davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-02
SHALL WE READ NOVELS.

Last week We promised to give you
our opinion OF novel reading. As this
opinion costs nothing you cannot
severely complain should it differ
from ycur own. Standing as We do,
chin deep in fictitious literature, the
question is naturally asked by the
young people Shall we read novels:
There are novels that are pure, good,
elevating to the heart and ennobling
to the LIE, but while this Is true we
have to confess that in our humble
opinion ninety out OF every hundred
novels 10 this Gay are baleful and de-
structive in the LAST degree. a pure
work of fiction is history and poetry
combined. 1t is history Of things
around u, With tie licenses and the
assumed nam; S Of poetry. The world
can never pay the debt which it owes
to such fictitious wri ers as Haw-
thorne, Mckenzie, Landor, Hunt and
Marion Harlani and many Others
whose naneS are familiar to all. The
follies OF high LIE were never better
exposed than by Miss Esge~orth. The
memories Of the past we've never more
faithfully enbalmed than in the writ
inrs OF Walter Scott. Dickens has
built bis own monument in his books,
which are q everlasting plea for the
poor. The reading OF this class of
novels cannot help but be ennobling
ard purifying; but alas for the loath-
some and impure literature that has
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-02

come upon this country in the shape
of novels, that like a freshet have
oyerdowed all the banks Of decency
and common serse. They lie on your
centre tables to curse your children,
you fDd them in the desk OF tie
school miss and in tie trunk OF the
young man. Do not read books that
give false pictures Of human life.
Life is neither tragedy 1or farce.
NJ. ale not all knaVes ror all heroes
Women are reither angels ror furies
IL she novel OF the Gay you get the idea
that life is a fantastic and eSt.avagant
hing. HOY poorly prepared ara the
ycurg men and young women for the
duties Of today who spent last night
wading through brilliant passages de.
scriptive of magnificent knaVery an6
wickeduess. The man will be looking
all day long for his heroine and be
Hill D,t find Ter and he will be dis
satisfied. a woman who gives her
self up to the discriminate reading cf
q vals Will be unified 70 tie duties
OF wife. mother, sister or daughter.
T1dav, under The noStrjls OF this land
+; there is fetid, unWashed literature,
enough to poi: OF all the fountains o.
public virtue and smi:e your sons and
daughters as with the wing Of de.
stroying angel and it is time that the
moral element OF every community
should arm themselves and wage z
great battle against a depraved litera
ture. Cherish good books and news
papers but beware OF the bad ones.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-02
Republicans Make a Request.

E. a. Deas, colored, signing him
self chairman Of the Republican
party, has written Gov. Heyward a
letter with the following purport:
ITO respectfully request that your
e1cellency grant the Republican party
Of South Carolina representation on
the board Of commissioners Of federal
elections for the various counties OF
the State with 3 view of receiving
representation on the boards Of mana,
gers Of the several precincts in this
State at which candidates for con-
gress and for presidential electors
will be voted at the next general
election to be held on the Sth OF No
venber. poximo." In reply Gov.
Heyward notified DeaS that upon
recommendation from legislative dele
cations all Of the commissioners had
been appointed, section 206 OF the
code requiring that the appointments
be made at least 80 days before the
election.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-02
DUTIES OF HOME.

TIE word home seems to ne INSOFAR.
ably connected with certain specific
duties. One canEot dwell with tie
circle OF no ne without being morally
res oonsible for the discharge Of special
duties that owe tkeir origin to the
home relation. The first Guty Of
home in tie o.ds7 Of Development,
siuce it is developed as scon as tie
home is established is the duty OF
husband and wife to each other. Men
too often forget that they owe any
special duties to their wives, and yet
there is no man who has a worthy
wife but owes her a debt he can never
pay. Sae has given him what fortune
cann3t purchase, a nun n heart. She
has paid him the highest compliment
chat one human being can pay 10 an
other. She has t Id him by actions
shat cannct lie that lie is more to her
than all tie associations OF her life;
more than the sweet playma'e Of her
girlhood; more than her sisters Ca
II duO UlO t1Ct . pAl0S3 "O1e eAeA
lne love and tenderness OF parents;
more than her dear old home. She
! ayes all these for him, although her
heart strit gs cannot be unwound from
any OF them, bet be broken and torn
away. Does human life present a
m le touching spectacle than that Of
a young bride suppressiDg her tears
and forcing a smile while SIZE kisses
her mother and fsther and brother
and sister farewell? How hard heart
ed, how unworthy Of ner, how even
beastly must be the man, if we may
give him that title, who does not
under these circumstances feel his
knees bend little with the irs,inc
tive impulse of Alteration. The hus
band can discharge the duties which
ne owes to his wife oDly by keeping
perpe,ually in his niud that he owes
her a debt to pay which, it will be
necessary to take advantage Of every
passing opportunity.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-02
Three Men Killed.

At Satilla, Ca, the large boilers in
the mill Of the Hilton Dodge Lumber
company exploded late Friday after
noon. The mill property was practi-
cally demolished. Three negro work.
men were killed outright. The body
of one man was blown across the
river. Manager J. A. Ftster Of that
place left Saturday morning for the
scene of the disaster. He could give
no definite details. The mill was a
large one, cutting 10000 to $4,000
feet per day. Operations are suspended
indefinitely.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-02
Sawed Ou-. q

At Valdosta, Ca, early Friday
night y negroes in Jail on felony
charges effected their escape by cut
ting through three steel bars and
picking hole in the brick wall OF the
building. It is believed saw was
passed in to the prisoners by friends
on the outside. Bloodhounds have
been sent for and tie trail will be
taken by q posse as soon as the dogs
arrive
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-02

Of clothing or buy anything to use?
That IS precisely what we have been
doing until we have concentrated the
wealth and power in this country in
paratirely few hands. There are
said to be 453 coz binations, OF trusts,
in this country. Ia order to make
many Of these ordinations pay coed
dividends on the Watered stock the
tariff taxes. they say, must be kept
up. AMI SO these cOmh;na ions are
trying to give success to the Republi.
can party, b cause that party and its
president have notified the cour try
that they stand pat, as they call it,
on the tariff, wi i.h means that they
will rot Interfere WitG it.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-02
The Difference.

The Wilmington Star says: Tom
Watson is denouncing the Hon. Will
liam Jennings Bryan for supporting
Judge Parker. Colonel Bryan is open
" making fight for the candidate
whom he wants elected, while Wat
son, under the pretsnce that he is a
candidate himself, is boshWhacking
for Roosevelt. That is the difference
between statesman like Bryan and a
poltroon like Watson.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-02
scnE Democrats have become de

ScME Democrats have become de-
spondent because the New York Her
aid says 1T seems a foregone conclu-
SIGN that Roosevelt will be elected !"
The Herald knows no more about 1t
!han we dc. In the New York major
ity contest last year the Herald on
tie Gay Of the election predicted
LOWS election by a large majority,
but when the vote was counted it was
found that Mcclellan had won by ma
jorlty OF nearly sixty thousand. It
the Herald could not guess better
than that IN a small city election why
should it be able to decide a national
election three weeks In advance.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-02
Dropped Dead.

At Columbus, OHIO, former Cover
nor George K. Nash dropped dead
Friday N morning 10 the bath room at
the home OF his step daughter, Mrs.
Worthington E. Babcock, on Je7er-
son avenue. Gov. Nash had been in
i'll health for over a year, having been
stricken with heart trouble and other
complications while governor of Ohio.
Friday morning Mr.. Nash arose late
and went to the bath room, when Re
was heard to fall. Life was extinct
when the family reached the room.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-02
The Reason Why.

The Augusta Herald asks: Why
does not Mr.. Watson stump Kansas,
Nebraska, Idaho and other Republi-
can western states where the strength
of PoruliSm furnishes him some hope
of electoral votes? Populism has not
ghost Of a chance in such states as
Indiana, New York, and the Southern
states Mr.. Watson is speaking in. Be-
cause be is afraid he would hurt the
Republicans in those States.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-02
GROVER Cleveland made a speet

GROVER Cleveland made a speech
Saturday night in New York before a
great audience which went wild with
enthusiasm. The speech was an efec-
tive puucturing OF the Republican
bub!e claim Of credit for everything
that has been done for the country's
good. Imperialism and bad faith 10
the Panama affair were vigorously
We believe that CleVeland's
speech will help Parker in New York
New jersey and Connecticut.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-02
Killed by Bah Tooth.

Miss Mary Gress, aged nineteen
years, TIE daughter OF Hon. G. v.
Gress, and one Of the most popular
girls in Atlanta younger social set,
died at 1890 Friday morning from
blood poison caused by an abcessed
tooth. Miss Gress was only attacked
Thursday morning, though she had
been suffering with the tooth several
days. She was to have made her
debut in a few weeks.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-02
A Lucky Tramp.

After walking from Terre Haute,
Ind, to Knoxville, Tenn, and de-
spairing OF success, T. E. Leroy, a
tramp vas offered and accepted 1884,.
900 for a one forth interest In a pat
ent to tie the ends OF steel rails to
gether. The New York Central rail
road is the purchaser.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-02
The fact that odds are offered On a

The fact that odds are offered On a
certain candidate Is no certainty
whatever that be will be elected. In
1876 Hayes had the betting odds
right along. In 1884 Blaine was 2
to l favorite for weeks after the
nominations had been made, and odds
were given on him right down to the
eve OF election. Yet Tilden beat
Haves and Cleveland defeated Blaine.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-02
SOME people point to the betting i

SOME people point to the betting in
New York as indicative Of the defeat
OF the Democratic ticket. Betting
means nothing. In the mayoralty
contest in Greater New York last
year tie betting was 10 to l that Low
would carry Brooklyn and to / that
he would carry it by 10000 majority.
he was beaten in Brooklyn by 1000.
That Is a sample OF what betting
q amounts to as an indication Of how
the election is going.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-02
Only a Bluff.

Those bets il New York are prob
ably made by Republicans to influence
public sentiment. The New York
Evening Post has called the bluff, and
after an investigation learns that only
$4,000 has really been Wagered on
the election result il Wall street.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-02
The H0ME CIRCLE.
Crude Thoughts as They Fall From
the Editorial Pen.

OLD STYLE PUMPKIN PIE.
Same like saucy custard pie,
Or apple, mince or game,
Or some new-fangled tlcle,
II just for the name.
ain'tso p'tic'lars some know,
And different from the resi-,
But the good. Old fashioned pumpkin pies
Are what l love the best.
I'm hankerin for piece right now,
Of the pie that mother made.
When I cau.e home from school, Id get
4 hunk and in Id wade.
And, (perhaps my mouth is somewhat lar9e,)
Though I'd resort to tears,
She wouldn't give me another piece
Because it nussed my ears.
I've fingered here lifetime since,
Pat up with what got,
But oft in dreams I'm back again
TO hat dear familiar spot,
And then at such times can find,
On the butt'r! shelf arrayed,
4 row of good old pumpkin pies,
The kind that mother made,
~
Grumble is the spur which hasters
the steed Of trouble.
x*x
Usually if we pestpooe worry fe1
a day or two it will fail to keep its
appoin, ,ment.
The elegant and fulsHm epitap'
that husbands put upon their wives
tombstones are often an atts mpt to
make up for lack Of appreciative
words tbat should have been uttered
in the ears Of the living. A whole
cemetery Of monumental Inscriptions
will do wife so much good after she
has quit the world as one plAin sent.
erce like that which Tom Hood wrote
to his living wife when he said: Il
never was any thing till I knew you. "
How much wiser to give kind.
sensible answer to ch;ld than tel!
him to go play and don't bother
me-" as macy 60. SJme day you will
not be able 10 answer them at al.
Who knows, but this may be the last
year, or the last day, you can answer
their questions. Do what y>u can
to aid them on life's road, Thick OF
the mistakes you have made, and
gaide their tender feet into the
straight path. With all your advice
you cannot prevent many a struggle,
or keep them from crossing many a
bridge before they reach it.
What God forsaken realm is
American politics these best kno"
who have dabb'ed in them. After
they have assessed a man who is
candidate for an cf6ce which ne
does cot get, CT assess hin to-
,ume Office attained, and be has teen
" li1ied around and around among
tae drinking, smoking, swearing
crowd, WHO often get control of pubic
aEA;rs, all that is / it OF bis self
resp. ct or moral stamina would fi1d
pleDty of room on the point Of a pin.
Many wife has not been satisfied
till her bu.baod welt into politics,
out would afterwards have given al,
she possessed to get hin out.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-02


B. O. Harris, Anderson county.
II. A. Richardson, Barnwell county
W. D. Evans, Chesterfield county
P. L. Hardin, Chester county.
r. e. Su5lett, Clafen on county.
". C Brand, Colleton county.
T. H. Rainsford, Edgefeld county
J. ". S. King, Florence county.
John Cantey, Kerohaw county.
J. 81. Wharton, Laurens c unity.
E. D. Smith, LIE county.
J. W. Wylie, Lancaster county.
II. R Galloway, Marion county.
B. NJ. Peagues, Marlboro county.
B F. Kellar, Orangeburg county.
J. H Stri0bling, Pickens county.
Francis 81. Weston, Richland Co.
B. w. Dabbs, Sumter county.
W. n. Stewart, York county.
J. NJ Edwards, Spartanburg county
W. H. Irwin, Greanville county.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-02
TEE PEOPLES MONEY.
sive Cablegrans.

treasury b, employed for any purpose
that will help the campaign? How d:
we know but it is?
This is one Of the evidences of ths
growth OF imperialism.
"The head OF the government car
do no wrong
An assault upon this policy is ar
assault upon the people and hence the
peoples money can be legitimately
used for its vindication.
my speech cha a'ging adninistra'
tive extravagance seems also to have
created some excitement At this uime
the admin stration puts forH ard Hor.
ace A. Taylor. BE makes statement
after a call on the president.
NOW you will observe that he no
where challenges the figures given ty
me. Tney cannot be Questioned. TEey
show that after taking the $50, ,o0e, 900
paid for the Panama canal and rights
this government spent sl60, 900, ,0GC
more last year than it did seven years
ago under Democratic administration.
The difcit for the present 6scal year
to October 25 is over S2l, 100000 as
against 81, al, 204 for identically the
same period last year.
Returning to Acing Secretary
Taylor's inverterview: 1t would sem
as if it's purpose-if it had any beyond
that of creating mist-Was to deny
my assertion that there were admin.
istrative oraers forbidding govern
ment officers from making public any
statements of estimates upon which
future appropriations are based Ny
answer is that the trea Jury depart
ment issued this order:
DEPARTMENTAL ORDER.
Treasury Department, Office Of the
Secretary, Sept. I, 1904.
THE Reacs Of Bureaus and Chiefs Of
Divisions:
Gentlemen: 1t is requested that
no information bearing upon the esti-
mates Of this department. for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1876, be male
public until the estimates shall have
been approved by the honorable s2cse-
tary Of the treasury.
By direction Of the secretary.
(Signed) "'W. q. Hills met clerk.
Z have copies Of orders i:susd to
other departments which I took the
precaution to obtain before making
public the statement now challenged" !"
Judge Parker then took up the
tariff question which he discussed at
some length from the standpoint Of
the farmer, saying be mas suffered
even moce possibly than the wage
Garner by excessive tariff duties.
Judge Parker referred to the higher
prices under protection as an assess
ment on the consumer and asked:
Now do you thibk the law ought to
compel you TO continue to pay IA
assessment every time you OF the
members Of your family buy an article
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-02
Grumble is the spur which hasters
the steed Of trouble.

Usually if we pcstpoce a worry ftr
a day or two it will fail to keep its
app0in ment.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-02

olina wanting it back again. can't
conceive Of how the people OF South
Carolina will ever 60 back to the ole
scheme OF selling. The bar room with
it's fnelmirrowS and cut glass which
would draw your boys in through the
back door on Sunday.
In 1900 when this issue was last
voted or, I asserted what appeared
to me to be plain fact, that the
preachers and tarkeepers were allied
together, the angels Of light and the
sons OF darkness, fighting side by sids,
the one to have bar rooms and the
other to have prohibition. Are they
together in this fight? I don't know
whether these men who used to make
money in the liquor business are no"
the head lights in the prohibition
crowd or not, I kno" they are not on
our side.
Let US find the truth and follow it
ifit leads to prohibition let's haveit, ol
il it leads to the dispensary, leJS have
it. Now what are some of the reas ms
and advantages why the dispenSary is
better than prohibition or license:
First thing it does, is that it does away
with the element Of personal p:odt.
Honestly administered as the law wa:
formed and as it is now, there is nt
chance for any man to make anything
out of it individually except his reg
ular salary as dispenser, Clerk o. c0n.
stable, but otherwise he can Mt ge:
it honestly. Some men have talked
about it's immortality. The newspape s
keep one proof in stock. think they
have it run together with linotype.
I never made any pretentjons about it
being "a great moral institution.
simply said when I formed it, this is
an improvement on the old system
and with the aid Of the moral element
in this State, we can enforce it to the
letter and drive drunkenness out of
South Carolina as far as it could be
driven by anybody or anything. We
did not name it a great moral institu-
tion. I have been miSrepressnsed by
men who make me say things l ncVer
sid or thought of saying, and then
condemned by the same men for hav-
ing said them.
Now, instead of men selling liquor
for private profit, the pryt0 goes to
the community. The man who is a
dispenser has nothing to encourage
him to sell contrary to the law when
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-02

Der lSt 1904. I got it from you
county treasurer. He was goot
enough to prepare for me a clea
statement In regard to the county.
tried to get information from you
city off ;ials as to the total amount o
expenditures and taxes paid, etc., bu
this is what I got: In effect nothing
but a reference to the supply till'
and the city statement.
The county treasurers Statement
show that the taxable property OF ths
county is So, 533,495, and that uht
county profits amounted to S5, l1e o.
one and half mills on all the taxable
property. Gaffaey received SO, $50 II
a wear. Blacksburg 81 369, the county
s5,l1e, and the schools s4,374, max
ing a. total from the dispensary o!
Sl4 623.
Now if you find the dispersary is
such a crime producer and such g
machine to wreck lives and you want
to Gay this additional amount to gel
rid of it and the additional taxes
amounting in all to over five mills tc
pay for enforcing the prohibition, tc
get rid of the d!spensary, it IS youl
right. But call your attention tc
the fact that you will have to pay
double your taxes for county purposes
and those members Of the Legislature
wEo have probably been elected on
this issue will have to face the issue,
that they must increase the levy ano
you must put your hands in your
pockets ard make this money good
Your school fund will be reduced IN
less you make it good to the amount
Ct s., ia and you will rob your chill
dren of one month Of their schooling
or tax yourself in order to make II
cool. It is all matter you must
determine for yourselves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-06
Love and an Initiation.

At last the Kappa Sigma had sue
ceeded in pledging Tom Rutherford to
their fraternity, and a more strenuous
pace than they mapped out for him
during his month of probation was yet
to be imposed uLCn a U. of N. college
man.
Rutherford had been rushed more
than any man of the year but he tact
fully avoided affiliating himself with
any fraternity until now. During the
last few weeks the rush had been be-
tween the Kappa Sigma and the Sigma
Chi boys, and much interest had been
manifested in the result.
Now that his decision was made.
Rutherford was relieved. but, like many
another man in his position, he trem-
bled at the thought of the month of
probation he must serve to prove him
self good fellow and worthy to wear
a Kappa Sigma pin. He must be at the
beck and call of the Kappas, collec-