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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-05-29
HUNTING THE DEVILFISH.
The Creature Abundantly Inhabits
West Indian Waters.

Hunting the trust octopus is one
of the dangers which the enthusias-
tic modern scientist braves. Presi-
dent Roosevelt and those statemen
who have stood by him in getting
after the octopus of commerce are
to be commended for their personal
courage, but after all, their bravery
is of a different kind from that of
the man who goes down under a
couple of hundred feet of water and
does battle with the genuine speci-
men, with it's hundreds Of sucker
arms reaching out from all sides to
lay hold of anything which comes in
it's way.
The creature is found in abundance
in the waters of the West Indies. The
octopus hunter, without any protec-
ton, dives down into the water, spots
an octopus which he must carefully
decide is not too big for him to han
die, seizes hold Of one of its tenta-
cles and comes to the surface with it.
Should he underestimate its size and
strength, he is lost. He meets hor-
ribIe death alone under the waters
death in the meshes Of the most
loatbsome of water monsters. Slowly
it's Shiny arms envelop his body, a
sucker encircles his neck and SLOW
death by strangulation is the result
for so powerful is the hug of these
tentacles that strangulation will be
effected even where the throat is pro-
tected by a heavy diving hood
Prof. Hyatt Verrill, representing
the New York acsuarium, is hunter
of the octupus in Bermuda waters,
and he has captured many Of them.
Recently he tackled moderate sized
specimen which came near to being
too much for him. The professor
approached the creature from behind
and seized it with both hands back
of the mouth. Then having only his
feet free he started for the surface
Although taken at great disadTan-
tage the octupus was fast getting q
grip on the professors body, and IN
another half a minute would have
staid his progress to the surface
The professors assistants hae
great difficulty in disentangling the
tentacles from his body. Another
octopus hunting professor, WORKING
in Bermuda waters, was so quickly
rendered helpless by the tentacles o'
an octopus he had tackled that ht
was unable to pull the signal cord fol
the helpers above to raise him. FL
nally his men, alarmed at his pro
longed stay without a signal, drew
him to the surface. The professo:
was unconscious and near to deatl
with the octopus fast to his body.
The octopus when alarmed, Away
discharges the contents of its ini
bag, which blackens the water abou
it, making it difficult for it's antago
mist to locate it. It's tentacles are ex
tremely sensitive. 1t devours vas
quantities of all kinds Of fish, oys
ters, Holsters and clans.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-05-29

mission from the commission is Civ
en- for such action.
Rule II. On all railroads a hal
fare Of not more than one and a hal
cents per mile for children unde
twelve years old or over six years o
age shall be charged.
Rule II. No railroad compan,
shall be allowed to charge more thai
| 5 cents as a minimum full or hal
rate between regular stations, whel
the fare would be less than tha
amount.
Rule 13, The fare shall always b.
equal to the distance in miles multi
piled by three.
Rule IA. Upon a corpse the regu
lar passenger fare may be charged
If not in good condition, or improp
erly packed, or not accompanied by
a person in charge, the railroad com
pany may decline to receive it.
Rule Is. There shall be no unjust
discrimination as to passenger rates
in favor Of or against any individual
or locality: Prouided, however, that
this rule shall not be so constructed
as to prevent railroad companies
from issuing communication, excursion
or thousand mile tickets as the same
as are now issued.
The commission also has under con-
sideration the following rules and
regulations applying to manner OF
fling complaints and answers:
l. All complaints and applications
for hearings before the commission
shall be in writing.
2. Such complaint, or application,
shall contain a brief statement OF
facts and be signed by the complain
ants or applicants. Complaints may
be sent at any time to the chairman
or secretary of the commission at
Columbia: S. c., or delivered to any
member Of the commission.
8. If such complaint or application
contains matter which, in the judg-
ment of the commission, requires in
vestigation, the secretary shall file
the same by placing his file mark
thereon with the proper number, en-
ter the same on the docket and noti-
fy the parties in writing.
4. Where any complaint is made
to the commission, and it shall ap-
pear that there are reasonable
grounds for investigation, and such
party complained Of shall fail to sat
isfy said complaint, as pravided in
rule 8, a notice shall be issued to
such party to appear before the COM
mission, at the place and time nam
ed in the notice, to answer such COM
plant. All answers to complaints
and petitions before the commission,
shall be made in writing.
5. The party, or parties, to any
complaint or application, and party
complained Of, may appear before
the commission in person or by coun-
sci.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-05-29
THE Law KNOCKED OUT.
The Following is the Act Set Aside
by Judge Brawley.

The following is the Act OF the
Legislature knocked out by Judge
Brawley's decision:
Any laborer working on shares OF
crop, or for wages in money or other
valuable consideration, under YER
bal or written contract to labor on
farm lands, who shall receive advanc-
es, either in money Oh supplies, and
thereafter wilfully and without just
cause fail to perform the reasonable
service required of him by the terms
of the said contract, shall be liable
to procecution for a misdemeanor:
Provided, That prosecution shall
be commenced within 80 days after
the alleged violation, and on convic-
ton shall be punished by imprison-
ment of 80 days, or to be fined in the
sum of s1O0, in the discretion OF the
court:
Provided, The verbal contract
herein referred to shall be witnessed
by at least two disinterested witness
es:
Provided, That such contracts shall
be valid only between the original
parties thereto, and any attempted
transfer or assignment of any rights
Hereunder shall be null and void.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-05-29
Wise and Otherwise

Faultfnders are never out Of
job.
Talk is cheap if you get it from
gossip.
Bread is the staff Of life; sugar is
the cane.
Be up and doing if you would not
be down and done.
There is more than peck Of trou
BILE in some pint bottles.
The better some people are the
more violent the reaction.
After telling a little white lie twice
it begins to turn black.
It is so much easier for child to
inherit red hair than brains.
It is frequently easier to be sure
you are right than it is to go ahead.
There are times when a pint Of wit
goes farther than a gallon Of Wis
dom.
1t is sometimes difficult to distin-
guish between a sympathetic per-
son and a curious one.
An easy way to make money is to
buy stocks when they are low and
sell them when they are high.
Many a man has lost his mental
balance by attempting to entertain
two or more at the same time.
While you may not be able to lead
man to water, you seleom have to
ask him twice to face the bartender.
Unless a man keeps his best ear
glued to the keyhole Ihe chances are
he will not hear opportunity knock
at his door.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-05-29
TRIAL MARRIAGE A FAILURE
Widow Had Herself and Man Arrest
ed In Order to Keep Man.

Failing in trial marriage venture,
Mrs Alice Leach, a widow, Of Cleve-
land, o., had herself arrested and
then swore out warrant against
Harry Mantel, to keep him from mar
rying another woman. The two had
been living together, agreeing that
if they got on happily they would
marry. Mantel was attracted by
another woman's charms and was
about to leave the widow. When she
wanted to have him arrested, Mrs
Leach was told that she, too, was
guilty. She agreed to swear out q
warrant against herself. Rather
than go to jail, Mantel married the
woman.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-05-29
GIRL ASSASSIN.
Internal ..Achine, She Carried, Kills
Three Russian Detectives.

The superintendent OF police az
Odessa. Russia, and two detectfrS OF
his force, we're killed a1G seven other
persons seriously injured by the .ex-.
plosion Of an Internal machine in the
central ponce bureau, this week. The
agent Of --.e terrorists was a young
girl. She was accompanied By two
men. The men were captured after
the explosion. The girl escaped IN
the crowd. =
The plot was cleverly carried out.
The trio entered the Police Bureau
and set the small package on the.
floor. They stood around for time
and then left hurrtedly. The rush for
the door excited the detectives. They
came from the Office to Investigate.
One picked up the box just as the
others were starting in pursuit Il
exploded killing the superintendent
and two detectives, one5of whom was
ntcknamed "The Hangman," By ter
orists. for his cruelty to political
prisoners.
Both the men who accompanied
the girl were captured after being
shot. One was identified. The build
| ing was ruined.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-05-29
The Fair Sex.

When a woman has no one to talk
to she writes a letter.
All women are consistent, but the
majority of them refuse to work al
it.
A man never realizes the joys OF
life until he is married then it's toe
late.
Any woman with a train to her
gown should be able to draw her
own conclusions.
The more patience a woman has
with her children the less she has
with their father.
On her wedding day young wild
ow always wonders how many mer
will commit suicide on her account.
Women always have lot to say
abouttheir rights, but never a word
about the wrongs of the poor men.
After a woman has succeeded in
getting a man to say that he loves
her she begins to find him uninter-
esting.
When woman says that her hus-
band is perfection lisa safe bet that
she hasn't been married three weeks
Many woman averages things up
by figuring that her s28 bonnet and
her husbands 81 lid average SIS
each.
It's sure sign a man isn't mar
ried to the right woman if he sits up
and takes notice Of every noisily
dressed female that passes.
A girl imagines that she's in love
with a man when she doesn't enjoy
flirting with other men as much as
she thought she would.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-05-29

The Newberry Observer says
there is nothing out Of the range Of
the country editor. The Saluda Stan
dard tells it's readers how to launder
silk stockings. The Johnston Monitor
editor remarks that he frequently
meetes girls wearing short sleeves
whose elbows have the appearance
# not having been washed in fifteen
7ears." The Observer thinks that
the Johnston girls should initiate,
to some extent, those Of Saluda and
were long silk gloves, or else they
should Iaunder their elbows oftener. :"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-05-29
DRAWS THE LINE.
No Peek-a-Boos Allowed at the Holy
Communion.

Father Heidelang, the Roman
Catholic priest at Selma has refus-
ed to receive women wearing peek
a-boo waists at holy communion. He
will not even tolerate short sleeves.
This has raised the, wrath OF his
fair parishioners, but the priest has
stuck to his decision, and declares
that only women modestly and prop
erly attired be allowed to approach
the Lords Supper in his church.
He maintains that he will carry out
this order to the letter, even II all
the women in his congregation are
communicated thereby. The wo-
men are loud in their protestations,
but are yielding, and will obey the
imperative degree.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-05-29

BARON Moncheur, the Belgian min
ister to this country, after returning
to Washington from a visit to the
three hundred Belgian immigrants IN
the cotton mills Of Greenville and Co
lunbia, reports that he found the
great majority Of them contented,
comfortable and happy.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-05-29

The Washington Messenger says:
TT is good sign that South Carolln,
ians no longer make parade of the
crime when they lynch negro, but
trv to keep the matter secret and
simply let the victim come up miss
inc" The Messenger had best sweep
before it's own door.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-05-29

WE think it extremely bad taste in
a preacher to scold people for not
coming out to hear hin preach. What
he ought to do is to go to work and
preach such sermons as will draw the
people out to hear him. We have al
ways thought the preacher who we
heard say once that he blamed HIM
self when his congregations were
small, was right. He said if others
could draw large congregations there
was no reason why he could rot if his
sermons could be made Interesting.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-05-29

EUGENE V. Debs compares Hay.
wood and Mayer to the murderer,
John Brown, all of whom he says are
martyrs. Our synpathies have beer
altogether with Haywood and Mayer,
but if they are like John Brown, as
Debs claim they are. they should be
hung the same as Brown was.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-05-29
THE EXCHANGE WINS.

Theodore 81. Prices Complaint Is Dis
missed by the Referee.
The complaint Of Theodore q Price
against the New York Cotton Ex--
change in which he asked the courts
to enjoin the exchange from making
alleged improper classification OF
various grades Of cotton, was dfsmiss-
ed by C.. E. Rushmore, the referee
appointed by the court to hear the.
evidence.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-05-29

IT is said in the newspapers that
one hundred preachers, actuated by
the prospect Of a big fee, applied to
VIM. E. Corey to be permitted to
perform the ceremony of marrying
him to Mabelle Gilman; the actress,
for whom he had deserted his wife.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-05-29
BOY SNAKE CATCHER.
Lad Fills Orders for Hundreds OF
Reptiles Each Summer.

Reptiles Each Summer.
Snake catching is the business fol-:
lowed by 14-year-old Walcott Gofdan
Holland. of Revere, Mass, and he has
been very successful in his trade:
Just now he is busy catching 40e
reptiles to fill big order on hand.
He catches the snakes usually at
noonI when they are basking OF
sleeping in the sunshine around the
marshes So
Young Holland has been catching
snakes for three years. He sells them
to the propr!etors Of exhibits at sum
mer parks and beaches to feed to
large and poisonous reptiles. He has
been bitten twice, but not seriously.
He makes hundreds of dollars.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-05-29
WRECKERS DITCH A TRAIN.
Pulled the Rails Apart as the Train
Approached.

Train wreckers ditched the South
ern Pacific train, daylight limited" :"
one mile north Of Los Angeles, Cal.
Thursday morning. It Is reported
that one man is killed and % iniur-
ed, two fatally. A7fsh plate was re-
moved and two rails pulled apart
with wire as the train approached.
The engine running IS miles an
hour, struck the opening and ran
hundred yards on the ties, when the
cars piled up in the ditch.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-05-29

of the corporations and other busi-
ness concerns toward whlskey has
had more to do with making whlskey
drinking to excess unpopular tnan
all other agencies combined. A
drinking man is no longer tolerated
in business.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-05-29
DID NOT MOURN LONG.
Buried Wife on Sunday Married Her
Sister on Monday.

Karl Fouser, Of Alliance, Ohio, a
shoemaker 80 years old, following
the funeral Of his first wife last Sun
day, married his wife's sister, Miss
Mary Helwig, twenty years old, on
Monday.
Fouser was in Europe when his
wife died and word was sent to him.
The burial service was delayed until
his arrival. On his return he was
accompanied by Miss Helw1g. Fous-
er's first wife was his brothers Wild
NV
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-05-29
LEPER AT NINETY.SIX.
Well Developed Case Said To Have
Been Located.

Dr.. r. H. Caldwell Of Cherokee
county has reported a well defined
:ase of leprosy at Ninety-Six Island,
between Cherokee and York counties.
ind will take other physicians with
aim to visit the afflicted man and
pass upon his diagnosis. The man Is
:aborer employed by companies de-
yeloping water property in that sec
ion
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-05-29

The Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul railroad pleaded guilty in the
federal court in New York on Thurs
day of granting rebates, and Judge
Holt imposed a fine of $4,000, which
was paid.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-05-29
GARRISON DESERTS.
Turkish Soldiers Leave
With Their Arms.

" IHGIT IdTUIS.
The Turkish garrison at Uskub.
Turkey, consisting Of about 1000
men, has deserted The soldiers
claimed that the conditions were un-
endurable They carried off their
arms Only fifty have been recaptur-
ad
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-08-17

figures" This makes it possible for
the goods practically to sell them
selves. The element of bargaining,
the most important feature of the
old system, is almost wholly elimin-
ated. The chief function of the
clerk is to see that the machine
works properly. 1t is not known who
originated this idea. There is a
story that a glovemaker in Paris
first put it into execution and grew
rich thereby. The first of the great
department stores-the Bon Marche
in Paris, which does more than
double the business of any other
store in the world-adopted the plan
when it first opened it's doris. A. T.
Stewart introduced it into this coun-
try before the Civil Wharf.-The De-
partment Store at Close Range" in
the September Everybody's.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-08-17
LAWN FETE
And Moonlight Picnic To Be Given
for Benefit of Kearney Court.

A lawn fete and moonlight picnic
will be given Tuesday evening, Aug
20,ssat the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Brown at 1874 Martin Street.
Broad Oaks, for the benefit of w. S,
Kearney Court of the colored Pyth-
ians.f The committee will prepare
lunches at reasonable prices. AT
ter everything has been sold the
grounds will be cleared and music
and all kinds of games will be freely
enjoyed by all present. The fol-
lowing committee is WORKING hard
to make this the grandest affair of
the season: L. Brown. E. steptoe,
E. Jackson. II. Ransell. R. West, P.
Lower and A. Henderson.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-08-17
SWEET. MELODY FLOUR.
MODERN STORE A MACHINE.
Standardization and the 'sone-Prfce''
System Have Revolu-
- .tianized the business.

The popular idea is that a depart
ment store is merely the grouping
together of a large number of separ-
ate businesses under one roof. But
the experiment of assembling bust
nesses in one store to minimize the
cost of rent and other fixed charges
has been tried and discontinued as a
failure. The success of the depart
ment store rests upon an entirely
different principle-upon standard
ization The departments are not in
dependent, but highly specialized
activities conforming to certain fixed
laws that govern the wnofe establish
ment.
The old way of doing business
was simple and the methods were
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-08-17
SUFFERS
FROM AWFUL JAG
Mat Henderson, CoIoled, in Bad
Shape From Big Spree-Lizzie
Crowser Jailed Again.

Mat Henderson, colored, is suffer-
ing from the effects of an awful jag
in the county Jail and is in very bad
shape. He was sentenced to three
days Imprisonment by Mayor Grille at
the regular session of police court
this morning in default of fine.
Lizzie Crowser. the notorious
woman drunkard, is again a prison
.er in the county jail. She was sent
there for ten days by the mayor this
morning in default of a fine assessed
for being drunk in the streets.
owen McAvoy was sent over for
three days upon conviction of being
drunk and disorderly In the street
and in default of the payment of a
SO fine. Andrew Jackson was SEN
fenced to three days Imprisonment
for drunkenness and Thomas Nc
Carly was sent over for FIVE days
for being drunk and resisting oncer
McCloud when the latter arrested
him.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-08-17

1t seems the ParkersbHrg Dispatch
News has been driven to insolence
and into a mighty fury because the
Telegram asked it to explain why it
had no political alliance with the
leading representatives of the Re-
publican party in West Virginia, or
to state whether it would continue
as a Republican paper. A simple
explanation by it would have clear
ed away what it's own utterance i'm
piled. that is, that it had some mind
OF its own not to be a Republican
paper any longer, but it lodged in
stead, which is enough for the Re-
publican papers to baseNan effort on
to read it out of the party. How
ever, the Telegram counsels forbear-
ance yet awhile, in the hope that the
Dispatch-News will make satisfac-
tory explanation. If it so wills, it
can be very useful to the Republican
party, and none who desire Repub-
lican success want it to withdraw
its influence.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-08-17
elastic. The

II SuIy SidSllCs ne
bought as cheauly as he could, usual
Iy in quantities that were measured
only by his capacity to sell and by
his credit. He marked the goods in
cipher, and left it to his clerk to get
as large a profit as could be wheed-
led from the customer.
Now the difference between the old
way and ting new is the difference be-
tween the old-time workshop, where
everything was made by hand. and
the factory, where machinery does
the work. The machine makes
articles exactly alike in standard sizes
and the cost of production is enor-
mously reduced, as every one knows.
Probably the most important fac
tor in the development of the de-
partment store machine is the idea
of "one-price articles marked in plain
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-08-17
LEAGUES
Arc To BE Established at Various
Places by the Anti-Tubercu-
Iosis League.

CHARLESTON, Aug. 17-Dr. Wal
lace Longstreth, the general fieIt
manager of the West Virginia Anti
League, will visit tn
places and establish loca
leagues during the month of Sep
TENDER:
Parkersburg, September 3.
sistersville, September Z.
Wheeling, September ..
Moundsville, September 10.
Fairmont, September II.
Morgantown, September -.
Clarksburg, September IS.
Salem, September IA.
Huntington, September 16.
Bramwell, September II.
Bluefield. September IS.
Charleston, September 90
Martinsburg, September %.
Keyser, September "a.
Elkins, September 25.
Buckhannon, September &c.
Weston, September %.
There will be meeting in Charles
ton about the first of September.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-08-17
GOODWIN WE'LL IS
GOOD ONE AT SALEM.

In the Folsom district, this coun-
ty. the South Penn Oil company has
completed and shot its second test
on the William Edgell farm, but has
no indication of making a producer
In the Salem district, this county
the South Penn has drilled its No. 8
on the ]. P. Goodwin farm through
the Gordon and to depth of 5000
feet and the hole has filled up 1900
feet with fluid from the Gordon.