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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-14
SPRINGFIELD SUFFERED
From the Ravages of the Fire Eiend
Last Week.


Last Week.
Springfield one Of the prettiest and
nest progressive little towns In Or
.pgeburg County was visited by the
Ore hend early Friday morning, and
,pe Of the main business blocks was
completely destroyed. The value OF
the property destroyed Is estimated
at from s75, 600 to s10o, ,oco. The in
sursnce approximates about one-hah
Of this amount.
The fire originated in the home OF
Mr. NJ. i. Posey, just above his store
1t was not discovered until the flames
we're beyond control. The alarm was
quickly given, but bsfore the hastily
awakened inhabitants OF Springfield
could reach t1s scsns the entire ou1lo'
ing. wooden one, was in flames.
The bucket brigade, the only pro
lection against fire which the town
sffords, did everything possible to
cneck the fsmes, but so intense was
the heat that the All lining building
to the right was quickly ablazs, anc
not long afterwards the one on the
left also. The fire continued Its wors
II destruction until the enti1s block
vas In sshes. O1ly by the most des
perate eff ,1ts was the first store OF
the next block ssved. Forum. tely the
7ind was no. blowing.
Among the buildings Turned were
be following: NJ. L. Posey's ssote
md .esidercs, r. 3. Fulner's general
merchandise store; L. B. FolmefS
'uuiture store, barn and wsre house
q. B Fulmer's milinary and dry
goods store; a. D. Fulmer's store,
Darn and residence; two-sto7y build
ing, between A. D. Fulme1's and q.
B. Fulmer's, used as a storage place.
The whole block on the front side Il
burned to the ground.
The origin of the fire has not beer
definitely discovered. It Is thought
shat 1t was caused By the igniting o.
matches. Many people from the sor
rounding country, seeing the reflection
ahich lit up ths heavens for miles
around, coms into Springfield. E'erJ
one syupathizss with those whose
homes and property have been de
stroyed, but it Is hpped that the dr'
will prove beneficial to the town ir
the end. It Ia altogether likely tha!
new brick buildings will replace those
burning TO- day, and Springfield VII
rise frc N the ashes far better town
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-14
Backs Hearst.

Fred Oakes, Nss York curb
b,oker, offered Saturday to bet 81 o; 0
against 10000 that Hearst will be
mayor Of New York within q yesr.
He had baen comm! !ssioned to
place the wager, Mr. Oskes said, and
believed that the offer would remain
open Tor several days. There was no
taker Saturday. MIR. Oskes would
not disclose the name Of his principal,
but said that he was 8 man who be.
neved thst tine attorney-geuersl.elect
would have the ballot boxes opened
and prove that Hearst beat: :McO Olelian
q year ago.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-14
They au Quit.

Every member Of the faculty Of Gen.
tenary College at Jackson, La,
except Prof MoDcrief, resigned Fri
day as a consequence Of the recent
stabbing OF the Rsv DR. Miller by
Moncrief. Two days ago the entire
student body left the College for
their homes on account Of the reten.
ton Of Prof Moncrief. Centenary
College Ia a Methodist institution.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-14
TIE LULLABY sCgG.
That Soothed Us to Sleep on On
Mothers Breast.

Hush, my dear, lie still and slumber!
Holy angels guard thy bed!
Heavenly blessings without number
Gently falling on thy head.
What tender tendrils Of memory
reach far back through the fugacious
years and cluster about the slunber
songs OF our Infancy! II there Is one
thing in all this world Of sordia in
fuences that alternating v!ccissitudes
cannot obliterste IL is the lullaby that
soothed US to sleep upon the mothers
breast. II there has come into cur
adult lives anything OF beauty, sweet.
ness and charm; If We have been
blessed by the miracle of happiness,
or If 10 the garden OF our souls
there bloc ns one transcendent bios
som it Is associated with the fairy
land Of an unforgetten home. In the
lullaby Of childhood ths,e Is love sane
titled and unsel6sh and made pure in
q sacrifice as molly as an echo from Cat
vary.
Psrhsps you can't remainder all the
words OF that simple hymn that
orooned you to sleep In thu dawn OF
your awakening life. The gentle
tune may halt aud falter when
strange emotion clutches at your
throat, but the nemory is there In
your heart, indelible and all. enduring.
There may bs more cultivated Voicea,
more classic phrastne, more graceful
expression in the palling world CT art,
but not to you. That sometimes
tremolous voice which you did not
know was choked with the dews ct
sorrow will whisper upon heartsttings
shen all else becomes dim nothing
ness. God sends the white souls OF
children out OF hsaVen inso mother
arms that the transition may not
bs too sudden and be appoints moth
erhood his deputy to guide the van
dering feet Alright. Too late we U
derstand.
Some must watch while some
must sleep, "and some must press the
tired boiias Of children In their arns
ard lull them into soft forgetfulnesE.
What blessed p-i7iledgei it would be
II world worn men and women OF 5oGay
could reposs once more il the sacred
sscurity Ct all euconpasslng mother
love; II they couid Only take their
heart hurts TO tie compassionate
shrine where little souls are Gained
and with the celestial lullaby OF
those sweet days wetting the parch Of
thirsty ears dream on, and on. and on
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-14
Died on Electric Train.

As result OF an accident Thursday
afternoon at the Waccam2w Land
and Lumber Oompany's plant at Bol.
ton, Columbus County, at North Car.
olina, young italian died on an eIee-
trio Coast Line train near Whining
ton Thursday afternoon. Death over.
took the stranger while on bis way
to Whining ton for surgical treatment.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-14
Kills Her Sister.

At Baltimore because she believed
her husband and her sister, Ida Gof,
were too attentive to each other,
Mrs. Josephine Kelly shot and killed
her sister in the rear Of the saloon
conducted by her husband, Frank
Kelly. Miss Gof was pretty girl OF
nineteen. Mrs. z lily told the Police
chat on returning hcms she found her
sister there, She took her husband
to task for the girls presence, but be
said she had gone to the house with
his sister and not at big solicitation.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-14
They Get = Raise.

The Standard Oh company an
nouoced Friday the first Ct a series OF
general advances il It's wage scale,
which will perusate the entire sys.
TEN from tbs field 9orkers to the
offi,e men. tbs enployes Of the re-
faing department. are granted five
and ten pr cent increases, the latter
ipclu7ing all employees under $500 q
month,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-14
Ruled by Burglar.

Henry Firth Smith, rs years old,
son Of Joe Smith, prominent and
wealthy business man Of Plttsburg,
Pa, was shot twice and almost In
stantly killed at 4 O'Clock Sunday
morning by burglar. whom he sur.
prised In the dining room Of his faith.
er's residences, in the east end OF sec-
tion OF the city. Hundreds of dollars
worth of silver plate had been gather.
ed together by the burglar, who ap.
parently had been In the house soms
time before being heard by young
Smith.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-14
Huge Fire Raging.

A dispatch from Canton, China
Friday reports that coIfagation Is
raging on river side opposite the Eu-
rops.n quarter on tie island suturo
Of Snsuson. More than 500 houses
nsya been destroyed, including all
restaurants, brothels and gambling
houses and is burning fercsly. Ma.
rines from foreign vessels in the har-
hor have been landed and are heroic.
~ combating the flames. No lives
nave been lost, but the damage al.
ready exceeds Q million dollar, The
csuse Ii. unknown.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-14
BUILDING CCLLAPsEs.
Nine Men Killed and szapy O:hsrs
Badly ILiuEed.

Nine Men Killed and MaDy C:hers
Badly Injured.
At Long Beach, CAL, five sts7ies Ct
the central wing OF the new $3.50, 900
Bixby Hotel collapsed Friday carry.
ing nine workingmen to death jr The
tons OF tangled w1eckage. About
$50 srtisans and laborers were scat.
tered through the structure at the
moment it fell, and Of these 200 were
carried down in the ruins, nine being
severly hurt. Thirteen men on the
contractors rolls are unacc 7untee for,
out are proboblg safe. None OF the
injured will die.
The dead:
B M. Perkins.
Carlton Biashear.
a. Benseuo.
Albert Hartle.
L NJ. Phillips.
Four unidentified workmen.
The Injured:
E P. Watson, bruises and lacfea.
tions.
Alexander Bayay; ribs broken.
George Parker, shoulder dIslocsted.
+. b Inlay, cut about head.
b. G. Rjnsbsrger, Lex broken.
] J. Walsh, leg smputated.
Mich olson, fell Eve sto-ies. sprain'
ed ankle.
Alexander q zzay, leg crushed.
E. W. Schultz.
Immediately after the collapse o,
the structure hundreds OF bystande1E
lent aid in the rescue.
Company a 7th regiment, Nation
al Guards, was called out and line:
thrown around the building, all but
rescuers being excluded.
Pitiful scenes were enscted anons
the throng who stood outside tht
lines waiting for news. An aget
mother sat al day long on the bluf
overlooking the hotel, weeping ane
watching for her son.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-14
No Cheap Man. EIthar.

"she's worth her weight In gold.s
the proud American mother assorted
Assuming pure gold worth appro12.
mately $40 per ounce, and knowing her
weight to be ITO pounds, tho Count
by raplo mental calculation arrived
ct the figure SIS, 400.
"Oh, ah, a most charming young
lady, Of course!" he said, hastily gath
ering up Is hat and cane; "but I had
been led to believe-aw, that ID, /
couldn't think Of that prizes, you
kpow-"-Puck
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-14
Mce.z:ne Fired.

A rcvder msg:zre Of the E. 1.
Dupore Co. SD Eitusted as T.nley
Park, sbcus 80 mics from Chicago,
exnloGed Friday with such force that
w,rdcv psres were broken IN the
home Of the Midlothian Club three
miles distance. Oae Ean. who was
EMPLOYED 10 wstca the magazine,
vss kt,.eG tus 20 other lives wese
lest. The csuse OF the explosion is
not known.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-14
Run Down and Killed.

At Baltimore, Nd, George stro.
hecker and P -ul Meyer, b1others-ir. :.
law, while walking on the tracks OF
the Pennsylvania railroad, on their
way to q cemetery to visit the graves
OF relatives, Sunday wers struck by an
express train, Strohecker being in
stantly killed and bis body horribly
nangled, and Meyer dying without
consciousness about an hour
after the accident, which occurred a
short distance from Carroll station.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-14
Killed by . Tree.

Dock Brewster, ooloced, was killed
Thursday night about II O'Clock near
Simpscn7ille, il Greenviile County.
he and white nan and q negro boy
was out posSum hunting. Tha cogs
treed and toe thr5e set 10 work to Gu.
down the tree. In fsll:Dg il struck
another tree and lodged, but moment
later SLICED frcm where 1t wss lodged,
q huge limb striking Brewster Scross
the head and killing him almost in
stantlv.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-14
Two Found Dead.

At Chicago two girls, Hannah Hei-
Der, aged 20, and Rose Stuper, aged
20 are dead and two others are dy-
ing, as the result Of a mysterious gas
asphyxiation case at the G,rman
Hospital. All Of the young women
were employed In the hospital as
domestics and slept in the same room
on the top floor. Es,ly Saturday
OF the hospital smelt gas
and broke OPEN the room.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-14
A Victim OF Booze.

George Timmons. white carpen.
ter, died suddenly at the Coiumbis
police station On Wednesday CT con-
gsstion OF the lungs, brought on BY
long and continued drinking.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-14
The News OF the Day

France will have squadron at the
Jamestown Exposition.
An eighty ton fly wheel burst and
wrecked 81 iron mill st Wheeling, W..
Va.
Richmond Is said to be the head
quarters OF sn organized. business OF
'shanghaing.
The Reading Ircn Company hiss DE-
cieed to ratss the wages OF 1t; 8 600
employees.
Fines imposed for breaches OF the
oyster law or the Potomac aggregated
1855 In one week.
An alleged 1obber caught In Fred,
erick, Md, proved a wizsrd with
handouts, getting out Of them easi'
ly.
Dynamite wss used in an attempt
to wreck coal tipp!e nesr Wheeling,
". Va, as a result Of labor troubles.
A Pennsylvania pair got mar.
rage license in Cumberland, returned
60 tnsir osa state and were mar
rled.
Announcement Is make OF tie ap,
pointmsnt CT Willism b. Moody to
co iusstce of the United States su-
creme court, to succeed Justice
Brown.
The Delaware, LsckaWanns &
Western Rsilrcad has refused the de-
roand Of the swischmen for an In.
crease OF ten cents an hour IN
wages.
Sir William Henry Perkin, discoV-
erer OF aniline dyes, arrived IN Bsltl.
more, ard will receive the degree OF
doctor OF laws from John Hopkins
University.
Marylaad's contribution through
the Red Gross Society for the Cali
fornis earthquake victims was larger.
in proportion 70 its population, than
that Ct any other state.
The home Of Bsv. a. 3. Ayrss,
pastor OF the secoud United Brethren
Church at YorE, Pa, was entered bS
burglars and 5000 worth Of Vsluables
were taken. The house was 1sE-
sacked from the garret to the c.llsr
Mrs. Leila I. Sinclair, SO years old,
widow Of Commander Arthur Sin.
clair Of the United States and Con.
federare ravies, died at the home o.
her dauQhter, MIS-. Walter Blski'
stone, 1910 North Calvars street,
Baltimore.
Secretary Hitchcock will retire
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-14

Secretary Hitchcock will retire
from ths cabiaet tine fourth OF nazE
March and James E Garfield, at
present head Of t1s ouTesu Of cor.
porstlo1s, will be appoia5ad. Hsr-
bert Saith, now assistant seccesary
OF the bureau, will succeed Mr.. Gir-
Sal
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-14

Hush, my dear, lie still and slumber!
holy angels guard thy bed!
Heavenly blessings without nnmber
Gently falling on thy head.
The Rice belt journal., 1906-06-15
The LEGISLATURE Will Have To
Hurry.
More Than Half The Time Of The
Present SeSSiOn Has Expired. No
Laws Of General Importance
Yet Enacted. Many I'm
pOrtant Measures
Pending.


"The mills of time grind slowly" SO
likewise do the mills of legislation.
More than half the session has passed.
This is the fifth week Of the session
and but four more weeks remain, ad-
ded to this it must be remembered
that under the constitution the COVER
ner has five days within which to ap-
prove or disapprove bills, and unless
he be given i've days time he need pay
no attention to them. This cuts the
real working time OF the Legislature
to a little over three weeks. Up to
June II but one bill had received
the Governors signature and become
law. The legislation of real i'm.
portance remains vet to be acted up.
on. The election of assessors, the
election of school directors, the pri-
mary law, the proposed state board
of equalization, the police jury re-
view, the election of tax collector for
New Orleans, the reduction in the
rate OF both State parish and muni.
cipal taxation. These, together with
many other important measures OF
direct significants to the people yet
remain to be ground through the mill
during the next four weeks, or to be
cast aside because of lack of time to
enact them into laws.
The people have looked with hope
and longing to the present Legislature
for relief from many of the eyils
which are prevalent in our state. Pc
titlOns have been submitted by the
score, by a free people praying for
relief from irksome conditions.
The press has voiced the sentiments
of the multitudes in demanding relief
from unnatural conditions. The
governor has summed the matter up in
recommendations, thereby defining
the needs of legislation along various
lines. 1t is now up to the Legislature
to get busy and give to the people
those measures of relief for which
their is practically universal de-
mand throughout the State.
Judging by the minimum of work
accomplished during this session, one
might think the poet referred to the
present legislature when he wrote:
Day after day, day after day,
We sat, nor breath nor motion.
AS idle as a painted ship,
Upon painted ocean.
The Rice belt journal., 1906-06-15
Compulsory Education.

One of the most important measures
presented to the legislature this year
is the enacting of Il compulsory edu-
cation law. Many of our contempo-
rarieS sneer at the idea of such law,
but it is one which will have to be en-
acted before Louisiana gets very far
from the bottom of the educational
ladder. It's strange that occupying
the position which ave do in the edu-
cational scale, any thinking man
should object to auy legitimate meas
ure for raoucing the percentage of IL
literacy in our state. Such a measuSe
should be passed, both for the preser-
walton of the State and the benefit of
the child. 1t has been conceded by
all political economists that no state
can be great which is founded upon
ignorance. Therefore for self pro-
lection a state must educate Its child
ren. For this reason, three fOurths of
the states in the Union compel GER
tain attendance at school On the part
of the children. The government has
a right to raise and equip armies to
protect it from foreign foe. Is it
not much more encumbent uDOn it to
educate its children to protect it from
ignorance and anarchy within? The
fact that such laws exist and are en-
forced in the majority of the countries
of the civilized of the world refutes
the argument advanced by d few that
such law could not be enforced.
From the point of view of the child
such a law should be passed. In
every town in the state can be found
a number of bright boys who are out
of school with no Legitimate excuse for
being SO, but simply are not com.
PEELED to attend. They are not Onlv
growing up in ignorance but are run.
ming the streets and becoming steeped
in vice and crime. If perchance tbev
escape the felons cell; they are at
length thrown out to gain a livliehood
in world which demands of every
man, who would gather the fruits of
success, clear mind, a keen intellect
and the ability to think and do things
Systematically. What more pitable
heritage could be bequeathed to a bow
than to turn him out to FIGHT lifeis
battles in civilized world. bandi-
capped by ignorance. The world is
full Of positions for the bright intel
ligent boy, the boy whose mind has
been Systematically trained, the bow
who can cOrrolate thought and action.
But the uneducated boy who is forced
to compete in the race of life in this
strenuous twentieth century is a sight
to make men and angles weep.
Who has ever heard a man complain
that he was handicapped in his busl-
ness because of too much education?
But daily you may hear men express
regrets that their lack of education
prevents them occupying positions in
the business world for which they are
otherwise fitted.
Give us iudicious compulsory ed.
ucation law and see how quickly the
next generation will shake off the
barnacles of ignorance which has for
years retarded the the progress of
our fair State.
The Rice belt journal., 1906-06-15
dangers the community.

Nui . viz
The Subway tsaloon did not pay.
Therefore it was closed, after deficit
of seventeen thousand dollars in one
year had proved its failure. With a
bishop to make la dedicatory prayer
at its opening, with men of prominence
in municipal reform as hackers, with
young manager skilled in attracting
and organizing men in good-govern-
ment campaigns, it still refused to
flourish. Its owners acknowledged
utter defeat by selling it at last to
those who would conduct it On the or
dinary saloon plan. a Bartender
who had served in it during its decline
and fall gave the best reason for its
demise. Rum and religion will not
mix said he, and he was right.
The Rice belt journal., 1906-06-15
Iowa Items.

Z. H. Findley was in Lake Charles
Monday on business.
BORN:-Juue 18th to Mr.. and Mrs.
Lasta Hebert, a fine twelve pound boy.
Misses Winnie Lyon and Pearl
Clayton visited friends in Welsh last
Saturday.
The ladies of the W. c. Z. L. served
ice-crean to the ball teams Saturday
afternoon.
Welsh and Iowa base ball teams
crossed bats on the Iowa diamond
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earnest Pierce and
Mr.. and Mrs. Verne Stuttsman were
in Lake Charles Tuesday.
Mrs. r. G. Mccoy and her Sunday
school class gave social at the par
sOnage Tuesday evening.
F'indley and Hewitt lost valuable
mule, supposed to have been ruptured
while pulling a tank of water.
Childrens Day service will be held
at the NJ. Z. church Sunday morning,
June IL, beginning at eleven O'Clock.
The business meeting of the Y. p.
S. G.. E. was held Wednesday night at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. H. |. Long
enbach.
The Iowa and Manchester base ball
teams played game of ball at this
place last Saturday. The Iowa team
was beaten one score.
The Iowa correspondent and others
desire to express their appreciation of
the w. G. Il. U. column that is pub
lished in the Rice Belt Journal.
The latest arrival in town is the
little son of Mr.. aud Mrs. L. L. Funk,
who tipped the beam at twelve pounds
The little fellow bids fair to verify the
old scotch saying: 'The BARN that
is born on the Sabbath day is witty,
bonnie. wise and gay"
The Rice belt journal., 1906-06-15
THE UNTRANSFoRMABI.E SALOON

THE UNTRANSFORMABL SALOON.
Temperance workers. looking North
and South, can rightly say to South
Carolina and New York a gratifed
81 told you So" In each place, men
have tried the job of transforming the
saloon from an agent of evil, into an
agent of good. But to-day, the ssen-
ator'S diSDensary and the bishops
saloon seem to have proved equal
failures.
The South Carolina dispensory sys-
tenn pays. There is no doubt of that.
1t pays so we'll that rascality is at.
tracted to its management. The very
man who started and believed in it
now says, appalled,, 81 did not know
that South Carolina had such a brood
OF thieves" Apparently he believed
that evil could be SO transformed that
it would not attract evil, but would
surround itself with upright workers.
Unfortunately for his theory, the drink
traffic is not built that way. IL ceas.
ing to be outwardly disorderly and
dangerous, it still corrupts and en-.
The Rice belt journal., 1906-06-15
Oil Field Notes

The Hill Top Company shipped oil
to New Orleans this week.
The Southern Pacific Company is
erecting new engine house on their
holdings.
The Texas Company are hauling
the lumber for their derrick. They
are preparing to put down an extra
deep we'll.
The Hill Top Company is erecting a
new derrick over one Of their old wells
preparatory to putting it in better
running order.
Mr.. Butler is having the pump set
for the new we'll of the Michigan Com
pany. They expect to be pumping
within few days.
The Welsh Company are erecting a
derrick this week preparatory to start
ing to drilling. They expect to be
drilling within few days.
The oil field was visited by quite a
severe tornado Sunday. Five der
ricks were overturned but no one was
injured, although there was one Or
two narrow escapes. None OF the
wells have been obliged to stop pump
ing on account of the loss of their
derricks.
The Rice belt journal., 1906-06-15
All the latest Magazines
non sale at the journal
Office.
Notice.

All those who are expecting water
from the Clark canal will be expected
to sign written contracts These con-
tracts can be found at L. f. Robin
sons office or at the plant. 81