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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-10-25
Hov He Came, by Then

She-Have you never tried to make
friends? He-Oh. yes. That is the rea-
son I have so many enemies.-Smart
Set
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-10-25

ltmakes no difference how long you
have been sick, if you are trotbled with
with indigestion, constipation, liver and
kidney troubles, HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea will make you we'll. 80
cents. DR. W z. Brown s. Co.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-10-25

To be thrown upon ones own re-
sources is to be cast into the very lap
ne fortune.-Franklin.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-10-25
L. L. WELLS,
J. EBERT DAVIS.
Northwestern r. R. of 5. G..

Mixed : Daily exce!,t S,nis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-27
The Anacostia Bridge Problem.

To the Editor OF The Star:
1 observe that The Star has devoted edi-
torial space and effort to the subject of
the Anacostia bridge for the last three
days. The entire solution of the problem
rests in the hands of the District Commits
soners and consists in strengthening the
bridge
If the cars crossing ii were the only dam
gerous feature. then the Commissioners or
de- that not more than forty passengers
be allowed .on any Car at one time might
prove sufficient But practically every day
hundreds of heavy teams, loaded with
brick. sand, coal, feed. etc, pass over it.
and these, In my opinion, constitute
greater element of danger than the cars.
Practically all travel from southern Mary
land must pass over this bridge, and when
to this Is added the considerable travel of
the citizens of the District living south OF
the Eastern branch. and the heavy traffic
incident to the many business houses here
a constant stream of people and teams is
passing to and fro across the bridge during
al hours of the day. Commissioner Biddle
declares the bridge Is weak-so weak that
forty-one passengers endanger their lives
by riding car. On the 10th of the
present month l wrote the Commissioners
referring to the heavy traffic of teams and
stating that in my opinion these were a
greater source of danger than the cars
passing along on their smooth tracks, and
suggesting that the remedy lay in strength
OF July 13 they state that They cannot
spend $4,000 for the repair of the Anacosua
bridge without the money being expressly
appropriated for that purpose by Congress"
They further state that they brought the
condition of this bridge to the attention of
Congress some years ago." Stating that
1T was not strong enough to support the
traffic over 1t with safety" Evidently the
present condition of the bridge. then. is no
surprise to them. They know of this in
creasing weakness. and are not prepared
for it. I know OF no request of theirs to
Congress for money for this purpose hav-
ing been refused. Do they consider 1t
cheaper and wiser to close this thorough
fare than to repair 1t? If SO. do they con-
slider that they are giving us a square deal?
Our section must be injured by such action,
and In this period of progress it was hardly
to be expected that the government of the
capital of the nation would resort to meth
DDS practiced in the dark ages of the past.
Personally 1 do not think the bridge as
weak as represented: but since Com
missioners do, / certainly think 1t their
duty to cause repairs to be made that will
render II safe. / have no doubt money can
be obtained from some available source for
this purpose IL they consider II necessity,
and If The Star is truly as interested ms It
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-27

could not do so without placing in jeopardy
every boy and girl 1 mention. My own
children have two years to go to high
school. Yet am morally certain that it will
be impossible for them to attend that school
next session If the board of education insists
upon retaining Mr.. Swartzell there. He is
vindictive and would make miserable every
child who has taken any part. individually
or through parents, in this demonstration
against him. But l must speak and act for
the sake Of our section of the city. what
ever happens We want the Eastern High
School to thrive and grow. not only be-
cause we are proud of its past. but be-
cause we can i'll afford to send our children
to a private school and We prefer to send
them to thtat public school which is near
est their home. Yet If the present decision
stands, IL we are not permitted to send
to Central or Western, we must put them
in some private establishment, very mucn
against our wishes. We feel that the pub
lie school is a fundamental institution OF
our country and we want to uphold 1t In
general and to use this school in particular,
but we cannot do so as long as 1t is placed
in the charge of a man whom we feel to be
utterly untitled by nature to take charge
of young boys and girls"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-27

met the boy who charged the principal with
giving him the mark of deficiency in Latin
as a retaliation for his impertinence
81 have learned of another case where at
the end of the second quarter Mr.. Swartzell
marked boy down in his department for
the entire year for some slight offense then
noticed thus giving the student no chance
whatever to regain his lost standing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-27
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN.
General and Personal News from the
West End.

Afford Rollins, young man living at
$3.50 NJ street northwest and working at
Simpsons feed store In Georgetown, was
yesterday painfully Injured. Rollins lost
his footing slipped and fell landing upon a
hay fork beneath him. Several prongs OF
the fork penetrated his left leg striking the
bone and causing him intense pain. The
young man was conveyed home by friends
and placed under medical treatment.
Funeral services over the remains of Mrs.
Catherine Lucas. who died last Tuesday at
the residence of her son. Mr.. Harry Lucas
1514 34th street northwest. were held this
afternoon at o'clock at Oak Hill Chapel
Interment was In Oak Hill. Mrs. Lucas had
been life long resident of the vicinity. and
was respected by wide circle of acQuaint-
ances. She was the widow of Theodore Luz
cas-, and for several years past had resided
with her son in Georgetown.
According to the police, Marshall Tyson,
colored, who was taken into custody about
ten days ago upon several charges of house
breaking and petty larceny. is responsible
for many other robberies which have taken
place In Georgetown. Upon Tysons ap-
pearance In the Police Court the presiding
Judge held him in 81 600 bond for his APP
pearance before the grand jury. Tyson's
operations 1t Is said, have been carried on
in many widely separated fields, but has
gone undetected until recently. Tyson, it
was alleged, broke into the residence Of
Of1cer PETERSON during the latter S absence
and purloined several valuables Several
other separate charges are lodged against
him.
The proposition for the extension of Pros
pect avenue has been referred TO the police
department by the District Commissioners.
They have been asked to report in regard
to the many accidents alleged to have oc-
CURED along this thoroughfare and to
what extent the public is endangered by
the crowded and congested conditions. The
extension of Prospect avenue, it is urged,
ton and is one of the real needs of the
people OF Georgetown. 1t is stated that
numerous accidents which have been re-
ported to the police within the last three
weeks, some of them resulting quite seri-
ously has aroused the citizens to renewed
action the question.
Detective e. w. Brown of the seventh
precinct station has arrested Daniel Cole.
thirty years old, charged with the larceny
of valuable articles from a pawnshop To-
Gated at 2So5 NJ street, Georgetown and
with being implicated in other suspicious
happenings in the vicinity. In Co.e pos
session were found several alarm clocks
said to be the property of the pawnbroker.
The Catholic Women's Council, No. 1872.
Catholic Women's Benevolent Legion. will
future to Great Falls. Md. The committee
having charge of the event consists of Mrs
Mary A. Wise, chairman: Miss Gertrude
McEally, Miss Ethel Buscher the Misses
Young Miss Jennie l. Dugan. Mrs. Annie
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-27
DEAD STREETS IN EUROPE.
Thoroughfares in Many Cities Contain
Rows Of Deserted Houses.
From Pearson's Weekly.


Deserted towns were common out west I'm
the days OF the land boomer, but deserted
streets are seldom recorded I'm America,
though they are fairly common abroad
Many of these are the result of litigation
as in the case of block of seven houses IN
has left the property without tenants for
eleven years. So warm has been the dis
pute that the Interested parties can not
even agree upon a caretaker, and the mid
die house. once occupied by the owner of
the property, Is filled with handsome. fur
niture and effects which are slowly rotting
because of lack OF care.
Bromberg. In Posen, contains two streets
of about thirty houses owned by German
who refuses to rent except to his own
countrymen. His inability to secure other
tenants than Poles has left the houses upon
his hands for several years.
Moscow has a row of seventeen handsome
houses left without tenants because of two
murders and a suicide within few
months. The notoriety given the case drove
out the tenants, and no others have been
found willing to take chances on the ghost
ly perambulations of the trio.
In Charlottenburg, Berlin, eight houses
are untenanted because their owner OBJ
jected to the noise made by the tenants,
while twenty houses in Odessa have never
had tenant, their owner having run them
up I'm such hurry that the building au-
thorities interviewed and he was forced TO
flee to Constantinople
Buda -Pesths dead street Is n row OF twen-
ty-three cottages which no one will occupy.
For some unexplained reason the death
rate was four times the normal figures and
no tenants can be obtained.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-27
The Class-Night Affair.

in the graduating class less than half were
members of the cadet company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-27

appears 1t should urge this the only true
remedy. 1t Is the logical remedy. 1t is the
only remedy. 1t is not to be expected that
when the snow falls and the winter winds
blow man will smilingly rise and walk
out OF a car and across the bridge, a quar-
ter of a mile long, just because he is num-
Der Al.
1t must be two or more years before the
new bridge Is completed, and with the old
bridge growing weaker every day, It seems
only a matter of time before we must
either wade the branch or stay at home.
r. A PYLES.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-27
Suicide of Dependent Youth.

While in Respondent mood at Balti-
more yesterday Julius Kremer. eighteen
years old, swallowed a dose of poison at
his parents home in that city and died
later. He was found PROSTATE on the floor,
and was removed to the City Hospital.
1t is thought the poison swallowed was
opium. Young Kremer. who was born of
Jewish parents, was, according to those
living In the neighborhood of his home. in
love with young Christian girl Both his
father and mother were opposed to the
match, it is said, and their opposition
caused him to grow respondent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-27
A Physical Chemist Wanted.

The civil service commission announces
an examination to be held on August 1917
to secure eligibles from which to make GER
LITIGATION to fill vacancy in the position of
physical chemist in the government labora-
tories, Manila, Philippine Islands. and
vacancies as they may occur In any branch
of the service requiring similar quallfica-
tons.
The salary proposed Is s1.SOO, but under
the provisions of the Philippine law a lower
salary may be offered. depending upon tka
qualifications disclosed in the examination.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-27
New Story by Louis Tracy.

In next Sundays Star there will be pub
lished the opening chapters of Kari
Grier." new serial story by Louis Tracy
the famous author of 1.-THE Wings or the
Morning" THE Pillar of Light" and Souls
on Fire" the thrilling serial which was
concluded in The Sunday Star OF June IL.
Karl Grier'' Is strangely fascinating sto-
ry of a man with a sixth sense. and IL IL
certain to command the interest of every
reader of The Sunday Star. Don't fail to
read it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-27
Novel Plea Of a Murderer.

John Mueller. charged with killing his
wife and child. makes the novel plea of
epileptic somnambulism. Jurors In the case
were selected at Chicago yesterday. Muei-
Ter declares there was motive: that he
slew his wife in his sleep, and his actions
were due to a blow on the head received
during labor riot two years ago. He is
cor Quoting his own case. Mueller killed
his wife and child by shooting them and
then hacking them with an az.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-27

Maher. Mrs. Delaney Mrs. Young, Mrs.
Clarke and Miss Mary Sullivan.
Assistant Superintendent s. A. Swindells
of the West Street Presbyterian Sunday
school has informed The Star that the
Sunday school will not be closed during the
summer. The statement to the contrary
was based on INSTRUMENTATION.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-27
EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL
A Statement of the Anti
Swartzell Sentiment.
WHY He rs UNPOPULAR
INSTANCES CITED TO SHOW THE
PRINCIPALS PECULIARITIES.
No Specific Charges, but Pronounced
Belief That He Should Be
Removed.
WHY He rs UNPOPULAR

For some weeks the community has been
witnessing the development OF situation
affecting the principalship of the Eastern
High School which Is virtually without
parallel In the records of public education
in the District Of Columbia. This is the sec
ond time since the establishment OF the
Eastern school that 81 demand has arisen
on the part OF the residents of East wash
ington for the removal of the head of the
Institution: hut the case Of Mr. SwartZell
differs from that o a few years ago, re-
sulting IN the removal of Mr.. Sites, III sew
eral details. in particular that the present
trouble has come before the public through
"a sensational affair which has to a certain
extent ObscUred the real points al issue.
For some time prior to the insubordnate
action OF number of students. members
OF the prize-wiuning cadet company. which
caused sudden disclosure of a hostile
sentiment toward the principal. there had
been a decided strain ia the relations be-
tween Nj SwartzelI and both the pupils of
the school and their parents. In Il vague
way tie subject was being discussed by
residents OF East Washington, and there
was some talk of an inquiry by an organ
izatiOu of citizens. having for its purpose
the fling Of petition for change in the
management OF the school Nothing had
been done however. when the insubordinate
cadets, in defiance OF the orders of the d.
rector of high schools. issued before the
competitive drill and transmitted to the
cadets Of the Eastern by Principal SwartZ-
ell. left the school building in the morn
ing after tie drill and refused to return to
their desks when commanded to do so by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-27

The Class-Night Affair.
"These facts serve to show why the pu-
pills and the parents were so sorely dis-
pleased at Mr.. Swartzells lack OF Judg-
ment and tact in his refusal to attend the
class night exercises preceding graduation.
Everybody knows that he absented himself
only in form, while looking on from the
hallway-because of his luminosity toward
the bows who had disobeyed his orders, de-
spite the fact that the great majority OF
the, class whom he had every reason to
wish to compliment by his presence. were
either girls or non-cadets BY thus seeking
to put slight upon the entire class-his
effort being nulified by the presence of his
three superiors the president of the board
of education. the superintendent OF schools
and the director of high Scholastic not
only destroyed his own prestige as princi-
pal but he displayed a spirit of petty re-
venge which Is one of the counts in the
indictment the people of East Washington
are now preparing against him.
Now, for a few specific instances In IL
lustration Ny own. experience with the
school covers only two years, during which
my children have attended the Eastern
They lad no preconceived dislike of Mr..
Swartzell. knowing indeed nothing about
him: | myself knew nothing of the man.
But from the beginning his influence bore
unfortunately upon them. There was con-
slant friction whenever pupil and principal
came In contact. L have heard OF COZenS
of similar cases and have heard of many
well defined instances of petty tyranny, OF
unjust suspicion. of actually ungentlemanly
cor duct on the part of Mr.. Swartzell which
cannot be regarded otherwise than as signs
OF his incapacitating temperament. Fur
thermore he is in a constant state of irri-
tation. He finds fault on the least provo
cation. Multiplied by scores and hundreds
as the whole school Is involved and as the
seasons follow one after another, 1t is easy
to see that the parents of East Washing
ton have accumulated long list of speci-
fications
A Case of Retaliation.
'Here is a case the accuracy of which l
am sufficiently assured to enable me to cite
1t unhestatingly, going to show how abso-
lutely unjust the man is. and how deplor-
ably indirect I'm his disciplinary methods.
Swartzeli There was no excuse for his
conduct and he deserved punishment, or at
least a rebuke. No notice whatever was
taken OF his action and the lad thought he
has been forgiven. A few days later the
me Their was notified that her boy was de-
ficient in his Latin. He was better than
average Latin student and she was sur
prised while the boy was astounded. So
the mother went TO the school and learned
from the Latin teacher that the boy had
not deserved such a mark, his work being
satisfactory. The mother went TO the prin-
cipal. who said that the deficiency con-
sisted in a failure in one of the class room
exercises, failure which the Latin teacher
said afterward was not of the least sig
niticance. Some time later Mr.. Swartzell
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-27
Suspicious of Pupils.

Whatever 70 regain ioSt
Suspicious of Pupils.
'Mr. Swartzeil is acutely, abnormally
suspicious. He will not accept the ex-
cuses or statements of boys or girls at their
face value. whatever may be the reputation
of the pupils for veracity, honor or good
conduct He cross-examines every boy or
girl who goes to him asking for some prvi-
lege or exemption, often causing the child
, pain and shame. He has apparently no
conception of the possibility that a young
person can tell the truth.
|. Il have heard of a case In point. A year
or so ago one of the cadets, just before the
competitive drill, strained his ankle severe
ly. He was anxious to participate In the
drill and In order to give his foot a chance
to heal he had 1t wrapped in adhesive
plaster, so that 1t was held solidly.
He asked Mr.. Swartzell to excuse him from
the regular drills. but the principal would
not believe the foot was hurt He made the
boy remove his shoe, then his stocking and
even demanded that the plaster be removed
so that he might examine the foot itself.
But not only does he treat the boys thus.
His cross-ex examination of the girls. Is, at
least, not pleasing. 1 say this IN no spirit
of impugning Mr.. SwartzeRs attitude TO-
ward the girls In his charge. But 1t is GER
tainly unbearable for mother to learn
and have knowledge of such happenings
that her daughter has been subjected to an
inquistion by man which she could en-
dure with difficulty from woman teacher.
when she has occasion to seek permission
to leave the building 1t is beyond endur-
ance for the mother to be told by her
daughter as in a case of which l am reli-
ably informed, that when she has had to
ask for leave to go home because of an ac-
cident to her dress she has been insistently
asked Just what the accident was.
II need not comment further upon such
cases They are not debatable. Yet there
are many such.
Bad Effect on Children.
cit is common talk on the Hill that par
ents find their children, especially the boys,
who come in contact with the principal
more frequently than the girls, constantly
| worried and difficult to manage while they
are in attendance at the Eastern. I know
I of one case of a boy who had become un
| bearably morose and disagreeable about
the house. He was fast becoming nissan
| thrope, nervous wreck. Constant fric-
| ton with Mr.. Swartzell was causing him to
| hate his school work and to treat every
| body in an ugly spirit. He was removed
| from Eastern and sent to Central. In a
| very few weeks the boy had changed COM
| pletely. He went whistling about the
/ house, happy ana contented and he was In
| love with his school work. This is only a
type of several such cases.
You will see have given no names. /
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-11-02

b. church Thursday, Oct. 26. The bust
ness meeting will be held at 2 O'Clock
! p. m. Presiding Elder, b. +. Miller, will
occupy the pulpit in the evening.
Willard Cherrington had the misfor-
tune OF being run over by a hand car
Saturday morning, but we are glad to
| learn that he escaped with SLIGHT in
juries.
Gladamer Johnson, of near Leon, spent
Sunday the guest OF Miss Ona Riley.
Mrs. Marlen, OF Patti nsville, Mo-, is a
guest at the Bruner home.
Mrs. A. Hammond, of Van Vert, spent
Saturday and Sunday with her sister,
Mrs. G. II. Riley.
John johnson and wife were guests at
JAS. Creswell's Sunday.
Walter Mclaughlin, wife and baby
and j. c. Negley left Thursday for
Wichita, Kas., where they will visit Mr.
Negley's daughter, Mrs. Kirby Shuts.
Chris Overhotzer and wife, of Grand
River, were guests Of j. M. Eikcr and
wife Monday of last week.
A. Vertz, wife and daughter Margie
were guests at JAS. Phipps' Sunday.
j. II. Hill, wife and daughter were
guests at the Wreath home Sunday.
w. II. Golfer returned the first of tn.
week from Chicago.
Ed Fesler, Of Nillisca, Iowa, was in
town Thursday evening.
O. 3. Creal had business in Leon the
last of the week.
w. II. Golfer and daughter were Leon
visitors the first of the week.
Fred Townsend, of Des Moines, was in
town Thursday.
| Mrs r. RI. nd procontoc Nnc 7 NJ
Eiker with some fine sweet potatoes last
week, which were raised on her farm
east Of town.
guests at the home of her mother, Mrs
Samuel McCroskey.
YIeo. Renner and wife spent Thursday
"l,h his mother, Grandma Renner.
Will Brenneman, OF Grand River, was
in town first vi the week.
II. G. Watson and wife returned Fri
day from Fontanelle, where they hao
been visiting at the home of theil
daughter, Mrs. Edgar NJ. Took.
Mrs. Samuel Little is reported very
sick at this writing.
Miss Jane Beasley, of Davis City, wa.
in town Friday.
Mrs. j. ID. v illiams, of Chanutc, Kas.
is visiting her sister, Mrs. H. c. Watson
}. Nj. Eiker was q Leon visitor Satur
day.
Walter Mclaughlin, and wife re.
turned from Wichita, Kas., the first o
the week.
Mrs. Katharine Kellogg is enjoying u
visit with her brother from Colorado,
Our schools are progressing NIGEL,
under the management of Prof. }. NJ
Howell.