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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-20
Good School System.

A Development Of the school sys-
tenn in New York unheard OF and un.
thought OF uotil about sixteen years
ago is the system, OF free lectures &c
adults. Taese free lectures were be.
gun in six school houses in the winter
Of 1889. At the present time they
are given in 40 centres in New York,
the majority OF which are In school
buildings. Last year 1865 lectures
were attended by TIE astounding total
Of l, ,134, 600 persons. Lectures OF
travel, history sociology, literature
and art are illustrated by ssereopticon
views. Lectures in electricity, ply.
sizes, metal!urgy, etc, are illustrated
by experiments and lectures in music
by vocal and instrumental selections.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-20
RRYAN'S BOOM STARTS.
But the Great Democratic Leader
Declines the Honor.

II want to make my position per-
fectly clear, I want to say to you that
not only am I not announcing a can
didacy, but l am not permitting q
candidacy"
In these words William Jennings
Bryan administered a check to the
enthusiasm which, at the Jsferson
club banquet, given In Mr.. Bryan's
honor at Chicago, greeted the speech
es advocating his nomination for the
third time for president.
Il an notnoT" said Brysn, q can.
didate Tor any ofics. I have never
said that I would never again be a
candidate for cfice but I want to say
now that talk OF candidacy for Office
does not affect me IS it once did. I
believe that my place In history will
be determined not by what the pso.
pie are able to Go for me but by what
am able to do fcr the people lap
plsuse and cheers l think It Is
now TOO soon to choose . candidate
for president 10 make the race three
years from now; it is too early te
pledge ourselves to any one man. !
tiust that before the time comes tc
name man for the next
presidential race light may be thrown
upon our pathway and that q man
may be chosen who will be able to dc
for the party mora than i have beer
able to do.
At the banquet alludsd to above
Mayor Dunno, Of Chicago, was COZ
daily greeted as be arose to spsak OF
THE Progress OF Municipal Owner
ship" BE eulogIzsd Bryan and pre-
dicted the ultimate sriunph OF the
principal Of municipal ownership.
Ollie NJ. James, Of Kentucky.
brought out rould after round OF ap
plause by the eulogy Of Bryan anc
the plea for Democratic harmony
with which be closed q speech ir
which be declared that Bryan hac
long ago declared in favor OF crushing
the trusts, reforming the tariff anc
bringing to arbitration all information
al disputes.
QIn brief address Judge J. B. Tar
win, Of Covington, Ky, declared tol
Mr.. Bryan as the standard bearer Of
Democracy in 1908.
Mr.. Bryan then rose to speak. b:
was greeted with an enthusiastic
demonstration and it was some min
utes before the applause subsidee
sufficiently to allow him to proceed
He spoke on Democracy VS. Central
| ZatiOn.'t
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-20
TOO MUCH WHISKY
In Certain Patent Medicines to be
Seld Without License.

A diso1tch from Washington says
the commissioner OF internal revenue
Thursday rendered decision that
will seriously affscs number OF pa.
tent medicines composed largely OF
distilled liquors. He has reversed a
ru.eing OF his department. mace many
years ago and now decides that the
manufacturers OF these medicines
must take out license as rect!fers and
liquor dealers and that druggists and
others handling them will have to pay
the usual retail liquor dealers llcel s..
The commissioner, IN letter OF In
struction to collectors Of internal reVe
nue., says that there are a number OF
compounds on the market going un-
der the name OF medicines that are
composed chiefly CT distilled sp:riss,
without the addition Of drugs CT
medicines in sufl l:ient quantities TO
change the character Of the whiskey.
While no statement is made by the
commissioner as to the medicines that
will be affected, it is believed THAT
several prominent and highly adVer.
tiled medicines will bs affected by the
decision.
In some instances the medicines
have b5en found to contain as high as
IS per cent OF alcohol, and there are
many OF the market, tits said, that
contain 25 per cent. Of alcohol. These
medicines are said to have immense
sales in prohibition communities, fig
ures collected in Massachusetts, recent.
ly showing, it is said, that one much
advertised compound with high per.
centage OF whiskey had been bought
to the extent Of 800, 900 bottles in one
year in prohibition communities OF
one New England State.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-20
Must be Numbered,
The poston6ce department. has

The postofice department. has is
sued an order which will go into ef-
feet on September 30th requiring all
rural houses to be numbered the
same as the houses in the city. The
orders state that all Of the boxes must
bear the number instead OF the names
of occupants Of the houses to better
facilitate the rural delivery work.
The carriers have a certain route to
90 every day, and be goes the same
way daily, and the order states that
he will have to number the first boz
OF his route "No l." and so on to
the end OF bis route.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-20
meeting place Of the associations 9:
Divides Bis Fee.

W. J. Bryan has divided all OF the
fec allowed him tor services as execu-
tor Of the will Of Philo S. Bennett,
according to letter by him to q
friend at Hartford among interests
not personal. He was allowed $4,000
out OF which he had expended about
$500 to meet the inheritance tax,
$500 for a bust OF Mr.. Bennett *, be
placed in the Salem, Ill, Public Ii
b-ary and about $3.50 will be sent to
Rsv. Alexander e. Irvine fo1 the edu.
cation CT his two sons. The remand
er went for lawyers fees. Mr.. Irvine
conducted the funeral services Of Mr..
Bennett and was bis friend in life.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-20
Blew Up Ship.

On Sunday morning boat belong
ing to the Russian customs service dis
covered q 800 ton steamer twenty
miles outside Jakobstad. The captain,
who spoke in English declared that
the steamer vas loaded with rifles and
cartridges, and thereupon the customs
officials ordered the captain to take
his vessels into port. Suddenly several
explosions were heard from the Steam
CT, and the Customs Off GERS, on return
ing, found the vessel sinking and her
crew in lifeboats disappearing hurried
ly toward the south. The steamer
grounded in shoal water. Her name
was painted over, only the letters
John Bash Fton" being ''isible Amer
ican and German flags were found on
the vessel.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-20
BE Shot to Kill.

Two msn dead and a woman serious
ly injured, was the result OF q shoot
ing affair Tuesday night In southeast
Washington. The dead are George
T. Morgan and Charles Soude- and
Lillian J. Souder, wife Of the latter,
wounded. Souder and his wife were
not living together and the woman
was living at the place where Morgan
boarded. Souder met his wife as she
Waa coming home from her work and
accompanied her home. Loud talk
was heard by the neighbors, followed
by the shooting, and when the first
persons arrived the men we're dead
and the woman wounded. She was
removed to Providence hospital, but
was too weak to make q statement.
The police theory is that Souder shot
and killed Morgan, shot his wife and
then committed suicide.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-20
Killed by Cotton.

4 very sad accident occurred near
Vances on Monday week ago, which re.
suited in the death OF Arthur, the
fve.year-old son OF Mr.. Julius A. Mur-
ray. Mr.. Murray's children were play
ing in his cotton on about two bales
OF newly gathered seed cotton. They
had dug a hole in the midst OF the pile
OF cotton, down to the floor, when Ar.
thur got down into it, probably to
make the hole larger, when the cotton
fell on him, suffocating him. he was
gotten out as speedily as possible, and
everything possible done to save him.
All proved unavailing.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-20
SENSATIONAL STORY.
Thirty.hYe Americans Reported Lost
on Togo's Ship.


a dispatch from New Orleans to
the Atlanta Constitution says 1roa
Information received here it is bel1eV-
cd that = number OF American gun
ners went down in the explosion
which sank Admiral Togo's flagship,
the Miksss, and at the same time
threw light upon the cause for the
r.msrks0.e craftsmanship which de-
vssted the Russian Baltic hsee In the
bsttle Of the Sea OF Japsn.
Joseph Morgan, OF this city, brothei
Of Charles Morgan, formerly gunner
on Admiral SIMPSONS flagship, Ne"
York, states tnas the American gun
.er )ined the Jspanese nsvy and va:
2 member CT size crew Of the Mikasa.
Gunner Chs-les Morgan il said to b.
one OF the thirty. five American man
o'.wsrmen whc deserted at Manila anc
,ined the japanese nav5.
It vas be WHO fred the frst shot a.
San Juan. Porto Rico. and subsequent
jy obtained notoriety through Admir-
al SIMPSONS opposition to bis receiV
ing the rank OF commissioned cmce'
in the Uaited States Da7y.
Morgan's skill IS q gunner Tas cele
brased In the navy, and bis brothe.
states that Captain Merrill, formerlj
stationed at the United States navy
ward at New Orleans, told, him hl'
brother deserted at Manila, and, viii
thirty-fve comrades. joined the jap
anese forces, receiving a aalary OF So
90 a month, with promise OF a bonui
at the end OF the year.
Heretofore it has been claimed bha'
the Japsnese have employed no for
eigu fighters, ard the fact tnas josept
Morgan has heard nothing from hi
brother for over year, after q fone:
regular correspondence, bears ous tn'
belief that American sunners Wer'
secured under bond Of secrecy.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-20
Eros, ut the North.

Reports from New England state
that that section was visited by frost
Wednesday night. Much damage was
done to crops. In New York state
frost was reported In several sections.
Al Lane, Pa, and in northern VeE-
mont snow fell. The freezing point
was reached at Concord, n. e., and
Augusta, Maine. A high wind saved
the cranberry crop in the Cape Cod
district,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-20
HIDDEN TREkSU2E
Is Found in Michigan by two Men
List Week.

L1st Week.
Excitement prevails at Northport
owing to the reported finding Of a
treasure OF $3.50, 900, suppose to DO the
booty OF t1o ROBBERS who committed
theft in Chicago about the time OF the
great fire.
Last week tgo aged strangers ap
peared in Northport and hired boat
to take them to North Fox Islard,
some miles in the bsy. Later they re-
turned to Northport and secured q
quantity OF suoplies. It Was learned
that they we're provided with maps
and charts.
When the strangers started to re-
turn 10 the island it is reported that
Jay Spangel, barber, and Joe Gsg
non blacksmith, followed in launch
and watched their movements. Soon
after the man who carried toe strang.
ers to the island returned after tools
In the meantime it is reported that
Spangel and Gagnon located the trea.
sure and got it. Telephone communi-
cation with the island was cut cf and
the story as reported from Northpo1t
by one of the men Is believed to oe
correct.
In the late SOS OF early los great
robbery took place in Chicago. l. Is
stated by some that the robbery took
place during the great Chicago fire. a
large amount of money was stolen by
two men, who escaped by small
schooner, but were pursued by officers.
They eluded tshe vigilance Of their
pursuers and after several days out
sighted South Fox Island.
It is believed they buried the trea-
sure on North Fox Island, then unin-
habited.
A number OF years afserWard a man
in a Canadian prison died. But betore
he died be impaired information Of the
robbery and the location OF the treas
ure. While IN prison he made a chart
OF the island, showing the exact looa-
tton Of the gold. Before be died be
sent the chart to his wife. The wild.
oW married again and to her husband
confded the sec1et. The husband did
not believe the story and the Chart
was lost.
In later years the husband in max
ing trip from Mackinaw to Traverse
Civ passed the Fox Islands and relat-
ed the story OF the burisd treasure to
the sailors. It is believed that the
sailors. who heard the story, in some
way came possessed OF the chart and
that they sought to unearth the treas
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-20
POISON In CUB FOOD.
Kills Dogs, R.bbfts and Other AMI
mails in Expert Test.

To demonstrate the effect OF i'm
pure foods on the human system,
Professor E lgene Grad, one ct the
chief chemists OF the international
Stewards Association, which is IN
session at the Hotel Rudolf, Atlantic
CITY, startled the delegates and a
,arpe number OF the outsiders by
showing toe effects OF . remarkable
experiment. he has been making
ca aninals fed With impurities found
in food sold throughout the country.
Pfof Glrard had on hand a c;'llec
tion OF rabbits, guinea pigs and dogs.
Professor Girard extracted the color
ing matter used in breacstpfs and
fed a healthy New Foundiand dog
from day to day On this substance,
mixing it with bis food. To day the
dog is thin and emaciatcd and it Will
nave to be killed on Thursday.
O5her coloring matter that Pro-
tessor Girard fed to guinea pigs and
rabbits killed the animals in a shcrt
time. The tissues and every organ
was fCu2d to be poisoned and els.
colored.
Professor Girard stated that the
adulterations IN the foods sod to. iay
are having tie sane If ct on thous.
ands OF persons.
There is a big exhibit OF pure and
and impure foods 10 the grotto OF the
Hotel Rudolf, and Professor Glraro
explains the methods used in analy'
zing the various products. The Stew
ards Association has become Sc
strong that many corporations dealing
in food stuis make no attempt t
place their goods on tie market un
less they are first subjected to a,
ANALYSIS by its chemists.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-20
Killed by Blind TiGers'

A dispatch from Jackson, M!ss.
ssys Governor Va-daman received a
letter from District Attorney Brewer
OF the eleventh district notifying him
that a negro naned James Willie, hV-
,nq in the interior Of Tallahassee
county was taken to the woods by
three white men and shot to death,
he was burned. The negro, it seems,
had bought some whiskey from one OF
the white men and afterwards in
formed on him. The district attor-
ney asked the governor to take action
in the case,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-20
ElecsrOcCreG.

At Waterbury, Conn, on Tuesday
Of last week one man was electrccu1ec
and one is dying at hospital and q
third is seriously burned as result o;
coming Into contact with a live wiEe
at the ScAlyiile manufacturing plant
Death from coming in contact With
live electric wires are becoming alm1S'
an every day occurrence.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-20
SOME GOOD ADVICE.
Given the Farmers by the S ,uthern
Cotton Association.


The first annual convention Of the
Southern Cotton Association closed
Saturday night at eight o'clock with
a bouquet rendered to the executive
committee by KnilWorth Inn.
The afternoon and night sessions
were ocfled chi:fy to the passing OF
various resolutions, chief Of which was
enc looking to a raise in membership
dues from 25 cents to 81 year.
Col. J. McMartin;s resolution, which
was adopted, recommended that great
er publicity be given to article l, sec.
tion l, Of the constitution, which calls
attention to the TACT that the South
era Cotton Association is an organiza
tion composed not only OF growers,
but also OF manufacturers.
MI. McMartin' s resolution further
states that the chief object OF the as
ISOLATION is the industrial develop.
ment and supremacy OF the cotton
States" and to this end the govern.
men should be urged to build better
Southern harbors.
An important feature OF the after
noon session was the adoption OF a mo.
tion made by e D. Smith, OF South
Carolina, to the effect that all members
Of the association be urged to market
their cotton, even st the minimum
price, as slowly as possible, so as to
distribute the sale OF the staple over
the entire year, instead Of marketing
the crop In ninety days, as has been
ths custom. In this way the highest
price possible above the minimum
could be- secured.
After some discussion as to the next
meeting place Of the associations ex-
cutive committee, Hot Springs, Ark,
was chosen. This was effected by
com promise made between the adVo-
Gates of AsheVille and Hot Springs,
by the terms Of which the winter
meeting convenes at the latter place,
while Asheville gets the summer meet
jnp
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-20
& FATAL FALL
Through the Dome Of the STATE
CAPITOL at Columb bis.

At the State House in Columbia on
Tuesday OF last week while scrloo!loe
his name CT cne Of the iron girdeEs
between the bases Of the inner and
cuser shells OF uhe capitol dome, Wsl'
rem q. Sc,uggs, Jr., the fifteen year
cd son of well known travelling
clothing salesman, stepped into one
OF TIE two foot squares Of the csiltng
protected only By tin, and fell fort?
feet headforeEost on to the marble
floor Ct the QUEER lobby between the
two houses OF tie legislature, dashing
out his brains and killing himself H.
seantly.
With him was companion, P. W.
Bull, who had just finished writing
his name in the a6jo:uirg panel.
These two names aud that OF q. 5.
Rents are scrihled IN large waite let
tiers ali over that section OF tie come
When he fell through Seruggs was
Just reaching the first &" IN ms
name, a lors white mark extending
down the eirSer in the direction C1
the punc:ure5 square.
This is 8 dangerous ceiling, but IL
seems in possible 70 prevent niscel,
lsneous assortment Of people from
streaming into the dome, Though this
accident will likely result in some &C
rion being taken along this line On
the DAY OF the adjournment OF the
last Legislature the little daughter OF
W. Il. Moackton, a Columbia mer,
chant, fell shrough one OF these
squares, but was saved BY the bal
cony, and though she fell 25 feet she
was unipjured.
". W. Price, now well known
Washington newspaper correspondents
several years auo while working on
Columbia newspaper fell partially
through one OF these squares while
spying on political convention II
session in the hall Of the House OF
Representatives,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-20
Eoc snake Bite.

as Farmer Arthur L. Mitchell, OF
North Woodbury., Conn, was cu5tina
fodder corn IL q lowland lot q big red
adder bit bis left wrist. Mr.. Mitchell
tore the reptile of, ran for the house
and drank quart OF whiskey, which
neighbors brought him. He suffered
terribly all night, but the liquor is
having the desired effect, PHYSICIANS
saw. and he nav recover.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-20
Must Remain Closed,

Associate Justice Gary, to whom
Lawyer Boyd Evans applied in the
hope Of keeping TIE Union dispensa.
ries open pending his appeal to the
supreme court, has sustained Judge
Townsend. The case can still go be.
fore the full supreme court: but mean.
while the dispenraries must remain
closed,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-20
Generous Woman.

Mrs. Harriett Murchison BeckWith
has subscribed $40, 900 toward the fund
raised by BsnnettsVtlle to induce the
Presbyterian college. now at Clinton,
ID locate at Beanetts7ille. She IS
the wcmsn who presented the town
or Bennetssville with thirty thous-
and dollar schoolhcuse a few years
oD0
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-20
hanged Himself.

Frederick Mercer, negro At years
old, hanged himself to r-knoo IL
Brooklyn, N. Y, on Monday. Whe1
found bis body was in an almost hor-
izontal position with bis head only
foot from the floor.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-20
Nothing to Say,

The state board OF control met on
Tuesday In Columbia. There was
some expectations that they would Is.
sue a statement in reply to Senator
TIllman's charges, but they say now
that they will answer the senator
when they think 1t is proper to do so.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-20
Burned to Death.

The summer home Of William
THOMPSON at Harmony Grove, n. H.,
was burned Tuesday morning. Two
persons we're burned to death. The
victims are Mrs. Lidia ThurSton and
W. M. Thompson. The origin OF the
fire Is a mystery.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-20

We are willing to accord justice to
other, and We intend to demand JUS
tice for ourselves.
VIII Mr.. North please explain why
he has not complied with his instruc-
tions from the congress OF the United
States? Very truly,
e. N, MISsOS,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-10-25
EAST sURRY.

Briggs Davis and Frank Jordan are at
work for NJ. ID. Chatto-
Mrs. Roscoe Casper will spend the week
with her aunt, Mrs. E. E. SWEET.
E. E. SWEET was called home from Bar
Hsrbor by the illness of his wife.
Rodney Philbrook, of RocSlsnd, was the
guest of Miss Nellie Rankins the past two
Sundays.
Mrs. Lizzie SWEET, who has been in poor
health a year, is now confined to her bed.
All hope to see her out soon.
Charles Stone and wife were called to
Thomaston by the serious illness OF Mrs.
stones brother, stephen Foster.
Mrs. c. c. Fullerton, of Ellsworth, will
spend a week with her uncle, NJ. D..
Chatto, during the absence OF his wife.
Mrs. Susan Lord, who has spent year
in California, is expected home soon.
She is now visiting relatives in Massa-
chusetts.
Mrs. J. A. Chstto will leave Thursday
for Bangor, Pittsfeld, Freeport and Lynn,
on q business trip and to visit her son, b.
Ii. Chatto, in Lynn.
Mrs. Hannah HesencIever, OF Jersey
City, n. j., whose husband died recently,
is expected here this week TO spend the
winter with her sister, Mrs. Matte
Hamilton.
Oct. %. Z,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-10-25
to join party of Boston gentlemen hunt

to join party of Boston gentlemen hunt
ing.
There is to be a ladies' ball Friday
night under the auspices of the order OF
Pocahontas.
Mrs. Frank Noonan and son, of Steu-
ben, have returned home after a visit to
friends and relatives here.
Mrs. C. C. Larrabee and Mrs. j. M.
Williams have returned from a visit to
friends in Ellsworth and Bangor.
Mrs. weleh Moore arrived home Satur-
day from a trip which included a visit to
friends in Portland, West Paris and
Bethel.
Miss Julia Guptill was here the first of
the week en- route to her home ip Goulds-
boro, after few weeks with Miss Marion
Wilson in Brooklin.
Capt. George w. Allen has gone TO Bos-
ton for the winter Mrs. Allen is with
relatives in West Gouldsboro, but will
Join her husband later.
Oct. % c.