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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-07
SIGNED EHE WRONG NAME
and n w is Wanted to Correct This
Slight Oversight

Slight Oversight
"Heuc! Is that the Office Of the re-
ports? Well I just wanted you tx
put 'vanG sd , IL the paper tcr me,
Listen carefully now and ! will read
it to you.
The reporter turned to gel bis lea1
pencil and made 9 mental Vow to be
just as polite as he could be--for 1t Is
the bale Ct a reporters existence t.
be forced to receive want adds'' oVef
he phone after the business office
had closed" Pencil and p: per secured,
the reporter turned like I: us13y1 &
the phone.
"WANTED-lnforma tion as to the
whereabouts OF a young man who s1QL.
ed the wrong name to check, got 1t
cashed and has not been sean since.
Dascrip jon As these sorGs cane
over the phone the reporter had Wis
IONS Ct STORY" and his face beamed
With pleasant expeditions.
Now how would you fz 1t about
he desert atioD?" asked the informant
Is the other end OF the phone. But
oy that time the reporter had recov.
ered ftcm his it OF ennui and was all
attention. ''Dont bother to dictate
the description" he answered joyful
ly, Just give me the particulars and
I will write out the dve1tisement for
you"
We'll, you sec it was just this
gay" continued the voice at the
other end Of tho line. Raymond
Mcclure, a young man about % years
Of age signed the name Of A.. NJ. Tea
que to check, secured $50 on 1t trcu
q main street merchant and has not
osen seen since"
The story, as further unfaveled, is
to the effect that this young man who
8 8 printer and has been working q!
Hsrtsville, came here In June, and
out Of kindness MI. a. NJ. Tesgue.
formsrly OF Newbsrry, took the IN.
iorurate young man TO his home al
1108 Oak street. For MCGUIRE coul6
find no place to stay and he is a Grip
pie. he is % years Of age, hump
oacked, has a mole On right side Of
lace, has light colored hair and blue
eyes With q sQuint. He came to o.
umbia looking for work, it is said.
BE made application for work at Tns
State Office.
It is said that Mcclure had been
sent to this store several times by Mr..
league to get checks cashed. The
young fellow saw chance to work q
1eccpt!on and did SO. It Is said. fur
] ernore, that anothsr boy from
Wsgsrisy is N ssing and Is balieyed to
2ays gons cf With McGuiie.-The
Staf
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-07
TIE HAMPON MTONUNENT.
The Superb: b:Pieoe Of Bronz Raised
Ready for dwelling.


Ready for dwelling.
The State says nearly evsrythi z
is In readiness for the unveiling OF
the Hampton monument and from
now on the commission Will he busy
arranging the elaborate programme
for Nov. 20, Wednesday the mas
sive bronze horse and Iider were
placed in position on top Of the basS
and brass railing around the monu.
ment was being set.
II think 1t Is the handscmest monu
unent I have ever seen," remarked
Chairman Marahall Of the commission.
MI. R1ckstuhl, the sculptor; was also
delegated with it's appearance. The
bass, he says, has not AZ eq7al IL
the country and Is far superior to
tie base on the Logan statue
which has heretofore been considered
the handsomest on this side OF the
Atlantic. The beautiful polished
marble, with the brass plates and
istter!ng, is q fitting relief to the fig
ure mounted on the top. AS Mr..
Rucks;ual did not In person prepare
The base be may be permitted to com
plinent the work OF Others.
There was discussion and kind OF
rehearsal yesterday In regard to the
unveiling. Mr. Ruckstuhl showed
how the canvas should be draped owe,
the figure and how those who were
selected to remove this covering
should pull the strings. The commits
sion has selected the granddaughter
Of Gen. Hampton for this part OF
the ceremony.
Tuesday Col. Marshall wrote q
strong lebssr TO the Associated Ball
ways Of the Caronnas and Virginia
pointing out chat there would be q
very large attendance and 1t was nee
sssary to grant very low railroad
rates.
State Superintendent OF e lucatjon
Martin will issue a circular. letter te
the schools and colleges OF the State,
urging a full attendance at the e1er'
cises as soon as tho program Is an
nouncad.
Gen. Willie Jones said Tuesday that
he would try to get every militsamsr
in South; Carolina to cone. There
should be, 10. 900 visitors at Colu nbis
for this great OCCASION" be said.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-07
SCARCITY OF LABOR
The Cotton Fields Afford Very
~

The Cotton Fields Afford a Very
Striking Illustration.
Correspondence in this weeks issue
Of the Manufactures Record from
Atlanta, Ca, dwelling upon the e1.
tent ct material development now un-
der way in the South, describes the
widespread scarcity Of labor hamper
Ing tnat development. It says:
Probably the most striking illus,
sratlon Of the scarcity OF laborers ir
the South is sesn in the cotton fields
During trip OF over hundred miles
through an important cotton region
in Georgia and Alabama, g very care
full count was made Of the number Of
cotton pickers seen, and the total
was IA, when, judging by the distance
Travelled and the condition OF the cot
ton needing immediate picking, there
ought to have been mora nearly L.,
400.
"Anoshs; illustration Is given in
the fact that the proposed EXPOSITION
in Atlanta scheduled for 1910 has
been abandoned, hot because OF the
inability to secure the money, but be
Cause 1t was made clear to the organ.
nizers of it that 1t would be p:acti-
cally impossible to secure lsborers to
erect the buildings. Every contractor
in the city is .crowdsdIto thelusmcst to
csre Of regular work, every manufac.
.uring enterprise is likewise short OF
lsborers and the country at large Is so
busya hstslabo:srs oouid not be brought
in from elsewhere.
'This scarcity Of labor is most pro.
nounced in the inability OF railroads
to carry out much nesded improve
ments. There is scarcely railroad
in the South that Is not sWamped
sith business. OF some OF the lead.
ing systems 1t might almost be said
chat they are practically broken down
from inability TO handle with any de-
gree OF prompt?ess either passenger
OF freight traffic. Many thousands
Of cars, many hundreds Of locomotives
snd many thousands OF miles Of dou
BILE track are needed If the railroads OF
the South are in any way whatever to
measure up to the growing business
ahead Of them.
'Given tair supply Of labor, the
railroads could increase their fscili
ties to such an extent as to be able to
handle business, but to do this not
simply millions, but tens OF millions,
possibly some hundreds Of millions,
must be expended before the railroads
OF the central South can begin to
catch up witn the development and in
crease Of travel and traffic through
out that section, Given the same
fair supply OF labor, it is entirely
possible for the South to increase the
consumption Of action in it's own mills
500, 900 bales next year and steadily
expand this industry for more rapidi-
ty than 1T has done during the past,
and with tho same fair supply OF Ia
Dor the iron trade Of Birmingham
could be dou bled In five years, aud the
l $4,000 tons Of today could be in-
creased within that persod to very
nesriy, If not ql'se 900. 900 tons.
q d the coal production OF II 900, 900
to 20, 900. 0)0 Or more"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-07
Huu OuWn by NHc.

At Philadelphia, Pa, with her 10
fsnt brother IN her arms, Jennie d.
nsto, aged IS years, was struck by q
trolley car Friday in the Southern
section Ct the city. She was drsgged
sixty teet and beth were dead when
the car was stopped. The father is
prom ;nent Itali: q citizen.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-07
Shot Himself.
At ssisnn Ind. Charles ?. William

At Sslsm ln6., Charles P. Williams.
oookkeeper Of the Citizens bank ano
acting cashier, wss found dead Friday
in the vault Of the bank, A load OF
shos from 3 shotgun had psnetrated
bis heart. The gun was kept In the
bank vault and it is believed that
Williams, in changing its position, &C.
cidentally discharged It.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-07
Su,clde.on street.

At Philadelphia E. Elslee Jones,
-e,oher OF wholesale liquor firm, shot
o;1rself Ia the head walking on a
st-eet in the business section OF the
civ BE was quickly disalmed and
csrrisd &c q hospital, but died before
reaching the institution. Ill health
Is said 20 have been the cause Of hlf
suicide.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-07
Ought TO Hang Him.

At Fitz gerald, Ca, Rssson Hano'
lay, charged with poisoning bus whs, .,
sss convicted Friday OF mu1oef ~
5he first degree with . rec,mmeaoa, nsa a.
zion to marcy and WIS ss sssenosa .1s his W.
tsif aif, - zare prominently connected and
80 ~ " onlv heen married two weeks
aron Mrs. Handley d1ed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-07
Wanred tu LYEch Them.

Four negroes were carried to Little
Rock, ARK, on Monday from Conway
county and confined in the penitentiary
~ save unelr pelng lyncled. ihey h;e
fred on several white people on ouo,
day night, killing William Moore sho
vounding Jo.epl Jones.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-07
AliIou Dy = rAll.

Sally Corbstt, a colored GIL was
killed on Wednesday noraing Ut last
week by failing from wagon near
MI. J. M. Bells placs just out of
Orangeburg. Sne was In a wagon with
a pun Ger OF other people on their way
to PICK cotton when tne horses be-.
came somewhat frac5ious and che peo.
pie In tae wagon jumped ols. The
unfo.t lnaJs gri III junpins out In.
.ure1 nerselt 50 badly tnat sne died In
o few aours.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-07
Spider SILK.

SILK woven OF spiders thread is
more glossy and brilliant than ths0
obtained from tire silk WORN. a
scientific experimenter orce drew
from the body OF a single spider near
ly two miles OF thread. L is vary
trittle wcen Cry, however, and sll al
temp Is to work 1t into silk goods have
entirely failed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-07
Si|ME BLACK SAINIS.
a STORY THAT IS HARD TO Be
LIEVE.
How Some soFalled Faith Curist
Allowed a Child to lie from
Nnclent

a dispatch from Florence to The
News and Courier says the arrest. Of
E. P. Stokes, the member OF the
Faith Cure Band" at that place, on
Saturday, week upon q warrant sworn
out before Magistrate &. S. Smith,
by MI. Manly f. Morris, has been the
subject Of discussion among a number
OF the people since it happened.
This is Ghe third arrest that has
been nsde IN this State on warrant
charging the parents OF children VII o
we're suffering and in need Of nsd:csi
attantion and died without haviIe
such treatment. The first case wa.
ahe one at Darlington, the other at
Anderson and now comes Florenc;
County with the third case.
The case at Florence, which was 70
ported last week is one that will Ger
calmly go into the Courts.
From one who is Ii a position to
know the following facss we're obtain.
ed.
Ar. E. P. Stokes. who runs q gooo
se:zed farm about three miles west
of the city, is the father OF ten chill.
dren. His wife Is living, and b5th OF
them are verg clever people.
The Child that was taken Ill abou:
a week before It's death was bright
little boy OF about years. The dsy
before it died the n5tle fellow lay In
conatose condition for several hours.
Some Of the reighbors called at the
Stokes home to assist, as best they
could, and to sit up during the night
In the early part Of the night 1t is
stated that the little fellow was rest.
Jag quietly and opened It's eyes. The
.auher asked him II he was better,
but no response was made. BE then
asked the child It it thought it was
saved, and still the Child die not re-
ply to the question. Tn father theL
told the little boy that he had sent
after the Saints" and when they
arrived that they would pray for rim
and he would get well.
Later in the night there was an
alarm at the door, and upon it's being
opened in walked the saints" allud
I'd to by the chil6's father. There
we're three Of them, two black negrt'
women and one black negro man
The neighbors who mad gore to spen
the night and assist In nursing th'
child at once secured their hats and
left the house for their homes. Next
morning they were informed that the
child had oied during ahe night ann
that medical atten zion b7 physiciad
had never bsen given it.
Friday Mr.. Manly F. Morris, one OF
the neighbors OF Mr.. Stokes, came to
the city and went before Magistrate
B. S. Smith and sWore out warran.
for Stokes, and on Saturday Constable
Dannts, VINO was provided with the
warrant, arrested Stokes and carried
MIN before Magistrate Smith for 8.
preliminary hearing, which he waived
and Judge Smilh bound MIN over to
the Curt OF Gep eral Sessions, placing
nim under q $500 BOND.
The magistrates warrant charged
Stokes with violation o. Secyion l35
OF the Criminal Code Of South Cato-
INA.
The result Of Stoke's.trial will, n
douot' be watched tor with a gleau
deal OF interest throughout tine State,
as the band OF "Fsidn Curis5s' In this
State, 1t is said is gro wing to al
a Alarming extent.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-07
will Be Hung.

Arthur P. Glover, a msrrled man,
was convicted In Augusta, G4., OF
Tuesday of numbering Maude Dean,
2 divorced woman, in the S.ble7 mill
on O;tober 10Th, the cause bsing ia
ousy. Hs is the first white man sen.
teucsd TO hang In Richmond county
since 1870.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-08-01

rs.nainx cut n bold relief. az alorG
- - 4 e,srsricnou1 eIzUpIe - open,
srert ars fone<t dealing uit1 l1s sea
- aFfcfef- are Dr. PieFte8 t4Ec1lle
Presrr5ptioa fox weak ove.-worseo. o.
hllitate1- nsrfo1s kA4 1850. l 49,
N-d5eal Discovery. The fsUUgs ren1e1y
~ weak stomach. Indigestion Or cys-
uersfa. torpid liver, Or cillousnesf- ID
rrtarrh4f aTeetl0ns whether 81 lie
.-or4eh- bowels. kitDPys- tl1c1er. nasal
e,assares. throat. brOnrhia. ~ other m p
e1zs rasszges- also ~ al euectiye remedy
fcr Al disease arising from thin. watery
- frrr1re hsood- a. scrofuIous and skin
80 6ostIe Of the shove medicines
hears uron ias Wrapper q b1dge n hon
esf4 IN the fall list 81 ingredients con-
uosfuw f-pginfcd ~ Ff1in English
ms frank and open pubiielfy pisces
these medicines ~ ctoss ots ~ 49, 49,
seIrss- and Il the best guaranty d Their
wprits- They cannot b Chased - p1teant
COZ aecrct medicines for they are neither
--f<fnU n kaOlca competition
~. Pserre feels that be can Afford 70
take the afflicted into his fun conndence
and lay al the ingredients q hlz medi-
rfnex freely before them because these
Sr'-rr.siens< A. such a. are endorzed and
uosf strongly praised By scores Of the
most eminent medical writers a. cures
~ he di<ea4es for which these medi-
efues arr recommended Therefore, tie
afflicted do not have % rely alone upon
d.. PSerce's recommendation - 70 TIE
curative value 81 MS medicines for Ger
rafr easily recognized diseases
A glance AZ the printed formula on
.saeh bottle viii show that no alcohol and
30 harmful O. habit fSETning drugs enfer
ntO Dr. Pierce's medicines. they being
Fh0Ily compounded Of glycerie extracts
4 the roots Of native. American forest
plants. These are best and safest or
the cure Of most lingering, chronic dis
eases. Dr. r " Pierce can BE consnlfeo
FREy. by addressing him At Buffalo.
y. Y. and all communications are re-
rar1ed A. sacrediy confidential
IL i a. easy 10 b well az III and
much more comfortable. Constipation u
the cause d many forms Of Illness Dr.
Pierce's Peasant Pellets cure constipa-
ton They are tiny. sugaF-cOated gran
uIe<. One little -PeIlet is gentle lax4-
tive. two q mild cathartie- All dealers ~
medicines sell shem
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-08-01

darkness. Hits jest peppering
down snow. III bet the wood
pile is covered up in the morn
ing. Don't believe ] ever seed il
snow 50 brisk. Hi, whuts that
big light I see over to'ards Sam
Williams house. Gimme ny
hat, I'm gone; Sans house is
afrew
Away across the hills toward
the river bottom a huge light
made a hole in the darkness.
Dock drew near to the house
Of Sam Williams and saw the
red flames and spark-laden
smoke rise up in the night, and
heard the roof Of the house fall
ing. Nearly breathless he ran
up, and there on the yard fence
he saw Sam Williams sitting
with a gun in his hand.
go back home, DOCK Ihls -
my house and I've got a right to
do as like. Go back, 60 back"
After the fire in the building
vas beyond the control Of any
sDe who might want 10 interfere,
Sam took his horse from the sta
Die, started a fire in the large
bsyloft and gallOped away down
the road on his steed. There
are people in this community
who heard the hoofbeats Of
Sans horse as be swept down
the road that night, but there
are none who have seen him
since.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-08-01
A Menu suggester.

A California hOusekeeper has
adopted a novel idea she calls a
|menu suggester." 1t consists
Of several sheets Of cardboard
tied closely together. Each card
is devoted TO a certain class Of
food. No. ! contains list Of the
famiIy's favorite soups, each
name written by the number Of
the page in the cookery book
where the recipe is TO be found.
She says this saves her a great
deal OF time and worry hitherto
caused in hunting up a recipe,
and as it is easy to tell at a
glance what is generally liked in
all kinds Of dishes, # adds a
great deal of variety to- the
meals.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-08-01
TIME WASTED IN wlNKNc-
Expenditure Of Energy for Which
There Seems Absolutely
No Return.

1--WE are told in our sanatOr-
ium," said the cheerful inmate,
ito save all the energy possible,
as energy causes temperature,
temperature burns up tissue,
burned-up tissue is hard to re-
place, etc. There is one way TO
save strength.
did you ever stop TO think
how much energy is spent in
winking? Count how many times
you wink in one minute, multi
ply it by GO, again multiply the
number of hours you are awake
on an average each day, multiply
once more by the weight of the
eyelid. and you will find out how
many pounds of energy are being
used up each day in winking.
"Did you ever realize that fully
one-half of this is wastedi
What's the use in using more
than one eye? With that you
can see all that is necessary, and
thus you need wink only one eye
the one you happen to be us
ing.
"Think Of the tons of energy
that is saved by this simple proc
ess in a single year! Just 60
about with one eye open. ] ex-
pect by this process to save
enough energy so that / will be
pronounced a cure some six, or
even eight, hours before i would
be otherwise"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-08-01

Tra &ugu bow ! regret - All
Marina HIS voic< ~as tense
-R~xretr~ ske rried the one
word Her dark eyes thrilled
through Grainger's look. deep
into his seal II ~ WINGED there
was No ourw4Fd sign
I'D stay II il would DO you
any COED cid girl His voice
vas afFeetfonzte- I'D stay glad
Iy TIN doemsdsyr' he declared,
a. h. stTaed a yawn- There Is
nothing thar bere= > thoroughly
masculine nan more than
seeHe- But y0u KNOW be con
tfnued- aWkwsrdIy. that scenes
ike this arr rhe continual result
1t doesn't add to yOur happiness
and il makes M blamed uneOm-
Portable 10 say the LEAST
They had both forgotten for
fhe moment. The poisoned drink
-Hark. What was that.v
She threw herself from the side
81 The couch. staring with fas-
cinated eyes into vacancy. or
what seemed vacancy 10 the man
watching her through haif-clOsed
lids
She seemed 10 ~ in a vast des-
ert- under a burning sky The
sun stung her fair skin with a
bIiStering heat She WINGED and
turned To look for shade. At her
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-08-01

feet lay a mantle mere skele-
ton Of a man-in the thrOes Of
his last agony. She turned back
patiently. 10 shield him from the
scOrching sun with the shade of
her own body. She knelt care
fully in the hot sand and took
his fevered, parched face tender
" between her two hands.
Though sHnken aud attenuated
almost beyond recognition, it
was yet the face of the man she
lOyed-the face of Granger.
She bent above him pityingly,
murmuring broken words Of en-
dearment. He was beyond the
sound Of her vOice-beSord
sound Of any sort-where she
would soon be, she told herself
shudderingIy, glaneing instinct
lively AT the circling shapes out
lined far above against the fiery
sky. There was a long silence.
The man suddenly stirred, made
a harsh. gurgling sound and,
with long. sIithering sigh, re-
Taxed 10 a fixed stiffness. She
clasped him to her with a heart
breaking cry-a cry of utter des
olatiOn and despair and-Opened
her eyes TO reality. She was still
in her room. The vision had
passed.
Granger lay on the couch. A
violent nit of trembling had
seized him and his teeth chat
tered cruelty. She stared at him
a moment distractedIy, wonder
ingly, but half comprehending,
then she turned with a shrek
and threw herself upon him.
"Grainger, was lyingw she
screamed, Historically. 81 was
lying. There was no poison-no
anything but the drink. ] want
ed to prove to you that ! was
right. That mental, suggestion
was everything as / said that
last last night before you left.
o, can't you see? ! didn't give
you strychnine. Love, love, it
was only lemOnade-iced, moth
ing more. Darling, believe mew
she cried.
He slowly recovered his con-
troll. The twitching of his body
gradually ceased. he looked at
her duly. Sand | am no weak
ling, either, by heavenp' he NUT
tered, thickly.
"Dear," she spoke slowly, Il
want you TO go to her. / give my
consent freely-but never come
back-never try to see me
againr'
AS he passed through the door
he beheld her for the last time,
love and sorrow unutterable in
her passionate eyes but the ten
derness Of a great remuneration
softened their fierce intensity.
1t was thus that he should see
her to his dying day.