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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-07-20
Doing Good Work.

The effectiveness Of the Guatemalan
ants in checking the ravages OF the
boil weevils in the cotton fields has
been tested and Mr.. Cook, the expert
OF the department Of agriculture, In a
telegram to Secretary Wilson Tuesday
announces that the ants promptly de.
stroyed the Weevils and the Texas red
ants as well. The telegram which was
the subject OF great satisfaction to
both Secretary Wilson and DR.. Gallo
way, the chief OF the bureau Of plant
industry, is dated Victoria, Texas,
and Is as follows: AFTER four weeks
OF captivity and OF sugar diet the
GuatemaIan ants promptly destroyed
the Texas boil weeVils; also the Texas
red ants, the harmful species which it
was feared they might resemble. )"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-07-20
Woman Shot TO Death.

Information reached Dublin, Ca,
Of the killing Wednesday Of Mrs.
Robert Floyd in Lowry district, that
county, by Malcom Currie, the 49,
year-old son Of Mrs. Elmira Currle.
Currie shot Mrs. Floyd six or seven
times and then shot Mrs. Thomas
Floyd, bis sister. in law, indicting a
serious but not dangerous wound.
The row started by Mrs. Currie en-.
deavoring to get her child, which for
some years has been in the charge of
her son, who married daughter OF
Mrs. Floyd. 1t is said that Mrs.
Floyd starded toward Mrs. Currie
with a knife, when the boy began
shooting, killing her instantly. Nc
arrests have yet been made. II is
said however, that Mrs. Currie and
her son Malcolm will be arrested.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-07-20
Stuck Gun in His Face.

At Greenville Mr.. P. S. Butler, who
has charge Of the routes and carriers
OF the Daily News, was held up by
three negroes about 2.30 o'clock Sun
day morning on the upper end OF Pen
dleton street and relieved of his watch
and his purse which contained a small
amount Of cash. Sunday afternoon
one Of the thieves was caught. BE
gave his name as Dan Wright, and
said the other two negroes who took
part in the hold-up were Bruce VIII
liams and Joe Bagby. They were en-
ployed as brakemen by the Southern
railway and lived in Gainesville, Ga.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-07-20
TiII1uan Not Injured.

Senator Tillman arrived in Wash
ington from St. Louis Monday after
noon. The report that be was in an
automobile collision in St. Louis in
which he is alleged to have had Ills
ankle sprained, is denied by the Sena-
tor. He is hale and hearty and none
the worse for wear, despite the fact
that he had only few hours sleep
during his stay in St. Louis.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-07-20
Mormons in Chattanooga,

President Btnjamin E. Richards Of
the Southern States mission Of the
Mormon Church Friday purchased
sub; ;tantial buildings in that city for
the permanent establishment Of head
quarters fer the Mormon church in
the south. All the southern States will
be in bis Jurisdiction and missionaries
will be sent out from there. There
headquarters are moved from Allan
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-07-20
No Truth in Boil Weevil Report

One OF Section Director Bauer's
sub.agents, MI. J. Tupper Henry, at
Ansel, in Greelville county, reports
the probable presence there OF an ad-
vance guard of the Texas boil weevil.
Mr. Baurer, however, is not alarmed.
he thinks it extremely unlikely that
the boil weevil has appeared In Green
vile county or anywhere else in this
State. MI. Henry merely remarks
that ''the neighbors say" an insect
resembling the boil weevil is doing
damage there. Mr.. Bauer has for
warded Mr.. Henery's card to Entomo-
lopist Charles E. Chambliss at Glenn
son college that Prof. Chambliss
might go to Ansel and make aa ex-
animation if be sees fit. He forward
ed to Clemson a card from a Pickens
county correspondent reporting the
operation there Of the boil Worm-not
the boil weevil. Mr.. Bauer thinks
the boil worm report has substantial
foundation in fact.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-07-20
ENDS HER OWN LIFE.
Woman's Dead Body Found in St.
Louis Hotel.

The dead body Of a fashionabl7
dressed woman was found in a room
Of the ST. Louis Hotel Milton, Wednes
day, where she registered July a.
'Mrs. NJ. Smith OF New York" Two
empty bottles were found by the sidt
of the bed. One that contained some
drug that has not yet been identified
and the other alcohol.
From statements made by Rev. AL
len K. Smith, rector IF Christ!
Church cathedral, in whom the wo
man is said to have con6ded to some
extent, her correct name is Mrs. NJ
K. Dantes of either New York o.
Washington.
Upon a promise Of secrecy, the wo.
man told the Rev. Mr.. Smith tina,
her mothers name is Mrs. Martha
Virgins and that she lives at Ill K
street, N. W., Washington, D. G.
When pressed by Mr.. Smith for bel
reasons for using an assumed name
Mrs. Smith or Mrs. Dantes reflsed tc
give any, remarking that she had per.
sonal reasons for not wishing to be
known by her correct name.
INQUIRY MADE.
Inquiry at Ill z street, where Mrs.
Martha Virgins, the mother OF Mrs.
NJ. K. Dantes, is said to have lived,
disclosed the fact that Mrs. Wiggins
and daughter, Miss Kitty Virgins.
lived in the house for several years
The daughter left there about year
ago last November and the mother
the following April.
A neighbor says she believed Mrs.
Virgins went to Kent, a suburb OF
Norfolk, Va, on leaving Washington.
it was understood that the daughter
was going away to be married.
LIVED IN NORFOLK.
Mrs. N. K. Dantes left here recent
ly for St. Louis, where it was under
stood she was to be married. She is
a sister-in-law of E. c. Hathaway,
vice president and general manager OF
the Norfolk Railway aud Light COM
pany, at whose house her mother,
Mrs. Virgins, lives. Mrs. Virgins
is "a years old and it is feared that
the news OF the death Of her daughter
will result fatally. The family here
are very reticent in regard to the
movements OF Mrs. Dantes, the only
information obtainable from her
brother-in-law being that he bad furn-
ished her money for her trousseau and
the trip to St. Louis.
Asked whether his sister-in-law had
been married Mr.. Hathaway said he
did not know but presumed she had.
Miss Wiggins, as she was known
here before she is said to have been
married, was quite popular in society
and was a reigning belle during the
past season.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-07-20
Woman is Poisoned.

Minnie Bardorf, 81 years OF age, a
hair dresser, Of N. Y, is dying from
the effects Of poison alleged to have
been administered by an unknown
woman. Miss Bardorf was brought
home by the mysterious woman who
LETT her on the steps Of the house in a
state Of collapse. The woman called
some children who were playing near
by and leaving her victim with them
hurried away.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-07-20
The Sloculn wreck.

The total dead in the destruction OF
the excursion steamer General SlCcum
on June Is, isgiyen in final report pre-
sentsd to Police Commissioner McAdoo
Wednesday, by the Inspectors in
charge Of the Investigation by the
police department.. only S9l Ct the
dead were identified, e. were missing
and 81 unidentified, while $50 were
injured and only 225 out OF nearly
l 400 on the steamer escaped uninjur.
ed. Assuming that the unidentified
dead are among the missing, all but
one person has been accounted for.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-07-20
aned ,ennle Drowned.

At Portland, Oregon, in a cloudburst
accom- panied by less OF life and great
damage to property near Mitchell, in
Wheeler county, Mrs. Bethune, aged
80 years and Martin Smith, 81 years,
were drowned. Twenty-eight houses
in Mitchell were destroyed,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-07-20
Five Bathers Drowned

A Warsaw, Va, special says Miss
Helen, aged 20 years; Miss Ada aged
10, and Harriet, aged 25 years, daugh-
tiers of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank kemmon
Of Washington, together with Mrs.
James Hubbard and child, OF Meter,
Va, were drowned at Eigewater, neal
Meter, Westmoreland county, Thurs
day afternoon while bathing. Their
bodies were recovered.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-07-20
Oldest Georgian Dead.

A special from Admission, Ala, says
Wiley Davis, OF Bremen, HARRISON
county, Georgia, is dead here, at the
age Of ll5 years. He lived in Haral-
son county nearly all of his life and
had been a very active man until a
few years ago. He was considered
the oldest man in GeOrgia.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-07-20
DEMOCRATS HOPEFUL.
Parker Will Gain Strength as Cam
paign Progresses.
TILLMAN TO TAKE THE STUMP.
Washington Democrats Believe That
a Strong Ticket Eas Been Named,
Which Will Appeal to Sober
interests Of the Country.

A special from Washington says sew
eral distinguished Democratic men,
bers Of Congress have been in Wash
ington this week en- route from the
great Democratic gathering at ST.
Louis. Without exception all who
have been seen speak in the highest
terms Of the candidates, and Of the
platform adopted by the party, and
they declare that the outlook for party
success in November next is brighter
than it has been at any time since the
memorable campaign Of 1892, when
Cleveland was triumphant over Presi-
dent Harrison. Without exception
they express the belief that New York
will swing in line for Judge Parker on
November 9Th, and that Connecticut
and New Jersey and Indiana will fol-
low the example Of the Empire State,
and that the result OF the election will
not be in doubt. Parker, they say, will
grain strength rather than lose sup
port as the campaign progresses. BE
possesses qualities, they declare, which
will commend him to the sober judg-
ment Of the people.
The nomination OF Senator Davis
for the Vice-Presidency is very salts
factory to this section Of the country,
and will beyond doubt result in the
placing Of both Maryland, his native
state, and West Virginia, bis adopted
state, in the Democratic column in
November.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-07-20
American Peaches for England.

England is in the American market
for peaches, and arrangements are
under way for the expectation Of part
of the large crop that has been pro-
duced here. The peaches from the
Ozark mountains seem to be most
favored for export.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-07-20
Woman Stabs Another

Rose Morris cut Patsy Fairs throat
with a razor Thursday night in New
Rome, Ga. Both are negroes. The
Fair woman is dangerously cut and
may not recover. Rose Morris made
her escape.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-07-20
TILLMAN TO TAKE STUMP.

Among Democrats In Washington
back from the St. Louis convention Is
Senator Tillman, Of South Carolina.
The Senator took a leading part In the
convention and is enthusiastically In
favor Of the ticket and platform nom-
mated by the convention. BE says that
in his Judgment Parker and Davis will
be elected.
1T had been my intention to take
no part in the canvass, for my throat
is in bad condition. said Senator
Tillmsn, "but now, unless the doctor
forbids it, and if the party wants me,
I will work as hard as did in 1896.
and 1900. Then I was a silver man;
now I'll work for-wel, work to beat
Roosevelt. Anti Roosevelt is my
platform. I am for q return to con-
stitutional government and law. I'm,
tired Of imperialism at home, as well
az ahroaG.'
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-07-20
SENATOR cULBERsoN CONFIDENT.

Another prominent southern sena-
tor, who was one OF the southern lead
ers at ST. Louis, Is Senator Culberson
Of Texas. Senator Culberson has just
been re-nominated for another term
in the United States Senate, which Is
very pleasant news to his many
friends in this section Of the country.
The senator is one Of those who have
full confidence in the party's chances
for victory in November.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-07-20

his first opportunity came III 1872
when he defeated popular Repuoh-
can candidate for the office OF Surro-
gate of Ulster County, and when his
term expired he was reelected, 1879.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-07-20
COURTS AND CoURTsHIP.

The SchoonmakerS are of the early
Dutch settler period and trace back
their ancestry as far as the RocseveltS
or Stuyvesants or DePeysters, and
those of Moses l. Schoonmaker branch
have been yeomen gentry for genera
lions. School teaching may be an en-
inently respectable occupation, but it
is not surprisingly remunerative IN the
country district grades. There is
more money in law, and one Of Mary
Schoonmaker's relatives, Augustus by
name, had law Office in Kingston,
and oddly enough, a vacancy was
found there for young Parker, and
when young Parker began TO do we'll
at law. after his admission to the bar,
in 1872, Moses I. Schconmaker, as
well as Mary, smiled on him: And SO
the young folks were married.
Parker took another partner-a law
nartner-and the firm Of Parker X
KENYON opened for business in King
ston. But the Parker member OF tce
firm had aspirations beyond practice.
His tastes were judicial, what might
be called the politically judicial and
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-07-20
Our Hcsts''-Mr. A. kohn.
''The Press" s"-Mr. J. NJ. Knight.
L.Mnpnan,,-dr Z Nnrnnant

The pleasures lasted until a late
hour. The guests, friends and fellow
citiz rs all enjoyed the moments so
swiftly speeding Then came the de-
serted festal board, pleasant dreams
and the anticipation Of another pleas
ant morrow.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-07-20

The Japanese have changed their
frontal position and big battle is ex-
pected at the eastern portion Of the
defenses owing to the japanese turn
inp movement
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-07-20
JAPS WITHDRAW.
ANOTHER REPORT.

The latest reports regarding the
storming OF Port Arthur, July 10,
place the japanese losses In killed or
wounded at 25, 900 and those Of the
Russians 5 500. The Japanese retired
and the Russians occupied the posi-
finn
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-29

of Y. M. o. A. officials will be held to make arrangements for a ball park. which Will probably be located near the pavilion in West Park. A meeting of candidates for positions on the team will be held later.
 The mission being conducted at the Catholic Church of the Assumption by Rev. Father J. F. x. O'Connor, President of the College of Shreveport, and by Rev. Father T. J. Madden, priest of this par ish. began this morning and will continue week. This morning Father O'Connor preached on the purpose of this mission. and tonight he delivered an eloquent ser- mon on Gods Rights.''
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-29
BOOTH HAS CLOTHES
YOUNG MAN WHO WAS ROBBED
 OF APPAREL.
He Was Dressed by the Police and Will Seek Position-No Clue
 to His AssailantS.

Robert Booth, the young white man from Salt Lake City. Utah, who appeared at police headquarters Saturday night wearing Police Captain w. H. Taylor's buggy robe and not much else was on the streets of Montgomery yesterday.
 Booths wardrobe had been replenished. of course. or he would not have been minglihg with the Sunday crowds on Montgomery streets. A young man walk ing about dressed principally in lap robe would have attracted too much at- tention. Booth wore all the clothes which are demanded by the arbitrary GUS toms of civilization. The large deficit in his wardrobe was supplied through the kind ofices of the Montgomery Police Department.
 This young man who has known the horrible experience of being in the city limits of Montgomery without enough clothing to dodge through the streets of the city is most grateful to the police men who equipped him for another ap- pearance in tine outside world.
 Booth, 1t will be recalled, was found Saturday night near the city dumping grounds in the northern part of the city minus all of his outer clothing down to his shoes. He says he was robbed by three white men who took his money and all his outer clothing He asked some negroes to telephone to police headquarters for help. Captain Taylor went to the scene of the alleged holdup fin his buggy and took Booth to head quarters with a lap robe wrapped around him.
 Booth is deeply grateful for his treat ment. The police department gave him food and place to sleep Saturday night. The officers supplied him with a full suit of clothes and all the accessoiss he needed yesterday morning and they found place for him to sleep last night. To them and to The Advertiser for calling attention to his plight he had hearty thanks to give.
 Booth says he Is an expert bridge work CT. He says he understands the Louls- vile ans Nashville Railroad needs such men. He will aply today for this work and feels confident that he will get a job.
 The police have no clue to the where abouts of the men who are said to have robbed Booth.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-29
ON PRAIRIE LANDS
RESULT OF ENTERTAINMENTS AT
 UNI0NT0WN,
Bulletins Issued by School Telling oi Results Obtained by Tntel1i- gent Use of Fertilizers,
 Growing of Alfalfa.

The Canebrake Experiment Station, at Uniontown, Ala, has published during the last few months three bulletins that should be read by all farmers in the State , interested in prairie lands.
 Bulletin No 19 gives the results of ferts- lizer experiments with oats, which are of interest at this time of year. For ex- ample, the crop was increased to the ex- tent Of nearly fifteen bushels per acre when 100 pounds of nitrate of soda per acre were applied as top dressing in March, 1903.
 Bulletin No. 20 gives records of experi- ments made in 1903 on prairie soil with alfalfa. soy bean, sorghum, and a number | of other forage crops. The better grades of prairie soil are we'll adapted to alfal- ia, of which every plantation in this re- zion needs at least an acre for every head of work stock, so as to reduce the amount of corn and fodder needed to make a crop. The culture of alfalfa is dealt with at greater length in bulletin No 127 of the Alabama Experiment Station at Auburn, entitled Alfalfa in Alabama" which bull letin will be sent out from Auburn about March 4th.
 Especial attention Is called to the great value of soy beans. and the large yields obtained as shown in Canebrake Bulletin No. 20. This plant serves the same uses as cowpeas, but being of bushy form and not tangling. 1t is more easily harvested. Moreover. 1t fruits more abundantly than does the cowpea on lime lands.
 Bulletin No 21 of the Canebrake Station records the results of fertilizers and cul- l ture experiments at Uniontown with cot ton and corn in 1903. As a rule nitrogen ous fertilizers, especially nitrate of soda. yielded a profit.
 All three of the above bulletins will be aAAraaHAd fn Canebrake Experiment Station. Union town, Ala.
 It is desired to revise the mailing list of that station. hence all parties desiring to receive future bulletins of that sta- ton. should send their names and post office addresses to the above address. J. F. Duggar.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-29
Boxes Rent at $500 and Up-
 wards Per Annum.
Of Course she Was.

Jenxs was cashier for Blank and O.. famous woolen blanket merchants, and Mics Ribbons, to whom he had engaged himself. occupied a similar post with Dash and Co. As the principal of each establishment subscribed to the telephone system 1t Is needless to state that many messages found their way from Blank s to Dash's and vice versa.
 '4Give me 99.s91y' shouted Jenks to the operator for about the twentieth time before dinner the other day.
 After a few minutes the bell rang. and lovesick Jenks. after fixing the receiver, heard the voice not of his charmer, but of the operator. say. 99,S91 is engaged. "
 .sWell, I ought to know that, should say" responded the disappointed lover, '.why, it's me she is engaged to, stu rid."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-29
Mistaken Identity.

Senator Proctor. of Vermont, likes to tell of an experience he had some time ago while making a tour of the West He was accompanied by Mrs. Proctor and some fifteen or twenty other men and women. The party made a stop at Salt Lake City and the Senator and his wife went for walk about the place. half a dozen ladies following them. That morn ing large party of tourists from the East had arrived there and some of them caught sight of Mir. Proctor and his friends. Said one of the tourists in a stage whisper: There's an old Mormon out for walk with his wives, I wonder if he has any more."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-29
MURDERER IN JAIL.

Negro Prisoner En Route to Macon
 County.
 Henry Johnson. a Macon County negro murderer. is in the Montgomery County jail.
 Some time ago Johnson killed a negro near Hannon by shooting him. He escaped and nothing was heard of him until he was located in Ensley last week and was arrested.
 Deputy Sheriff Gibson of Macon Coun. ty went to Ensley for the prisoner and he was brought to Montgomery yester. day morning The deputy and his prisoner will leave this morning for Tuskegee. Johnson admits that he shot the negro
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-29
Coal for Russia,

Coal Is an important article just now in Japan and Russia, It is said that Rus sia had ordered 100000 tons from Penn sylvania. Japan has 5000 square miles of coal lands. and her exports are 300o,G0O tons annually greatef than her imports It Is estimated that over 1,Oo0,000 tons are deposited in the undeveloptd coal fields In tho islard of Hokkaido. one of tho northern islands of Japan. Russia's inl- ports are largely 1T, excess of her exports, notwithstan iinE she has a coal area Of 20.C00 square miles. exclusive of Siberla. Central Asia and Caucasia. It is clear that Russia needs developing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-29
unknown still Iivinp

The unknown negro found early yester- day morning by Bicycle Patrolmen Downs and Evans in Washburn's quart res corner Decatur and Monroe Streets, Is still in a semi-unconscious condition and is unable to give the police depart ment any information as to who he is or how he receoved his injuries. The attending surgeon said that the negro has good chances of recovery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-29

Norway and Sweden have made the greatest progress of any nation toward temperance. In 1929 Sweden had 1 saloon to every 100 inhabitants. now she has to ever 5000 inhabitants. Canada ranks first as a temperate country with a consump- tion of but .51 of a gallon of liquor per person per year; Finland 55: Norway and Sweden, .s9; United States. 1.s7; Holland,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-29

A Norwegian chemist has discovered new and sheap process for making aleos hoI from sawdust. Sawdust Is treated under pressure with diluted sulphuric acid. by which the eelluiose 10 transform cd into sugar, which, by adding fermenta. ton producers is converted into 9lcohoi in the old manner and then distilled,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-29

Tn 1898 the tonnage of American vessels engaged in domestic trade was 3,sS4,f ,fs} at the close of the last fiscal year thai tonnage had been increased 1,2sO.0OO tons. At the same time there has been a de- crease of 5000 tons in American vessels engaged in foreign trade. A small de- crease. true. but showing the tendency of things. Our foreign carrying trade Ia sa9. ly neglected. The increase in the Great Lake tonnage eQualled that of the Allan tic. Pacific and Gulf ship-bulldIng. This year we will not build so many ships.