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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-12-18
MOODYTAKESACTION
ATTORNEY GENERAL BEGINS war
ON REBATES.
District Attorneys Directed to inveS.
tiqate Violations of ElkinS Act.
and Both Shippers end carriers
Indicted IL Facts justify.

Washington, Dec. 13-AttorneyGen-
eral Moody has sent circular letter
to all the United States district attor-
neys, eighty five in number, directing
them vigilantly to enforce the provi-
sions of the Elkins act against rebates
and determinations of all kinds by
carriers. The method of proceeding
suggested is by way of indictments.
1t is the expectation that this letter
will result in the prompt investiga-
ton of all the complaints made of
determinations by carriers, followed
by indictments where the evidence
warrants. The department itself, it
is said, has investigated thoroughly
all cases of determinations brought
to its attention, but it has no facilities
for prompt investigation of discrim-
inatory practices all over the country
and it has been felt that these cases
were of nature that could be safely
entrusted to the discretion of the dis
trict attorneys.
One Significant paragraph of the at
+orney generals letter is as follows:
whenever it is practicable it is
desirable that indictments be returned
both against the shipper and the car
rier. In some cases, however, it may
be impossible to obtain sufficient evil
dence without the aid of the testimo-
ny of one of the guilty parties to the
transaction. In such case it would
be wise to use such testimony, of
course, affording to the witness or
witnesses immunity from prosecu-
tion.'
Chicago, Dec. 13.-Exhaustive in
vestigation of some of the railroad
copmanies centering in Chicago has
been decided upon by the local fed
eral officials. Subpoenas have been
issued for a large nbumer of railroad
men and heads of large industrial
concerns, which have heavy yearly
shipments, to appear before the fed
eral grand jury. District Attorney
Morrison is said to have received his
instructions from Attorney General
Moody. Evidence secured at various
sessions of the interstate commerce
commission has given rise to the in
vestigation. The matter came to a
climax yeterday when Special Atttor-
ney J. T. Marchand, for the inter
state commerce commission, called at
the office of District Attorney Morri-
son and, it is declared, delivered evil
dence into his possession, which re-
suited in the issuance of the subpoe-
mas. The present investigation will
be limited to the roads against which
specific charges of rebates to large
shippers have been made.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-12-18
INSURANCE PUBLICITY.
Bill That Would Insure MOI Only That,
but Federal CONTROL.

Washington, Dec. 13.-A novel
method of seeking federal control
over insurance is proposed in bill
introduced by Representative Lands,
of Indiana.
The bill cites that congress has ex-
elusive jurisdiction over the District
Of Columbia, the territories and the
insular possessions of the United
States, and, in consequence, author
ity is given the department of com
merce and labor to require full state
ments from all insurance companies
doing business within such iurisdic-
ton.
He states that publicity is the one
thing required and that no insurance
company can afford to quit business
in any of the territories named to
avoid government supervision. There.
fore all companies will be included.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-12-18
INSURANCE DEBATE.
House DEVOTES Two HOURS TO
The DISCUSSION.
Bourke cochran SAYS Present Sys.
tenn r1uSf Be UprOOfed and
Would COnfine Insurance Com.
panieS TO States In Which They
Are Chartered.

Washington. Dec. 16.-The house
yesterday devoted nearly five hours
to lively debate Oh the possibilities of
controlling insurance companies. Two
set speeches We're the features. One
by Mr.. Sherley. of Kentucky. bore on
the doctrine of state rights. and the
other by Mr.. Cochran. of New York.
related to the exactions of the officers
who manage big life insurance com
panies of his state. Mr. Cochran pro-
posing that congress. through its tax
alton power, should confine all insur-
ance companies to the state in which
they are organized.
Mr.. Cochran maintained that the
power Of taxation was legitimate
weapon for the control of privileges
of commerce. He said:
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-12-18
MILLION Immigrants
ARRIVED PAST Year

Washington, Dec. 15.-In his an
nual report Commissioner of Immi-
grafton Sargent states that the num-
Der of aliens arriving in this country
last year was 1,O26,999, an increase
of 213,629 over last year. There was
a decrease in the arrivals on the Pa
cific coast, due largely to the Russo
japanese war.
He points out that the immigration
is largely the result of the immigra-
ton transportation agent, and that
the law prohibiting the importation
of foreign labor under contract is
difficult of enforcement.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-12-18
System Must Be UprOOied.

within my memory the three large
companies have accumulated billion
and quarter of dollars. and it will
not be a generation before this sum
will be five or six billions. The utter
viciousness of this condition is that
these funds are under the control of
men who have no personal interest in
them. This money is a trust fund.
and yet the persons who are the bene-
ticiaries of the trust cannot have a
word to say regarding them. This
system must be wholly uprooted to
effect cure"
1t was an awful spectacle. he said.
to see these men mount the witness
stand and boldly confess their misuse
of the peoples funds. There is now
the spectacle in New York. he said.
of the district attorney working day
and night to prosecute those guilty of
violating the purity of the ballot box,
which was commendable. But at
the same time the insurance officers
did not go to Jail. but back to their
offices, after their confessions. He
said it was deplorable confession to
make, but he would assert that it
would be absolutely impossible to put
the possessor of $1,000, 600 in Jail in
this country
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-12-18
viii BE Crowned June rs, 1906.

Christiania, Dec. 16.-The govern
ment has fixed June 20, next year, for
the coronation of King Haakon and
Queen Maud.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-12-18
Free Trade for PHILIPPINES.

Washington, Dec. Ex-senator Nc
Creary has introduced bill provid-
ing for unqualified free trade between
the United States and the Philippine
islands.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-12-18
No Special Skill Necessary.

AS proof that no special skill is
necessary in insurance for insurance
purposes Mr.. Cochran said:
eve have but to look at the method
by which these three companies have
undertaken to reorganize themselves.
What is the first thing they have done?
Do they go out and look for insurance
experts? Not by any means. The first
thing they did was to send them away.
''The Equitable company has been
recognized on a somewhat peculiar
basis. A very rich gentleman, whom
we all have the right, | suppose, to
call neutrality-suspicious. he himself
has said it, and it is greatly to his
credit - Qaughter) - purchased the
control of this company, giving 81
800, 900 for stuff that can pay him but
So. 800 a year. There is no explana
ton for it except philanthropy.
HE has gone outside and appoint
ed a sort of financial vigilance com
mittee, and not one of the vigilantes
has ever had anything to do with an
insurance company. except that posi-
money from it. A very eminent states
man. one of the most illustrious of
our time. has been taken from the
classic shades of Princeton. where he
has been spending the decline of an
illustrious life in composing philo-
sophical contributions to the thought
of the country, and placed in the
chair of an insurance company with
which, so far as | know, he has never
had the slightest acquaintance what
ever.
"And in order to make effective a
reform a gentleman is selected who
may have been good railroad NAH
| believe he is-and we have the au-
thority of the president that he was a
good cabinet officer, too good. in fact,
to remain Uaughter), and this gentle
man, who in the walks of life where
he had proved his efficiency, l do not
believe could command over S25, 900
or $50, 900 a year, gets $50, 900 in a
calling for which he has no qualicti-
alton or preparation whatever. Now
that is reform as the insurance COM
panies themselves concede it.
"In the Mutual we have the very
board of trustees who had themselves
either been active agents of business
frauds, or been privy to them. choos-
ing a new board. and that selection
is generally attributed to the infiu
ence of a gentleman who had leaped
into a peculiar fame through maya
zine articles, and which seem to de-
scribe him as the triumphant and sue
cessful hero of a hundred larcenies.
Laughter
PAYS His Respects to Officers.
"In the New York Life, the third,
we find the vice president, after an
avowal of crime, after swearing on
his oath that he had purchased bonds
one day and sold them the next day
to the same company at an advance
Ct 2 per cent, driven out by the indig-
nation of the community, finds him
self followed by the adulation of this
board and complimentary resolutions
complimentary to his efficiency in
plunder-have been spread through
the public press, as advertisements
paid out of the funds of the policy
holders whom he robbed"
Mr.. Cochran, in conclusion, de-
clared congress was bound to take
action.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-12-18
6. A. r. cnCsmpment Begins Aug. Is

Minneapolis, Dec. 16.-The G. A.
r. conference has decided to hold the
national encampment here, beginning
August 10 next.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27

One good thing about labor organiza-
tions is the way they raise the standard
of work done by their members. Take
workingmen's clothes, for instance.
The firm OF +. F. Epperson, Pinewood
the well known and wide awade overall
man is sole agent for the goods made
! by Hamilton Carhartt. Manufacturer.
This concern makes the best working
clothes made Every Sticth is taken by
Union hands 1t IS rather IN interest
ing idea. this OF Union work for mon
wearerS. 1t is characteristic OF the
enterprise of +. +. Epperson that ,heE
have the exclusive agency OF the>e
goods in this county.
Todav'S paper contains 10 It's adver-
tising columns fresh al. from II. +.
| E,pperson the popular and enterprising
overall man. This al. brings out the
strong points of the working clothes.
pants and carhartt's, made by Hamil-
ton Carhartt. Manufacturer. This
clothing is particularly well-made. be-
inc entirely Union work, and is made
for the man who wants to get for his
money all the honest work and ample
materials that we ought to have r. F.
Epperson have the exclusive agency
for this clothing in this county.
There will be an excursion run on
the Alcolu railroad next Saturday for
white people only. The train leaves
Bethlehem G:45 in the morning and
leaves Alcolu 7:45 in the evening, thus
giving the people in Salem an oppor-
tunity to shop iu Manning all day, and
return home the same evening. 1t
would be good idea for the merchants
OF this town to encourage the running
of these excursions. and we are sure
there will be extra inducements in the
way Of bargains offered by our mer-
chants to those who come to Manning
next Saturday on the Alcolu railroad
excursion. We have taken it upon
ourself to talk to cur merchants about
this excursion. and they all said they
had they known Of it last week they
would have asked Us to say for them
that they will make it to the interests
OF the Salem excursionists to come to
Manning. Therefore we say come here,
and our word for it.you will be met with
bargains.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27
School Rules.

We wish to call the attention of pa
rents to the following regulations OF
the board:
Any pupil in the first or second grade
who shall be absent or tardy six times
during four successive weeks: and any
pupil above the second grade who shall
be absent or tardy four times in the
same number Of successive weeks, un-
less for good and satisfactory cause,
shall forfeit his or her place in the
school, and shall not be reinstated un-
til good and satisfactory evidence is
given to the superintendent that
the attendance will be punctual in the
future. The superintendent may re-
instate pupil who has forfeited his
seat, but in case of a second forfeiture
he can be readmitted only by special
order of the board.
A written excuse, stating reasons for
absence or tardiuess, is required in
every case. JNO. G. DANIEL.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27
An 0verseer's Card.
Editor The Manning Times:

Editor The Manning Times:
l noticein your last issue. September
20. where one man signed his name as
j. E. Kelly does some fine kicking at
men that have done their duty. He
has not performed the necessary work
on the public road, nor has he paid his
Communication tax within three years
last past, yet he sees other mems faults.
but it seems that he cannot see his
own. Kick on Mr.. Kelly, you shall not
be noticed, if you had worked on the
public road the required time or paid
two dollars Communication tax as the
others of your township have done,
there would have been more and a
great deal better work done in Har-
mony township.
Respectfully,
". I. HUDNALL.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27
Court.

The fall term of the Sessions Cour
convened here Monday morning witt
His Honor Judge r. G. Watts. presid
ing. As soon as the organization wa:
completed, Solicitor Wilson gave on
his bills OF Indictment, and the grant
Jury returned the following true bills
Ned Blackwell, assault and battery
with intent to kill.
Matt, Briggs, housebreakin@ anl
larceny.
Lucius Baxter. alias Sword Butler
rape.
Adam James, housebreaking ant
larceny.
Sam J. Montgomery. assault and bat
terry with intent to kill.
Sing Green, housebreaking and lar
ceny.
Richard McDuffie and Renty Gibbs.
burlary and larceny.
Pat johnson: assault and battery with
intent to kill.
Ben Johnson aud Absolom Grant. Us.
sauit and battery with intent to kill,
Sam Montgomery pleaded guilty and
was sentenced to six months on chain
gang or pay a fine of SIo.
Ned Blackwell, guilty. and recon-
mended to mercy: sentenced SIX months
S175.-fne paid.
Adam James plead guilty. sentenced
one year on chaingang.
Richard McDuffie plead gully, and
sentenced to three years on chalngang.
Renty Gibbs, McDutfe's partner,
stood trial and was acquitted.
Ben johnson plead guilty.
Absolom Grant, not guilty.
Sing Green, not guilty.
Sword Butler, charged with rape. is
now on trial.
There is nothing special in the grand
jury presentment, except the charge
against Dispenser Alsbrook for not an
swering rule, subsequently, MIR. Ais
brook has answered. The entire pre-
sentiment will be published next week.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27
Always Liberal to Churches.

Every church will be given liberal
quantity OF L. & NJ. paint. Call for it.
gallons Longman Il Martinez L. &
NJ. Paint mixed with three gallons
linseed oil will paint a house.
w. 3. Barr, Charlestown, w. Va,
writes: painted FranEenbur5 block
with L. & NJ. stands out as though
varnished.'
Wears and covers like gold.
Don't pay $3.50 gallon for linseed
oil. which you do in ready-for-use paint
Buy oil fresh from the barrel at go
cents per gallon and mix it with L. &
NJ.
1t makes paint cost about Sl.20 per
gallon. Sold by The r. B. Loryea Drug
Store.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27
Wednesday and Thursday October and 5
A Great For The Ladies.

Great fall opening Of Pattern Hats
Millinery Goods, Dress Goods. Silks
Dress Trimmings. CloakS, Wraps and
FurS.
Ladies YOU all are invited 10 attend
our grand fail opening. Pattern Hats
fine Dress Goods. Silks and Dress Irlm'
minss, Cloaks, Wraps and Furs.
In short our entire store will De open
ed wide to the public that they may
come and see our great stock Of goods.
on display.
Ladies it will do you good TO see the
great line OF Furniture and House
furnishing Goods we will have on dis
play.
This will be the grandest display OF
fail and winter Goods ever seen II Man
ming.
Remember the days Wednesday and
Thursday October and ).
". F. JENkINSON co.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27
A typographical Error.

A pompous Englishman entered Il
fashionable New York restaurant and
ordered meal. While disposinG Of
his soup he discovered a needle in the
soup and registered his complaint with
the head waiter.
II say, old chap, that's rawthcr hard
on a fellow. There's needle in the
SOUP" exclaimed the Britisher.
"Oh, not so bad, after all" replied
the head waiter; mot so bad, simply a
typographical error. 1t should have
been 4 noodle
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27
Endorses Kelly.
Editor The Manning Times:

l have not the pleasure of Mr.. 7. E.
Kelly's acquaintance, but wish l did,
if for no other reason, on account of his
essay on kicking in your last issue.
The time has come to kick on the
roads and bridges in Clarendon, which
are disgrace to our boasted civilize-
ton. No wonder the buggy dealers
can't get buggies in fast enough. We
paw enough to have the best roads in
the State. Sumter, Lee and Darling
ton have them, why not we? Where
is the fault:
W. r. MooD. NJ. D.
Summerton Sept. -, 1867
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27
STATE or SOUTH CAROLINA,
Clarendon County,
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Aaron Francis, Lawrence Francis,
Stephen Francis, William Francis,
Anthony Francis, Cheney Harvin,
Agnes Williams, Prince Francis
and Eliza Wilson, Plaintiffs.
against
John Francis, Daniel Francis, Isaac
Jones, Junior, Salina Jones, G. o..
Witte, Arthur Lynah and Edward
H. Sparkman, the last three being
included as trustees, Defendants.
sUnnoNs FOR RELIEF. cOn-
PLANT SERVED.
TO the defendants, John Francis,
Daniel Francis, Isaac Jones, Junior,
Salina Jones, G.. O. Witte, 5Arthur
Lynah and Edward H. Sparknan,
the last three being included as
Trustees:
You are hereby summoned and re-
quired to answer the Complaint in
this action of which a copy is here
with served upon you, and to serve
a copy of your Answer to the said
Complaint on the subscribers at
their Office at Manning, S. G. within
twenty (20) days after the service
hereof; exclusive of the day OF such
service; and if you fail to answer the
Complaint within the time aforesaid
the plaintiffs in this action will ap-
ply to the Court for the relief de-
manded in the Complaint.
John Francis and Daniel Francis
will further take notice that the
Complaint herein has been hereto
fore filed in the office of the Clerk
of Court of Common Please for Clar-
endon County, South Carolina,
WILSON & DURAN.:,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27
ATTENTION OF INVESTING PUBLIC
IN TVTI'l1EI),

We have sale the following properties:
woodland;
miles ron Workman S. c.: Groom dwelling.
dwelling house. tenant houses; 4 miles from
SUNNI miles Manning Rents fcr S4OO:
cutivatlon
~ room tenant house; miles from Silver
state OF cultivation;
80 miles Summerton.
cultVatton mics
S.. c.. A bargain.
80 under cultVatlon es
Summeron, Pamela section
Tract No TIMBER miles from Mayes
vile, S. c.. pine timber
Moncks Corner Co. covered with
short leaf pine.
Lot No 1On ?5x1Oo Groom sory dwell
ing, especially suited for hotel purposes
residence OF H. VI
Jr. A bargain.
street leading Wrghs Bluff containing
ciay residences. 49,
beautiful residence Main sVreeI
100x235
5On Main street. containing story build
ing occupied bringing rental representing
investment.
Main street, oelo"
Lot No. Eight lots leading to Wrights Bluff
Dukes l3Ox et
2-story building. Hotel Iisdale
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27

rheumatism, gout, backache, acid
poison. are results of kidney trouble.
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea goes
directly to the seat of the disease and
cures when all else fails So cents. DR..
W. T. Brown & Co.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27
All He Said,

8nks-What did you say to your
wife when you got home late last
night? Jinks-My dear. Bsnks-1s that
all: .Jfnks-Yes. She began talking then.
Cincinnati Tribune.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27

Died at Mayesville last Saturday
after q short illness contracted at
Georgetown William F. McElveen, in
the 22nd. year OF his age. The de:
ceased about one year ago married
Miss Bertie Hughes OF Eutawville. and
she is now extremely i'll in an infrm-
ary in Sumter, she has an infant about
three weeks old. The funeral took
place in Manning last Sunday. Ser
vices conducted by Rev. y. \. Brun'
son in the Methodist church where the
deceased attended all of his life until
he moved from this community.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27
Let Us hear from you at once.
Respectfully,
Z. j. BROWNE,

We are sure that action Of Council is
not satisfactory. as it virtually ignores
the solemn protest of many Of our citi-
zens. Therefore we would urge the
citizens of this town to stand by any
lawful action that may be taken for the
protection OF the wishes OF its citizens.
We realize that a town council has
great powers when regularly obtained
but when it assumes a power not OBJ
tanned in regular and lawful manner,
and this too, in direct opposition to the
wishes of the taxpaying citizens, 1t
should be resented, and not quietly
submitted to, without first exhausting
every legal means to secure relief, and
we believe relief can be secured by an
appeal to the courts. should council not
conclude to revoke the permit already
granted.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27
Sept. 26, 1905.

Plant Woods tested and true Wheat
Seed. The r. B. Loryea Drug Store.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27

Died Monday of last week, at Turbe-
vile Mrs. Sallie Green, wife OF Mr.. r.
\. Green, aged about 35 years. The
funeral took place at Pine Grove
church the next day. Rev. 3. j.
Oliver conducted the service
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27

Married by Rev. B. ]. Guess, at the
home of the brides uncle Mr.. J. E.
Tomlinson at 'rnrbeville last Sunday
afternoon, Mr.. Henry Green and Miss
Etta TOnlinson.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27

The Manning cotton market is keep
ing abreast ofall the nearby markets
as 70 price Those who will sell can
get as much here as any other town we
know of
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27

Greater Fall Opening Of Pattern
Hats and annual sale of Fall Dry Goods
and Shoes. Mutual Dry Goods Co..
October 5 and +. Thursday and Friday.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27

Hon. r. S. DesChanps of Pinewood
and Hon D. L. Green of Turbeville,
members of the House delegation are
in Manning attending court.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27

Walt for the Mutual's Greater Fall
Opening of Pattern Hats, October and
6, Thursday and Friday.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27

We have not the space to get up the
return of Auditor Dickson and Dis
penser Alsbrook to show cause to
the court why they should not
be indicted in accordance with the
grand jury's presentment but it will
appear next week. We will state that
the returns of these officers were ac-
cepted by the court and the rule against
them discharged