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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-12-28
Fairbanks TO Resign.

Senator Fairbanks will January 8,
the day On which the Legislature Ct
Indiana meets, resign his seat in the
United States Senate, to take effect
March 4 next. There has been some
discussion as to the legality OF the
Legislature filing a vacancy to be
made in the future by resignation in
this form, but it has been decided b7
high authority and to the satisfaction
Of every ore that the proceeding IS en-
tirely correct. This action on the
part Of Senator Fairbanks will per-
nit the Legislature OF Indiana to
elect successor at tie time Senator
Beyeridge is reelected. L has already
been determined that Representative
HenelEay will be Senator Fairbanks
successor.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-12-28
A Good Farmers Views.

Hon. Pope Brown, we'll KnOWn
throughout Georgia as one OF the lead.
ing planters In the State and as Presi.
dent OF the Agricultural Society,"
writes to the Southern Cultivator on
1.-THE Twelve Million Bale Crop" :"
The following extract is taken there
from: Il just want to say one more
time, that I hope the farmers will net
lose their heads, and will stick fist
to hog and hominy. There is no ob-
lection to the man who first provides
for his home supplies, making all the
cotton he can AFTER doing that: but it
is a suicidal policy for them to neglect
these crops for the cotton crop. Oa
these lines I try to practice what l
preach, and my fields will show for
themselves. On this line these same
people and few others became very
hysterical about twelve months ago,
fearing the South would not produce
cotton enough to supply the demands
OF the world. They called for more Ia
Dor, they wanted Italians Cinnamon,
or anything else that would bring
more cotton. I stated al the time
that what the people needed were
markets for their products. Ia other
words, If these p:orle who appear 20
be 80 much interested in the products
Of the farmers Of the c untry, will
provide US with markets for our pro
ducts at remunerative prices, then
the farmers Of the country will supply
the proc ucts. To make my meaning
plain, at 10 to II cents per pound the
cotton crop Of the country will in-
crease from year to year, and will 60
i, necessary to fifteen million bales,
hut it will not be increased from year
to year when the prices range from 5
- cents as We have recently seen
I Al ),
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-12-28
| FATAL ACCIDENT.
The Collapse of a sridge Killed TWO
Persons Outright
AND WOUNDED FIVE OTHERS.
The Bridge Was Very Old One and
Was Considered Dangerous,
Being Forty Years Old,
Eetie Was Used.

At Charleston, ". Va, two persors
were killed and five others seriously
injured Saturday by the collapse Of
tie suspension bridge across the Elk
river, which connects East and West
Charleston. Ol the bridge WHEN 1t
vent down we're six children on tnelr
way to school and number OF pedes'
trains, together with six teams.
The dead:
Mamie Hlgginbothau, aged II
years.
Annie Hum phreys, aged II.
The injured,
Stella Smith, II, compound fracture
ot elbow.
VIM. Homes. colo-ed, driver, cut
aid bruised.
Henry Fielder, colored, serious in.
ttrnal injuries.
Ollie Gibbs, Is, both hips and arm
broken.
Elma Tucker, l3, both arms and
legs broken.
The bridge vent down without
warning, but number Of those Whs
we're near the END Of the structure
managed to reach land before it cci-
;apsed. Those who went down with
the wreackage fell a distarce o; 10 fee
onto the ice covered waters OF the riV-
er. The st:amer Caxter broke the
ice to allow small boats to reach the
scene, and rescue work began imme-
djately. The injured first were assist
ed to the shore and latter search
was made Of the river for dead bodies.
The bodies OF Mamie Higginbothan
and Annie Humphreys were taken
out and the search continued until
n;ghtiall, but DO others were found.
The bridge was single span, 500 feet
in length, and was built in 1852. 1t
had been known to be unsafe for some
time, and heavy traffic was not allow
ed on it.
The accident was caused by two
cables on the north side slipping from
their moorings. When that side
dropped another cable snapped and
the floor tilted and turned completely
over.
During the War between the Sec
lions the cabal OF this bridge was cut
by Gen. Wise when he evacuated
Charleston, the bridge at that tim;
being partially burned. The same
cabal was afterward spliced, and has
been in use ever since.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-12-28
a Panic in Seneca.

Screaming II am Elijah Dowie, get
out Of my way" a negro maniac asm-
ed with an axe invaded the town OF
Seneca Wednesday. Fer while ha
was given all the room he wanted and
no one disputed his claim. Finally
two policemen caught the Iunatic and
disarmed him. He is In the Seneca
guard house.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-12-28
Seven Sufocatedin . Mine.
Around Fortress.

At Bolivar, Pa, seven men Were
sufocated Thursday in No. 2 soft
clay mine OF the Reese Hammond
Fire Brick company near there. The
victims were Austrians. There were
about 25 men in the mine and all but
seven were rescued, though they were
all in bad shape and two are likely to
die. The cause OF the disaster was
most peculiar. a small building
about u by 20 feet burned dawn at
tie mouth of the mine. The air
shaft from the working to the sur
face some distance in the mine acted
as sort Of hue and Grew into the
drift the heat and smoke from the
fire, thus sufJcating the men.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-12-28
Two Killed.

South-bound Atlantic Coast Line
passenger train from Rocky Mount,
N. c., to Wilmington was wrecked
Wednesday by running into an open
switch at Overman's siding. Two
miles north OF Warsaw. Engineer
Guilford F. Horne Of Williamson and
his colored fireman, Sterling Creech Of
Rocky Mount, were instantly killed.
None OF the passengers was seriously
injured although the entire traiu with
the exception Of Pullman vas piled
up alongside the track. Coast Line
officials here are Oh the opinion 9he
switch was tampered With.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-12-28
Warning TO Mothers.

The Medical News says: The "only
child in the family" in 90 per cent
shows dissdvantageous traits; they
are usually OF poor health, lacking
much of lormallty, both mental and
physical. The youngest child" the
only boy" or the "only girl" display
many striking resem olauces to the
the ''Only child"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-12-28
Womsn Found Dead In a Wagon.

A white woman named Hattie
Walker was discovered dead in wag-
ca near Glendale early Friday morn
Ing.
With the wagon were Tom Donahue
and P. A. Blake, white.
Hattie Walker and Donahue left
Switzer Thursday morning for Spar
anburg In a wagon They came to
secure some household goods belong
ing to the woman. On arriving they
found that the party in whose posses
sion the goods, moved to Glendale,
and they set out for that place. On
the road they were accompanied by
Blake, and the men had two quarts OF
liquor. The woman began drinking
freely and in the night they halted
and built a FIRE and ate something.
Afterwards the woman took another
drink and fell forward on the front
gate Of the wagon. Donahue picked
her up. She laid down and never
spoke again, dying on hour or more
afterwards.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-12-28
Battleshtp Texas Damaged.

BreakiGg FIVE great cables as If they
had been threads, the 100 ton floating
derrick Hercules, moored to the side
Of the new .battleship Connecticut,
broke ad-itt in the navy yard basin III
Wallabeut Bay Thursday and crashed
into the stern OF the battleship Texas,
smashing plates and so injaring the
war vessel that she will nave to 60 in
~ 5r1 5f>nly
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-12-28
Prominent Lawyer Killed.

1. W. Christian, leading lawyer
andspartner OF JOS. NJ. Sanders, recent
ly elected supreme judge, was shot
and almost instantly killed at Oceana,
". Va, Thursday by Ken" Canter-
bury who escaped to the mountains.
A posse is in pursuit. Canterbury
operated a gambling room and had
been indicted through CHRISTIANS ef-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-12-28
The PRICE OF COTTON.
The heSpeculators Must Have Cotton to
Cover Their Contrasts.

The cotton growers, SAYS &. J. Red
ding In the Atlanta Constitution, are
face to face with another problem,
one that diff rs from tie boil weevil
question in the TACT that 1t presents
itself at once to every farmer who
has unsold cotton on hand. The late
meeting Of the southern cotton grow
ers convention unanimously recon-
mended that no more cotton be sold
at present prices, or at any price less
than 10 cents. They insist that even
if We are making a $4,000, 600 bale
crop, it should be worth and ought to
command 10 cents a pound. Cotton
t aSe experts, editors Of prominent
newspapers and others told the farm
ers a year ago that the world needed
a IL, 900. 900 bale American crop, and
that the manufacturers would take
every bale Of it at good prices. Some
advised the farmers to go in" for
such crop without fear OF apprehen-
sion. They did go in'' without any
particular purpose to produce 12,-
100000 bale crop but with the pur--
pose each to make as many bales as
possible. Our prominent men, even
including an ex-preSidential candidate,
now advises the farmers to hold on to
their unsold cotton, Insisting that il
the large remnant still on hand be
withheld from sale that the market
will react and 60 back to 10 cents
pound in few months. I have al
ready said that I believe 50, too-if
the farmers will stand squarely to-
ge.her; like a stone wall and resist
further efforts Of the bears to keep
down the price. It is to be hoped
that they Will-this Que time more.
get together on the 10 cents a pound
or no sale proposition, as they did Oh
the baeg;ng trust fight, mo jute bag
|,ging for me,' several years ago. I DO
not see how any less can result from
such a position. Certainly 1t cannot
reduce the price still lower than now.
On the contrary, the natural and in-
evitable tendency will be to elevate
prices. Cotton manufacturers must
have cotton. They made money on
last years prices, or at least or prices
not in excess Of IL cents. Cotton
speculators must have cotton to cover
contracts. The business OF buying
and selling cotton, that occupies the
brains, energy and money OF SO many
capitalists, brokers and spectators,
cannot long contiaue without some
spot" cotton. Ole half the cotton
dealers would as soon see cotton
again 20 cents as to continue at 7or8 8,
and little rather" l believe that
If the farmers will stick together to
do their part, their friends, the
bulls" will co the rest, and we will
see cotton selling at 10 conts in few
months just as If nothing had hap.
pered" to tie contrary.
OF course at this juncture there
are number Of plans and suggcs-
tions, some OF them :1holly visionary
and impracticable, presented to the
farmers, and it would be a waste Of
time and words to discuss them, as it
has been waste Of space to print
them. No names are here given, nor
are the features CT any OF these pro
posed plans even outlined, so ii any
one rises to explain" or to defend,
we will know that he recognizes the
fitness OF the above criticism.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-12-28
Copying The Weevil.

The New York World thinks that
Southern farmers who talk reduced
acreage in one breath and plan to ex-
terminate the boil Weevil in another
are "a nerVy lot" 1t AYERS that the
boil weevil is doing the very thing the
planters are demanding-cuttjng
down the cotton output.-Birning-
n ~ Marc
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-12-28

a thief about % years old and
stylish|y;dressei entered the residence
Of J. K. Orr on Peach Tree street,
Atlanta, Ca, on Tuesday afternoon
and stole over two thousand dollars
worth Of jewelry, the family being at
home at the time.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-12-28
Six Men TO Hang One.

At Richmond, Va. hall a dozen
men will pull cords to spring the trap
when Janes Goode is hanged there on
Thursday. This expedient WAS nee.
essary because no deputy would agree
to hang = man alone, but they were
willing to share among themselves
the responsibility Of taking the GRIM
tno 1,e 1ifo
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-12-28
Wholesale Murder.

News Of wholesale murder has
Just reached Berlin from the village
OF Moderstien Saxony. Herr Frem-
denDurg, wife, and three children and
two grandchildren we're murdered and
the perpetrators set fire to the house
to Eide the crime. The police have
arrested the nearest relative on sus-
picton.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-12-28

WILLIAM Sylvester, VINO killed
Edward Burton, chief mechanic OF
the Seaocard Ai!9lne, three years
ago, for which he vas sentenced to
hang, but whose sentence vas CON-
muted 10 lifetime in tie penitentiary,
va, pardoned by the governor OF
Florida on Tuesdays Christmas
nrpSart ("
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-12-28

POLICEMAN Clark OF Savannah,
Ca, committed suicide on Monday
afternoon in the Marshal house by
taking a bottle OF laudanum. He
had deserted his own wife and was de-
voting. himself to another woman. -
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-12-28

FRED Jones of Charlottesville, n.
T., on Wednesday shot and killed
Vim. C. Gray, a cons able, and Mrs.
Abbie Goodrich, a widow, and then
committed suicide. He was % and
she was 81, and he killed her because
she refused to marry him.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-12-28

PATRIOTIC women Of Caarlottes-
vile, Va, are at work to secure funds
to erect oronze memorial tablet In
the rotunda ct the university on
which are to be inscribed 4Sl names.
of alUmai of the university who lost
their lives in the Confederate service.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-12-28

E1.Gov. J. P. Eag!e died at bis
home In Little Rock, Ark, on Tues
day. BE was e prominent member Of
the Baptist church, for the past three
gears the president OF the Southern
Baptist convention.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-12-28

JUSTICE OF the Peace John Ford OF
James county, Tenn, WIS shot and
killed on street in Chattanooga on
Monday by bis cousin Samuel E5he-
ridge, the outcome of an old family
feud.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-12-28
Will be IsnpeacheG.

After a thorough investigation the
house o. representatives has ordered
the impeachment Of Federal Judge
Swayue OF Florida for high crimes and
n1isdemeanors.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-12-28

MRS. Sarah Sauble, wife Of Elias
Sauble Of Baltimore county, Md,
committed suicide on Monday by
hanging herself. She was 81 years
old and it was thought her mind vas
wrong,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-12-28
Murder anu Suicide.

At a farm about eight niles from
Victoria, Texas, a double tragedy
was enacted. Neil Stubas, a youpg
farmer, rejected, it is said. b7 Miss
Julia Mischulka sho5 her to death and
then put bullet Into his own brain.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-12-28

Dr.. J. B. iHunnicutt, professor OF
agriculture in the Georgia university,
and editor Of the Southern Cultivator,
died at his home in atlanta On Mon
day, aged So years.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-12-28

PRESIDENT Roosevelt has accepted
an invitation from the city council OF
Richmond, Va, to pay that city a
visit soma time during the year 1905.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-12-28
CLAY AND MINERAL COMPANIES.

There was much interest manifest
cd in the development Of kaolin plants
in this State. The department Of
immigration has circulated bro; dcast
Prof. Earle Slcan's treatise On the
clays OF South Carolina and this may
have had something to 60 with ii.
One concern which has bought site
near Columbia has not taken cut let
ters Of Incorporation; and aDother
concern, "tbe Carolina kaolin com.
psny" Of Columbia, has taken out
two charters, one on the 2Sth of
June and the other cn April 29th,
and has not done anything since. The
following kaolin and other mineral &C.
veloping companies have been char
tered:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-12-28

The widow OF Gen. D. q. Hill, SIS
teE OF Mrs. S:ole~a,l Jackson, died;in
Raleigh last week at an advanced
age.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-12-28
~r1TDa Development G.

CerurEla development Co.,
charleston -........-.......... 1900
Sterling Mfg. Co., Charles
ton 10000
Bread River Light aud
Power Co., Charleston ,uGu, 900
E. P. Burton Lumber Co.,
Charleston 100000
BalSey Lumber Co. Charles
ton. o-.ooo
derscn 800
Blue Ridge Beverage and
Extract Co., Anderson. 10000
Gsf,eg Line Co., Gafney. $4,000
Carolina Tin Co., GaGney rs. 900
Lgrca's River Tr4mHay
Co., McBee .......... 5 coo
Com bahes Lumber Co. 10000
SumnerVille Hardwood Co. 5000
Dargan Lumber Co... $4,000
Fiorerce Light and Power
Co.. $4,000
McCown & Clarke Co.,
florence. 10000
Oneida Timber Co., George
town 100000
J. T. G2llivan Building Co.,
Granville $4,000
Paris Mountain Granite
Co., Greenville 10000
Lum Der and Bobbin Mfg,
Co., Greenwood 10000
Greenwood Granite and
Const. Co., Greenwood. 5000
Two truck farms at HoRe-
wood. Horry county $500
Marion County Lumber Co. 800 900
Marion Mfg. Co. ....... 100000
Carolina Water, Light and.
Pywer Co., Marion 25o, 1000
Dillon Naval Stores Co... $4,000
?. a. Hedges Mig, Co. Ben
nettsvile ......... $4,000
Bessie Ice Mig. Co., Ben
nettsville $4,000
Parr Shoals Power Co.,
Newberry so, ,ooo
Oconee Water, Light and
Power Co. 5000
(may increase to $500, 600,
Symmes Railway Car E.e-
vator Co., St. Matthews 10000
| Orange5urg Ice M!g. Co.. $1,000
Crystal Ice Co.. 25,OO(
Mortrals Lumber Co., Pick
ems. -. 500, zoo
Dag. TroRbridge & Co.,
Contractors. 10000
Afford Dental Motor Mfg.
Co., Sumter. 1900
Sumter Lumber Co. -. 10000
Sumter Foundry l2.00(
Union Creamery Co. lO,o0(
Bailey Flu -niture Mfg Co.,
Union 10000
Wilson Lumber Co., CadeS. 75,00(
Lake City Mfg. Co........ 5000
Lake City Plow Co... 2,00(
Enterprise Wood Distilling
Co. 10000
Sylescaw Mig. Co., Rock
Hill.... ........ 5000
Among the notable increases IN cap
italiza:lon under the head OF miscel
larecuS are the following:
From To
Catawba Power Co,
Rock Hill, 1900 800, 900 s 5000
Alart:c Coast Lum-
Der Corporation,
Georgetown -. 100, 600 1000, O0(
Southern Hydrau-
lie Brick Co.,
Charleson. ...... $4,000 10000
On the whole: the slo Siag indicate:
that there is very healthy develop
ment in the State. Capital is not be.
ing centralized 10 mills, but is being
difused through farms, banks. OF
| -.o;l]c opS -,o r,aS i0SpS<r;ac
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-12-28
Twenty-Five State Banks We're
Projected This Year.
MINING CONCERNS.
Eifteen Cotton Seed Oil Willis Chartered
Two Cotton Wills and TIVE State
Banks Increased Their Capital.
A Very Credita5Ec Record
for New Concerns.
for New Concerns.

In the Columbia State On Tuesday
OF last week was given statement in
regard to the amount Of capital IL
vested ir new cotton mills curing the
year now drawing to close. The
showing vas not very complimentary,
for the aggregate was considerably
less than a million dollars, and at least
two Of the mills incorporated this
year have been in operation several
years as private enterprises.
But in the matter OF prcjectiog
banking iLstitutiors, cofuHa SEED OIL
mills and varied industries, which
was published in The State OF WedneS-
Day the record is very much more
creditable. The total amount th1s
invested in % local banks is S6+5 00o:
in Is cotton seed oil mills. s5l2, ,0CO.
Two banks chartered il 1903 Increased
firSA capitalization by se5, 200 and
two oil mis- mi;33ss>by 10000: making a tc-
tai OF s7zo, 600 projected in local banks
and 1882, 900 in oil mills The fol-
lowing tables will contain interesting
infOrmatiCn:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-12-28
MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES.

There has been great deal OF mon
ey projected in power plants and mis-
cellsnenous manufacturing enterpris-
es. The following list shows tnst
there was a great Geal Of activity
along such lines this year:
Hardwood Irrnher 90
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-12-28

Way ClICulC y " Jaws; D11lOu SOdUlOC
and mills, D Grout, J NJ Gasque;
Gallivant, T D Moody; Latta, + B
Tnscker; Latta circuit, J " AIiail;
Little Rock, G G Leonard; Loris, s J
Mcconnell; Marion, E E Stackhouse;
Marion circuit, G P Penny; McColl,
w n McLausin; Mullins, T G Odell:
Mullins circuit, W a Belts; " c
Power, supernumerary; Marlboro, ]
W Wright, North Mullins, ] E Rush
ton, J N Rogers; Waccamaw, Allan
MacFarlane.
Orangeburg District Marion Oar.
gan, presiding elder. Baubsrg, " T
Duncan; Barnwell, J L Harley
Branchville, S a Mettles; Cameron,
n L Virgins; Denmark, E b Beck
ham, W Il Wrcton, supernuDerary;
Edisto, G " Davis: Elloree. J T Mac
Farlane; Langley, ] W N:eley; Nor
way, J R Sojourner; Orangeburg, St
Paul's, J A Clifton; Orangeburg Mills,
to be supplied; Orangeourg circuit, A
B Watson; Orange, NJ F Dukes; Prov
idence, W A Pitts; Rowesville, a G
Walker; Smoak's J L Tyler; Spring
field, R a Yougue; Swansea, G "
Dukes; WAGNER, ] c Honey.
Rock Hill District-W P Meadors,
presiding elder; Blscksburg, c c Der
rick; Blacksteck, N Noland; Ches-
ter, Bethel, NJ L Banks; Grace and
New Bethel to be supplied. Chester
Circuit; J NJ Fridy; East Chester, c
P Carter; East Lancaster, P B In
graham; Fort Mil, J G Chandler;
Hickory Grove, W Il Ariail; Heath
Springs, David Hucks; Kershaw, 0 A
Jcfcoat; Lancaster, E E Turnipseed;
Lancaster Circuit, J c Counts; North
Rock Hill, VIC VIM; Richburg, "
A Fairey; Rock Hill, St Johns, Wat
son 3 Duncan; a E Holler, supernu-
mera1y; Laurel Street and Manches-
ter, c E Peele; Rock Hill Circuit, E
A Wilkes; Van Wyck, R E Sharp;
Yorkyille, J L Stokes; s A Weber,
supernumerary; York Mills and Tir-
zab, C NJ Peeler; York Circuit, & A
Rouse.
Spartanhurg District W Kilgo,
presiding elder; Belmont, T q James,
Buffalo and East Uuiop, L E Virgins:
Clifton and Glendale, ] " Elkins;
B N Rob rtsoD; Clinton, W
B Hedges; Campobello, J T Fouler;
C B Burns; Gafney, Buford
Street, ] NJ Steadman; Limestone