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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-11
The Cost Of Government.

The appropriations made in the
Sessions Of Congress just ended ag-
gregated nearly $500, ,000,0 ,000.a This
is the hrst session too of Congress.
When the second session Of the Fifty
eighth Congress closes it is certain
that the sun Of the appropriations OF
it will be somewhere near a billion
and half dollars. Yet only q short
time ago the people were horrifed be-
cause one Congress earned the name
of the "Billion Dollar" Congress. Ger.
tain large bills such as the River and
Harbor, too were Shorn Of their usual
proportions, and the appropriations
for public buildings were unusually
meagre. The forty millions paid to
the French Panama Canal Company
are not included in total voted at the
session Of Congress. Whence then
comes this demand for such sum ?
The Army and the Navy, exclusive of
Pensions now cost the United States
more than 5000, 100000 annually.
Pensions alone in 1893 cost Sl3S, ,425,-
646, and for the ensuing year the
amount is larger. The OMNIBUS fact
is that our expenditures largely ex-
ceed the revenues. Each year the
deficit grows larger. RooseVelt'S Ad-
ministration thus far has expended
1888 ,OO0,O more than Clevelaud's.
The enormous extravaganza Of Re
pulican policies will make strong
campaign argument for the Demo
c1atS in the Presidential election.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-11
Held Up and Robbed.

A dispatch from Greenvi}le to The
State says on Thursday night last,
between 10 and II o'clock, DR.. l. E.
Grimm was going to his office on Main
street, in the second story Of the Bur
CESS building, and he was accosted
just as be reached the Office door in
the dark hallway with gruf demand
for his money and diamonds, and a pis-
tol was thrust into his face, while he
was ordered to hold up his hands.
DR.. Grimm was taken completely by
surprise and as be was unarmed at
the time there was nothing else to do
except to surrender for the time be-
ing to the inevitable. The bandit
grasped the necktie of DR.. Grimm,
where be usually wears diamond pin,
and then demanded his diamond ring,
placing his weapon near his victims
ten pie. He grasped the right hand
of Or. Grimm, on which he wore a
ruby ring, and in getting it off the
finger was badly bruised. He had
asked for money and received So, and
Just as the ring was secured by him
the passing CT number OF persons in
front of the door on Main street
caused him to take fight down the
back stairs.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-11
w here Is It?

Records unearthed in the office Of
the Treasurer of the United States at
Washington show that a fund OF
100000 was raised about forty years
ago to erect monument to Lincoln.
The money was raised by popular sub
scription, the design for the monu-
ment accepted, and then the project
mysteriously dropped out of sight.
What became Of the Sl00, 900 is not
known. Most officers Of the association
formed to carry on the work have
long since died and those now living
profess to have forgotten the very ex-
istence Of the scheme. The monument
as planned was to be erected in front
Of the capitol and was to have been
Of granite, seventy feet in height.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-11
Died from ChIoroforn.

At Clinton, Landrum Hunter, boy
Of II years of age, and son Of Mr.. B.
D. Hunter, died there Wednesday at
half past o'clock from the effects OF
chloroform. Thedrug was administer.
ed in order to extract a splinter which
the boy stuck ia his foot about three
weeks ago. The operation was per-
formed wednesday morning about
o'clock, after which heroic measures
were taken to restore the boy to life,
but to 10 avail. Additional phySi-
clans were called in and all hope Of
restoring him to life was not abandon
ed till half past l O'Clock. His re-
mains were carried to Cedar Shoals
Spartanburg county, about ls miles
from that place, for burial.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-11
Had Hair.Breadth Escape.

A party of eastern tourists travel
ing through Yellowstone park have
had a narrow escape from being dash
ed to death in chasm along the
Golden Gate road which leads into the
park from Gardiner. A coach contain
ing five passengers slipped over the
side OF a precipice. 1t was caught by
brush and it's descent stayed for an
Instant, during which the passengers
managed to extricate themselves and
and escape, clinging to the rocks and
brush. The stage soon fell with a
crash to the bottom Of the canyon
700 feet below, killing the horses and
demolisbing the vehicle. AL the pas
sengers were painfully bruised.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-11
cal for military operations OF this

cal for military operations Of this
character.
General Corbin believes that al
though the militia will not be able TO
reman;n throughout the fifteen days
to te devoted to the manoeuGres,
regiments from New York, hardened
by their work in the summer encamp-
ments at PeekShill would be able to
leave New York on fast treep train
Friday night Of each week and be in
Manassas before daybreak, thus OBJ
tanning Saturday and Sunday for
work in the field, aud they would be
again in New York on Monday.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-11
WOULDN'T TAKE THE MONEY
Church Refused $4,000 Because
the Giver Died in a Theatre.

the GiVer Died in Theatre.
Last December ". ". Cooper Of
Kenosha, Wis, lost his life in the
terrible disaster Of the Iroquois the.
atre in Chicago. The Tribune Of that
city says that after bis death it was
found that he had willed $780, tc
the beard OF foreign missions of the
Methodist Episcopal church to aid
in its great work. Last week the
secretary of the board, A. B. Leon
ard, communicated with the county
clerk at. KenoSha informing him
that the gift had been refused by the
board Of missions because Mr.. Cooper
met his death in a place Of amuSe-
ment not countenanced by the
church" In his letter Mr.. Leonard
said that the decision Of the board
was unanimous.
The money will now probably be
distributed between the widow and
daughter Of the liberal minded Chris
tian WAC died in the theatre fire. His
good intentions, however, in making
the gift when the time for, diStribut-
ing the final awards comes will prob
ably stand as an Offset to the resolu-
tion adopted by the board Of missions.
How much better it would have
been had the board followed the
course pursued by the Citadel Square
Baptist church OF the city Of Charles
ton in the liberal bequest made to it
by Emma Abbott, one Of the queens
Of the operatic stage. There is such
a thing, in our opinion, as being toe
ScueamiSh about something's and not
squeamish enough about others. There
has probably never been a bequest to
the board of foreign missions Of the
Methodist Episcopal church, or to any
other board Ct foreign missions in the
country, which has not been made by
persons who have attended the the
atre occasionally. Probably there was
no objection to their henefactors,
however, because they were not
burned to death in a theatre fire.
There are some things that good peo-
pie do We cannot understand.-News
and Courier.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-11
Politics Causes Murder.

at Charleston, W. Va, during a
political meeting Friday night Jean
Chandler was fatally shot by VIM.
Leachnoan at the Patrick school house,
where a meeting was held preliminary
to the Republican primaries tonor-
row. More trouble is expected to
follow this outbreak. There have
been a dozen men shot in this State
during the political contest for the
Republican nomination for governor
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-11
jumped from Bridge.
THE CHURN.

a dispatch from New York says the
first suicide by jumping off the new
Williamsburg bridge Of hundred and
thirty-ive feet, was committed this
morning by an unknown well dressed
woman. The woman walked to point
near the centre OF the bridge claimed
to the railing and with wild cry
jumped. She went feet first and her
skirts acted as a sort Of parachute.
She struck the water over a hundred
feet below with an insufficient force
to ink but to stun her. She was car
ried down the stream by the tide and
sank. Her body vas not found.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-11
PATENT EXHIBIT AT FAIR.
Interesting Models Of EARLY
Inventions.

The exhibit Of the United States Pat
ent Office at the Worlds Fair will
show q series Of models designed to
represent ideas that have made epochs
in the industrial history Of the world.
So far as possible, the first thing Of.
its kind In every line Of human inyen-.
ton will be shown. For instance, vis-
itors will have an opportunity to see
the actual sewing machine which was
the first practical contrivance Of its
kind ever constructed. It was patented
in 1S4s by Elias Howe. Previously, in
1912, ]. ]. Greenough had obtained 3
patent for q sewing machine, which
carried the cloth along automatically.
having a needle with hole in the mid
die.
Equally interesting in it's way is the
earliest typewriter, which was pat
ented by c. Thurber in 1912. The type
keys are set around the periphery OF
a horizontal brass wheel, and in or
der to print letter it is merely neces-
sary to punch one Of the buttons,
which causes the type to descend
through a little tube and make mark
upon slip Of white paper.
The exhibit will include a model Of
the first cast-iron plow. which was pat
ented by Charles Newbold In 1897, and
the first screw propeller, which WAS
invented by Robert Hook In 1880.
The invention of the steamboat is.
credited to Robert Fulton, yet in the:
seventeenth century Denys Papin
launched on the Seine, in France, a boat
that was run by steam. It Is matter
Of historical record that the river
barge men smashed Papin's boat be-
cause they feared that it would In
jure their business.
The most interesting Of all models
however, in the line Of aquatics, will
be that Of Abraham Lincoln's famous
device for lifting steamboats, on
shoals.
Another exhibit will be the first
printing press and harvesting machine,
the latter made In $50 3. C.
The first locomotive and first steam
engine, made in Egypt $50 B. c., also
viii! be shown with many other rare
Inventions.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-11
Nearly Starved.

Miss E. Huesse has been found un-
conscious in her residence, 4103 Grand
Boulevard, Chicago and taken to a
hospital where it was found her weak
and emaciated condition was the re-
suit Of fast lasting for more than
twenty days. Miss Ruesse lives alone
in a handsome house and is regarded
as wealthy. The police assert that
recently she joined a new cult, chief
of which is said to be that only q few
grains Of wheat, pure water and fresh
air are necessary to sustain life. She
may recover.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-11
Bandits Garroted

At Santiago, Cuba, four bandits
convicted Of murder were garroted in
the provincial Jail. It was the first
legal execution since the Spanish re-
gine. Two executioners who arrived
there from Habana Wednesday with
the garrote were almost mobbed while
on their way to the Jail. President
Palma was petitioned to commute the
sentences, but he declined to inter-
fara
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-11
THE FAIR AT NIGHT.
Lights Of Changing Hues VIII Flood
~ the St. Louis Picture.
H7ee<rfc Effects are Combined W1ta
Other Ingenious ContrivanceeI Io
Revealing Beauty OF the
Worlds Fair in Her Robe
OF Darkness.

The night effects Of the Exposition
will be a symphony in color. The ex-
hibit buildings will be bathed IN pure
white light, which will bring out into
strong relief their beautiful outlines
and the richness of the tints and mural
paintings on their screen walls.
Chief Henry Rustin, who is head OF
the department Of electrical design, hass; g
charge of this important feature. Acsss
ing in the same capacity at Omaha arsss
Buffalo, he set so high standaro
there that his effort to outdo 1t az
st. Louis is the supreme one OF DIS
life.
BY ingeniously contrived lights the
whole picture will be flooded at n1ent
with changing hues. At one time the
scene will be harmony Of violet,
changing into amber, emerald, crimson
and amethyst, running the whole
gamut Of color combinations so skill
fully that the.spectator hardly will be
conscious where one color leaves on
and the other begins. But through all
the changes of colors thrown on the
buildings it will be possible for the
cascades to retain distinctive tint
Mercury vapor lamps are cleVe-iy
concealed in the bases Of the scuip-
ture, lining the sides Of the cascades,
the rays being thrown from concealed
redectors through small windows at
an angle that will not meet the Vis1oa
Of spectators from any point OF view
In this light the waters of the cas-
cades will have the appearance at one
time OF a ghostly phosphorescent- tor
rent, at another moment OF foods OF
opal gems and again Of cataract OF
living flame.
Every source Of the wonderful ka-
leidoscepic effects will be ingeniously
hidden. It will be possible to pick out
different parts of the hill and III
structures in different colors. -Aus
while the hall in the cente2sM be
a rose color, one arm Of tie colon
made orange, the other vi6fet and the
twin pavilions emerald the whole
splendid effect will be astained without
confusion Of coloIS
The night ersets On other parts Of
] the site have Eot been forgotten An,
ssslectric Sountfn. that will be, a thing
ofAheauty asd a riot Of color, surpass-;:
Ing anssag OF the kind ever designed.
will occr1py point Of vantage on the
grounds. The exhibit buildings at,
nightiEill appear to be giant cornices
OF white light supported at the four
corners and the centers by immense
payilions OF light. The rest of the
faiades will be so treated that their.
massive columns will be silhorsssd
against the screen walls which Will
be banks OF blazing white light
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-11
Died From Old Wound.

Samuel S. Stafford, a prominent
lawyer Of Oxford, N. T., is dead there
at the age Of sixty-seVen years. HIS
death was caused by blood poisoning,
resulting from a wound received be-
fore Port Hudson on June IL, 1868.
He was first lieutenant Of Company
A, Of the One Hundred and Four
teenth Regiment, n. Y. ", and for
a number Of years had been secretary
Of the One Hundred and Fourteenth
Regiment Association. He repre-
sented Chenango County in the State
Assembly in 1865.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-11
He Was Particular.

At Pittsburg, Pa, William L. Hart
ley, white, and James Edwards. color
ed, were hanged Thursday in the
Allegheny county jail yard. Both
men had an ample supply Of nerve.
Tney were hanged separately. Hart
ley asked that he be not hanged with
a negro as be feared his family would
have to bear the disgrace of the pub
lie, having the impression that be
committed crime with a negro. His
request was granted by Sheriff Dick
son.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-11
Engineer Was Killed.

Southbound train No. 43 on the
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Poto-
mac railway was wrecked at Quantlco
Saturday night and Engineer Robert
Davis Of Richmond was killed. Fire
nun Franklin saved himself by jump
ing. Express Messenger Herring was
slightly burt. The train ran into an
open switch and on to turnable, the
engine and tender turning over into
the pit. The express car was badly
damaged.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-11
Children Drowned.

AS a result Of cloudburst in cent
raj Texas and this section "Wednesday
no trains were moving in or out
Thursday. Five miles Of track Of the
International and Great Northern
were washed out north Of here. Five
children were drowned in a creek last
NIGHT near here.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-11
CoChin.China Rayaged.

A hurricane ravage Cochin. China on
Sunday. A hundred natives were
killed and great damage done. All
I the telegrah lines in Sagigon were
destroyed. Many native vessels were
injured.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-11
Four Million Plants.

More than 100000 Towering and
foliage plants are required to I'LL the
beds in the Cascades Gardens at the
Worlds Fair. These plants were all
propasated in the: Worlds Fair green
houses and are ready fors transplant
Ing
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-11
THE WORLDS FAIR.
Some Facts About the Great Show a,

Grounds cover l, 240 acres.
Cheese weighing two tons.
Exposition costs $50, 100000.
For athletic events, sl50,000.
Rose garden 10 acres in area.
Giant bird cage; 800 feet long.
Specie. pavilion for sculpture.
ForCy-four states participate.
Automobile speeding contests.
Giant locomotive at full speed.
Indian exibit: covers 10 acres.
Fifty foreign countries exhibit.
Model India school; 100 pupils.
Special corn exhibit cost s50.000.
Natural garden Of wild flowers.
Art pottery works in operation.
Model school for blind and deaf.
Mining guich; y acres in extent.
louisiana history told in flowers.
Statue in butter OF John Stewart.
Regular hat factory in operation.
Ice plant-3O0 tons daily capacity.
Placer gold mine mining gulch.
Philippine exhibits; cost $1,000,
900.
Pavilion built enterely Of peanuts.
Decorative sculpture; cost $500, 900.
Queen Victoria's Jubilee presents.
International angling tournament.
Iron statue Of Vulcan; so feet high.
Four acres of growing fresh fruits.
The widest boiler plate ever rolled.
Typical Pennsylvania coal breaker.
Pure-food exhibits cover TWO acres.
Turquois mine in actual operation.
Full-sized yacht, completely rigged. |.
Idaho silver nugget; weight 10
tons.
Operating lapidary and assay Office.
Outside live-game exhibits; 10 acres.
Turbine engine of 5000 horse power.
Gem cutting, grinding and polish
ing.
Live stock, 81 acres; s250,ooo in
prizes.
Hank" Monks famous stage coach.
Largest organ-145 stops, 10000
pipes.
Locomotive tests throughout sea-
son.
Models of coal miues and applian-
ces.
Factory for making pens Of all
kinds.
Airships tournament; $780, ,oo0 in
prizes.
Largest gas engine-3 5000 horse
power.
Factory where paper boxes are
made.
Practical shoe factory in operation.
alton.
Rainbow gardens, amid the cascad::
Meeting Of National Rowing Regat-
ta.
Manufacture Of nitrogen from the
air.
Athletic sports and games in gener-
al.
Primitive Mexican copper-mine cap.
Floral clock; minute hand 2oOO
pounds.
Display Of jewelry valued at s1o,-
100000.
Whale 90 feet long: papier- -mache
cast.
Foll.size model United States war-
ship.
Liberty Bell in Pennsylvania build
ing.
Four acres Of agricultural imple-
meuts.
Edison's personal exhibit Of inven-
tion.
Tobacco exhibit; covers over half
acre.
Imitation diamond factory in oper-
alton.
Butter and chese exhibit; over an
acre.
Wireless-telegraph station in opera
tion.
Athletic contests: all nations and
races.
Wireless telegraph garden in opera
5ion.
Tree 500 years old, from North Car
olina.
Bimonthly exhibit Of seasonable
towers.
Cafe on balcony in Horticultural
Typical frontier trading post repro
3uced.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-11
1nta-Mural Railway Completed.

The Intra-Mural railway at the
Worlds Fair is finished and after a
test was found satisfactory. The WIS.,
itor may board the cars at any station
and reach any point Of the Exposition
for one fare.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-11
Give Him His Way.

In Albany, N. Y, there is a man
who wants to die, and who could have
his wish If the lawyers would let him.
He is under sentence Of death for
murder. He says the sentence is just,
and that he is ready, willing and anxi-
GUS to pay the penalty for his crime.
But his lawyers have persisted in tax
ing an appeal, over his protest. The
condemned man has written to the
Governor begging him to prevent
the court of appeals from setting
aside his sentence. The murderer
takes the ground that his tempera-
ment is such that if he were set at
liberty be would be a menace to socle-
ty, therefore it would be better for
everyb body concerned if he were dead.
The grounds Of the appeal are techni-
cal: the murderer says technicalities
should not be permitted to stand in
the way of common sense and the good
Of the public. We agree with the
Savannah News that it seems rather
a pity to put to death man Of so
much common sense,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-11
Shot Dy a COnStabIs.

State Constable Davenport shot
and killed Bill Williams. negro, at
Ninety-Six on Saturday. 1t appears
that the oficert attempted to search
the hegro's house for whiskey, and
the negro and three other negroes,
who were present, engaged him at
once in scuff1e and took the consta.
ble's stick away from him and at
tempted to use it, when Davenport
drew his pistol and fired with the
ahOye result,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-25
How the Boil WeeviI Spreads.

The boil weevil crossed wide, bar
rem stretch of country in crossing
from Mexico into Texas Whether or
not the pests were carried in the pack
of a Mexican cotton picker or were
transported by chance in cotton seed
brought from Mexico into Texas for
experimental purposes, no one viii ever
know, says the Farm and Ranch. But
the facts relating to its spread in
Texas are now matters of history and
are of great importance in studying
the boil weevil situation.
There is no doubt that the weevil
flies at times and under certain con-
ditions may cover a considerable dis
tance. but the fact remains that dur
the past ten years the weevil has not
spread by flying to any great extent,
as il has had abundant time to fly
across the entire cotton belt north
ward or to the east.
Investigation by chronological eX-
peTts show that the natural spread of
the weevil is in search Of food and in
seeking opportunity to deposit eggs.
They spread normally in coneentric cir
cles from the point of first infesta-
ton. Accidental transportation in cot
ton seed. hay or other farm products
or by persons packing household goods
| in some such infested material, are
also matters of record. Attention was
called 40 the fact some two or three
years since that there was possibly
danger of Transporting weevil in bag
ging on cotton bales in transit, but
there is no record of any such trans
portation of the weevil and certainly
| il is not the general method of dis
semination since there has been album
dant opportunity for them to scatter
over the entire South, from Texas cot
ton shipped by rail Frequently in open
cars) into the eastern cotton growing
states. 1t should therefore be a mat
| ter of consolation for the cotton grow
er to know that, barring the acciden-
| tai transportation of the weevil in
| cotton seed or its dissemination from
| the neighborhood gin, the weevll must
| travel very slowly. Its rate of pro-
| gress has often been stated to be some
| forty 10 sixty miles annually, but dur
ing the past two years this estimate
has been found to be incorrect. es-
pecfally for North Texas conditions.
where the weevil seems to have met
| with climatic conditions which are ex-
| tremely unfavorable to its spread at
! this time. There is little doubt, how
ever. that the infestation of isolated
! conditions which will thoroughly ac-
| climate the weevil within the next
( few years. if they are permitted to
| remain in these North Texas counties
| until such time as they can accustom
| themselves to colder winters than those
| they have endured in South and Cen
| tral Texas.
| The conditions are encouraging
| therefore, for stopping the spread OF
the weevil, if only our gins are proper
| ly watched during the fall season, and
the summer infestation occurring
throughout North Texas are vigorous
ly fought as they should be, dur