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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-31

Isn't it a pity that powder and
patches have gone out Of fashion7 The
women never looked SO stunning and
distinctive as they did at the bal
poudre Friday evening, and the pow
dered wigs and patches were just as
becoming, to the men, giving them q
certain old-world courtliness that is not
to be obtained from ordinary evening
clothes.
I really did not know there were 50
many handsome and distinguished wo-
men in Minneapolis, exclaimed a we'll
known bachelor, who is still marveling
over the bauty of the ball and of the
women. By Jove, is was well worth
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-31

IL a jolly house party is spending the !
last day of the old year at the cottage
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27
Deserted His Wife.
The Augusta Chronicle saysa young

The Augusta Chronicle says young
married lacy, a former resident OF
that city, but now of G1ssnVille, S.
c., and who has been in Augusta for
the last three days on visit, is
strardsd here without money or per
sonal belonging Of any value. Her
husband has apparently deserted her,
with her jewels and their
money to another cit1 tlanta, it is
thought. This act Was na3e known
Thursday morning when the young
lady created no little excitement at
the union station by instituting q
search for her missing husband, whom
she was to have met at the depot,
and by proclaimi6g amidst tears and
Scbs that her better half had deserted
her, taking the jewels aad money
with him. A kind-hearted colorsd
matron proffered her services, which
we're accepted, and the two visited
the ticket Office, tie baggage and eX-
press cfficcs, in search OF some clue
which would lead to the finding OF the
recreaaE husband. By this tiEe quite
q number OF people had become inter.
ested in the lady's cass-ste had made
no effort to keep 1t from being known
and With their help cue was
found. He had expressed his TRUNKS
TO Atlanta, and tbs record Of this acs
was on the exrsss conpany's BOOKS.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27
Poisoned by Opium.

At Salt Lake City, Ut@n, a Chinese
woman called the police to a building
1t SO PUN alley, where, on the third
hoor, the ctfcers found dead Chinese
sitting both upright on a cot while
In tae same room another Chinese,
who appeared to be insane, had kind
led fire on the focr, apparently in
ar attempt to destroy tie building.
Oa the floor below, tie police found
Eddie" Merode, a white man, appar-
emily dying Of opium poisoning. Me-
rode is an acrobat, who recently has
heen giving exhibitions in Virginia
vaudeville houses. he died later. His
TRUE name was E. J, Baer. Al &C.
qraintancs SAID thau be was the son
OF g wealthy cotton manufacturer,
now deceased, Of Wilmington, n. c.
Several years ago, said the friend,
Baer received $50, 900 from his fathers
estate which he spent before going
into the show business.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27
A Very Sad Case.

Because her six year old son, from
whose father she had been separated
4 month, refused to allow her to kiss
him, Mrs. L. W. Cae0ault, Of Rich
nond. KY, one OF the most prominent
society women Of the STATE, commit.
5ed suicide by Swallowing caroolic
acid. When they separated Mr.. Cae-
nault, who is one OF the richest men
in Kentucky, took the bog, who is
the only child. "Wednesday afternoon
Mrs. Chenault tslephoned that she
aouId like to see the boy. Mr.. Che
nauls brought The little fellow to the
aouss where his wife was stopping. as
soon as be caught sight CT his mother
WHO was standing at window, be
positively reused to enter the house.
No amount Of persuasion could prevail
upon him to dc otherwise, which so
shocked the mother that she imnedi-
Stely retired to a bathroom, where
she swallowed the poison.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27
MONEY FOB SCHOOLS.
A Question as to the Distribution of
the Dispensary Surplus.

TIE Columbia Record says On &C.
count OF the doubt as to the exact law
on the subject, it Will be necessary to
make considerable inquiry into the
method OF distributing the dispensary
school money in counties voting out
the oiSpensaries.
The conditions, it is stated, are
very peculiar. The school law, as com
piled IN 1908, made no provision for
counties that might be dry, and Mari.
boro and Greenwood received their
share OF the profits as well as any de
fciency that might exist according to
the superintendent Of education.
The law Of 1904, approved February
Is, however, provides that no county
voting out the dispensary shall receive
any part Of the surplus after the de-
fciency has been made up. This evil
dently means that the deficiency Stall
be made up in all counties, hut the
question has arisen whether or not
Marlboro and Greenwood, under this
law, will recsive share Of the surplus
money or rot. 1t is believed, although
there has been no test made OF it,
that the act OF 1904 applies to coun-
ties that had dispensaries but after
wards voted them out. Ga the other
hand, it Is said that ia Pickens and
Union test will be made ct it and
that these counties will claim their
share.
The amount received by dry coun-
ties voting out the dispenSary in 1904
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27
THE LAED OF MURDER.
Ten Thousand Murders Committed
Each Year In America.

The Nashville American says statis.
tics SHOW that the average number OF
murders committed annually In this
country is about 10. 900. a large per
cent. CT murderers are inadeQuately
punished CT escape punishment en-
tirely. The crime Ct murder is more
common in the Ualte6 States than in
any other country. Taat is because
1t is comparatively easy to escape
punishment. The need OF reform Of
our criminal court system is apparent.
Too much latitude is given criminal
lawyers. Ia no other country Is there
such unrestrainsd license to insult
witnesses ol the stand; to attack
their characters before the jury; to
appeal to the passions and prsjudices
OF Ignorant jurors, to pick jurors; to
secure continuaGces with the view to
wearing the case cut, etc. These
practices are tolerated through Gus
tom, but ciStoln does not make them
right.
Discussing TIE appalling numbsr Of
murders, the number Of murdere-s
woo escape punishment, and remedies
for correcting tne evil, the Circinat-
ii Enquirer says: There should be 20
attempt to influence jufies, nor should
they permit themselves to be sweyed
By a@y consideration except the facts.
The trial should be perfectly calm
snd dignifed procedure to bring out
and establish facts, AID counsel on
both sides SHOULD be restrained from
such unworthy exhibitions as are fre-
qlertiy Ea5e il trials. Would it not
be fair to tie accused, and would it
nct contribute to tbs dignity, lmpar-
ti2lisy aud even.hea5ed justice Of
trials, to provide for government de-
tense as well as government prosecu.
t!on? Existing conditions, as is well
kno|n, produce at nearly every bar q
class Ct crimina. lawyers who foster
crime, and practically go shares with
the criminals, in order to get their
fees. Should the government take
entire charge Of che administration OF
criminal justice. they would, to every
oc3y'S advantage, be driven cut Ct
business"
ALL persons charged with the COM
cf crime are entitled to a fair
snG impartial trial. JEALOUS prosecu-
tion attorneys should not make an
effort 20 con v1ct when there is GO
proof OF guilt. 1t is crime to con-
vict an innocent man. It is also a
crime to allow the guilty to 60 un'
punished through methods designed
and intepd pded to defeat justice. No
honorable lawyer would seek to do
either, and 10 court should permit
such practices.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27
A Queer VIII.

Miss Fannie Weeks. a treasury clerk,
sho vas killed BY falling into geyse1
in Yellowstoce Park, lift q peculiar
aill which was fled for probate today.
Directions for her funeral in the
will follow:
''The casket Shall not cost over SIS.
Internent shall be at Rock Creek
CemeterY, On high ground, In full
sunshine. My grave shall be lined,
bottom and sides, with granite blccEs,
not less than one foot thick"
a granite monument shall be plac-
ed at ny grave. l. shsll not cost
mora than $50, and shall bear the fol-
lowing Inscription:
s' Miss Fannie A. Weeks, died such
a date. He giventh his beloved Sleep
My funeral shall be held from the
New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church. The Ofdar OF the Eastern
Star shall ctt1clate. Mr. Wright on O
street, northwest, shall be the under
taker,"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27
Looking for TcGde.

The Spartauburg Journal seys nun.
bers of people colne hers every day
now from Gaffney and Union to buy
whiskey from our Gispensaries, return
irg to thei1 homes in the evening
with supplies for bhe thirsty. a mes
senger is commissioned to buy for
several persons and be takes back al
that he can carry. The sales Of the
Spartauburg dispensaries have beer
considerably increased By purchases
from Union and Cherokee Counties
and il GreenVille shal, vote out the
disp: nsaries, that viii bring still
more trade to the Spa-tan.u-g dis
pensaries. All shis Wocli greatly IN.
crease the 6ispens,ry profits Of Spar.
5arburg County, probably as much
as so per cent.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27

A dispatch from Washington says
the failure Of Capt. ". H. Hotville,
as master Of the United Fruit com.
pany's ship Oteri, to give assistance
to the United States steamship Sylph,
which was disabled OF the coast Of
North Carolina on the night OF April
II has cost him his position through
the revocation OF his license by the
United States steamboat inspection
service. This acJion was taken by in
spaction officers at Norfolk, Vs., on
September u, and the correspondence
made public Tuesday by the depart
nent Of commerce and labor. The
distress OF the Sylph occurred while
Lieut.. Evans was bringing the vas-
sci up the coast from Florida, where
it had been used by Mrs. Roosevelt
and her children for cruise.
It appears from the evidence gath
cred by the steamboat inspection ssr-
vice that Capt. Hotville made little et-
fort to aid the Sylph. The accusation
OF Lieut.. Evans and the reply OF Capt.
Hotviile do not materially differ ex-
capt that HotVille offered an excuse
for his action. In the inspection ser
vice it is said this excuse was the
most damaging evidence obtained.
Lieut.. Evans says in his report that
te was entirely helpless and the Oteri
knew it. He then tells Of the rescue
on the morning OF the 18th by the
Morgan liner Ell Cid, which put about
from her course to New Orleans.
The Syiph was taken in tow but it's
condition was so bad that the Morgan
liner was compelled to slow down from
ten to FIVE knots and later to three
knots an hour. The report OF Lieut..
Evans closed with the statement: Il
am firmly convinced that had the FL
Cid not taken US into port the Sylph
and all her people would have been
lost.' The report Of the Inspector
seys the Sylph had broken down and
asked to be taken in tow, and that
Capt. Hotville failed to slow down for
the alleged reason that at the time
the Sylph was spoken to the telegram
system on the Oteri became impaired
and there was no direct manner Of
sending word to the engine room for
q reversal Of the engines. The in
spactors held that this excuse showed
the master to te e man without re-
sources and on that ground and ne
gligence revoked bis license.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27
VERY SHORT CROP.
The Most Significant Phase OF aAe
Cotton Stu .tion
Is the Remarkably Early Opening OF
the Staple. 1t Will ALI be
Picked in . Short Time.

The most significant phase OF the
cotton situation is the remarkably
early opening Of the CROP, saYs the
Progressive Farmer and Cotton Plant,
OF Rsleigh, N. c. Everybody knows
that the yield is very much smaller
than last year, but the government
report shows that ginning receipts are
heaYier than they were to this date
last season. Around Raleigh We nc
.tics that in some places three fourths
OF the crop Is ready for picking At
the Asheville meeting we head SINH
lar conditions reported from other
States, and in Richmond LAST week
President jordan told the writer that
the earl! opening is general through
out the Cotton B 1t.
Now this condition, 1t seems to US,
Cannot fail to have its effect upon the
market. Early cpening means early
ginning-heavy receipts in al the gin.
neries in the early part Of the season;
and the general pubic Is likely to
have this Increase in ginning receipts
as indica aing a large crop OF cotton.
Last yeaS's crop proved to oe so much
heavier than anybody suspected prior
to the G .vernment's Oecember report,
that the cotton word will be ready to
jump at the coEclusicn that this sea-
sons yield may also have been under
estimated.
With this unusual condition OF the
crop favcrirg the plans Of tie bears,
therefore, it is quite likely that they
may be a tie to keep down the price CT
cotton beloH It's true value until the
actual size OF the crop becomes known
that is to say, until the inevitable
decline in ginning receipts proves that
the crop is really small one.
For it is really a small crop-no
doubt Of that. The Government con.
dilion figures with the Government
acreage estimate, as we said lHst week,
Indicate acrop Of only 9,976 333 bales;
with the Cation Associations acreage
estimate 9 562. 5l4 bales. Ii the Cot
ton Association had based it's estimate
solely on the coru;tion OF the crop re
ported to seventy three per cent
Of last yesr-.t would have predicted
only $500, 900 bales instead OF $780,.
900.
To sum up; the crop is small, but
the heavy ginning receipts early In
the seas n may keep prices below
what they should be. Il 50, they will
advance to higher levels after the real
zs OF the crop becomes known. Ano
unless there is a phenonena!ly favor
able season from now on, it looks to US
as II farmers have everything to gain
and nothing to lose b5 holding Tor
higher prices.
The Progressive Farmers and Cot
toa Plant is right. Its estimate tai
lies with our experience exactly. The
crop is short, much shorter than many
farmers themselves suspect, but the
prices may be kept down by the
heavy receipts at the ginneriss, but
the farners should not be fooled by
this concition and rush their cotton
on the market. This would be dis
astr!c US to prices. 1t is cur firm be.
lief that If cotton is markesed slowly
the prices will go to twelve cents
We expect a rapid riss in prices when
the size OF the crop is revealed by the
government reports later On.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27
Will PUsh l..

Gov. Hayward will push the inves-
tigation as to the iynching OF the He-
gco as Eonea Path, and every effort
will BE- E,ade to have the guilty par
ties hello accountable. Strange to say,
there were several members OF the
ROB that were recognized By men on
the coroner's jury, yet verdict was
rendered that the negro come to his
death by parties unknown to the
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27
The amount received by dry coun-
ties voting out the dispenSary In 1904
mac &C foi1ovVs.
No Negroes Wanted.

In the great council OF the lmprog-
ed Order Of Red Men in session at
Nashville, Tenn, a resolution was Of
fered on Tuesday by the West Vir-
ginia delegation against the organi-
zation Of negro tribes OF Red Men,
and requesting that the ritual be
copyrighted.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27
Damage Suit.

Mrs. n. J. Fuller has entered suit
against 80 citizens of Greer, for sl0,-
900 damages alleging that they sur,
rounded her house when she was Ill
causiag her great pain and almost
causing death. Tie mob was after
her husband vino WAS wanted for
keeping q blind tiger but vas never
convicted.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27

The legislature appointed the court
OF general sessions for Cherokee and
Spartanburg counties on the same
day-the last Monday in October
forgetting that judge, So
licitor and stenographer cannot be in
two places at the same time.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27
Ktlied by q Fail,

A dispatch from New York says
throngs OF peopls on their way to
work Tuesday morning witnessed q
most thrilling accident OF the Brook
lyn bridge. A horse ran away and
the driver, William A, Furish, was
thrown from his seat over the guard
rail. The body turned several somer-
saults in the air and struck on the
head over 100 feet below the bridge
flooring on the New York end. Near
ly every bone in the body was broken
and the head smashed 70 2, pulp.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27

AN Onio man fell dead while &C curt-
ing the lady fion whom he had been
divorced. This should serve ss warn
ing to men VINO are thinking OF going
back.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27
Eurred Wife and Children.

At Madison, Ind. Geo. Ford, far.
ner, set fire to his house Thursday
morning, burning hts wife and three
children to death. Ford in under az
rest and is believed to be insane.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27
REFUSED TO GIVE AID
To Boat in Distress and Lost Hia

License.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27

afford to buy our grain, hay and bacon
from the West. A greater mistake
was never made. 1t is true We do
not want to compete with the West
for the sale OF corn snd hay, but we
DO want to supply all that we need
and haYe a small surplus to sell in
our markets. By this method we may
supply ourselves with pocket change,
keeping down the running expenses
ard making our cotton altogether 8
surplus crop. Let US see, for instance,
what can be done along this line,
Raise enough grain to supply your
farm and stock; make enough meat
for your family and servants with
few extra hams and several gallons OF
lard to sell; raise enough cattle to sell
5wo or three good beaves year; az
occasional lamb, a nice lot of Wooi,
one or two dozen kids, one or two dcZ.
en- turkeys, chickens and eggs; and
ycu will find that these with the
other surplus you DO not need will
amount to considerable sum. Tee
trouble has been and still with US is
that we do rot value the dimes
thinking only Of the dollars, Again
we think ourselves abovs caring for
and marketing these products.
Neither education nor anything else
should ever make US codsider cursel-
yes too good to work, and the ssnsib;e
practical man will not be thus affect
ed.
Let US see what can be done toward
improving cur stock and manutac:ur-
irg our ogn fertilizers In the place
OF the old razor back hog which re-
Quired a weather boarded fence to
hold it and requiring two years to
weigh one hundred and fifty pounds,
We now have our improved breeds,
that easily make from 250 $50 pounds
in twelve months. Our sheep ara i'm
proved so that they produce twice as
much mutton and wool in q given
time: end cur cattle are such that
even the most fasticEous will be pleas
ed to see them. While cur fo-epar-
ents kept their COWS and other stock
in an open pen or lot exposed to the
severe rains and storms Of the winter,
we have learned the Importance OF
giving them GOOD stables and sufficient
food, thereby causing them to give
nore milk and the young to grow
rapidly. Besides that they act as
fertilizer factory, converting the food
given them into a manure that not
only gives temporary but lasting re-
suits. The stable manure from q cow
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27

mail but once a week, now it comss
to MIN daily. Hence he is interested
in what is going on in the world and
now looks forward to the coming OF
his mail with great delight. HIS
mental powers are being cultivated
AMI 1t is but question Of very short
the before our farmers will be we'll
posted in current events. Then We
may look forward to renewed energy
and zsal in every department. Of scc.e-
ty and government. Who can pre-.
dicv the advantages OF the telephone,
especially to country life. We fno
the farmer standing in bis home talk
Ing with the merchant niles away and
even getting reports direct from the
great markets. This places him in a
position to sell and buy inteliige0tly.
he no longer waits for his neighbor
to bring the news from the city once
wsek but is in daily contact wi b it.
Now, gentlemen, We come to the
point where our farmers are DO longer
slumbering but have opened their eyes
to existing circumstances and have
organized to protect themselves
against the spectators who sit down
and appropriate the profits that should
justly 80 to the producer. We do not
propose to forget or oppose our city
brother but on the contrary what Is
for the welfare Of the farmer is FOR
the good Of cur towns. Dspres5 the
farmer, keep him poor aud our cities
will never grow. Do away with the
farmer and socn our cities will grow
up IN weeds. Truly the farm is the
backbone of the country. Take that
away and We find a limp man, jDcap-
abs If work AID sooD death follows.
Shov me fine farms and will show
you progressive towns. In this o.
gan!zation, we need men OF education,
men who are leaders. We need men
who are not afraid OF opposition, but
who, seeing the right, will stand up
for it in the face OF al difficulty. We
need men Of brains to guide US in this
great work and when once thoroughly
organized the farmer will reap Eene-
fits beyond bis most sargu:ue dreams.
1t was said that we cCu,6 not organ
ize. Our movement was laughed st
and ridicu:ed, but, gentlemen, the
world has been surprised at cur Sue
cess and strength. Our Southlsud
has had millions already brought here
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-04-26
CHURCHES.

METHODIST Observation-Disclosures ser
HsA vice: Sunday school, 10 A. NJ. Preaching
III A: NJ. Class meeting, II N. Preaching. 80 p
Junior League meets Wednesday afternoon
at 4:I3- Prayer meeting. Wednesday evening
az 80 Teachers meeting. Tuesday evening.
Epworth League, Friday. 80 p. NJ All are
cordially invited. j. L. PATTERSON, Pastor
HHRISTIAN.-Suniay school every Sunday
~ al e:1 A. n. Communion service imme-
diateiy following. Endeayor As to s:45.
RAPTIST.-Church east of Grand Hotel.
- Sunday school at 10 A. NJ. Preaching sun
days at II A. NJ. and As p. NJ. Prayer meeting
wednesday evening. The B. Y. P. Z. meets at
T. N. on Sundays. FRANK &. WARD
Pastor
EPISCOPAL.-Thoug St.Mark's Episcopal
- Church has not get regular minister,
the services will be as usual. Sunday School
every Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, followed
by church service at O'Clock. In addition,
services second and fourth Sundays of every
month, at ii A. NJ, in charge of Lay Reader
We hope the people will help US by their at
tendance. WARDEN
TATH0E1C.-Services held on Tuesday af
~ ter the third Sunday in each month.