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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-06
Naval ManeuyerS.

The New York Herald is adyocat-
ing 4 new departure in the matter OF
naval maneuver>. A British squad
ron OF warshipS is coming across fer a
cruise to the West Indies, and the
London Globe notes that while at
tie West Indies the squadron Will
take part III combined exercises with
the fleet on the North American and
West Indies station. returning to
England on April l.
The New York Herald finds this
movement OF British cruisers at the
present time highly significant, and
reminds its readers that British war
ships have.a most enviable character
istic of being in the required place at
the right moments, while at the same
time their movements are made so
unobtrusirely that they pass unchal-
lenged and so leisurely that the ooJec-
tive point is unsuSpected. 1T is diff
cult to believe, therefore, that the or
ders to the cruiser squadron have no
connection with recent events on the
isthmus of Panama" says the Herald.
1t notes that a fairly equivalent
American naval force will be gathered
in those waters about the beginning OF
the year for the annual exercises, and
why should not the United States
government extend an invitation to
the British government to allow the
participation of the British fleets in a
series OF combined naval maneuvers?
The Herald adds:
The American force would repre-
sent a defending fleet, the British
force an attacking or enemy's fleet.
Commanders and men would enter
into mimic battle with far greater
spirit. seriousness, determinations and
profit for themselves than could
possibly be the case in maneuvers
where one-half of the American fleet
should simulate an attack upon the
other half, or where the English feet
was divided into Y and Z or red ane
blue souadrons. Combined exercises
between the two forces, in fact, woulc
be a sort of naval sparring about II
which American warships would bt
pitted against English warships. Ii
has never been done.
1t is argued that, when two great
nations engage in a friendly and blood
less war there is little or no DANCE,
that they will engage in what Rud
yard Kipling has termed the rea
thing Such a display would al
least be an international game thai
would interest the whole world, ant
and especially nations which seek tt
rival the parties thus engaged In
joint display of naval equipment ane
| power,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-06
EXCLUDE THESE.

The Elsie books, which are so
much approved by some VINO make up
lists of books for children to read.
have nc friend in Mr.. McCants:
Naturally in such an exceedingly
miscellaneous collection you have
much that is Of doubtful value. l
notice that you have a few Of the II
so-called Elsie books, regard these
as distinctly harmful, because the
children drawn there are impossible,
and because as books they have no
literary merit. They are about as
unhealthy for girls as those of the
Deadwood Dick series are for boys.
\ lie is lie even though told in a
good cause. and the point of view OF
these books is essentially false.
The title Of a book is no safe guide
to what it contains, and book is
not to be read merely because OF its
title. Mr.. McGhee makes some very
valuable suggestions on this point:
Il havenever read Stepping Heaven
ward, but Judging from its title |
fear that ii is an immoral book: and
unless its contents greatly belle It's
title | should take it out and send 1t
few steps in the other direction. /
am serious about this. A schoolboy
or girl has no business stepping
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-06
Lou Dillon and Flora Temple.

l was very much interested in your
diagram on the sporting page OF to-
days paper representing the position
that various famous trotsers OF the
past would be In If racing on the
same track with Lou Dillon. With no
desire to detract from Lou Dillon's
record-breaking feat, I want to call
your attention to the fact that Flora
Temple, whom saw in her best days,
pulled an old-time, high-wheeled
sulky which weighed as much as four
sulkies of to-day. I feel convinced
that If Lou Dillon had to pull Flora
Temples sulky she could not beat the
time Of the old favorite. Those were
great days, when horse flesh had noss
so many up-to-date, pneumatic-tire1
paraphernalia to help them make greasss
records.-Philadelphia Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-06
Search for an HeireSs.

A dispatch from Mobile, Ala, says
Mr.. J. NJ. Hasty, uncle Of Miss. Ethel
Rovelle, the missing heireSs to a
fortune of eight million dollars, left
her by an aunt in Colorado, arrived in
that city Thursday night from
Meridian, Miss, to search for the
young lady, who is supposed to be in
Mobile. Mr.. Hasty said the young
lady told him several days before her
disappearance she had wanted to come
to Mobile to visit the family of Mrs.
Lee, who came to Mobile some time
ago from Birmingham.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-06
Let the South Alone.

The New York Evening Post is en-
deavoring to arouse the people Of the
North on the negro disfranchisement
issue and to enlist them in a crusade
against the South, says the New Or
leans States. 1t declares that pub
lie deferse Of such undemocratic and
ineuritable measures is not possible, "
and it asks the leaders Of the Repub-
lican party if it is not worth while
ito revivify great party by making
it the champion of equal justice?"
The Post weeps over the war amend
ments to the federal constitution
which make citizens Of the negro and
confer upon them equal political
rights. 1t demands that each negro
shall have the same right to vote that
each white man has and as it regards
The South as merely conquered terri
tory it asserts that the duty Of the
North is to see that. this right is en-
forced. 1t seems, however, that there
are very few leaders Of the Republi-
an party who are in favor Of the pro-
posed crusade against the South.
They know that in the states Of
Mississippi and South Carolina the
negro men of voting age outnumber
the white men Of voting age and they
have the authority Of Booker Wash
ington that when the negroes are per-
mitted to vote they vote solidly
against their white neighbors upon
every question and without regard
whatever for the merits Of the ques-
ton. The Republican leaders also
know that there are several hundreds
of counties in the southern states
which have negro majorities, and if
these ignorant blacks were allowed
''the equal justice" the New York
Evening Post demands, they would
ill all the county offices levy, Coollect
and disburse taxes, assess property
and manage the public schools, yet
nine. tenths of these negroes cannot
even read the ballot they vote and
have 40 more understanding Of public
questions than baby.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-06
An Andean Notion About soroehe.

An Andean Notion About Soroehe.
On one occasion, crossing the Ta-
cora Pass, abreast Of Tacna, Peru, I
was severely attacked by mountain
sickness at an elevation Of only about
1000 feet above sea level. It COM
pletely prostrated me, but my Indian.
arriero told me that "the spot was
famous for soroche," the name by
which mountain sickness is known to-
all the Aymara and Quichna people
Of the Andrean range. land that If I
would continue my journey up the
Corollera it would leave me-"
The following morning I was lifted
into my saddle and continued the as
cent Of the pass, and within two hours
was nearly well again, and before I
reached the summit Of the pass,
about 1880 feet altitude, the soro-
che had entirely left me.
The Indians among the Andes have
frequently told me that 'soroc0s is
not the effect Of altitude, but" as
they put it, ''of mineral veins" II;
may be that the geological and atnos.
pheric conditions Of certain localities
are to some extent the cause Of it, in
addition to altitude, the former being.
perhaps the principal factors, al
though imperfect digestion and consti-
patton invite it.
During a long ride in southern Boil
va at an elevation Of from 1900 feet
to $4,000 feet I noticed that, before:
leaving tine post houses, the Indians
rubbed garlic on the nose and breast
of my mule. They told me that this.
was 'to prevent soroche- London
Times.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-06
Eefittino a Waitress.

Polk-She took part in your amateu
play, didn't she? !
Jolk-Oh, yes; she took the part 4
q waitress.
Polk-What sort Of costume did s:ss
wear?
Jolk-A fetching one. Of course 81
Philadelphia Press. s
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-06
\ Coal Thief.

At Chicago, III Frederick Lind
strom. cashier for the firm Of Friend,
Moss 4 Norris, Wednesday called up
his employers on the telephone and
that he had stolen $4,000
from them and was about to leave the
city. Mr.. Friend, with whom he con-
versed over the telephone, induced
Lindstorm to come to the office, and
he was arrested. 1t is said LindStorm
lost the money betting on horse races.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-06
Columbia. Dec. 80. 1908.
MISSIONARIES MASSACRED.
Gruesome Tale Tells of Crime Com
,nitted Three Years Ago.

Gruesome Tale Tells of Crime Com
mitted Three Years Ago.
At Washington, D. c., Minister
Lyon has reported to the state depart
ment from Monrovia, Liberia, under
date of Nov +, last, the details OF the
massacre 10 the depths Of an African
forest Of a white missionary named
.john G. Tate. with all his following,
eighteen in number. 1t appears that
the massacre took place as far back as
March Is, 1901. yet this. the first de-
tailed account, has just come to hand
in an athdavit by Mrs. Mary L. Allen,
a white missionary at Noana kroo,
Liberia. She had the story from
some of the native Doc tribesmen,
who knew Of the killing. Tate had a
large mission farm, and, beside be
maintained a considerable school in
the jungle, and altogether nineteen
people were in the mission when it
was surrounded in the night by the
Doos The first man who answered a
knock at the door was shot. The in
terpreter next was shot and as Tate
appeared aud tried to protect the
body Of the interpreter, he too, Was
shot and cut to pieces. The Docs
then killed all the remaining inmates
of the house. cut off their hands and
placing the bloody members in a
cotlin, sent them back to their people
as trophies. In explanation Of their
action the Doos said, We have no
fight with the white man: but II we
do not Kill! him now he will bring his
country to make war upon US"
Minister Lyon on the strength OF
this affidavit, has communicated with
the Lioerian secretary ef state, with
a view of securing fuller information
and perhaps the punishment of the
perpetrators Of the meSsacre.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-06
THE GOOD ROADS CONVENTION
TO B. Held in Columbia on Tuesday,
January 10.
To the Editor to The State.

y
To the Editor to The State.
The regular annual meeting Of the
South Carolina Good Roads associa-
tion will be held in Columbia on Tues
day, January 18th, and we expect to
have large attendance, as we have
given special invitation to each and
every supervisor and county commits
>ioner in each county in the State to
be present, and we expect to nave a
representative from each township al
so. as we have most Of the counties
and townships organized. We expect
10 have one Of the largest and best
meetings we have ever had since the
organization of the association.
We are now making arrangements
Dv whicn we will have some CT the
latest road machines and rock crush
ers on exhib: tion. so that the county
officials and others can see the prac'
tical work. as well as labor-Saving
machines.
AS YOU know. the legislature will be
in session at that time, and any
amendments or suggestions the aSSo'
citation may wish to make 10 the leg
i>lature, they will then have an oppor'
tunity to do SO. | am now getting up
some data from each county as to the
amount OF money that has been spent
this year on raods and bridges, as wei
as how the money was raised, anc
hope to be able to throw some light or
this subject at the meeting in Janu
airy. l beg to say that am now get
ting in reports daily from the super
yisors of the State, and it is very
gratifying to see the interest that i:
being taken in the counties hear(
from.
Hoping that you will allow this tt
go in your columns as a matter of 10
formation as l wish to have some
thing more to say along this line
little later on, am,
Yours very respectfully,
F. II. Hyatt,
President S. c. Good Roads Associ
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-06
1t Killed Her.

at Sharon, Pa. Mrs. Margaret
Ackerman, aged 50 years, died after a
brief illness, said to have been caused
by her failure to recover a supposed
fortune left by a relative in Phila-
delphia. Mrs. Ackerman a few
months ago was notified that she had
Inherited property worth several mil
lion dollars. She went to Philadelphia
and learned the story was a myth. A
house that was left to her she sold for
$1,000. The sudden shatCering Of
her hopes made her i'll, resulting in
death.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-06
Burned to Death.

At Troy, \. Y, Moses T. Clough,
one of Troy's oldest lawyers, and Will
liam Shaw, also one of Troy's best
known lawyers, lost their lives in a
fire which destroyed the Troy club
early Wednesday morning. Mr..
Clough was president Of the club,
which included among its members
the wealthiest men Of the city.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-06
-Four Thousand Idle.

A dispatch from Philadelphia says
as a result Of the high price of cotton
1000 men, women and children en-
ployed in textile mills in that city
have been LAID off indefinitely. This
enforced idleness will continue until
cotton quotations tumble. Several
other textile employees have been idle
since Christmas while the mills and
m achinerY are being repaired.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-06

tries by Taylor, Brooks Stories of
Had and Of Odyssey" Story OF
Bad Boy" by Aldrich. Man Without
a Country" by Hale, Count of Monte
CriSfn =
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-06
An Insult to the South.

The Philadelphia Inquirer says
that If the predicted twenty-five
cent cotton should come, it would be
a better excuse for a lynching bee
than is usually found" Now.
wouldn't that jar you, says the Angus
ia Herald. The usual excuse for a.
lynching bee is the brutal and awful
crime OF lustful assault upon woman,
or some desperate criminal deed @al-S
most as revolving. But here Is an
eastern paper of character and 1n-|
huence coldly proposing that double
ing Of the present price OF cotton
would be an allowable excuse for
lynching the people who bring such q
price to pass. II conditions OF crop
and demand make the price OF cotton
Is cents per pound now, as they made:
it worth so and so cents just after
the civil war, where does the crime
Of the occurrence come in? It the.
steel trust can manufacture steel rails
at SIG per ton and sell them for $685.
by reason of the tariff, and no kick.
against this enormous profit is worthy.
to be registered, why should there be:
any kick coming if southern cotton,
by reason Of natural, or artificial,
trade conditions, goes to rs cents per
pound? We do not follow the logic Of:
the esteemed Philadelphia Inquirer,
unless it means to say that. anything,
which enhances the value Of southern
cotton is high crime and should be.
punished after the Wilmington, Dell
plan. As for the south, she can stand
for twenty-five cent cotton all right.
II it can be brought to that price,:
she will not kick: So long as she rais-
es more cotton than her people con-.
sumo she has as much right to what
ever price she can get for her surplus
as Pennsylvania has to protection pro
fits on her steel outputs.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-06
HOW TO START A LIBRARY.

N~~O~--A~N~f
Inasmuch as the matter of eStab-
fishing a library is one that IS likely
to be Of the greatest interest their an
swers on this point are given first.
There seems to be unanimity Of
opinion that the best way TO get this
work started is by getting the chill
dren Of the school interested in the
matter. 1t is not so much the getting
the funds with which to start the
work as it is in awakening an interest
that will result in the free use of the
books when they have been purchas-
ed. DR.. Mccain suggests that it is
best to raise the necessary funds by
means of Entertainments in which
tine children, themselves take a pro
mlnent part and by such enthusi-
asm on the part of the teacher as will
awaken desire for literature in the
school and in the community, and
lead patrons to contribute money and
books" DR.. Boldridge takes the
view that "a careful explanation Of
the need Of the library will create a
Willingness to give to its establish.
ment;" and adds that in his expert
ence in which he established several
libraries that Il secured the coopera-
tion Of the students" Prof. Ward
law follows up the same idea in the:
following suggestion: by conCribu
tion Of N )ney, OF books or of old peri
odicals by CITIZEN: entertainments;
donations by the leud.a-haod society;
contributions Of public documents by
congressman, appropriations by the
board" To the ab We suggestions.
Prof. Cook adds one that is most prac
tical and is certainly within the reacli
Of all, as it is without money and
without price: If were in a rural
section l would secure papers on farm
ing, stock raising, bulletins which are
free from the experiment stations.
and also the consular reports, which
are free. Our State is largely agricul
tural, and l would try to interest
children in the farm and in the light
now being thrown on the calling by
exeperts. Consular reports give a
birds eve view of things not seen il
other papers-our trade aad market
for our goods.
THE SCHOOL LIBRARY ESSENTIAL
In answer to the last question as to
whether the public funds should be
expended in eQuipring the library
two very imp ,rtant points are brought
out-that the library is an essential
part in the equipment Of well order
ed school and that the success Of the
library depends more largely upon the
interest the teacher takes in directing
the reading of the pupils.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-06

J. Fl. Russell, of Bronson, Mich, is
trampIed to death by herd Of steers
at the stockyards, due to bis pulling
a red bandana kerchief from his
pocket as he stood inspecting them.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-06
Refused to BURY Him

''Whatare we coming to-" asks The
State, which goes on to say that "a
Philadelphia hearse driver left a cuf-
tu in the hands of the pallbearers, re-
turned to the stable and surrendered
his job when he ascertained that the
occupant of the coffin was colored.
And Philadelphia is the city Of
Brotberly Love and Pennsylvania is
the State Of unspeakable huge Repub-
lican majrritieS.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-06

preston were as follows:
DR.. Mccain: Bible, Pilgrims Pro-
gress'' anc. ''Weems Marion" Dr..
Wallace: "Pilgrims Progress, Tom
Browns School Days, Sanford and
Merton" Prof Morrison: Pilgrims
Progress, Tom Browns School
Days, "Eutaw.:: Supt. Dreher: Bible.
Tom Browns School Days Mother
Goose Melodies" Prof Cook: Blue
back spelling book, Milton: Bible.
Prof. Wardlaw: Mayne Reid's Ran
Away to Sea- Young Marooners, !"
Swiss Family Robinson" Weem's
Life of Mariou." Mr.. McCants:
Bible, Robinson Crusoe," miscellane.
Gus lot Of old histories. DR.. Boldridge:
Life Of Henry Martini Tom
Browns School Days." Shakespeare.
Bible. Prof. McLucas: Bible, Ae-
sop'S Fables. Robinson CruSoe.
Ia answer to the question as to the
10 books that should be in every
school library, the variation was SO
great that it would require the nam
ing OF nearly as many books as there
are answers This was no doubt due
to the fact that several seemed to
contrue this to mean the 10 best not
on the list. 1t is therefore best to
take the answers 10 that question IN
connection with those to the question
calling for the naming or five books
not on the list that should be added
out Of the funds that were to be in-
vested That list contains the follow
ing: Seton Thompson's Wild AMI
mails That l Have Known; The
Guerber Books, Boys Town. " p" Who
Goes There" Les MiSerableS, "A
Child's Garden Of Verse EI9mer's
Odyssey (Bryant's tran>latiou), "Ae-
sop's Fables" Fairy Tales (Ander.oa on.
Grimm, Miss Andrews Seven Sis
ters, :: Ten Boys. Prince and Pau
per-" Lamb.s Tales from SHAKESPEARE.
: Ethics of Dust, Bush RoyS" (au-
thor not given. Craik: Bowow and
New New Little Lame Prince.
'Jackanapes" by Ewing. collection Of
OF famous verse Dy An|eS ii2pl!el, |:
kipling's Jungle Books, UanS,nS
Stories Of llumer Rome and Arthur
(& vols. J. Goodie Two Shoes by
Goldsmith. 'Major J"nes. C"uftship.
Child Book hy Scudder, Little Lord /
Fauntleroy James Lane A'l2n: /
Cardinal. :" Aftermath. Flute and /
Violin. King OF tie Golden Rivers,
Langs FAIRY Ta,2s, Birds Christ
Carlo by Virgins, Child'S History OF
England, American Boys Handy
Book" by Beard, Boys Of Other Coun-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-01
Home Life and the Family

By Rsv.c
 ONE life and the family strong France and in Paris These domestic circles close-TOO CLOSE.
 Nobody get in from the outside Foreigners visitors,
 find this phase of life for THIS reason, and THEY THINK TT DOES NOT EXIST
 In the heart Paris where have lived worked many found all the dden vrues and examples of the highest self sacrifice among the WORKING people, After the FrancoPus sian national ideas introduced which still being worked The creation of great armies then demanded but the EDUCATION of all classes.
 The important school the seminary university, but the PRIMARY school of the people.
 Educational associations admitting membership the ignorant and the erud assisted the schools and the MOST LEARNED profted with less The system pro ducve of good feeling between casse coming each other they ceased to FEAR each other.
 do America your gigantic industries interested your cie and your wonderful progress in MATERIAL ways.
 AMERICAN WANT HOMES THOUGHTS
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-01

Now that Roosevelt has been elected in his own right and by such over whelming odds he will be justified in taking things into his own hands and running the old machine in his own way. If anybody does not think he will. do it, they have very faint con- ception of the man. He will bring bhe leaders of the republican party to their knees and will swing the party around bis head like small boy with a red apple tied to a string. He will smash precedents, disappoint hopes and di- vide the republican party like the de mocracy was divided in 1896. The great majority of republicans in the next house will be unwieldy and when the whip pops for them all to get into line there is going to be trouble. The republican party is in line for a whole ''passel'' of trouble in the next two years and it is the opportunity for the dem ocrats to take their hearings and take advantage of every mistake made by the enemy. 1t will be the formative period of the next campaign and the prediction is that 1t will trend toward radicalism on the part of the demo. crats.