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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-23
WEATHER AND CROPS.
Plenty of Rain, Much OF 1t Was Badly
Needed Too.

In his weather and crop report Sec
lion Director Bauer says that the
nean tempera. ure for the week end
Ing Monday, Aug. 145h, was slightly
above normal, over the eastern bali
and slightly below over the western.
Tie extremes wsre a maximum OF lob
degrees at Blackvllle on tie Sth, and
Z minimum Of 81 degrees at Green
Vile on the oh. There was less than
the usual amount OF sunshine. High
winds, damaging to corn and cotton,
prevailed during the middle OF the
week in the western counties. Bot
tom lands were f1oojed along the up
Der portions OF the Sallda, Broad.
Wateree and Great Pee Dee rivers and
their tributaries, and considerable
corn destroyed.
: The long drought was broken over
the entire state. The rainfall was
heaviest in the centrsl counties where
il amounted. In places, to over six
inches, acd vas leaSL In Beaufort and
George town counties, where it was
generally less Tran half an inch.
There was rain neasly every day and
the givuno is low thoroughly ssuur-
ated. The rain was needed and In
pisces was very beneficial, but in
others 1t caused deterioration In crops,
especially cotton, and interterred with
farm work, especially haying and
pulling fodder. Nearly all crops have
been laid by, and further cultivation
is now impracticable.
With very few exceptions, the re-
ports on cotton indicate rapid deteri-
oration due to excessive shedding,
rust and the plants turning yellow.
These conditions prevail over pracai-
cally the entire state, bat ara most
marked on sandy lands. In many
places growth has stopped, while in
few plants are making new growth.
Bolls are opening rapidly in the scuoh
central couoaies and considerable has
been picked. TIE excessive heat OF
the 55h, 65h, TIA and 9th was very
damaging on cotton.
There Is general Enforcement in
the condition Of The late corn due to
the ample moisture which came op-.
porturely. Tobacco curing Is nearly
finished. Peas, sweet potatoes and
all varieties OF cane are doing we'll
The freqoent rains interserred with
preparations for fall truck crops. Rice
made fine prugress. Pastures i'm
proved rapidly and again afford fine
grazing TurnipS were sown extern
sively. Late fruits, especially apples
ard peaches, are rottipg badly.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-23
Fell to ThetE Death.

Five people were killed IN the Alps
mountains on Thursday by falling.
Two tourists from Meran, while hunt
ing Tor edelweiss, were killed. While
climbing the Hoefats group BaVar-
Ian lawyer fell and was kille3. -Four
students from Dresden ascending che
Eehecgoell, fell 6o1n prec!pice.
One was killed and the others were
probably fatally injured. Another
youth Of sixteen was killed on Mount
MythenStock. he fell nine hundred
feet and his body was reduced to pulp
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-23
DO YOU EVER HAVE BLUES?
II so Road This sad Story and 1t
May Cure You.

When you besin to think you have
hard time in life
When you insgine your sorrows
are greater than other peoples
When you are grou:Ly because your
plans do not pan out
Just then is good time to COM
pare your condition with that Of some
who have harder time than you,
more sorrows than you, less prosperity
than you.
Should you happen to be In the sort
OF mood described read a touching
passagein the Life history Of poor
Milwaukee woman. Read it any way
this from THE short and simple
ANNALS OF the poor"
Mrs. Mary WieGig, widow, lost her
only child, little girl. She had no
money to give the caild a decent se-
pulcher. She went to the poor ccm.
missioner. And this is the sequel:
Mrs Weidig staggered up the path
in the cemetery which led to the plot
Of ground where her husband was
buried, bearing the little cofia which
held the body Of her little one. She
took spade she had put there the
day before and began to dig. Poor
woman she was digging the grave Of
her only child-the last sweet tile that
held her to earth.
And as she worked she sobbed and
cried. She called on the dead man
under the ground to help her bear
her sorrow till she could come to him.
A man wno passed through the
cemetery heard the crying and went
to stop where the frai woman bent
to her awful task.
She explained why she was digging
the grave herself. She had no money
to pay the sexton. "They would
have buried her for me for nothing II
I had let them put her grave over
there in the potter's field. But she
was such little child, so little, and
sometimes when was obliged to leave
her alone she was afraid OF the dark.
I wanted her to lie by her fathers
side so she would not be afraid. I
told the poor commissioner how I
felt and he gave me this coffin. The
woman who lives next door Is coming
out next Sunday to plant some
vines.''
And the agonlzed mother talked one
half wild with her grief and scarcely
knowing what she said, calling ten
derly the name now Of husband, now
Of child.
The man had a heart. He hurried
to the sexton and gaye him money to
Zig the child's grave and money to
round the little mound and plant some
simple flowers. And the woman
,ried, but this time the tears were
sweet instead OF bitter.
This story is not from the pages OF
Baizac.
Neither is it a fancy sketch.
1t Is printed in reliable nsWspa-
Der which gives full particulars con-
;3rnilg the Wonan's home and his
;ory.
There are thou lands Of stories as
ad as hers!
Compare your disappointments and
rcuoles and sorroWs and heart aches
With those Of this miserable one.
Ne you not ashamed of your fault
hiding and bitterness AMI hatred OF
You have not passed through :
iadeS, tlanta Journal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-23

Ridgewood club where light lunch
Was served.
The executive committee met and
the secretary was author I'd to get
out such 6escrip'iEe matter as might
be dee 0ed advisable to be distributed
by the railroads through ut the north
west. the executive Committee is
also talking Of gettirg 6 cut magazine.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-23
Only Six Escaped.

a telegram from Batavis, Dutch
East Indies, repcries an ugly out
break Of Achinese rebels VINO attacked
the Dutch post al Rambong, killing
two officers and twenty-five men. Only
siz men Of the post succeeded in es-
Gaping and these were wounded.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-23
Charges Against Cole ctor.

Commissioner Greene, Of the civil
service commission, today said that
an agent OF the commission will be
sent to Newport News, Va, to inVes
tigate the charges fled by Congress
man Maynard and W. E. Barrett
against Capt. Stewart, collector OF the
port there. Stewart is accused OF
playing politics by promoting Repub-
licans in his Office and reducing Dem
ocratS.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-23

Two negroes were killed by tnhaling
carbonic acid gas while cleaning out
an old well at Wadesboro, N. g., on
Monday,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-23
APPEALS TO RIS RECORD.

You mentioned Winthrop and Glen.
son as among the things by which |
would be remembered. You left of
some others that presume to add,
not from a sense OF egotism, but slmp-
ly to keep the record straight.
1.) The emancipation In 1890 Of
the people from dry rot, caused By
only one party and the demonstra-
tion that we could have the most free
and open discussion OF political ques-
tions without danger, followed by the
Inauguration Of the State Democratic
primary system.
(2) The Constitutional Convention
aDd its work, largely the result OF my
untiriDg and earnest efforts, and my
work in that convention in behalf of
common schools, and the disfran.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-23


books be inspected quarterly by such
person as the State board may appoint
for that purpose, to see that the quail
iry Of the goods contracted for and the
goods delivered correspond, and that
all the goods purchased have been sent
out from the State oispenssrY or other
wise accounted for. The Legislature,
through it's committee, can examine
into and report at each session upon
the whole management.
Let the name and brand OF the
l;q1or be blown into the glass so there
can be no change Of labels. Havesno
case goods kept in stock and ccntne
the purchase Of these to special orders
from private individuals. Do away
with beer dispensaries as now run,
aud let the regular dispensers keep
beer on ice to be used oy the bottle
onlY, and not drunk on the premises.
Above all see that the request books
are always used before a purchase is
made.
So much for the central depot.
Now for the local dispensarieS. /
believe more satisfaction will result
ard better administration OF the
law be had, il the supervision and
control OF the local d!spensalies be
placed in the hands OF the county su-
pervisorS elected by the people, the
mayor OF the town in which the dis
pensary is located, elected also by the
people, and one person to be appoint
ed by the State board, who shall re-
csive reasonable compensation for his
time and labor. They have the local
dispensers elected by the people Of the
county. Where there is more than
one they can be elected on a joint
ticket. Let the Governor have the
power to remove for cause and let him
exercise it vigorously.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-23


its connections in the west, will Of
fer homeseekers' rates on the l7:h OF
October, good fer Is days, at so per
cent. OF cne fare for the round trip.
The people in South Carolina who
have relatives or friends in the north
west and want to get them to locate
in South Carolina may advise their
friends OF these rates.
The committee on nominations
made it's report and this being adopted
the following were elected officers Of
the association for next year:
President, ". D. Morgan Of GeoEgs-
town.
Vice presidents, P. T. Hayne Of
GreenVille; ". L. Glaza Ct Orange
burg; J. NJ. Knight OF Sumter.
Secretary and treasurer, John
Wood, OF Rock E.ll.
Executive board; Fred G. Brown OF
Anderson; W. B. Moore OF Yorkville;
L. M. Gaque CT Marion, L. NJ. Plnck-
ney OF Charleston; John J. SsibelS OF
Columb bia.
On motion Of Mr. ". Z Glaze it
was decided to recade from business
until the afternoon OF October 23rd,
OF ta:r week, and according
to the bylaws the annual meeting
will be held in Columbia every fair
week. It was decided to urge all or
ganizations in the State to send rep
resentatives to the meeting fair week.
Resolutions OF thanks to the Cham.
Der Of Commerce Of Columbia and to
Col. E J. Watson we're adopted and
the session ended. The members then
boarded the car in front OF The State
house and after ride through the
business and manufacturing aud resi-
lence parts Of tie city we're taken to
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-24
THE SUNFLOWER HARVEST.

Sunflowers are profitable crop in
this section, and preparations are now
being made To harvest this seasons
yield. which will amount to several
hundred tons. Some of the seed is
ground into condition powders for
stock, but the most is made into
"oliVC oil, says a jefferson. Ind. dis
patch. This oil is closer imitation
of the real thing than any substitute
yet found. Cottonseed oil is a rank
outsider compared with the humble
though valuable sunflowcr.
The father of the sunflower indus
try is John Mcdonald. who has made
enough money from il to retire from
farming. Mr.. Mcdonald went into the
business 80 years ago When his
neighbors saw him turn his farm into
n flower garden they thought he was
crazy. Mcdonald went ahead and
when he harvested his crop he sold
the seed for I cents a pound, realiz-
ing $50 an acre, The laughing ceased.
and in the course of few years
township was raising sunflowers. Corn
planting time is sunflower time, and
the two are cultivated much in the
same way The only enemy of the
sunfluwer is the sparrow, and thous-
ands of birds are now being killed and
trapped. As they are very fat the far
mers are eating them.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-24
ABUSE OF PUBLIC OFFICE.

If the Portland Oregonian were not
so overwhelmed with selfish spleen in
its attacks upon w. NJ. Ladd, for tal;-
ing public contracts while holding
public office, it would be doing a good
deed for Portland in exposing the
frauds and misdemeanors practiced hy
public officials.
But the oregonian's exposure won't
hold water, as they say.
1t is but a few years backward from
Ladd's alleged violations of the Port
land city ordinances to H. w. SCOTS
violations of the same character, it is
alleged, so there you are.
But because Scott was said to have
been crooked in office does not eA-
cuse Ladd for being crooked.
There is too much crookedness in
public office. Men think that because
a LOB" is but trifling. small thing,
that it will be all right. This is a
false view of it.
A man who will put up a Small
job" on his city while in public office,
will put up a big job" if he has an
opportunity. A public official who will
take a pass from a railroad company
with the understanding that 1t is in
payment for future services for the
railroad, win usually take any other
kind of pay offered and so this little
practice is the root and beginning of
a lot Of crooked legislation.
1t is time for an awakening of pub
lie conscience. People do not tolerate
corrupt practices any more than
they did so or so years ago, but the
number of scheming sharks who seek
public office for mercenary motives
and selfish ends is increasing.
These rascals should be hunted
down and branded with the infamy
they deserve. Wherever one such
man is found no mercy should be
shown him, for he is a criminal by in
tention and generalization.
Because a man is rich and popular
with a certain class of hangers-on
should not shield him from exposure
In every city and town, from Portland
down to Rabbitville, is a set of schem-
ing men who are bent on selfish ends
entirely and they prostitute govern
ment wherever they touch it. This is
not saying that either Mr.. Ladd or
Mr.. Scott are such men.
But it is easy to put your finger
upon them.
You can reach out at arms length
and lay your hand upon their shoul'
der any day.
But they have money. They are
admired by a horde Of lmitators foi
the appearance they make. They
have the semblance Of gentlemen
without, but in their hearts they arr
rascals Of the worst type.
It is time to stir up the public cons
cience against such men.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-24

The eminent directors whose duty
it Is to decide what famous Americans
are eligible to admittance in tn :
American Hall of Fame" have de-
cided to leave Edgar Allen Poe on the
outside. At any rate Poe failed TO
receive a sufficient number of votes to
be admitted later. But until Edgar
Allen Poe is represented by a tablet
in the American Hall of Fame it viii
be incomplete. His name, and his
works, too, will be familiar i'm America
long after scores of others already
admitted to the Hall of Fame have
been forgotten by all save the jauitor
Of that building.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-24

Politics makes towards and luke
warm citizens of good men. Men who
have minds of the highest order.
whose training and education are of
the highest character trcmble to think
that they will offend measly set of
saloon loafers, if they express their
sentiments. The time has come for
men to be themselves, to own their
souls and speech The day of the po-
litical "heeler" is drawing to a close.
The day when any boss can stand over
the votes of any number of men is
happily about ended. Independence
and cleanliness are respected today
more than ever. The man who is a
coward for policy sake is not needed
or wanted in the machinery of govern
ment such men have brought about
all the crookedness which is now cost
ing the government and the people
millions of dollare to undo.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-24

A merchant who advertised a spe-
cial sale in Saturday evenings East
Oregonian said two hours after the
paper was issued, when his store was
filled to overflowing with people in
quiring about the sale and selecting
goods that he guessed there would
never be any doubt in his mind again
as to the virtue of advertising. The
evening paper which goes into the
home when the family is all around
the evening lamp, gets the business
for the advertiser. There is no ques-
ton about it. 1t has been demon
strated so many times over and over,
that it seems almost useless to men
ton the facts again.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-24

Young blood is surging through the
veins of the Commercial association
now as never before. Due respect
and Difference must he given the
founders and the men who have stood
by it through all the years of its in
fancy and growth. But in the natural
course of time they give place to the
younger men. And it is fortunate that
in Pendleton there is such a capable
and efficient set of younger men to
assume the reins which the older
workers have held so long and we'll.
Next meeting of the association on
Tuesday, November :, should see 10
new names added to the list. The new
gymnasium is an attraction to old and
young. 1t is diversion, health
builder which none can afford to ig-
more. 1t offers the best of surround
ings, the best of training, the best of
recreation. After next meeting the IS
initiation fee will be enforced. 1t is
to the interest of every one intending
to join, to join now.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-24

AT this season of the year Umatilla
county resembles the California or
ange groves in some respects. In the
orange groves are found all stages of
fruit, from the budding blossom to the
golden orange. From the hills be-
tween Mckay and Birch creeks. one
is now presented with view almost
as inspiring. In that sweep of vision
may be seen the soft green of the al
falfa meadow, the ripened hay in the
stack, the brown wheat fields, the
mingled carpet of the distant foothills
and the dead stubble by the thousands
of acres lying all about. Nature III
all her mingled variation is seen at It's
best. The California orange grove
presents no spectacle more inspir ~
or elevating than this.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-24
WONDERFUL CURE
OF SORE HANDS
BY Cuticura After the
Most Awful Suffering
Ever Experienced
EIGHT DOCTORS
And Many Remedies Failed
to do a Cents Worth
of Good

az was troubled with sore hands, so
sore that when would put them in
water the pain would nearly set me
crazy, the skin would peel off and the
flesh would get hard and break. There
would be blood flowing from at least
fifty places on each hand. Words could
never tell the suffering l endured for
three years. 1 tried everything, but
could get no relief. l tried at least
eight different doctors, but none did
me any good, as my hands were as bad
when | got through doctoring as when
l began. also tried many remedies,
but none of them ever did me one
cents worth of good. L was discour-
aged and heart-sore. would feel so
bad mornings, to think l had to go to
work and stand the pain for ten hours,
1 often felt like giving up my position.
Before 1 started to work l would
have to wrap every finger up sep
arately, so as to try and keep them
soft, and then wear gloves over the
rags to keep the grease from getting
on my work. At night would have
to wear gloves in fact, l had to wear
gloves all the time. But thanks to
Cuticura, that is all over now.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-24

sulphur trust, and in order to meet
the great demand, the use of iron py-
rites has been employed in the manu-
facture of sulphuric acid.
by the development Of this field
the cost OF fertilizer making will be
reduced 90 per cent and the agricul-
tural interests especially in the south,
will profit greatly.
My examination of the sulphur
fields leads me to believe that the sui
phur within sight covers at least l0,-
nine and ono-half feet
Altogether, the mines exceed all
my expectations and will readjust con-
ditions, in the sulphur markets of the
world"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-24
THE GREATEST SYSTEM"

Why is II that under "the greatest
banking system in the world" depos-
itors are losing millions of dollars by
defalcations? If there IS no security
afforded by the national bank. why
have the government back Of It at all?
The money interests say that the ma
tional banking system is the greatest
in the world. How is 1t ''great?" II
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-24

does not protect the depositor, 1t does
not check up rascals any closer than
private institutions. Every day the
press dispatches record the loss of
hundreds OF thousands OF dollars
through crookedness in national
banks.
We have had an upturning of the
postal department. We are now eX-
periencing a shaking up in the insur-
ance companies, 1t seems that the
next sensation due is a thorough air
ing" of the national banking system.
Thousands of individual national
banks are solid and irreproachable.
This is not questioning the integrity of
individual banks. But If the govern
ment is back of the system at all, why
is it not perfect? Why should depos-
itors lose as much or more by the ma
tional banking system than through
private banks which go wrong?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-24
TogO's "pin Money"

Admiral Togo's income is less than
$4,000 a year. Like every good Japan
ese husband of the upper class" he
hands the money over to his wife,
who gives him a small allowance.
Here is custom which American
married women should insist upon
adopting. Give the old man n chance,
but don't give him too much spending
money!--"With the Procession" Ev-
erybody's Magazine for November.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-24
"PleaSe Smile
AND
Look Pleasant" F"

When woman says II am racked With
paiu. the word tracked recalls the days
when they stretched the tender bodies OF
women on the rack with rope and pulley
until the very joints cracked.
Fancy an attendant saying to the tor
tured woman, uPleaSe smile and look
pleasant
And vet the woman cracked with palm"
Is expected To smile through her agony
and To make homo happy. She can't
do IL. 1t is against Nature. Generally
speaking. tho racking pains OF ill-hculth
such rs headache, backache and "bear-
ingdown pains are related TO derange-
mcntS or disorders Of the organs dls-
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