The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-13
SOME STARTLING FIGURES.
Lynchinss, Suicides, Homicides and
Defalcations Last Year.

Lynchings, Suicides, Homicides and
Defalcations Last Year.
The lynchings reported for 1902
showed a decrease Of twenty-nine as
compared with those of 1901. but the
last year they have increased again,
the list standing l04 for 1908, as COM
pared with ninety six in 1902. OF
these lynchings, twelve occurred in
the North and ninety-two in the
South. Of the victims, eighty-six
were negroes, seventeen whites, and
one Chinaman. One woman was lynch
ed in Mississippi and one in Louis.
lana.
The number Of legal executions in
1903 was 1913, as compared with l44
in 1902, lis in 1901, and ll9 in 1900.
There were seventy-seven persons
hanged in the South and forty-six in
the North. Sixty-three were whites
and sixty blacks.
Suicides are steadily increasing in
the United States and the value Of
human life steadily cneapens. The
suicides of one year closely resemble
those Of another year in causes and
methods. No special feature stands
out conspicuouSly except the ease with
which the victims can obtain poison
from the druggists. Poisoning is the
most common method Of committing
suicide, and carbolic acid is the most
common poison in use.
The total number of cases reporter
during the year is S,5e7--5,3S5 med
and 3,2l2 women-as compared with
S,29l in 1902. How steadily suicides
increase annually is shown by the fol-
lowing figures: In 1899 t.lere were
5,340 cases: in 1900, 6,755: in 1901,
7,245; in 1902, S,291, Physicians, as
usual, head the list among profes
sional men, the record standing. Ply
sicians, 35; ministers, 5: lawyers, f.;
artists, i: college professors, 2: actors,
/; bank officials, u.
The record Of embezZling, forgery,
defaulting and bank-wrecking for
1903 shows a Slight decrease, being
Sc, 562, l65, as compared with s6,76e :
125 last year. The losses are diStri-
buted as follows: Stolen by public
officials, s6l5, l76: from banks, l,6S9,-
1872; by agents. Sl,7l2,9l2:: forgeries,
S2lS,Sl7: from loan associations, SlSS
2SS; by postal nployees, Sl1,907:
miscellaneous StealilgS, So. ia, 153.
The number Of homicideS in 1903
shows a small increase, being S,976 as
compared with S,S34 in 1902, and -
S52 in 1901 There was an increase
in the number of murders by burglars:
thieves and hold.up men:
The Better Test.
''I've just learned new charm to
tell whether or not man loves you',
said the girl with the bulging pompa-
dour.
"What is it,? asks the girl with
the new diamond ring.
Why, you take four or FIVE apple
seeds and name each Of them for d
particular man, and place them-the
apple seeds, I mean-on the stove,
and the first one pops is the one that
loves you"
''iIumphr muSed the girl with the
new diamond ring, absent mindedly
twisting that piece of jewelry about
her finger. II know surer way than
that. -
Eyes, indeed. You take one
particular man and place him on the
sofa in the parlor, and sit close to
him, with the light little low, and
look up to him very attentively, and
if he doesn't pop you know it's time
to put another man on the sofa.
SPECIAL agents Of the president IN
vestigating the postal frauds make
the charge that former Postmaster
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