
storm has been raging since last night.
Houses are blown down, trees up
rooted, telephone and telegraphic
communication is entirely suspended.
Crops are ruined and the electric
light wires are broken down in many
places. Communication even by
private conveyance is cut of. No
fatalities have been reported, but
information as to the extent Of the
damage in the county is very meagfe.
SEVERE IN FLORENCE.
A dispatch on Wednesday to The
State from Florence says severe
wind and rain storm struck this place
last night about y o'clock and ragged
incessantly until l o'clock today. A
great many shade trees in the city
were blown down, several fences de-
molished and considerable damage
done in breaking skyGghts and plate
glass in show windows. Reports
from the country say that the cotton
crop is badly damaged. The roads
are b,ockaded with trees and the Jele-
phone wires are badly broken up. In
the city trees were blown on several
houses but none were damaged to a
great extent.
DAMAGE AT GOODWILL.
AS a result Of high winds from early
Tuesday night to O'Clock with light
rains until 9 o'clock, crops are badly
blown down as well as some fencing
and trees at Goodwill. At one time
this morning it looked like the storm
Of 1898 would be repeated. Cotton
fields are queer sight, the wrong
sides of the leaves turned up and cot
ton not more than half as high as it
was Tuesday, one row tapping over
another.
STORM AT LATTA.
A heavy wind and rain storm began
at Latta about midnight Tuesday
and continued steadily until about ?
O'Clock next afternoon. Cotton that
remained in the fields unpicked was
damaged considerably. No other
damage reported except the blowing
80 oyo2a trooc
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-21

BRIAN says he is ready to take the
stump for Parker,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-21
STORM AT LATTa.

A heavy wind and rain storm began
at Latta about midnight Tuesday
and continued steadily until about 2
O'Clock next afternoon. Cotton that
remained in the fields unpicked was
damaged considerably. No other
damage reported except the blowing
down of shade trees.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-21
home CIRCLE CCLUaN.
Crude Thoughts as They Fail from
the Editorial! Pen.

4 column dedicated to tired moth
ers Us they join the Home Circle at
evening tide.
THE VALUE OF 4 SMILE,
The thing that goes The Ia thest toward max
ing life worth while.
That costs the least and does the most, is Just
aplessant smile.
The smile that bubbles from the heart that
loves it's fellow men
Will drive aw.y the clouds of gloom and
coax the sun again.
It's full of worth and goodness, too, with
manly kindness blent-
It's worth million dollars and 1t doesn't
cost j cent.
The Western news., 1904-04-27
A Great Sensation,

There was big sensation in Lees
vile, Ind, when w. H. Brown of that
place, who was expected to die, had
his life saved by DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption. He writes:
Il endured insufferable agonies from
Asthma, but your New Discovery gave
me immediate relief and soon there
after effected a complete cure" Sim
iliar cures of Consumption, Pneu
monia, Bronchitis and Grip are mum
erous. It's the peerless remedy for all
throat and lung troubles. Price SOC
and 81. 90. Guaranteed by Hamilton
Drug Co. Trial bottles free.
The Western news., 1904-04-27
One. Clothes and Ones Work.

Wherever marked personal care is
exhibited for the cleanliness Of the
person and for neatness in dress there
Is also almost always found extra
0arefulness as regards the finish of
work done. Work people whose per-
sonal habits are slovenly produce slov-
emily work. Those who are careful of
their own appearance are equally care
fu Of the look Of the work they turn
out. And probably what Is true of the
workroom is equally true Of the re-
gion behind the counter. 1s 1t not the
fact that the smart saleswoman is usu-
ally rather particular about her dress,
= ayerse to wearing dingy collars,
frayed cuffs and faded ties? The truth
Of the matter seems to be that extra
care as regards personal habits and
general appearance is as rule indica-
i've Of certain alertness Of mind,
which shows itself antagonistic to
slovenliness Of all kinds.
The Western news., 1904-04-27
ELEGANT MODES.
Delicate Old World COlorings and
Quaint Patterns In Fabrics.

Quaint Patterns In Fabrics.
Time leads the dance of the season
with spring. and spring. with the prom
Use of hope and plenty in her hands, is
Of all others the time when the spirit
moves us to seek fashions new-not, I
am inclined to think, that the tickle
goddess has any great surprises in store
for us. To those who have used their
powers of observation to advantage it
is easy to infer what will be the salient
points. The skirt of 1904 will be the
one that is amply, gracefully full, but
the fullness falls direct from the waist
line. 1t is not the skirt to be tritled
with. Mediocrity and amateurishness
will be its ruin. There is a compro-
mise. and a pretty one, in the skirt
which is full. but the fullness drawn
away to leave the front plain, and
gathered or shocked into little groups
on the hips, thus throwing the fullness
to the back and Sides The length is
what is termed an all round one rest
ing on the ground and resolving itself
into rounded folds rather than angular
Poli'S. NJllCuiuI DdIliS. I'LL
gerie tucks, wide brads and padded
DOuillonnes are apparent on most skirts.
The sioping shoulder line is still
there, more so than ever. If it slopes
much mere it will reach the vanishing
point. But it is gained and empha-
sized by stitched down yoke effects.
with caps coming down on the top of
the shoulder. Nothing is allowed to
Interfere with the outline of neck and
shoulder. The close fitting corsage, dis
playing the figure to advantage after
long course of pouched fronts and OBJ
scure waist line. is coming up rapidly
above the modistic horizon. and it is a
safe tip for those who love to be in ad-
vance of the fashions to indulge in
close fitting plain jackets and coats for
the costume tailleur. owing their chic
to perfection of cut, for this is the pivot
on which French fashions will turn.
Very fine soft cloths, voles and WOOL
ems, which drape and fall we'll and
adapt themselves to the full skirted
styles, Nre prevalent materials, but the
The Western news., 1904-04-27
FLORENCE.

Special Correspondence to the Western News.
Florence, April 26, '04-
Mr.. Yates and family moved to
Hamilton Monday where they will
make their future home. s.,S ~.
James Morris, Fred Holbrook. Ed
Ensign and MIR. Rosenburg:: spent
last week on hunting trip . near
Darby.
Miss Mary Winslett of Stevens
vile spent a few days of this week
with her friend, Mrs. John voss.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. j. Townsend we're
Mlssoula visitors this week.
MI. Harper and Miss Holden came
up on the freight Saturday morning
to spend Sunday with home folks.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Green were Gar :
den City visitors last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Scherr came np
IRON Misscula Saturday for a short
visit with the famil ! Of D. L. Smith
J. Green took trip to Gold Cree k
Saturday.
d. V. Bean of Hamilton was seen
on our streets Sunday.
Rev. Mills of Stevensville passed
through our town Monday afternoon
to hold services at Eight SMILE. He
will preach here Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Green visited
friends at White Cloud Monday.
George Slocum of Stevensyille was
visiting old friends in this vicinity
Tuesday.
John Duffy returned to his work
at Donlan's mill near Victor, Tues
day
Mr.. and Mrs. D. L. Smith, Mrs.
Lemoine and Will Duffy were pas
sengers for Missoula last week.
Mrs. Ed. Duffy spent Friday and
Saturday with friends in Missoula.
Miss June Smith returned from
California last week, where she has
been spending the winter with an
aunt.