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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-06-06
Must Fly Signals.

The following postal order, recent
ly issued to postmasters by Fourth
Assistant Pcs.master-Genersl P. v
D. Graw, Is of interest to all peopls
who receive mail on rural routes:
l. On and after July l, 1906, pa,
trors OF the rural livery service I'll
be required to display signals On theil
boxes when they.leava mail IN them
Tor carriers to collect, as, after that
date carri IS, when sewing their rou
tes, will rot be req qIired to open aad
examine any mail boxes except thos:
to which thsy have mail to deliver
and those on which signals are dis
played to indicate there is mall for
carriers to collect.
2. Those patrons whose boxes are
not provided with signals must attach
some device which, when displayed,
will plainly show passing carriers
there is nail to be collected. II Is not
necessary that such device shall be
either complicated OF costly; Vsry
simple arrangement will answer the
purpose.
3. Carriers must lower the signals
on Boxes after making collections,
providing no mail is lett therein; and
must display the signals when they
depost mail for patrols, uuless the
patrons have made request to ohe con-
trary.
4. The carriers must be Instructed
to prem mo1ly inform. patrons OF their
routes with regard to this Order, and
you should, without expense to the
department, use such other necessary
means for informing them as will Sc
cure a complete understanding and
full omp!iance by all patrons on the
Date mentioned.
5. Two copies OF tc!s lettsr are
here with inclosed, one to be immediA-
tely pos:ed by you in prominent
place in the public part Of the post
I flee, and the other to be placed on
ile.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-06-06

grown on soils that do not belong to
the alluYisl class. Each grower can
experiment. and fnd cat for himself
the adapt&oiliOy OF his own soil to the
crop.
Remember these things: Alfalfs
can be grown either in spring or IL
the fall. I consider fall sowi' 6 pre-
terabls IL the Cotton Bslt proper, am
spring sowing best in the more elev
ated and cooler sections. For ia
sowing the seed should be in by the
18Th OF Septen Der and In many in
stances earlier seeding would be bet
ter. For spri.g sowing the lanc
would be better If prepared in the fall
or early winter and the seed put IN
the f;st OF April.
The land must be prepared
thoroughly by deep plowiDg, hoefa!
manuriag and liming: OF course the
land must be well drained- for alfalfs
cannot stand vet soil. 1t Is a waste
Of tine and money to SOW afai1a IL
poor land, or on )and not we'll p1epar
ed. Il one succeeds the crop will well
repay for all the time and money
spent in preparing the land.
For experimental purposes an acre
is enough for any one to begin with
II one can grow an acre successfully
he can then enlarge IS circumstance
nernc!ts. Jf a re.son does not wish
to risk an acre, q half acre Of & quart
er OF an scfe will s,ffice.
prefer heavy seeding, not less
than 80 pounds per acre, though
many successful growers contend tha;
twenty pounds Of seed are sufficient
The seed should not be covered tot
deep From Aalf irch to an Inch Is
plently deep to cover.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-06-06
THE LIE IS PASSED.

MI. Smoak theo continued: Well
the matter I have reference to, gen
tiemen OF the committee, is this. MI
Walker came into my bank about t~o
months ago and asked me about some
clothes. he rad on suit that was nos
made by the tailors that l had repre-.
senteo for these young men, l WILL
state that that club is not il 1orce |
now, and / am taking the measures
lust so. Mr.. Walker said 'tne suit
urat have on cost $40. Now be says
John Black gave me this suit OF
clothes, and I saw him pay some tall
or in Columbia $40 for 1T. Now you
better not tell that in the light Of
shst gun episode And that is sll.
hi. Walker-'sI want to say this,
in reply to what Mr.. Smosk said about
the suit CT clothes. a part o. what
be said is true and d psrt Of what he
said is absolutely false, not tinge OF
truthfulness about 1t. It had been ms
custom Of buying suits from him ana
he had given me commission of from
time to time Of 10 per cent, and while
I was up mere OF at the time l came
back up here about which I spoke
some minutes ago, / saw sCms clouheS
around here chat l liked in store
and mentioned 1t to gentleman here
AID he said thaa I could be saved 20
per cent. eff on the suit by buying
them. I bought the suit Of clothes
there at a rate less Is per cent and
paid the money Tor it. I told NJ.
Smosk that this suit OF clothes was q
$40 suit. That much ne told the truth
about. About the balance he didn't
tell the truth about. That is what l
wanted to say.
Nj. Smoak-"Mr. Walker, did you
mean TO say that you didu't tell ms
that John Biacz gave you $40 to buy
a suit OF clo5hes?"
Answer-"No, I didn't and you lied
when you said il"
Mr.. Smoak-''You lie, sir"
At this there vas Galte distur-
bancs. The marshal, NIX. T. S. S5r;ck-
land, grabbed M. Walker AMI Others
srsbbed Mr.. Snoak. Tney were very
much excited. Senator Hay cauuion
ed them that If they did not behave
they would be put in jail. The com
mittee then went into ex.cu Ave ses'
sion on other matters.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-06-06
ecw nueh is She Worth?

II a man has the misfortune to lose
his wife, ard there is no member OF
the family to take her place, be be-
gins to realizs that a housskeeper is e
costly luxury. Besides, the first ex-
pense OF her weekly earnings, there
Will be a vast difference in the cost OF
running the house, fer without PER.
sonal interest, many OF the little
ecyncmies cf housekeeping will not be
pracsis=6. 4 word TO the wise Is sui.
fcien,. How much Is your wife worth
to you, leaving sentimen5 entirely out
Of the question? Is she worth wash
ing machine, bread mixer, a clothes
wringer, nice carriage and q safe
horse, or few kind loving words
eyerv dav?
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-06-06
DENATUR z ID ALCOHOL.
Congress Has Passed Sill Taking
Off the Tax.

Off the Tax.
The house ha. adopted the senate
amendments as to denatur;z5d alco.
hol ana 6ne oiii WILL become law. BY
some me xplicaole way We ~ first ua
derstood mat this oil had reference
&c u:4king IF the tariff. Some ouher
.l.--s toI into The same mistake.
Iac p!u takes OF the revenue tax anc
not the tariff tax. But at unaI l5 Is
a good measure and it is hoped that
through lnis alcohol the Standard Ola
cJmSany may be suiuc1 a serious
blow. IL Is ssl0 TO be superior TO oil
as an iuuninan5 30 be used IN the or.
ainary lamp. a galion OF it ccsJe
lsSs anG burns twice as lung. tol
motor engines Is nay take 5ne place
OF gasoline. I5 nay be manufactured
cneaply, 1t IS said, and nay be Isde
from grain, fruit, potatoes and pro-
oaoly rom otner farm products. Per
maps a new and pr0nraole industry
Will be opened up for farmers. Fist.
though, people will have to get ac.
cusuOmed to its use. While all WAC
will be thus benefited are doubtless
indignant at trust ezsc5ions IL will
20 I, und hard to get a general change
from oil to alcohol. Bl0 II it is so fai
superior, safe and lasting and less
costly q good market ought to DO
opened for it IN time. We agree
with the Columbia R5cord that 1t
would be the greatest plJy II people
With this chance 70 swat the octopus
should neglect it, especially wien
aney can better themsslves financially
and other rwise. We hope ogery body
stll encourage tae denatuiized alcohol
industry. Proaibl5ionlsus may oalk
a5 the nare, ta5 they can enDark in
the business withhold deserving a
principle. Such alc)nol is not drink
aoIe. Let's lave a osnaru7izad slcu-
mol campaign.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-06-06
Heaven tor Old Maids.

Is there really "no room III heaven
for an old maid," prominent min
ister in Northern city recently de-
clared? Coming with the seriousness
and solen nifty of pulpit utteranee,
the assertion, which might serve as
passable, though ancie 1T. joke, be-
comes grotesQue.
Marriage is broadening in its ten
dencies and in it's effects disclpInlng;
but can it entirely reform OF change
the nature Of either man or woman!
Women certainly do not always stay
single from choice. Singleness IS not
always deliberate sin. AS society is
at present. the meetings which result
in marriage are purely accidental, ahd
if the right man does not present him.
self. is a woman to be blamed :or noJ
taking one of whom she does rot ap-
prove and for whom she does not care?
When we speak slightingly OF the "oid
maid" we alIude not so much to the.
fact that she has passed her youth
without marrying as to the character
is.ics Of the narrow life, such as tinni-.
dity, coldness, loQuaciousness or tn-
ickiness which prevent comradshlp.
But these characteristics also apply to
many men and to. many married Wo-
men. BY nature woman is much bet
ter than man. Angels are likened to
her, thai heaven may be brought
dowrto the level Of mans comprehen-
son. Thousands OF old nlaics who,
through devotion to parents, sacrifice
for others or application to work, have
permitted opportunities for marriage
to pass th. N by, are of spotless souls,
whose unsel6sh lives bring much OF
heaven down to earth. Only the wings
are lacking to carry them to Paradise.
The preacher who would shut tnem
out of heaven either knows little about
what heaven is for, or is incapable OF
appreciating what qualities tit people
for a home in that blessed place. 1t is
astor ishing what rot is uttered from
the pulpit sometimes. 81
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-06-06
ROxhnG Sn.ks..

Ia Australia s2versl kinds Of snakes
are eaten roasted. They are said to
be equal In deiicacy and favor to tie
finest ste~ed eels. An Elg!ish trav-
eler declares tie steam from the
roasting reptiles Is by no means un-
sa7ory.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-06-06

POOR old Stoessel! They are going
to shoot him dead because be surren-
dered Port Arthur after a six months
heroic defense scarcely without parau-
el in the annals Of war. That is the
verdict Of the Russian cOurtmartial.
If anything was lef to stamp infamy
upon the Russian depotism this act
crowns that infamy.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-06-06
Many Drowned.

The British ship Captain Cowell
from Melbourne, April 81. for Coro.
nell, has been wrecked at Santa Ma
ria. twenty-five OF the crew were
drowned, Including all the cff ;ers ex-
cept the first mate, who with three
OF the crew landed at I:tco,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-06-06

The United States government is
going after the men who 'ynched ne
gro in Chattanooga, taking him from
the custody of the United States
court authorities. a rule of con-
tempt has been sought from the Su-
preme Court by the Attorney General
and a number Of residents Of Chatta-
nooga have been named as the guilty
parties,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-06-06
WANTED IT ALL TOLD.

MI. bay, as chairman Of the con-
nittee, asked several questions to as
certain whether or Dot this eVidsDc:
would be relevant. Mr. Lyon admitted
that be did net know what Mr.. Smosk
knew. Mr. Snoak stated, in reply to
questions, that 1t was a matter be-
tween Mr.. Walker and an official Of
the dispensary. Mr.. Hay was about
to rule the matter relevant when Mr..
LaFitte, legal representative for Mr..
s.. q. Evans, interposed au objsction
that the transaction referred to must
have been between MI. Walker and
some dispenssry cffcial on official bus
mess, and not business Of q personal
nature with q nan who happened to
be g dispensary official.
MI. Smoak then saiG: Mr.. Cnair
man, before I answer that question of
Mr.. Lyon, let me ask !oa tn!s, II you
consider the question OF Msssrs. Black
and EVsns t. f sring Mr.. Walker that
gun OF the SIS to buy that gun as be
ing relevant question"
Mr.. Hay-Wou?d that De relevant
olestion. Uoder the circumstances
related by Mr.. Walker and by you
this afternoon, it is relevant. II was
q direct dealing between him and an
ctfcsr CT the 6ispen3aCy. Tee fact
that this man then an ctEcer OF the
dispensary and up for reelecsion would
make 1t revelan5.
Mr.. Sncak-''I fear that this is rel-
eVant then, Mr.. Chairman"
Mr.. Walker-''I would like to state
onss, MI. Chairman, il he knows any
thing ID connection with me, I would
ike for hin to tell it,
Mr.. Snoak-"You abso]ve me from
that pledge Of secrecy, then?'
Mr.. Walker-"If you know any,
thing, tell it,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-06-06

SENATOR Bulkeley, OF Connecticut,
who defended his subscriptions from
trust funds to the Republican cam
paign fund, is president Of a life insur-
ance company and not fire company
as has been stated. So it was the mon
ey Of widows and orphans that this
stand pat Republican stole to help de-
bauch the voters.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-06-06
Murdered N kion nSolia,

Reuben Monlsy OF Saginaw, Mich,
was murdered On the boider of Mon-
golia, 400 miles north OF Peking, on
September 2, by Fferch adVeaturer
styling himself as Vicomte Laverger,
With whom be Was travelling.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-06-06
The Question CT Taxation.

The true reason for the prominence
Of the tariff question and other tax
questions lies in the fact that taxation
is always with us, go where We will.
It is like a shadow that clings to US
until We reach the grave. President
Madison, writing to John Adams, IN
1878, about the discussions OF the tax
ing power in the convention which
framed the Federal Constitution, said:
"The al tempts to distinguish between
legislation on the subject Of taxes and
other subjects terminated in the dis
closure that no such distinction exist
ed"
Taxation, therefore, enters as an eie-
ment into all legislation, and is the
basis Of all. II it bears equally upon
persons in proportion to their ability
to pay, it is just. If it discriminates in
favor Of any person, corporation, or
class, against any other person, corpor-
alton, or class, it is unjust. A protec-
tive tariff necessarily and avowedly
makes such Determinations, and is
therefore unjust. 1t can only be sus-
tained upon the ground that injustice
is right, because it results in prosperi-
ty to certain individuals and corpora
tions. Piracy, highway robbery, and
larceny could be sustained by the same
argument.
If a few men were privileged by law
to loot every ship and every city they
could find, and rob every person they
met, the privileged class would soon
become as prosperous as the trusts and
monopolies which have grown up under
the Dingley Tariff, and for the very
same reason-they would get some
ing for nothing under the operation OF
law. The law in the one case would be
the shelter of rugged and bloody men,
and the law in the other case would be
and is, a shelter for soulless corpora
tions and trust magnates; with the
same general results-the accumula-
tion of ali wealth in few hands. A
law licensing highwaymen, pirates and
thieves to take all Of every mans prop
erty above a certain amount in the
name of taxation, would be more dl-
rect and more honest than the tariff
law which the stand-patters are 50
streDuously defending.
The PRESIDENT is, therefore. more
honest than the majority Of his party,
when he boldly advocates confscation
as a refuge from the effects OF the
Dingley tariff, which the stand-pat-
tiers seek to perpetuate. And the abuse
of power in the name Of taxation,
which be proposes, violates the consti-
tuition no more fagrantly than the
protective tariff does. But between
the two evils. the honest man will
choose neither. Both schemes prove
by their glaring iniquties, that a grad
yates income tax, which would take
only from those who are able to spare
something from their surplus revenu-
es, and only in proportion to suchabil-
ity, is, after all, the only just solution
Of the Federal tax question, and, there
fore, of all other questions Of legisla-
tion; there being at the bottom no dis
tinction between legislation on the
subject Of taxes and on other subjects.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-06-06

The Charleston Post thinks it is
about time for. the dispensary investi-
eating committee to wind up its work,
make its final report and gave the peo-
pie an opportunity of studying the
situation and cast their ballots ac-
,cordingly. Our cotemporary must
possesses it's soul in patience. The COM
mi tee will wind up when its appro-
priation is spent and when it thinks
it's reports will do the most good for
the anti-dispensargiGes.
IT is just as true today rs it ever
was that the safest and most honor
able way for man to secure COM
petence is to do it little by little, TAX
ing a life time for the work. The haste
to be rich and make money fast is the
economic curse Of America today.
Every man wants to draw a prize in
the business lottery and it is seldom
that he is content with small savings
and safe investm ents.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-06-06

SOME will see retributive justice in
the killing Of five men by lightning at
a Sunday baseball game at Mobile,
but, as the Newberry Observer says,
it might have been the same if they
mad been on the spot on some act OF
mercy, or if it had been Saturday or
Monday. But, all the same, the Amer
ican people are fast forgetting the
commandment, Remember the Sab
both day to keep it holy.''
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-06-06
MR SMOAK S STATEMENT

Mr.. Lyon then pct up NJ. W. W.
Suoak, cashier Of the Farmers and
Merchants bspk OF Walserooro. Mr..
Snoak said thao>the transaction had
occurred on the Iva OF November OF
last year. When Mr. Walker present
ed the draft for collect d he said that
Mr.. Evans snd Mr.. Black had pronis-
ed him the gun. Mr.. Smoak s9ore
positively that he had advised Mr..
Walker that as he is gust young man
starting out IN life IL might not be
wise for him to make this draft.
Whether or not Intended that way, it
might have the appearance Ct selling
his vote. TO this Mr.. Walker made
some kind OF reply and walked away
as customer came in the bank and
the draft was forwarded for collection
sn6 the s75 ~ placed to the credit
OF M. Walker. Lister, Oh tie % n
OF November, the draft was returned
unpaid, as Mr.. Evans WAS not in New
berry anc Mr.. Walker, so Mr.. Snoak
stated in bis testimony, 51ld MIR.
Sneak that he wss very glad OF it,
tor he had been thinking Of what Mr..
Smoak had said and had come to the
conclusion that NJ. Snoak was right
about it, and the matter might have
appeared wrong.
MI. L,on then recalled that in
conversation with Mr.. Smoak some
time ago the latter had let fall some
statement to the effect that Mr.. Wal
ker, in suileleSs manner, had told him
of something else, but Mr.. Smosk vas
compelled to observe that in conf
deLcs. Mr.. Snoak admitted that he
had sid something OF the kind to
Mr. Lyon. The latter then put it up
to MIR. Smoak as a matter Of duty to
tell what be knew. Mr.. Smoak re,
quested that he be not forced to ut,
and stated that he would MT tell IN
less be were so forced.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-06-06
Good For the Soul.

The Wall Street News, which is a
reputable financial journal of New
York, and which did all it could to
defeat Mr.. Bryan in 1896, makes this;
candid confession:
"However desirable it was to defeat
the free silver agitation in 1896. did
the end Justify the means employed to
accomplish that defeat? It IS not too
much to say that the money spent in
1896 to prevent the election Of Bryan
resulted in political debauchery, such
as was never before experienced 1n.the
United States, and from which the pol
itics and business Of this country have
not even yet recovered. 1t is not far
from the truth to say that the country
has suffered more by reason OF the pO-<
litical corruption of the 1896 campaign
than it would have suffered from the:
triumph Of free silver, lamentable as
that would have been. Bsyan's tn
umph of free silver would have given
the markets terrible shock, but Fry
an could not have really done. much
harm in practical way, and the coun-.
try would have made a speedy recoy-.
cry from the dieaster, but it viii take.
many years to recover from the effects.
Of the political debaucherp which has
been brought about by the abuse -cf
millions Of dollars in political cam
paigns."
Those who were in a position to
know say that cd Mark Hanna had a
corruption fund in 1886 Of SIG, 6,0o0, ,0G0
to defeat the peoples choice in the
election of that year, much Of which
was contributed by so-called Demo
Gratis Of the Grover Cleveland stripe:
Is it any wonder that the country is
still feeling the effects Of the debauch-
cry brought about By the use Of such a
corruption fund? An honest open
COZ fess'on, like the one made by the
News, ought to humilate the so-ealled
Democratic newspapers in the South
who helped Mark Hanna with his six
teen million dollars in corruption mon
ey defeat the honest and fearless Dem
ocrat, William Jennings Bryan. Chick.
ems will come hone to 1oost.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-06-06

VSQ1oIl0u G4S y lC SF$4NpA~4SAS VA SA1S
necessary bacteria.
Unless land Is very fertile or already
contains bacteria reculiar to the altai
IA plant person naed not txotc5 to
grow alfalfa without iIoculation
That has been thoroughly demon
s5rated. Notwithstanding tie many
failures that have been reported from
the cultures" sent out from Wash
ipgton, a. q from those bought from
manufacturers. have great faith il.
them. In passing, will say these
culture s. are not now sent out from
the government on dry cotton So
formerly, but in liquid form, there
by insuriDg greater success in their
use. I bave faith in the cultures"
because I have succeeded with them,
both at Hillsboro and Goldsboro. The
acre in alfalfa grown by Mr. Davis,
and just referred to above, was from
treated seed and the incubation is as
ine as l have ever seen. In January
Prot. q. 81. Hume, State Hort crl-
tu1ist, ard l visited the farm ana ex-
amined the alfalfa for evidences OF
bacteria. We found it 10 abundance.
Prof. Hume took few plants to
photograph.
AS with ali other crops alfalfa Will
succeed in some soils bst5er than IN
others. Well-drained alluGial soils,
such as some OF our creek bottoms
that are not subject TO overflow and
are well shove water, which will per
nit the long roots Of alfalfa to 60
down into it and get ncarishmenS
far below the resch OF the roofs OF
ordinary crops, are Ideal soils for al.
fslfa, which soils with "hard pan"
will not usually grow it successfully.
These aliuvial soils must be elevated,
well drained, and free from acidity.
OF course great deal OF alfalfa is