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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-04-06
THE SUMMER SCHOOL.
An Excellent Course is Arranged
for Teachers at Rock Hill.

The date for the opening Of the
summer school for the teachers Of the
State has been fixed for June 20,
which will admit Of a larger attend
ance Of Charleston teachers this year
than last, when the school opened be-
fore the closing Of the scholastic year
in Charleston.
On his return to Columbia, from a
conference with President Johnson at
Winthrop College, Hon. O. B. Martin,
State Superintendent Of Education,
announced that the date for the open
ing Of the summer school at Winthrop
had been definitely, finally and firmly
fixed for June 20. This is the date
which was fixed upon, but it was
thought last week that this would
have to be changed, as it was desired
to paint the buildings this summer
inside and out.
Inasmuch as this work would re-
ouire at least TWO months, it was
thought that the summer school must
be held earlier than usual in order
that the painting might be finished in
plenty Of time for the opening OF the
fall session Of the college. The law
requires the college to open on the
third Wednesday in September; last
wear this day fell on the 10th OF the
month, but this year it falls on the
2lst. And the canvass Of the sttua-
tion also discovere that the outside
painting could be done while the sum-
mer school is in session. It was there
fore determined to adhere to the orlgi-
nal date, which is specially desirable
to the teachers Of schools whose ses.
sions end late in June on account Of
their beginning late in the fall, this
being a general condition with the
w-country schools.
Superintendent Martin this year
looks for about $4,000 with which to
operate the State Summer school, and
about fifty county summer schools.
OF this $4,000 has been appropriated
bY the Legislature, and the remain
der is to come from interest on es-
cheated estates and the Peabody fund.
!; For these schools last year there was
expended 81, ,064. 10 for the State sum-
mer school, IS, 735 for forty white
county schools and 81, 1875 for twelve
! district colored schools; total s8, 9s4. 10.
. Messrs. Martin and Johnson a-e
, making preparations for an unusually
strong faculty for the summer school
, this year, will advertise it more gen.
orally and thoroughly and are there
fore expecting a larger attendance.
: Last year the attendance was $40,
: whereas it has been about 500. The
] same subjects will be taught this
5 year, but there will be many changes
2 in the instructors. It is expected
that the summer school will employ
/ experts from other States to teach
manual training, domestic science and
art, educational psychology, literature
and school management and super:
vision. Those who have so far ac
cepted engagements to teach ar
President Snyder, Of Woford, who
will lecture a week on English anc
t Southern literature, and Superintend
ent Lawton B. Evans, OF Augusta
who will devote two weeks to country
and city school problems.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-04-06
Four Were Killed.

BY the premature explosion OF a
blast at the Sothern Quarry company
at Fabers, Va, Thursday, four men
were blown to atoms and two were
injured. The dead are: F. F. Jones
of Alexandria, superintendent Of the
quarry: Otis Brent of Tye River, Va,
assistant superintendent; Geo. Nav
yer of Fabers, Va. and Ben Hart,
colored, of Fabers. Va, helper.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-04-06
.HE PRIVILEGE TAX.
An Increase of Seven Thousand Dol.
lars Over Last Year.

lars over Last ear.
The State says with the close Of the
first quarter, the receipts from the
privilege tax amount to se9,097.15.
The total amount received last year
from January to December was $685.
909.S0, aud between the first Of April
and the last of December the amount
received was over 5000. With this
as a basis, it is thought that the re-
ceipts for this year will run up to
s1l0, 1000!
The privilege tax is the revenue
paid to the State by the fertilizer COM
panies at the rate Of 25 cents on each
ton Of fertilizer. The tax is supposed
to cover the cost OF inspecting the
fertilizer but the actual cost ct inspec-
tion is much less than the tax. For
this sum the State, through the de-
partment of agriculture Of Clemson
college, issues tags to be placed on
the bags Of fertilizers and for this
reason the tax is commonly known as
the tag tax. When the State in 1890
adopted this system Of Taxation to
insure the farmers against being sold
inferior stuff the income from this
source was but $4,000. This year
that amount will be doubled, so great
has been the increase Of intensified
farming.
There may not be as many acres
under cultivation now as there were
in 1890, but the farmers are trying to
get out Of each acre the very best
that is in the soil. The introduction
OF tobacco culture also required the
use Of additional fertilizers, and this
year, it is almost needless to state,
the upward squirt in sales is due to the
circus performances Of the bulls and
bears in the arena in Wall street,
where cotton prices tumbled and again
vaulted and again tumbled and Sully,
the most daring Of the trapeze artists
Of the exchange, finally met his de-
feat.
The following comparative figures
will be of unusual interest: The re-
ceipts to the first day OF April this
year are 9s,097.l5; for the same
period last year, 800, ,06s; 1898, $751;
3ol.33; 1899, s54. .50s.5o: 1900, $685.
$3.50; 1901, SIC, ,e50.eS 1902, $685.
14055.
The first Of April is the end OF the
tax year, practically, until the last
two months of the fall when there are
again heavy sales Of fertilizers. The
total receipts for the respective years
since the tax has been in force are as
follows: 1S90-91, s53.285.S5; 1912,
s36, ,lOS.9S; 1928, $50, ,243 95; 1893.
81, 43,423.SS; lSs4-95, 0,135.s3;
1886 s54, 524.37.
At this time the fiscal year was so
altered that the date Of final settle
ments come On the 3lst Of December
instead Of the 1st Of November and
since 1896 the receipts have been:
1897, s5s,352.35; 1898, s65 4s4.33;
1899, SS2,l23 IS; 1900, 75,2l+.34;
1901, sS4, 4,073.4 43; 1902, ssl, l,744.94.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-04-06
A Very Crooked River.

There are many crooked streams in
Missouri and the Usage River is one
of the crookedest. There is farmer
in Camden County who can float six
miles down the Usage to the town of
Linn Creek and then six miles further
down it back to his home. The river
runs on two sides of his farm, and on
one side it is coming from Linn Creek
and on the other going to it. All the
labor the man has to do to make the
round trip is to carry his boat across
his farm.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-04-06
Naval Officer Kills Himself.

Lieut.. Commander Edar Townsend
Warburton, chief engineer OF the
battleship Maine, now at Pensocala,
Fla, suicided in his cabin on board
that vessel Thursday. A bullet from
a 38-calibre revolver was sent crash
ing through the brain and death re-
suited within 40 minutes afterwards.
The executive officer Of the ship was
passing the door Of Commander
Warburton's cabin when he was
startled by the report Of revolver
within. The bullet after passing
through the brain came through the
door and struck the rail Of the ship,
barely missing the executive officer.
The latter notified the officers and
the door Of the commanders cabin
was forced open. he was lying on
the floor in a pool Of blood and the
revolver, dyed red, was grasped in his
right hand The surgeon Of the ship
was hastily summond and endeavored
to stop the flow Of blood without
result. Inc nagShlp was Slgnalleo
and the fleet surgeon responded but
the commander expired shortly after
bis arrival. The bullet entered just
above the right temple and passed out
over the left ear. No cause is known
for the officer committing the rash
act. He appeared to be in the best of
health and spirits and within few
weeks would have been assigned tc
shore liberty. Many Of the officers
expressed the belief that death was
the result of an accident and that the
com mander did not suicide. Com
mander Warburton had been chief
engineer of the Maine. He was for
merly on the Indiana. The body will
be shipped to Philadelphia. where his
wife resides, Friday.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-04-06
Dropped Dead.

Ben Williams, a well-to-do colored
man Of Anderson county, 6+ years ot
age. died Tuesday under distressing
circumstances. His daughter, aged
-, had died of consumption. On the
way to her funeral the father dropped
dead Of heart disease.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-04-06

there have been alarming death rates
among the children. The Coroner
said be had ordered several OF them
not to adopt any more infants, but
they had done so notwithstanding.
DR.. earns, the chief medical inspec-
tor Of the Board Of Health, was pres
ent at the Invitation Of the Coroner to
hear the testimony.
Elizabeth Osbourner said she was
registered midwife.
'Do you take children to board?'
Yes. l get some infants from a
home on Westminster avenue"
do you take children from other
baby farms:"
'Only one"
Ibid you take child known as
Marion Smith,"
Yes"
The witness admitted that a child
which had died at her place had been
taken to Dover, Del, for burial. The
death certificate had been obtained
from the regular physician.
Henrietta Moons, Of 1886 Dauphin
street, admitted taking children for
adop ion.
Sometimes I get s35, sometimes
$40; once I got $50 for adopting chill
dren," she said.
How do you fix the value?"
1t depends ca circumstances.
'How often was Marion Smith
taken away from your house?"
Only once. I got s35 for adopting
her and gave Mrs. Osbourner $40 to
take her away"
The witness admitted that she had
secured child for DR.. Yanne, who
was acting as the agent Of people
who needed one."
Don't you know that DR.. Yanne
is in serious trouble in the West?"
asked the Coroner.
The witness produced 2 record as to
babies now at her house. Those in
cluded Elizabeth Camden, Walter
Camden. Peter Camden, Paul Camden
and Boy Manayunk. It was develop
ed that these last names indicated the
locality from which the children were
secured rather than the parents. The
identity of the latter was lost.
In the case of Elizabeth Camder
the baby had been turned over to Mrs
Norris in a Camden railroad depot ano
the parent subsequently vanished.
Boy" Manayunk's father ano
mother had hidden their responsible
ty for bis future in a false name anc
address.
Are not infants taken from yol
for purposes Of deception?" asked the
Coroner.
mo"
How do you do; what became o,
boy" Manayunk?"
1.-THE people gave me false name
and address"
Mrs. Clara Blaney admitted that
six deaths had occurred in her estab
liShment. She said Mrs. Yanne owned
it, and she paid the rent.
Catherin Kerhart, Of No. 839 Nortl
Sixth street, admitted the adoption O
babies, and it also developed that sh'
was a source of supply for the Sho7
business. Sac had furnished some
the living exhibits for the baby incub
ators for use in the Pan-Americal
Exhibition and at Coney Island.
DIR" Mozier was committed tx
prison Friday on an additional charg'
Of having performed an illegal opera
tion upon Mrs. Nellie Boyd, causing
her death, and George Clark was bell
as an accessory.
Grace Ashmead, daughter OF Mrs
Elizabeth Ashmead, and Jennie Her
shaw, were held in $500 bail each a
witnesses in the AShmead- McVicka
case.
Efforts to secure bail for Mrs
Ashmead and her SOD, Howlan
Ashmead, who are accused Of illega
practice, and who were held after
cor0ner's inquest Friday, have bsel
in vain.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-04-06
The Difference Between Speculation
and Actual Investment. There
Lies the Moral OF the
Whole Question

To the Editor Of The Sunday News:
Together with many other Chrlstlan
ministers. have been perpleXed about
HCotton futures. I have, therefore,
sought the opinion Of brother clergy
man who was for many years in the
cotton business, both at home and
abroad. With the hope that many
Christians may appreciate the impor'
tance Of the subject, append his re.
nly. Clergyman.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-04-06

square, ana as ne passed owens
deponent saw Owens shoot him, and
at the firing of the pistol deponent
saw Green draw himself up as though
he had been hit, and after running a
few steps further, fell dying almost
instantly"
Felix Thurn.an's affidavit says: I
knew Duncan Owens intimately, hav-
ing frequently been on the police
force of Barnwell with him; that
about three years ago said Owens
died Of con sumption. The evening
before he died Owens had a talk with
me about the killing Of Jennings
Green. He said Nix was suffering
for the killing of Green, but was
innocent; that he (Owens) did the
killing, and was suffering as much as
Nix could; that his life was a pro-
longed agony because of his having
shot Green"
The afhdavits of MessrS. Bellinger
and Woodward are similar to that OF
Mr.. Calhoun. They were both near
Owens at the time and saw him ire
the shot.
Following is Mr. G. D. Bellinger's
endorsement Of the petition for par
don:
This is peculiar case Of the pun
ishment OF man for crime he did
not commit because the real murderer
was a white man who kept secret his
offense until on his deathbed, when
other white men Of position and IN
doubted veracity came forward and
corroborated the statement of the
guilty man, now dead.
AT the time OF the CONVICTION l
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-04-06

Efforts to secure bail for Mrs.
Ashmead and her SOD, Rowland
Ashmead, who are accused Of illegal
practice, and who were held after a
cor0ners inquest Friday, have been
in vain
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-04-06

say that this is the greatest curse
that can happen to any young man,
much better that be should lose at
the outset, when the gambling fever
can be checked, but with the taking
in of bis profits the fever, the gamb-
ling fever, increases, rises to top notch
and he does not see that it cannot
always 20 bis way. He gets on the
wrong side Of the market and grad
ual}y the profits he has made vanish
and then the beginning Of the end
comes. If he is a married man mis-
family begins to suffer, bis own life is
worry and burden to him. Do you
think the company through which he
has been gambling, l don't call it
trading, has any compassion on him?
No. On the contrary, by threats Of
exposure to his employers the young
man is led to obtain the necessary
money to close up, tco often oy dis
honorable mems, thus bringing dis
grace upon his family and himself.
Before passing on l would like to ask
anyone who may sneer at what | have
written the question: If you are
al employer OF labor, would you know
ingly have a gambler in cotton fu-
lures filing a position of trust in
your employ" know what your
answer would be-and not only that,
but ycu would not care to transact
any business with young man whom
you thought to be dabDling in futures.
1t was just the other day that the
president Of oue of our leading mills
told a young broke-, with whom ne
had transacted good business that if
he thought be was Speculating in any
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-04-06

Some Of the women admitted they
adopted babies for $50, and hired
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-04-06

ing to the alleged insults, and much
time occupied in efforts to exclude i'm
proper evidence from the case. Con-
ductor Roseborough was supported in
the main by the fagman, who saw
and heard a portion Of what took
place. The conductor is known as
one of the most careful officials in the
service of the Southern and be has
been on the 'Air Line" for upwards
Of 20 years.
The arguments in the case began
on Thursday afternoon.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-07-20
I'm bote COrreo de los rusos
ha sidO capturadO pOr
los japOneses
NEW YORK, JULIO 2o-Tele-
HOrrOrOsO incidente
Un ioven destrozado por ell
tranvla de Catan0

En- Ell viaie de las II el tren de Val
des mat6 q un i6ven como de II amos
de color blanco pasandole un wagon
de carga por encima del pecho vien-
tre, teniendo una pierna destroz ad a.
Ell hecho Ocurrio en- Cataf1O.
Su muerte la sido instantanea por
necesidad.
Partia Ell tren de la parada de la
la Iglesia de donde lie imprimen ma
yOr velOcidad.
Iba Ell interfecto montado en- ell
liltimo wagon de carga, el que estaba
estivando sacos de harina, segin Sc
dice pretendio pasar de este wagon q
otro escurriendose por entire los dos
vagones.
Ell publico estA completamente
emocionadO con este percance.
No hace mucho que sucedi6 otra
desgracia con un ni1o de aquf, el que
perdio un brazo.
Sc ignora el nombre del desgra-
ciado joven. Sc dice es de Comerfo.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-07-20
Sc alojara en- los hoteIes,
pagando ell hospedaje de
su boIsiIIo particular
No quiere Sc lie hagan festejos
de ninguna cIase, pues no
los admitira
No es un viaje Official, sino un
viaje de recreo ell que haran
Mr.. Winthrop y su esposa

Ell pr6ximo domingo saldra para
Ponce por la carretera de Utuado Ell
gobernador Winthrop. LIE acompa-
f1aran solamente su distinguida esposa
y su.Secretario
Ell gobern ador nos ha manifestado
que no Sc alojara en- casas particula-
res, sino en- los hoteles, sufragando
los gastos de su bolsillo pues no quie-
re ser de ning1n modo gravoso q los
Ayuntamientos por donde pase. Por
ESQ tampoco desea festejos de ninguna
clase, pues solo aceptara modestas re-
cepciones.
En- este sentido ha escrito va las
autoridad de Ponce. Muchas pro-
sninentes personas de la ciudad del Sur
lie han hecho ofrecimientos de hospeda.
je, que 81 agradece, pero va ha dado
ordenes pora que Sc lie preparen habi-
taciones en- ef,xHotel Franc6s.>
Tambien ha escrito en- igual senti-
do las autoridades de Arecibo, Utua-
do, Adjuntas, Yauco, San German,
Mayaguez, Aguadilla, Hatillo y Ca
muy, que sera el itinerario que rsco-
rrera, avisandoles que solo permane-
cera en- esas poblaciones Ell tempo su-
fciente para saludar dichas autori-
dades.
FL gobernador Sc propone la. ida
almorzar en- Utuado al regreso en-
May agtez.
El viaje es puramente de recreo V
regresara a San Juan ell martes por la
tarde.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-07-20
FL JUEz ERWIN De LA
CORTE De HUMACAO

De Humacao nos escriben mani
festandonos, que es allf digna de elo-
gios la conducta del juez Erwin, pues
en- todos sus actos Sc ajusta la ley.
Las turbas de Caguas le han dado
mucho que hacer, pues casi todos han
apelado de las sentencias que lie impv-
ne Ell juez municipal, creyendo sin du-
da que en- la Corte iban a encontrar
padri,aOS, como ocurr1a antes; pero to-
dos van q parar la carcel por per-
turbadores de la paz p1blica.
Els mas; en- algunos casos en- que
ell juez municipal ha estado benigno,
el juez Erwin les ha subido Ia pena
En- una palabra; que aquella So
ciedad esta hoy garantizada, con un
juez que sabe cumplir cor su deber,
administrando justicia con imparcia-
lidad y energfa.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-07-20
NOTIC|AS De SANTO DOMINGO
(De maestro Correspo,asal)


SANTO DOMINGO, JULIO A.
Ell Institute de sef1oritas <Salom6 Ure-
nor, de la capital, presentara q exa-
men para maestros Normales seis de
sus aventajados disc1pulos, prepara-
dos de acuerdo con Ell Programa para
las Escuelas Normales.
Ell SCentro de puertorriquefiosS de-
bio reunirse Ell dia II en- Puerto Plata.
con Ell fin de acordar 10 relative al ac-
to con que Sc commemorate ell Ter. ami
versario de Ia muerte de Hostos.
va Sc ha repoblado San Carlos,
casi destruido por dos incendios Sc
gLidos, Y Sc trabaja activ amente en- su
reconstruction.
Ell nuevo ministro americana,
Mr.. Dawson, y ell Secretario de Rela-
clones Exteriores, senior J. Francisco
Sanchez, han presenciado los pactos
por los cuales los ultimos revolucfo-
narios en- pie han depuesto las armas
en- Ia Vega y Aqua. Con esas sunni
stones, es un hecho la pacifcacion real
y efectiva de toda la Republica.
---En ell mercado de Hamburgo sc
mantienen frmes los productos domi-
nicanos cera, ceber0s diUidiUi, hibiendo
experimentado alza ell cafe.
-El <Casino de la Juventud1 de la
ciudad de Santo Domingo Sc muestra
muy satisfecho del buen resultado del
concurso artfstico organizado por 6l
para solemnizar Ell 10 de Agosto pro-
ximo, aniversario de la Restauracion
Personals muy competentes forman ell
jurado.
Ell doctor Goutrean acaba de ter
minar en- Santiago unos estudios bac-
teriol6gicos muy interesantes, sobre
la buba; hacienda magnffcos cultivos
y constando que los atacados del NAL
no son siilfticos.
Sc han comenzado experiencias
en- ef cultivo de una variedad de pla-
tanos sorprendentes que Sc encuentran
en- varias parties del Pals de los cua-
les hay algunos ejemplares en- ell patio
del Palacio arzobispal. La planta en-
question produce 3 racimos por
cepa.
Ell Gobierno ha dado una con-
cesi6n al senior Gording Field para
construir un ferrocarril entire la Ba-
hfa de ManZanillo y San Jose de los
Matos, en- la Sierra, atravesando ell
Distrito de Montecristi parte de la
Provincial de Santiago, tocando en-
Ia ciudad de este uombre en- otras.
LA Companfa del cable frances
ha sometido a consulta La concession
iltimamente dada por Ell Gobierno 4
los senores Tolosa Cuello, para la
exploitation del TELEGRAPH sin hilo pa
ra yer si vulnera sus derechos. Se
afrma que no.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-07-20
ASH Sc HABLA
Un peri6dico republicano de
Mayagiiez pide al Directo-
rio Olga " oficiaImen-
te" sit partidO ha
ingresado en-
ell naCiOnaI

Con ell t1tulO &Hay program puer-
torriqueno,o publica La Bondera Anae-
ricana de Mayaguez Ell siguiente jugoso
suelto:
<Estamos esperanto que los Sres.
Comisionados Chicago digan ofcial-
mente, 81 'nuestro partido ha ingresa-
do en- el Nacional; 81 continl1a rigien-
do para ell partido ell programa ratifi.
cado en- la Asamblea de Ponceen Abril
liltimo, 81 Sc ha anu1ado totalmente &
81 rigen el del partido nacional y Ell
del partido puertorriqueno.
El partido, y el pueblo necesitan
@onocer esos pormenores y sobre todo
as'Publicaciones republicanas deben
estar eE~noder de esos datos para ha-
Ger frente s-los ataques del enemigo.
Els nuestro> >deseo, ademas, cue ta-
les pormenores Sc hagan p1blicos,
pues ellos pueden traer infinidad de
ridad y buena alianza del partido puer-
torriqueflo al nacional, y no Sc haga
la communication de esos datos exclu
sivamente un representante de cada
comite; como en- la asamblea celebra-
da en- San Juan en- la casa del senor
antes de la Legisl lativa, donde
Sc acordo enviar un detalle de todo 10
a los colnit6s y los peri6di-
COS de la agrupaci6n, y a6n Sc esta es-
perando.... el cumplimiento de ese
acuerdo y de otros no menos impor-
tanteS.3
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-07-20
ASILO DE CIEGOS EN- PONCE

Este asilo que ocupara Ell antique
cuartel de Ponce quedara defnitiva-
mente install ado en- el proximo mes de
Octubre.
Sc han dado va las oportunas or
denes al Departamento de Obras Phi
blicas para hacer los arreglos necesa a
rios en- el edificio, cuyas obras empe-
zaran el dia ~ de Agosto.
FL Director de Carload enbarcara
para los Estados Unidos, dentro de
dos semanas. con objeto de comprar
ALI los muebles necesarios para este
establecimiento.
Es proyecto del Director de Carl
dad que en- primero de Noviembre que-
de alberto este Asilo.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-07-20
RESOLUTION GUBERNAT|vA

En- la ofcina del Secretario de
Puerto Rico Sc ha resuelto el siguien-
te asunto.
Ell Ayuntamiento de San Lorenzo
habfa cedido a Amalio Pereira ell es-
tablecer una lecherfa en- un solar que
pertenecfa al Municipio. Ell Pereira
creyendo que mas nadie que 81 tenfa
derecho aquel solar, Sc negabaa que
fuese establecido al lado de su leche-
ria un ventorrillo.
Consultado Ell case al Secretario
de Puerto Rico, opina que ell Pereira
no tiene derecho q impedir que en- sl
mismo sitio Sc establezcan otros nego-
clos, pues el solo tiene concedida una
parte del salon.