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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18
Very respectfully,
NJ. q. Medley, Clerk.
A HOUSE RUN EGROUND.
The Curious Condition OF Thing rs on
Long Island.

The Curious Condition OF Thin rs on
Long Island.
A dispatch from Baschon, L. l..
says the running aground on mud
bank Of a big house, with a tower
four stories which. is an occurrence
probably nsVer before recorded. Yet,
1t Is a fact that the large dwelling
house owned by Commodore Adolph
Mollenha1ef, OF the Penstsqutt Cor
inthian Yacht Club, is standing in the
mud at the mouth OF Awixa creek and
can not be moved until it is hoated by
some unusually high tide.
Tbs building, which weighs about
two hundred tors, is being moved
from the site a6j >ining the Mollen-
hauer country sear in Awixa avenue,
to a site in Maple avenue, q half mile
to the vest. 1t vas impossible to
move 1t overland, owing to the long,
circuitous route that would have to
be taken, and it was decided to at
tempt conveying it by water.
The structure was placed on skids
and slid about one hundred feet to FIVE
big scows, on which 1t was safely load.
ed. The scowS were then foated down
the river but when opposite the ccun.
try seat OF Charles c. Coddington they
ran aground in the mud. Now moth
Ing remains to be done than to await
rescue by some unusually high tide
When, it Is hoped, the task Of NOV
ing will be completed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18
An AdamIess Eden.

4 traveller in Siam Is SAID to have
discovered an Adsmless Eden-a town
OF 9, ,00G Inhabitants without a single
man. *The last man who ventured
into this exclusive circle, was stuck to
death, each Of the Inhabitants usi1g
a hat.pin 100 times on him. The
SpartanouIg Journal says: We are
sorry the report OF this discovery is so
msagre. We would Ike to know how
many clubs they have, If Bridge or.-
ginated there,.tf bargain counters at
tract, and something about the spring
openings and Easter decorations We
hsVe a pretty fair idea OF what Spa--
tanburg would be if all the women
we're transported far beyond the deep
blue sea. 1t would be no Eden.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18
Cotton R-port.
Secretary HaSter:s analysis o

Secretary Haster;s analysis Of the
oouuoa movement for tho seven
months OF the season from September
l to March 81, inclusive, shows that,
pared With the crop movement Of
last year, Texas, including Indian
T.rri5ory, has brought into sight rhis
season IN round figures l52, ,00C bales
less; other Gulf states, which Include
Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Tennessee, Missouri and Oklahoma,
have narketed 5000 lsss, and the
group o. Aulactic states, which in,
c:uds North and South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida. Alabama and Viz
c;nis, are 18l. 00c less, making the
res decrease il the total crop market
ed 1892 600. Mr.. Hsster shows the
snoun5 bought into sight by groups
ct Atlsnuic states for tie seven
montls OF the season 20 be 4,ozo.o2i
halss. Tossl crop in sight, close o
March, e,340.3S8 bales.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18
Wanted 20 Know.

An old Pennsylvania farmer while
on visit to Philadelphia lately was
se,zed With q violent toosnache, says
The Pniladelphia Ledger, aad, calling
on a dentist. was informed that the
tooth must be taken cut, but that he
had better have g.s for the operation.
BE agreed to this, and then started
10 couut bis money. The dentist re-
marked: "Oa, you need not paV me
until have finished" i reckon
not" replied the farmer, out II
you're agoing to mske me unconscl'
ous I'd iast like to see how stand"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18
Pooling The Vaters.

The trusts and tariff protected cor
porations are in high glee at the turn
political events have taken, by the con-
centration of public opinion upon rail-
road rate legislation. Mr.. Payne, the
Republican leader in Congress and
chairman of the committee on Ways
and Means, which controls all revenue
legislation, has declared in signed
statement that there will be no tariff
bill reported at this session Of Con-
gress. This Republican standpat policy
was agreed to last Fall by President
Roosevelt and Speaker Cannon, and
the personnel of the Committee Of
Ways and Means was selected by
Speaker Cannon, so that a majority
were ardent protectionists. Thus those
Re oublican voters, who favored the
revision Of the tariff, that fosters
trusts and allows them to charge plum
dering profits, were again fooled after
voting for many Republican can
didates for Congress who promis-
ed to vote to revise those tariff sche
dulles that protected the trusts, pre-
vented competition, and allowed the
trusts to sell cheaper abroad than
here.
When those Republican Congress
men VINO were pledged to tariff reform,
elected Mr.. Cannon as Speaker Of the
House and adopted rules that gave
him autocratic power over legislation,
they knew they were selling out their
constituents to the protected monopol-
les, and giving the party machine the
power to defeat OF pass such legisla.
tion as it pleased. The same condi-
tions will obtain at the election this
Fall, and the question is, can the vot-
ers be fooled again to vote for Re-
publican candidates for Congress who
will standpat and let the trusts con-
tinue to plunder the consumers? Prom
ises of Republican candidates are Of no
avail unless the pledge is given to
keep out of caucus and vote for a
Speaker who will agree to give tariff
revision the right Of way. That Mr..
Cannon will never accede to, for he is
an ardont protectionist. The member
ship of the next Congress will be more
evenly divided between the parties
and the-result in any district may de-
termine which party shall control.
The trusts and corporations will pay
money to the Republican campaign
fund with the understanding that
their interests are to be protected, but
none but the voters themselves will
furnish funds or efforts for the elec-
tion of the Democratic candidates.
That alone should be their recommen.
dation to independent voters, if they
measure up, as they should to the JET
fersonian requirements OF ability and
honestly
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18

"TnSsa figures VIE 81 a. sWa&en-
ing character au1 t5elr eff5o5 8as
marked. Hos many trade can;rss II
she State are il any css:e- Condition
"But al YES aot gloomy. O,aeI tg
cres, obtained cirsc5iy i:ual lce plant
;-S, wacs preseuJsd taat trust are IN
a!cs:ive OF tbs entire SAFE. as they
s;:culd be, considering that Orange,
burg is tic largest c1sscn producing
county IN the Syata and the largest,
bur one, il the c1u:on bal9. From 522
farms, some as lacl:a a-a 5 900 acr>s,
reporting rc NJ. Wsnnamaker, the
cotton acreage OF 19oSsho"s decrease
as compared 50 last yaar. Tae figures
ara: 1904, 20, 75s; 1905. rs. SO; 1906;
26. le5.
'.Av the same time the co-n acreage
he's materially icciease@, tha figures
being, 1905, IS S23; 1906, 20. 3SS.
"This is gratifying, exc:aoiag gras
ite:nc, wasa it is considered that the
1906 ac2vy pu:chss: OF fertilizers has
pore in lsrge mca&urs u1da1 tee cora
sd Similar crops. Last year these 522
O,sngsburs fa1ns planted 4, I56 acrss
Q; oats, T..is ysar taere hss been s
nszkei i1c;sasa, out The figures s?e
net available yst.
"rcese f2o5s are quoted because
they are sis1!fc:c5o o. ona Rapidly de.
yelooirg nea order ci things, which Is
sure 70 b:iE,ss sa.s.oa5 3 won3s-fll rsV!v-
a II agsicultlr2, carrying with it con-
G:ruza ycts pe!.1E.
cosN CONTESTS DOUBLE OBJECT.
"Wzaa l urged the Geoars! Assem-
by to maka ga a2p-o2f.atioa 70 en-
able South C4Tolta4 t2rnc1s 20 cn.er
.hs raotv..la: cocn ::-oy?:ns contest tits
1sa: l. wl.s n&g a.o4e tbs grea5 becef-
20 accura to-Ihe S.3@a IL ga &3ysc4i5-
ing Way-th;S 5e;cs tie only Southern
Slote to secure el:gioili5y-st&o
prompted ths recommendation. Oae
y tie chief purposes 2&5 &c s.imul.ta
rhe raising G: corn, AID taking a step
coward the much needed ciVcrAihoa.
'ioa OF c-ops-1hs raising CT supplies
~ home. Waer tee CON aosSs:9., INST
~ desa1m;ue Sas snezEoa OF d!-snoa,
tioa OF p1z5s a PORTION o. the money
wss set aside fvr TIE se-ool childIen's
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18
a Centre Shot.

The Columbia Evening Record
quotes "a leading business man" as
dsnouncing the attempt OF the pollce
commission to enforce the SUNDAY
law. he says: This toTl Is too big
for that sort OF taing, and 1t can't az
ford to be held down In this way. -
The Newberry Observer says IN reply
Columbia is pretty big town; ou5 1T
isn't Is big as Sodom yet; and Socom
mas been held dogn pretty effectively
for the past several years.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18

prizes, the members taking the view
that the contest would have splsn-
cid effact n the direction indicated
above by fsmiiiar:z;ng the future far
mer OF tbs State with the methods Ct
corn culture.
FOURTEEN COUNTIES IN THE CONTEST.
1T Is with qualification that those
interested In tie future ct South Car
olila note already that % representa-
tive farmers from Is OF tie counties
Of the State having filed their eatries
in the corn growing contest, and that
IS many more have indicated q purpose
20 enter. And one has gone into the
oatiGnsl oat growing contest. The
counties already represented In the
corn growing contest are Banberg,
B.rawell, Charleston, Clarendon, Col
Teton, Florence, Hampton, Kersha"
Lsrcsster, Marlboro, Marion, Orange
burg, R:chland, Sumter and Williams
burg,
D5e entries from t. e school children
nave not yet begun, but this was not
xpactsd SO early.
1T locks rov as II nearly every
counsy will be in the contest, and as
il South Ca5olica's corn crop Of 1905
viii &c N loh create. than for many
yeas. Ih=re il no question that the
g-sin c,cps OF 1906 viii materially e1.
c:oG t;1oSa NJ l,sE year
TRUCKING INDUSTRY GROWING.
II hzye recently visited tee truck
!rg sacoiocs ii the State and the de
| nar:nsnt Is now making a census OF
t.lis i11ustry. Both observation and
he reports sent in By the individual
planters slow that our truck crop this
7ear IL far in excess Of that Of last
wear, and SO far things look as II this
is to be a very successful truck season.
Tie trucking and melon industries
are Developing rapidly and substan
Uizlly. just at this time also there Is
more interest taken in cattle raising
Caan ct aDy period since the civil var.
The figures received show that the
people are becoming interested In this
INDUSTRY, an6 active steps are being
veken to era1icate the Sorst stumb-
cling block, the clt5le tick.
The lsrge purchases OF fertilizers
this spring does not mean a large COT
ten acreage. It does mean the plant
;1g OF larger Diversified crops, the in
troG uction OF the more intensified
forms Of agriculture and the raising
of more to the acre in consequence.
Tie scarcity OF labor has been ma
ee.lal element in bringing about these
Improved conditions. aud In this sense
is proving some what OF a blessing IL
disguise. F"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18
With aCrash.

At PittsbuTg Pa, with crash that
could be heard for squares the five
story building at 622 Liberty avenue,
recently vacated by J. G. Lauer, the
toy dealer, colla2s.I. The building
was being dsmolis'.:;d and about rs
woCkmen, mostly foreigners and ne
groes, we're caught by the falling
walls TIE majority escaped with
Slight Injuries, but several, just how
many Is not known, we're buried under
the debris. Up to 2 O'Clock one body
had bean recovered. Is is believed
that a. least f4ur men and team OF
horses are still in the ruins.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18
I,aQsl Murder.

It is charged by tne appeal 10 hed-
son. a Socialist paper published at
Girsrd, Kansas, that the State al
thorities of Idaho are getting ready to
legally MURDER three men by the name
of Mayer, Hayward and Pettibone, Of
ficers of the Western Federation OF
Miners. According to the facts as pub
1ished in the case these men were ar
rested on the most fimsy testimony
by detective hired and paid by the
Mine Owners Association in connec-
tion with the murder OF ex Governor
steunenburg, Of Idaho The case grew
out of the strike Of tie miners in COL
orado and Idaho a year or two ago. IL
will be remembered that the enemies
of the miners used every means ntnelr
power to crush them then in Colora-
da. They were charged with almost
every imaginable offense. But ]urles
would rot convict them, because tne
evidence was so plainly perjured and
unreasonable. The jaries surely would
have convicted if there had been the
slightest excuse, for they were in near
" every case selected by courts under
the influence of the mine kings.
Failing to convict in Colorado, the
mine owners found in the murder OF
the ex-governor an excuse 10 haul the
union officers into Idaho. There they
are now held without regular process
of law. There their accusers will con-
front them with all the testimony that
professional witnesses can invent.
There, with the machinery Of the law,
in the hands of their enemies, these
union workingmen will be tried II 1t
is possible to find IN Idaho twelve men
with hearts # hyenas to sit as jurors
those union miners will be convicted
and slaughtered. That they will be
killed by the agents of the mine own
ers is practically certain. The legal
butchery Of these men might be pre-
vented by united effort on the part Of
the decent newspapers and the people
of the nation who believe in at least
a semblance Of justice.
From what we have read Of the case
we have no idea that these men are
guilty Of the crime of which they
are charged, and they should
be saved. 1t must be remembered that
the detectives who are to furnish the
testimony upon which these M ocent
men are to be legally murdered are the
paid agents Of gold-besotted law break
ers, who stand ready to violate every
law that stands in their way. We all
remember how the owners Of tie coal
mines in Pennsylvania few years ago
used detectives to oppress the poor ig-
norant miners because they refused to
obey their masters. The mine owners
of Colorado and Idaho are rich and
powerful. They have unlimited money
at their command, and it is possible
for such a powerful class of men to
hire witnesses, pack juries and convict
innocent men in a trust ridden State
like Idaho, but will the American peo-
pie stand by and see it done without
raising hand to save the victims. We
do not believe they will.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18
Aged PaRp6rH.

Weak from exposure and starvation
and with nowhere TO go, a woman 103
years old and her SOD, aged 73 years,
were picked up by the New York po-
lice. More than fifty years ago they
came over from Italy and until recent
ly had beel able to make = living.
But In the richest city In the country
10 their old age only the streets re.
NAMED for them.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18
ruh.DDy Princess.

TIE tragic death OF Princess Louise
Ct Schaum mburg-Lippe, which occurred
at the castle Of her fatber-in-laW,
Prince William, in Nachcd, Bohemia,
Wednesday, has aroused the deepest
sympathy for her owning to her un-
happy married lie. She was TIE eld-
asc daughter Of che present king CT
Denmark, and her death occurred only
i've hours after Prince William e1pir.
ed st the same castle from an attack
Ct heart disease.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18
Triple GrASedy.

at Birmingham, Ala, as q result
Of jealousy, Dr.. W. B. Burton sncs
and killed bis divorced wife, fatally
wounded Tnaxton, dertist, and Cut
his own throat, dying shoaalE after
aa.Gs. Ti:sxtln is u critical cen
6 siun. Taa tragedy cccu-res: 81 tie
E.oc.e Of u S. Burton. a dlv3.te was
s7an;ec bus q nonth ago. TIE par
ties are all prominent.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18
Killed EimseII.

Rev. J. B. Badgett, fer many years
prominent in the Methodist ministry
Of Texas, was taken into custody ss
W;l.sboro in that State suffering ap-
parently from a mental arrangement,
and Friday morning his dead body
1as found hanging from . bar Of the
eel window, blanket having been
used as fope,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18
arorher Repp o,ic.n scandal.

The exposure Of the scandal OF the
shameful doings Of our Consuls In the
East is further proof # the degeneraey
Of Republican politicians. When
President Roosevelt appointed these
consuls on the recommendation OF
Republican Senators and Representa-
tives, he knew they were political
strikers for those Republican leaders.
he was on notice that they were most
ly grafters OF the Republican polit1-
clans would not be urging them 1or
appointment. The only palliation for
the Administration is that Mr.. Pierce
Assistant Secretary Of State, was de-
tailed to make aspecial investlgatlon
of the Consular Service IN the East,
and his private report made to the
President and lately called for by the
Sena exposes the scandals. S me OF
these consuls are stated to be drunk
ards. others grafte1s men who accept
ed Office merely to fill their own pcck-
cts legally or illegally. The President
has, no doubt, endeavored to cleanse
and improve the service by forcing the
resignation Of some Of the grafters for
"the good Of the service but many
worthless incumbents still remain.
while there has been much; prog
ress'', says the New York Post, "there
are many consuls who do not reflect
credit on the country. There was the
one at Ceburg, for instance, who turn
ed the consulate Into a disreputable
resort and made every exporter con-
tribute sample for use in furnish
ing the consulate, or to be disposed OF
for the benefit OF the consuPs pocket.
ECareful investigation would have
shown the man Ut fitness for Office be-
fore his appointment. The State
Department removed him for the
good of the service but Mr.. Roose-
velt, in the eyes Of the Coburgers,
added insult to injury by appoints 6
as his successor one Saylor who obtain.
ed unenyiable notoriety by trying to
defraud the State Of Penns: lvanla
when serving in its Legislature, and
who was officially denounced by the
Governor. There are plenty Of other
cases on record in which the Pres ident
or the State Department convinced at
the appointment Of unfit men.
Their records and the disgrace they
have brought on the country, make
the ears of every American, when
travelling. abroad, tingle with the re-
marks Of foreigners, who point to the
Official representatives Of this country
as typical citizens Of the United
States The Decentralization OF the
Republican politicians seems ubiquit-,
Gus, yet there are plenty honest Re-
publicans who would do Us credit but
they seem to have 90 chance In the
race for Office as they do not generally
belong to toe political machine.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18
Went ae.in The m.

Prior to the city elections In the
fall of 1905 representatives OF both
parties In Columbus, Ind, signed an
agreements promising that neither
money, Eqaor nor anything Of value
would be used by either side Ter the
purpose OF influencing the vote OF any
elector. It was further agreed that
each commitSe would, pricr toelection
day, submit a full re. ort to the other
Of the money collected and the source
Of the same, and that after this report
mad been made no further contribu-
tions would ne received oy either conn
mittee. Also that within ten days
after the election each COMMITTEES
would make a report showing the dis
bursement. It was further agreed
that there would be assessment OF
candidates for city offices except such
as sssments az would be agreed upon
By the final agreement Of both parties.
Walter @. Galbraith, editor Of the
Colum Gus Democrat, writing to The
Commoner says: "This agreements
was carried out to the letter and 1t
rebouncsd to the interest Of the DEM
ocratic party, just IS the same thing
would al over this country. Our coun-
ty committee has adopted the same
plan for the campaign this year, but
the republicans viii refuse to sign 1t,
and will return to the old methods Of
corruption. The honest vote Of this
nation is with democracy. Let ls all
do what we can to displace corruption
with honest and moral principles, and
thus elevate the moral standing Of our
country as well as to restore democrs-
tic principles. The Republican party
naver has and never will stick to hon.
est methods In elections. That party
thrives on corruption and bribery In
elections.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18
Accidentally Killed.

Mrs. Lena Orabb was accidentally
killed by the sheriff OF Laurens coun-
ty, Georgia, on last Thursday while
being ca -ried by him to Dublin jail
on the charge Of abandoning her
children. His pistol fell from his
pocket and exploded, the ball striking
the woman. BILLING ha- incta1tlp.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18

L1TTANER: the New YORK Congress-
man, who figured few yeals ago in
army glove contract, has announced
his determination Of returning at the
end of his present term. He evidently
sees rocks ahead.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18
Swept By a To :nado.

a special to The Statesman from
Be-tram, Tex, says: The town OF
Briggs, about Is miles north Of this
place, in this county, was swept oE a
tornado about o'clock Thursday
afternoon and almost completely de-
stroyed. Tao persons are reported
ki1Ea6 anf 30 injured.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18

TIE Irresistible impulse of con-
science" seems to be hardly strong
enough with the great majority Of
Republican Congressnen to make
them give the people square deal by
is ing the tariff.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18
Salnnns Abolished.

The town Of Abingdon, Va, Friday
abolished saloons by popular election
and endorsed the dispensar3 system,
and will be in effect before May 1st.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18

Ia 0t.-tI ECI~o, I.:iS CI"ILT q AVt|
csr5ss IS sv. a uo.i Euy!ag aG:uaily,
ocu,sting The cal! n4n5nS, $40, $40
vorsH CT supplies c:S:;y I@sscd at
aone. TIE tsvs-; Ct 81. M-.ttews, It
was further shc%n viii Use 5ciS year
Ire following srpalss bough1 else,
where a2d slipp@d n TO be sod to
farmers and g.neIs:
o. o,r- re bcco- lord hcrSc
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18

a MISSOURI docter says that death
is a bad habit. We don't know 50
much about the habit but it is a thinG
We all have to do sooner OF later.