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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-29
4 BIG CATFISH.
Yields 81, 900 Worth Of Ambergr:s
to a School Boy.

G ttieb O'Briep, OF Mertonne,
Mich, made a big strike this week be.
cause OF his knowledge OF natural
history, which he learned In the grad
ed school In his village. In the process
OF excayating a county ditch a large
81 ugh, not far from Mystic River,
was drained out almGst entirely, 80
much 50 that number Of very large
catfish, which had lived for many
years in the centre OF the lake, were
ain ost uncovered in the shallow water,
and az easy prey to any one that
wanted them. But when q few Of them
were taken out they we're seen to be
thin, scra@ny and unhealthy locking,
so thet no one cared to take them
away. Now, there are no other fish
in fresh water that look so much like
whales as catfish do, and it struck
young O'Btien that rules and regula-
tions applying to sick whales might
also apply to sick catfish, and be
asked the owner OF the land II he
could have the fish.
TIE owner was glad to get rid CT
them, and tod O'Brien be could have
them and welcome II be would take
them away before they died and spoil
ed. The boy waded out into the mud
and mtre and cap ured the f b, which
wsre OF great sizs, many Of them az
much as Sd pounds in weight, and,
carrying them eff to a secluded spot,
be cut them up and found, as he had
hoped, that nearly every one OF them
WIS i tied out, as sick whales often
aIe, with goodly amount Of that
valuable article, ambergris, which i.
sometimes found floating on the sur
face of the ocean. The boy found IN
the f h 40 pounds OF amb srgris, and
So q it to chemist for $40 q pound,
or a total Of $1,000, which vas mc-e
than the tract OF land Were TIE
swamp l1y was worth altogether. The
man who gave OBrien the frh wa
inclined to make trouble about the
matter, but bis lawyers told him be
had no Gaze whatever and he dropped
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-29
FACE SUICIDE IDEA.
Posscsse the County. but the South
Still Loves Children.


In its November issue the National
Geographical Mag,zins presents some
interesting facts, c:mputed from the
census, respecting the proportion OF
children OF tie United States. The
official d ia show tta5 there has been
steady decline in the relative mum.
Ger Ct children GuriDg the past hun
d1ed years. At the beglanirg Of th"
last century the CHILDREN Under ten
years Ct aye n,.nberd ere third OF the
population; at tha erd Of the century
they numbered less than one fourth.
While the cecr: a3e was constant, 1t
vas st vasying rates during successive
decad,s.
This OF itself, however, is held Dot
10 be proof conclusive Of a declining
birth rate. as the decrease Of the num-
ber OF Children in proportion to popu-
latlon might be accounted for by an
increase ia the average duratlcn OF
life ard the large irhux OF adult in
migrants W; hcu5 children. However
1t was deemed fair test 10 calculate
the proportluns te nun5er Of chilcran
10 the county ysars old 10 each l,
600 woman between the ages Of tiftear
and forty nine, tie period OF polertial
motherhood. Applying this test 1t is
f.urd that the nunchar Of children
Der ! 900 noren IN 1867 (she fetyear
for which such data we're avatlabl. }
was 634. In 1900 the proportion other
words the number Of children to po
tential mothers In 1900 was only about
three fourth as much as in 1850.
This Is held to show the persistent
decline in 5:-th rate during the forty
years. The greatest decline has been
in the north ard west. Table shows
that in Naw E ,g!and and New York
the birth rate per year in forty years
has b?ep less than 4c0 children to L.
900 women ard in the middle states
the rate has not gore above 500 per
900. In the S: :uthern states how.
s7er, the rate has averaged bst7een
go and 700 per LOCO during the per-
, iod under nsid eration. Tie zone OF
greatest fecuudi.y seems to havs be
yun at North Carolina and extended
through the 81 b the New Mexico,
with the single exception OF Florida,
Louisiana slowed decline In the
rate according TO IT, latest CENSUS.
The decline is rot confined to any
single race, but Is shared by ell the
races, and was heaviest curing the
decades OF greatest immigration. That
the dropping eff in the south wss not
as great as In the north IS believed TO
BE- accounted fo- by the fact that the
south has received less immigration
than the other sections. In the last
twenty years il appears, the decrease
in the birth rate of negro children has
been especially rapid. Without ez-
ception the proportion Of children to
poru'ation is greiter in the country
districts than in the ties. 10 the
North Atlantic :un5ry districts, ho1-
ever, the proportion is almost as great
in the cities as In the ctuoJry, while
In the South Atlantic diVi.ion there
are about tw:ce as many children, In
proportion, In the uGtry as II the
cities.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-29
WALKING Bi1&D TIGER.
4 Negro Woman Arrs s:ed With Much
Boczs in Hcr Clothes

4 Negro Woman ARR s:ed With Much
Boozs in Her Clothes
The G1eenviI!e correspondent Of
The State says o; al tie female tig
ers arrested thsreahorts, Cora Hill,
arrested Friday rornipg by cti i;ers
La Far and Hatcher, takes the sim,
mons by long c1ds. a poor, weekly
looking, middle. aged negro Is Cora
but she was able to carry in Eer cloth.
ing and on her person niEe full qTart
bottles, gallon demijohn aid gal.
lon Jug, all OF ahicn co1taiEed co..
traband lQuoT, fresh f.on some block
ade dissillsry.
The quart bottles we're arranged iD
a sack like con5livaoce especially
made for the business out OF white
canvass cloth an! was worn about the
waist, the bot1l's serving to help
make up her form according to the
latest n 2des Of d me fashion. With
a form ur to dsle, she dispensed her
govds to her customers and walked
gaily aloEg the streets, the envy Of
all the cnoc late q ops On account OF
her good clothes which fitted 50 well
and looked SO fashionable.
The Officers got wind Of Cora's &C
tiops and set cut Friday morning to
s.e what could be done. Very soon
they crossed a fresh trail and the
game was bsgged at o'clock. After
big bu:iness Thursday night, Cora
vas asleep in her house near the
Southern depot when discovered by
the officers, and her whole make mp"
was living in various heaps round
about.
The liquor and the female tiger
were Immediately sent to police head
quarters, and Ben Holloway, who
happened to be at Cora's house, was
sent along for keeping company with
the she tiger. The l'Q lor found was
OF the very meaness kind Of Illicit
goods, and had baen colored with
some substance to make it resemble
rye Whiskey. T ie continuance, which
was made to fit the body by being
fastened about the waist, was the
cleverest outfit ever discovered by the
Officers.
The Hill woman Is a member OF the
class OF blind tigers mcss cithc1lt to
catch and to manage. Cntsf Consta Die
Hall has more trouble with negro Wn.
men than all other classes Of uulaw
tul dealers put together. Tls city is
said to be full Ct this c'ass Of tr; fiji
GERS just now, and some big hau}s sce
looked fo1 soon. Tee consta' uiarg
and the police department are work
ing with special diligence to stamp
out this traffic among the Legro VIC
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-29
For Liberty Made BY the Con
victs ia Missouri Prison,
TWO GUADDS KLi4L.EH.
Tie Prisoners Used Pistols and N;Eo
glycerine TO Effect Thsir Escape.
After an Exciting Running Bat.
lie il the Cspi:o! City the
Des2arodosc Are
Recap u.sG.

At f.rsoa City, No, II sSps-
ate attempo to escape from the State
prison Fciday i've con9icts fought
for freedom with weapons and nitro.
glyce,ine al 5he prison gaze, killing
two prison cfi :ars and woUao!ng De
ruty Warden See scd f,Uc men mads
a dash though the Streets O. H5S-
son City ucder %, Gully to ba capsur-
ed after two OF the escaped men hac
been wounded. Eve prisoners, tax
ing advantage G, the ab ecos e War.
Den Hall AID six guards, VITO !e1V
With Il federal prisoners fer Eat
Leavenworth, Ksns., attempted 10 es-
cape, bat only four LETT the piiso1
after wrecking the gate.
Conv;ces Harry Vaughn, Charles
Raymond, Hiram Blake, G1o,se Is aD
and Ell isisr, who were WORKING
close inside the priio2 gaze, having Sc
cured pistols and bottle CT nitro
glgcerine, entered Deputy Warden E.
e. Sees Office and shot him II the arm
and the hip SIS be sat in q chair. he
sank back he!peSs and the corvic5s
rushed to the gate where ttey neG
Gateman John Clsy. Before Cay
could raise his weapon he was shot
dead. E. Allison, conmissacy officer,
ran to Clay's assistance and was Saot
dead.
The ccnvicts paced nitrc glycerine
under the gate, dragging Clay'S booy
with them. Tley slammed the gate
close and fastened It. Z tgler Was
left inside. TIE convic:s placed ni
troglycerine under the outside gate
and blew an opening through the
steel doors. Tne four men ccaTleo
through this rupture and dashed
through a numbsr CT trusty convicts
who were woIk;ug in the stre50.
Almost before the fcu: escaped
convicss had covered. block prison
cficers were in pursut shooting as
they ran. The chase kept on tor 8
dozen blocks, the c)EVicts outro2nln2
their pursuerS.
Near the Missouri Pacific railway
depot the convicts came up with q
wagon driven By O,vills Lsne.
Jumping into this wagon the deSper,
ADDE'S seiz:d Lane auc used him as a
Shield from the bullets OF their pr
suerS. Oae convict lsshe0 the horse
izto run and escape seemed ure,
when suddenly quad OF ci'y police
men ard armed cillz:ns appeared ano
stopped the horse. Shielding them
selves as well rs possible behind tie
sides OF the vehicle, the four ccpric.s
fought the policemen,
Volley after volley was h;ed in the
street by both sides to the conflict.
The policemen Sheitsring themselVss
behind trees, splintired the wagon,
finally putting a bullet through
Vaughn and Blake. Bake died oi
his wounds. Then the COZ vets sur
ren6ed. Lsne and his horse and Con.
victs Ryan and Raymond were unin-
jured. The convsc5s were Immediate.
ly taken back to tie psniten,iarg.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-29
Wrecked By A Wreck,

Ore man killed, five injured, TWEEN
ty five freight cars, two postal cars
one baggage car and Pullman Cal
totally wrecked is the result OF a real
end collision Of two westbounC
fretghts and a subsequent collision o1
a passenger train into the wreck on
the Pennsylvania railroad Friday
morning at Thombsontown, Pa.
D. E. Huuesbee, a brakeman, Of
Harrisburg, was killed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-29
hat Bs came OF 1t.

Milton n. Ma adison, bookkeeper for
the New York Life, today testifSd
that in 1904 be received check for
$40, Oo)..ss the profit on a loan OF $780,
600 to Kiddler, Peabody & Co., Of
Boston. BE got the check cashed and
gave the money to George W. Perkins,
vice president OF the New York Lite,
and member OF J. P. Morgan s. Co.
BE did not know what Perkins did
with the money, because no account
OF the transaction appeared on the
books Of the company.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-29
They Come EjSh.

The cost Of sea coast defenses come
high but we must have them. The
engineers want 10000, 0G0 more to
complete the tortihcatious Of the sea
coasts OF tie United States. There
has already been appropriated for
this purpose s2S, 69S, ,+34. Permanent
projects at 81 different points have
been adopted aud most are well IN
der way.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-29
Rice Industry of the South.

In 1904 the United States changed
from a rice importing to a rice export
ing country. In 1898 we imported 49,
100000 pounds of rice and exported
$4,000 coo. In 1904 our exports OF rice
increased so per cent, our imports de-
clined 20 per cent, and the figures
were: Exports, 13S,O0o,o0o pounds; i'm
ports, 137 100000. For 1905 the figures
will be even better.
The encouraging feature is the fcd-
ing of foreign market for our rice.
There is no limit to the amount we can
raise if there is market for it, but
the price is unsatisfactory if we eoyerpro
duce, for the home market is very linn
tied. If we can arrange to ship any
considerable portion of our crop
abroad the rice growers Of louisiana
and Texas will have nothing to fear IN
the way Of low prices:-New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-29
Luminous Shrimpa

Luminous shrimps have been discov-
cred by the Prince Of Monaco in the
course Of his deep sea fishing in the
Mediterranean. They live at depth
of J, 100 to 1900 fathoms and are stud
ded with small phosporescent spots,
which light their way through the
gloomy depths.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-29
a BAD RECORD.
Chicago Has More Deserted Wives
Than Any O>her City.

Chicago Has More Deserted wives
Than Any O,her City.
The number Of arrests for abar rdon.
nent brought BY wives against hus.
bands is larger in Chicago Jnan il
any other city Ct the United States
and larger II proportion to popu:a
: tion than in any other ci5yioo. r c
ognition Of this has furnished theme
for many persons in recent conven
tions and c>nferenceS to call after.
tion to the probab.s czus;s OF sucn
ccndititions. But IL is not only il
the number Of such ceSertiors TIA;
Chicago (Which has many cities bes
towe6 upon it, but no5 the ciSy ci
homes" among then takes precedence
among Americans c.ries. Il has too.
the largest number OF divorced wCm-
en-, their number ty tie last census
having been 24S6 In New Yo,k
there were only 2,t60, Of whom 900
were in the city OF Brooklyn. San
Francisco had l,0l0 and Philadelphia
1920, these figures only Including OF
course, divorced women VINO haa rad
not remarked. Sc. Louis had nearly
1000, and Baltimore and Kansas
City the forner as aid and the latter
a strenuous town, tae same number,
though the population o: Baltimore is
three times as large as that OF Kansas
City, Boston, city Ct 6QC, coo had
800; indianapolis, a city CT LIS. .00G
only hao sG0. Washington and New
Orleans, with about tie same popula.
tion, had sn equal number, Denver
with less than one. hs:f tie posua-
tion Of Detroit had the sane nun Der
500 In each case. Tie number Of
divorced women ciciolly described as
'coDiugal ccndi.ion unknoRn."
Many Of these sre, or have been &C.
vorced. In this Chicago stands st
the head OF American cities, Ne1
York folio %ing, snd after New York
So. Louis. The American city which
has the smallest number Ct divorced
women is Baycnne y. J.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-29
Wants Them Sepera1ed.

Il do not believe IN sandwiching
courtship vito religion" said the sec.
retary Of the 7. NJ. c. A. in New
York recently. mo man can hold
hymn book with a charming young
woman and pay attention to what the
minister Is saying" He advocates
'seperate churches for tie two sexes.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-29
japanese War SpoiIs.

It is stated that the Japanese ex.
pect to recover fifty vessels as the re-
suit of the salvage operations at Port
Arthur. They are employing 1900
workmen in repairing ships and are
storing coal. The captured artillery,
vehicles, locomotives, cars and other
trophies have been collected ready for
Shipment
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-29
Negro Eynched.

Dave Sims, TIE nsgso who shot and
killed r. z. Jones, Sunday night,
YES lynched by an armed mob at the
scene OF hiscrime, near Baugh station,
Ala, eacly Friday. Sims was cap.
tuced last hight and brought to this
place. The negro is said to have
made full confession.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-29
son HonoreG.

Tue Association o.. Southern States
Commissioners OF Agriculture IN an
nual session at Richmond Va, Friday
elected the following tfflcers: W. ".
Og:lvie, Nashville, Tenn, president:
E J. Watson, Columbia, S. c., first
vice p ssiden'; T. 6 Hu6son, Allan
ia, Co., second vice president; B. W.
K.Isore, Raleigh, N. c., secetary and
creasuer; e W. Magruder, Richmond
Va, assistant secetary and treasurer.
The commissions a j u-ned Friday
after choosing Jacksonville, Fla, as
the next place Of meeting.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-29
The Sword Doomed in War.

Military critics claim that the sword
as a part of the field equipment O.:
officers of the infantry is doomed.
Its uselessness in this connection has
been realized for many years and a
proposition that it be done away with
is understood to have the approval Of
the authorities Of the United States
war department
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-29
Disastrous EscstuEake.

Thirteen monks were killed during
an earthq rake at Mount Atnos by the
fall OF rvck, which CRUSHED them.
Several ctEe:s WHO were IL boat
were drowned By 3 Big wave wticn
crushed tie boa5.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-29

The simplest mother IS Tiser than
the brightest chi:0less vonaD, be-
cause experience is the oOly sccl Of
wisdom worth having.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-29
Arrested in Colu m 1fa,

In chicken fight men are often ac-
cused Of foul play.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-29

IL Sc5liOuA . oASP1aJ VI CAIC WiICA csIS
of South Carolina, embracing wide
range from the primitive GRANTEES tc
gold, Lead and copper ores, with q.
methysts, topszss, casiderite, rubies,
magnetic, mica and black diamonds.
This is one Of the best collection OF
minerals In the South and Is heu5iful.
ly displayed. Among the 50 called
precious ores there ere displays OF
phosphate rock, more precious really
than al else because OF the phosphc1.
US that they carry, Invaluable agent
OF life and bearing potentialities for
redemption Of CaroIila fields.
There Is near by cream separator,
where on several occasions ladies nave
brought the milk from their favorite
COWS to have the cream separated,
though it is rumored that Haywood,
the cook, sumetimes manages TO ab
stract a trihs CT the resultant creamy
fluid for tie professors ccffe. This
part OF the display attracts large at
tention as all the visitors are inter.
ested directly or 1ndlrecHIy, Ia agrl
culture.
1t Is the purpose Of this extension
work OF Clemson college to reach es
pecially the farming classes, siEce it
is felt that il there can be ADDED to
the fertility OF their fel6s and the
productiveness OF them, all the State
will share greatly in the blessings
that will follow. Therefore the car
is in cnarge OF Prof. j. n. Harper,
director OF the experiment station and
dean OF the AGRICULTURAL College. AS
slstiug him are Prof. W. S Morrisoa
and Jos. E Wing, farmer from Ohio.
Meetings are held each day in the
towns where tie trains stays and it
is endeavored to meet as many farm
ers IS possible.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-27
GIVES GOOD REASONS.
Mayor Does Not Approve Of Reelection
In Circus License,

The amended license ordinance, intro
duced by Holiday and passed by the
council Tuesday night, has been vetoed
by Mayor Morris. The amendment re-
duced the license for circusos from $500
per day 20 $500 Tor the first day and 5000
for each day thereafter The mayor
explains his views on The matter In
detail in the following message,
II consider the rates named In the
present ordinance reasonably low, In
fact, too low for some Of the larger
shows exhibiting In this city. II Is not
my purpose to dilate upon the vast
amount Of money every large circus
and menagerie combined that shows
here takes away from this city. Suffice
II 10 say that such a sum is sufficient
~ enormous to be not affected i'm the
least by leaving $500 Of it to this mu-
nicipality And further | would re-
specially recommend that whatever
sum the ordinance in the future oX-
acts as a license for these large shows
the amount Is collected, and not re-
duced or cut in two, as has been done
IN the past
u viii say that ! take it that this
proposed ordinance has been drafted
solely in the interest Of the Barnum
y Bailey show about the largest circus
ana menagerIe in the country and
can see no valid reason why a lower
rate than is now existing should be
made in the interest Of such a gigantic
exhibition"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-27
VALUE OF THE LAKE.
Contains Enough Salt aud Soda TO
Buy the United States,

a writer I'm Wayside Tales, bristling
Chicago magazine, gives out figures on
the relative importance Of the Great
salt lake that astonish even native
SON. Among other things the writer
says that the Atlantic ocean holds G,5
per cent Of solids, while the waters
Of Great Salt lake. Americas Great
Dead Sea, contains Is per cent and
there are contained I'm It's body, which
stretches 100 miles I'm length and 20
miles I'm width, with an average depth
Of 30 feet, 2j0,905 600 cubic feet Of salt,
sulphur, sulphate ot soda, mugnesiu
and boraclC acid
Rather a staggering amount Is IL not?
Each year thousands Of tons Of salt
are piled up on the shores by winds and
natural evaporation.
If one be I'm the mood 10 do a bit of
figuring, It is not very hard TO find
that allowing 6j pounds TO the cubic
foot Of solids-Which Is practically It's
correct weight and allowing 10 tons to
the car, there are 956. $50 carloads II
solid metals In Salt Lakes waters!
Allow 80 feet for each cars length, and
IL viii be found that IL would require a
train 5.43i $50 miles long to transport
this salt ana Soda train long enough
to reach from the moon to the earth
encircle the earth 1876 times and leave
string Of cars nearly 10000 miles long
hanging over
Put such q train IN motion, at a
speed of 20 miles an hour and u would
take rs years five months and "a days
TO pass % station.
And lsten--if all this salt and soda
were put on the market and sold at
one cent per pound, the revenue de-
rived from the sale would almost reach
the enormous sum Of SO40 600 600
money enough 20 buy the whole United
States az their assessed valuatou
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-27
PETITION DENIED.
Effort to Reopen Fred Simon Estate
Fails Signally.

Judge Armstrong yesterday afternoon
entered an order denying the petition
Of the II, b. ClanIn company to reopen
the estate Of Fred simon deceased, and
for the appointment Of the Utah Saw.
ings & Trust company as executor with
the win annexed. Mrs. Theresa simon,
widow OF the deceased, was named in
the will as oXccutrlX, and She admin.
istercd the estate, and II had been clos
ed up when tn. petition Of the Clanin
company was fled
The company alleged that Mrs. simon
had fraudulcntly concealed part Of the
estate In order to defraud her husbands
creditors. II claimed that II secured n
judgment against Fred and Lewis 81
mon for Sl73iO43. which was SIN un-
paid and that W. A. Hughes had $3.50
shares OF stock of the Boise Valley
Ranch company, which belonged 10 the
Simon estate, and should have been In
cuded I'm the inventory Of the property
Of the estate.
The court I'm denying tho petition to
reopen the estate, held that the said
stock was held In trust for Mrs, Simon,
and does not belong TO the estate. 10
was also decided that Mrs Simon did
not conceal any Of the property OF the
estate, and that she had administered
the estate with honesty and integrity,