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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-04
Trains in Fatal Crash.

The neavy fog caused a fatal acci.
d mt on the New Haven road Wednes.
day n;ghj. The Boston express due
at 03 II charge ct Conductor J. a.
DAILY, Of Hartford, and Engineer
Charles Bahyn, Of New Haven, crash.
ed into an accommodation train ia
the Stamford depot. George How
land, travelling conductor, Of Mount
Vernon, was killed, and many were
injured.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-04
TIE GOSPEL OF TIE CORN.
Ono Scientist Worth Millions TO the
Farmers OF Iowa.

One single scientific brain, study
irg on the subj ;ct OF scientific cor
raising, has earned in the last year 70
the State that employs him over $40,
900, COO, and this is only beginnir 6
Professor P. G. Holden, of the low
Agricultural College, in Ames, is th
man. he began as a school teacher
teaching about grain as a side issue
Now be is known as an agronomis
and breaches the gospel Of tie cora
from special cars drawn Throughout
the rural districts.
The farmers Of Iowa once laughed
at the idea Of q professor with such s
title teaching them, the best corr
growers in the world, anything about
raising corn. Now they flock from
miles away to listen to him and be i:
revered and obeyed as no other ma1
In the State.
AS result, IN large part, of follow.
ing his advice, they have raised about
one hundred million bushels more
corn this year than In any year of this
century, and they expect to add an.
other one hundred million bushels to
their crop next year.
Prfessor Holden became an agrcno-
mist that is. an expert in grain
raising-by accident. When he
taught sahool in Michigan he got up
ccrn growing contest among his
pupils. He induced the boys to pick
out the earliest, biggest and most
perfect ears from the fields, cave them
and plant from them the best aao
mcst perfect kernels. The result,
aided by scientific methods OF cultiva
tion, was that tie boys raised more
corn on their little patches than any,
body had ever dreamed Of.
Professor Holden worked on his
system until it was perfected. His
fame spread, and the Funk brothers,
who Own Is 900 acre farm ;c Iii.
nois, offered him big salary to run
it. BE planted 10000 acres OF corn a
year for them. ,and added to their
yield more THAI oae hundred thous-
and bushels the drst year. The State
Of Iowa thought he was a good thing
and engaged him to occupy the chair
of agronomy in the Iowa Agricultural
College, in Ames. The chair was
created especially for him.
Professor Holden made the farmers
believe after a time that be knew
nore about corn raising than they
did. He travelled all over the State
ir special trains last spring and win
ter, making tail end" speeches and
getting better crowds than any Vice.
Presidential candidate saw later in
the season. he told the farmers how
to select their seed corn, how to plant
and cultivate it, and on what sort OF
ground to plant different sorts Of corn
and how to handle it under different
conditions.
The results are read in the crop re.
ports on Iowa's corn yield this year.
The average crop Of Iowa corn for
1904 Is forty bushels to the acre.
For niue years it has been q IL
bushels. This years crop will aggre
gate $50, 10000 bushels, about 125,
0O0,0 900 more than last years yeld
The crop is worth about S3o,000,0 ,00C
more than year ago, and Professo,
Holden Is universally credited with a
third interest iD the extra yield.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-04
Killed by an Explosion.

Specials from Covington, town on
the Georgia railroad about 40 miles
east OF Atlanta say: The boilers at
the electric light plant exploded there
Wednesday and killed the fireman, ).
L. Mccullough. The cause Of the &C
cident Is unknown, the boilers being
practically new, having been used but
fOur wears,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-04
POOR Fellow

AT Chicago on Friday, after buying
a coffin ostensialy for friend, Leroy
Z. Nesbt,.a baoker. committed sui
eide Fricay in an undertaking estab-
l!shnect. Scribbled On a card in the
bankers pocket was g note saying:
I am tired OF being a cripple y
Nesbit had sbriVelled leg, and has
spent thousands Of dollars in a vain
attempt to effect a cure.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-04
a.Iinc Tree Killed Two.

a special from Ellijay, Ga, says
that Wn. CantTell and Joe Chastine
we're killed End a brother CT Chastinc
seriously injured near Burnt mountain
by a falling tree. The tree was blown
by a high wind across small frame
house in which the men were sitting
at 1he time.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-04
Iii the Price of Cotton on Ac.
count Of Ginners Report
OF TEE GOVERNMENT.
Prices the Lowest in Three yeafs. The.
Report, as Given ouE Dy the censu.
Bureau, Indicates a Yield Of
Thirteen Million Bales
for this Year.
for this Year.

A dispatch from New York says thss
cotton market broke 80 to IS pot1ts
on the census bureaus ginnersr report:
Indicating crop il excess Of the gov
errment's estimate. There was very
heavy tradiug on the decline. The
bears contend that the ginners' report
probably forecasted crop OF nearly
Is, 100000 bales. Following the re-
port prices, which had shown weak:
ness since the opening, broke sharply,
with January selling around 1856,
March 6 81 and May es, or anetde-
cline Of q to Is points and break Of
practically S6 bale in two weeks
time. The market was very active
during Wednesday afternoon with big
short interests covering while there
was also heavy liquidation and on
every little bulge the bears seemed
disposed to withdraw their buying
orders and sell more cotton. The low
figures reached in the slump are the.
lowest that cotton has reached in
nearly three years.
TEE GNNERS' REPORTS.
The census bureau Wednesday is,
sued report giving the quantity OF
cotton ginred in 1877 counties up to
December Is last to have been H.
986,614 running bales, which is the
equivalent Of II, ,84S: 1I3 commercial
bales. The commercial bales reported
to the sane period for 1903 amounted
to STAT, 669. s.
Ia arriving at the number Of COM
mercial bales, round bales are count
I'd hall bales.
The report to the same date last
year covered 8l2 counties as against,
1871 this var. The report for the.
present year covers the output Ct
20, 5z7 ginneries, while 20. 527 were
Included in the report for 1908. The
product Of the different states for this
year, in runnsng bales, reported to
Decanober IL il as foi1oqS.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-04
Skates Like q Boy at so Years.

William Hammel, eighty years old,
went skating "Wednesday with the
rest Of tie "boys'' at Shiloh, n. J..
He wrote bis name on the ice, cut
tie figure eight. and then raced a
mile with a much younger man and
won. The venerable skater used the
skates he bought in Philadelphia
sixty. seven years ago.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-04
Whipped White Man.

A. D. Lewis, a white man, 80 years
OF age, whose home is in Chicago was
whipped in the woods near NatcheZ,
Miss, Wednesday, aad ordered out OF
the State. Lewis was being taken to
the county convict farm to serve a
senterc CO for insulting women on the
streets. While under arrest, a crowd
Of six white men took him from the
guard, carried him to the woods three
miles from town, stripped him and
gave him so lashes across the back,
then placed him on a train and order.
ed him to leave the State.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-04
VISIT TO BANKER MOORE.
ontinuing, Mr.. Lawson writes

Continuing, Mr. Lawson writes
'EaVil 6 clearly set forth the Doliti-
Cal situation through which We ST oIld
be saved, Mr. Rogers proceeded to
nap cut my cwn program. First, l
must perfect an alibi for him by going
to Foster and Bramal and impress
ing them that be was absolutely cut
OF the affair, and must under no cir
cumStances be brought mi to it, must
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-04

main satisfactory. WEsat ana oat!
seeding was not finished.
'Rice thrashing vas practically I'm
isted, and the yields were not as large
as the midsummer condition indicat
ed that they would be.
The yields OF corn came up to ex
pectation and gathering confirmed ths
earlier promising reports. Both early
and late planted corn were equally
good.
There were generally poor yields
Of minor fall CROPS Over the western
parts attributable to the long and
severe drought during September ano
October; in the eastern parts where
the rainfall was more copious, the fail
crops were general = excellent.
'Durirg November, as during the
previous gathering season this year,
there was practically 10 less in har
vesting from bad weather, and all
crops were saved in the very best con-
dition."
CL1AAToLoGy FOR THE MONTH.
The main temperature for Ncvem-
Der was Ais degrees, which IS = de-
grees below normal. The highest local
mean was 81 2 degrees st Charleston;
the lowest was 46 2 degrees at Gresn
vile. The monthly extremes were
maximum Of 80 degrees at Walhalia,
on the 22nd, and minimum o. p de-
grees at Greenyille and San:uc on the
18Th, making the State range So de-
grees. TIE greatest ltcal monthly
range was 56 degrees at Walhalla, the
least was 81 degrees at Charleston
The mean OF the daily maximum te1c-
peratures was 63 s degrees and CT the
daily minimum temperatures WAS only
39.7 degrees, making the average dali
~ range 23.9 degrees.
Frost (trst killing Of the se.s ;n)-
In addition to the list in October: 90
the l>t az Cheraw, Dillon, L2gof. On
the 18th at Trenton. On the 14;h at
Aiken, Allen5a!e, Anderson, Bates
turg, Calhoun Falls, Camden, Edisto,
Emngham, Georgetown, kingStrse,
Pc ger, PinopoliS, St: Georges, St. Mat
thews, st. Stephens, Saluda, Smith
Mills, Summerville, Yemassee, York.
Vile. On 18th at Beaufort, Columbia,
Conway, Society Hill, Walterooro.
Winpsboro.
Ice-Thin ice was quite general on
the 1st, l4th, and 18th.
PRECIPITATION.
The precipitation averaged IS in
ches which IS 0.05 below normal. The
greatest monthly amount was 4.3s a.
Yorkville; the least was 1.20 at Con-
way. The greatest 24-hour fall was
EOS at Stateburg on the 18th 18th.
The average number of days with 0.0l
or more precipitation was 6, rangirg s
from l at Allendale to at Columbia,
Little Mountain, Saluda and Trenton.
Sleet-Columbia, 18th.
Snow-Twenty seven stations re-
ported snow on the l3:h, generally
only a trace, but amounting to in
ches at Batesburg. The snow melted
as it fell.
Weather average number OF
clear days was II, OF partly cloudy
ones 6, and OF cloudy ones I.
Winds-The prevailing direction OF
the wind was from the west at II sta
tions, from the northwest at 10, from
the southwest at g. from the north
east at I, from the north at 5, from
the east at 2, and from the SOUTHWEST
at one station.
High Winds-Hish winds, reaching
of 70 miles OF more, at nary
places, prevailed over the State on the
18th.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-04
NEW ORLEANS FEELS IT

A d!spa 5ch from New Orleans says
with the reading OF the ginnsrS' report
on the cotton exchange Wednesday
cotton slumped II to 55 points. Ex-
traordinary excitement attended the
break. The market was hammered
With greet energy. After the first
excitement the market grew quieter
though TIE decline was not arrested.
January cotton went TO $40, which
is decline Of anout four cents during
the last three months,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-04
Boss I'm Ready TO Skin The Cat

4 special to The Augusta Chronicle
from Thomson, Ca, says: John Butler
and Guy Reed, the two men who were
convicted Of the murder Ct Mr.. r. G.
Story here 81 days ago, were hanged
in the jail yard at 1880 a. N, Wed
nesday. They both took the natter
coolly, showing but little fear or ner
vousness. Just before the black cap
was slipped over the head Ct Butler,
with grin on his face, be said to the
sheriff; BOSS, I'm, ready to skin the
cat" The negroes killed Mr.. R. G..
Story, a prominent farmer, because
be would not let them of rom work
one afternoon. The body was found in
a canebrake. a lynching was arertsd
by the quick work Of Judge Henry G.
hammond Of the supreme court, in
conveniDg court and giving them a
trial. The crime was committed, the
criminals tried and hanged within p
days, being the record for prompt ed.
Dinistration OF justice in this State.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-04
Shot a AeSaiiant.

In sn effort to arrest Jesse Woford,
Charles Holland, Fred Westmorelan5
AID q young man named Patterson at
Oakwood Ca, Wednesday night, Bcb
Pickett, chief OF police Of that town,
was shot through the bowels and as
he fell he shot Jess Wcford through
the stomach. The latter died shortly
after while Pickett is IN a dangerous
condition. The men were drinking
and rowdy and when Pickett en-
deavored to quiet uaem fight follow
ed, with the above results. Patterson,
Holland and Westmorelacd we're
lodged in jail at Gainesville at noon
Wednesday. The town, six miles
south OF Gainesville, is greatly
wrought up over the tragedy.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-04
ROGERS ALLEGED PLAN.

Finally be suggested a method
which was certainly perfect OF it's
kind. He hegan by letting me into
the secret that the chances Cf Nc.
Kinley victory in the election the fol
lowing week looked pretty bad. and
that the latest canvass Of the States
showed that unless somsthing radical
were done Bryan would surely win.
Hanna had called into consultation
half oozen Of the biggest fnanciers
in Wall street, and it was decided to
turn at letst FIVE Of the doubtful
States. To Go this furd OF s5, 000,-
600 had been raised under Rogers
direction, to be turned over to Mark
Hanna aud MCKinley's cousin, o.
borne, through John Moore, the Wall
street broker, who was acting as r g.
ers' representative in collecting the
money.
1t would be legitimate for the
National Committed to pay cut money
to carry Delaware, and he (Rogers,
would arrange il that the cJin to sat
isfy Braman and Foster should come
through this chanrel. Thus he would
be completely protected.
La yson, said Mr E gers, lock.
ing at re with deadly seriousness, hi:
voice charged with conviction, il
Bry:p's elected there will &c such q
panlc in this country aS the world has
never seen, and with bis money ideas
ard the crazy headed radicals he vii
call to Wa aShiDgton to administer the
uation'S affairs business will surely
+! be destroyed and the working people
suffer untold misery You know VIZ
al hate to do what Uncle Mark say.
is necessary, but it's case OF some O.
Us sacrificing something for the coun
try's good. Bryan's election woule
set our couatry back century, and
believe It's the sacred duty OF every
j honest American to do what be cal
to save his land from such a calam
,tp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-11

tice, administered through the regular judi
cial tribunals, to comply with wholesome
popular demand. Several especially shock
ing crimes have been thus dealt with in the
past without blocking the wheels OF the
judicial machine for the disposal of other
cases.
When there is no doubt as to the identity
OF murderer, as in the case of Shaher,
and the issues of the killing are simple,
there would seem to be no reason for
yielding to dilatory processes. 1t is good
public policy to hasten the work of judg-
ment and execution. Otherwise the crimi-
nal remains a lingering spectacle and the
example of the laws punishment loses some
of its effect. The courts and the prosecut-
ing officers can hasten the processes Ii
they will. as the exceptional cases which
have been suggested amply prove. There
should. however, be no differentiation be-
tween cases. While some crimes are more
shocking than others, more sensational,
more seemingly brutal, all are to be classed
together as regards the attitude of courts
and prosecutors. The welfare of the COM
munity requires prompt work equally with
exact justice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-11

In view OF the similarity of their crimes,
the coincidence of the execution of wife
murderers McCue and Shaffer on the same
day afforded suggestive object lesson of
the laws delays in some localities and its
enterprise and promptness In others. Nc
Cue killed his wife in Virginia on the 4th
of September last. He was executed 1853
days later, after full trial, an appeal to
the higher courts of the state and the ex-
haustion of all other possibilities for re-
prieve Shaffer killed his wife in this Dis
trict August I'D. 1903. and was executed
537 days later There was less difficulty
about proving Skaters guilt than that of
McCue. but throughout the disposal of the
case it dragged. and long delays interviewed
between the various stages. He was not
indicted until November 8 seventy-three
days after the killing. A lunacy proceed
ing was begun and abandoned and the case
was not called Tor trial until June. the man
being convicted on the I'D Of that month.
or more than ten months after the crime.
What with appeals to the Court of Appeals
and the United States Supreme Court exc
cution was delayed for nearly eight months
after conviction.
On occasion the capital has shown THAT
It can meet an emergency with speedy JUS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-11
Observation-Disclosures Nature.

Who is today abnormally modern as
not to be in sympathy with Senator Platt
of Connecticut in his wall for the passing
of the maple syrup of long ago? His fiat
assertion that there is mot an ounce OF
that delicious, smooth, pungent, old-fash-
toned maple syrup we used to get when we
were boys will cause many a man and
woman to roll the tongue in reflective taste
and to recognize the difference between
that commodity and the syrup of today.
Art and science have never yet quite per-
fectly initiated nature. The painter and
the photographer each loses something in
his pictures, something that spells earth
and air and trees and rocks as they are not
spelled by the canvas or the print The
chemist may concoct a combination of su-
gar and water and f1avoring extract and
approximate to the peculiar quality of the
tree-given juice. but there is a subtle
something that eludes him. The trees hold
their secret jealousy. When science can
solve this mystery of reproducing by arti-
fetal means the subtlety that makes for
identity, for truth and for honesty there
will be no reason to complain if the maple
trees are ignored for the cheaper processes
of the laboratory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-11
The Russian Tide Rises

The mailed fist is not meeting the grand
ducal expectations at St Petersburg.
General Trepoff confronts a fresh outburst
OF the people at the Russian capital, and
we may hear of another slaughter in the
streets. Things, indeed, throughout the
whole empire seem to be going from bad to
worse. 1t is a time when every sort of
unrest is finding expression The govern
ment makes but one reply To the man ask
ing for better wages and shorter hours. as
10 the man asking that the people be allowed
some voice in the conduct of the public
business the Cossack with drawn saber. or
the lnfantryman with loaded gun, delivers
the car message. 1t is a government of
force, by force, and for force, administered
by men grown callous from the cruel exer-
else of such authority. How much longer
can such government last at this time of
progress and enlightenment among all of
Russia's neighbors?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-11

provides the necessary changes in organi-
cation to enable the local militia to con-
form to the War Departments rules. The
officials and militia officers of many of the
states are closely watching the progress of
this measure, regarding the action of Con-
gress in this case as valuable guide for
their own course to enable them to COM
ply with the Dick law. There has been
some delay, owing to the curtailment of
the last session and the congestion Of this
one with other business, and now the
Morrell bill is before the House District
committee. with a favorable report by the
House militia committee. There is appar-
emily no ground for objections to 1t, viewed
either in it's general purpose or its details.
and it's early passage at this session IS
eminently desirable.
Under the Morrell bill the District Ma
tional Guard will be organized along regu-
lar army lines 1t will embrace the funda-
mentals of a militia organization which, in
time of trouble requiring the sudden en-
largement of the force, will permit the
utilization of all District availables for such
duty. 1t reduces the number of commits
are not recognized by the regular army
and in various ways perfects the syestem
to the end of permitting the development
of model national guard. If all the
states were to pass similar measures be-
fore the expiration of the five years of
grace. the United States would possess the
basis for a militia army of the greatest
efficiency
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-11
Tips to Trusts,
ON the New York World.

From the New York World.
The Standard Oil Company has found out
that it raised the price of kerosene higher
than the most profitable traffic will bear
1t made more money selling refined petro-
leum little cheaper, and it has put back
the price The sugar trust has been having
the same experience. 1t has found that
when it has raised the price of sugar too
high the public retaliates by eating less
sugar. 1t is an economic law that the price
of no staple commodity can be raised be-
yond a certain point without reducing the
consumption so that the total receipts are
diminished more by smaller purchases than
the increased charge compensates. If the
trusts would be satisfied with reasonable
profits, and would use their great possible
economies for the benefit of the public, the
clamor for legislation against them would
diminish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-11
The Morrell Militia RiII

II tlefe ever was time when the Gift
zen-soIdiery of the United States was on a
pfaeiicapie, effective basis, and in the wav
10 become a model for the world as seq
ond national reserve, il is now. with a law
standing on the statute books reon,irirg
all militia organizations to comply with
certain federal regulations in order To re-
ceive a share of the funds of the national
government for equipments. This law was
passed two years ago. 1t established n
hrm foundation for the uniting of the
regular and volunteer forces upon emer-
gency- 1t swept away the encumbrances
"hlch mad Tor years prevented effective
union between these elements of the ma
tional defense. 1t carried the stipulation
that the National Guard organizations of
the country were to have five years in
which 10 comply with the regular army
organization and to adopt the regular
army methods.
it mas been long day since the District
militia was subject to the opprobrious title
of a tin soldiery." For nearly two dec
ades II has been advancing steat lily toward
the ideal of an effective compact we'll
disciplined adjunct to the federal forces
and a reliable local constabulary for
emergencies. 1t welcomed the passage of
the Dick bill, which opened the way to a
perfect cooperation with the regular army.
1t had demonstrated in 1898 readiness for
practical work which opened the eyes of
the militia commanders of the states, send
ing to the field regiment which won
praise for its excellent condition and it's
approximation to tae array standards. 1t
did excellent work in the trenches before
Santiago. and its conduct in camp was
such that the federal authorities Landed
ii highly.
The District Guard is organized under a
statute which antedates the Dick law and
prevents perfect compliance at present
with its requirements. There was intro
duced in Congress last year Q bill which