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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-25
Stand Firm, Farmers.

The buyers Of cotton in the NORTH
and the executive committee Of the
Southern Cotton Association differ b.
one million bales in their estimates Of
the cotton crop now being harvested
and the usual protest may be expected
from New England against the action
of the Southern Cotton Association
and the Farmers Union in deciding
to fix Is cents the pound as the mini
mum price of the staple. In discus
sing the marketing OF cotton. The
News and Courier says:
"We do not pretend to know what
the price of cotton should be- Ulti-
mately the law of supply and demand
will assert itself, but it is well enough
to emphasize again that the crop will
not bring its value unless the growers
express and act upon their own Cpin-
ION as to its value. There is precisely
the same reason for farmer with cot
ton to sell to name price for it as
their is for the o7ner of horse, of
share of railroad stock or Of an auto
mobile to name selling price for his
property. The Southern farmers are
in better condition thisyear than ever
before to hold cotton. Few of them
will be forced to hurry it to market.
The chances are excellent that better
prices will prevail later in the season
Cotton IS not perishable. ware housing
facilities are more numerous than
they have been and common sense
makes plain the duty and wisdom of
every cotton grower to follow faithful
ly the adv!ces Of his organization lead
ers.
Admitting for the sake Of the argu-
ment that the crop will reoch l3,O0O,-
900 or more bales. it does no! follow in
the least that the buyers should be al
lowed on that account to determine
what the price of the crop shall be.
The more cotton that is held between
the present date and the beginning
Of the harvest in 1908 the more the
'keI will be stead ed anc although
the farmer who holds necessarily as
SumeS some speculative hazald, the
chances Of loss to him are 50 small as !
10 make the arguments in favor of |
oyalty to the Association aUd the $
Cnicn overwhelming. Tic Southern :,
cotton farmer is in the saCdl; and he :
would be no better than a fool to lis
,en to the pIeadings and outcries Of
;otron BUYERS fhaf they rnlnasn heir S
,roduct for what ?ver tue buyers i
hoose to suggest. d
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-25
GAVE FORTUNE TO MASONS
To Establish an Orphan Home for
Homeless Bows

To Establish an Orphan Home for
Homeless Boys.
More than S1.000,000 has been
left to the Masonic grand lodge of
Pennsylvania rs fund for tic es-
tablishment and maintenance CT an
institution for support and education
Of male ,t'phans of Masons under the
provisions of the will of Thomas Il.
Patton. of Philadelphia, who died on
September 18th, and who was treas
urer of the grand lodge for 34 years
The estate left BY MI. Patton is
valued at between S1,000,0C0 and
S2,0p0,000 Mr. Patton also left var
ious Suns to relatives.
Peter Boyd. lawyer of Philadelphia
is made sole executor of the Will. He
said that more than s1,000,000 will
he available for the institution, which
will he erected in or near Philadel-
phia under the direction of trustees
of the grand lodge provided for in
the will.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-25
HEARSE WRECKED.
Coffin Broken Up by the Horse Run.
ming Away.

The State says two horses attached
to the hearse bearing the remains O:
Margaret Martin, colored, became
frightened near Randolph cemetery
Wednesday and the results are al
most too grewsome for publication
The horses were being driven slowly
down Elmwood avenue, near what is
known as the Overhead bridge, ir
charge of S. L. Lopez, the colored
undertaken.
Near the bridge they became
frightened at something and dashed
against the walls, almost wrecking
the hearse at this point and throwing
off the driver, who was run over
afterwards and badly hurt. After
running on down the steep hill in
front of the colored cemetery the
hearse turned completely over and
was split in half, the coffin being
thrown out and broken open.
One of the horses was SO badly
hurt that it is not thought the ami
NAL will live and it was necessary for
some colored men, who were passing
at the time, to help put the remains
back in the wrecked coffin and carry
it to the grave.
There were only two carriages
with the funeral and no pail bearers,
the family having little money to
conduct the funeral. The horses are
owned by the McCartha livery stable
and one Of them may have to be kill
ed. Lopez was brought back to his
undertaking establishment on Wash
ngton street and is said to be severe
y bruised.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-25
FEAR THE PEST.
Boll Nccrils Here Would Be q Ma
tional Calamity.

Because of the relief existing in
Laurens and other counties that GER
tain localities are infested with the
cotton boil weevil the subject is be-
coming Of vital Importance to ex-
perts and scientists in the depart
ment Of agriculture. Should it be
admitted that this crop destroying
pest had taken a hold in South Caro-
lima the result could be short of a
national calamity, for the reason
that up TO this time it has not been
discovered east Of the Mississippi
river with the exception Of the state
Of louisiana W. D. Hunter, in
charge Of cotton boil weevil investi-
cations, has prepared some interest
ing information on the subject.
The boil weevil problem still re-
mains, he says, a most important one
for the cotton industry Of this coun-
try. The insect continues to spread,
Climatic barriers have given it tenn.
porary checks, but they have been
successfully over come The predic-
tion that the pest will eventually
reach the limits of cotton culture in
this country has repeatedly been
made, but an important considera-
ton connected with the future spread
has received less attention, largely
becauSe it has more recently become
evident.
This consideration is that damage
in new regions is likely to be more
severe than it has been in the terri
tory infested up to this time. The
experience Of the past two years has
rather tended to obscure some Of the
features of the weevil problem The
large crops produced in Texas have
given an enormous impression Of the
prospects. 1t is true that very re-
markable results have been obtained
in the work of the department of
agriculture. Making due allowance
for this important work, it must be
stated that the recent large crops
are largely due rather to a combina
ton of conditions favorable to the
growth of the plant and unfavorable
to the weevil than to a lessened ca
pacity for damage on the part Of the
insect.
The work Of entomology has shown
that in Texas, except in unusually
wet seasons, full crop can easily be
produced. The possibilities Of pro-
duction in a favorable season are
shown by the fact that in 1906 the
infested area produced about o e
third of the total crop Of the Ulit d
States; but the same success will by
no means necessarily follow in other
regions where the conditions are diff
ferent. Therefore future develop
ments must be awaited with some
solicitude.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-25
BEATS GOLD MINE.
south's Cotton Crop Worth Near
ly One Billion Dollars.
Worlds Product Of Precial Metal~ior
a Year Would Fail to Equal Value
of This Years Cotton Crop.

Commenting on an interview pub
lished in New York with Mr. IL H
Hartman in which he refers to the.
ornena-.;+., 80 - ~ o +ba So,1tb .nd So,,+h I
p,es{ ~ seco,,nt W G If % ths coIto, , % cron
NJ NJ R;chard G p Ednonds ed;tor ~
The Manufacturer's Record. in an
interview with The Baltimore Sun
said:
"Mr Harriman's optimism in re-
gard to the effect of the wonderful
expansion of the agricultural inter
ests of the South is justified, but he
is far short of the reality in his state.
ments as to the value of the cotton
crop. He credits Texas with a pro-
duction of cotton of 4.0OO. 900 bales.
worth he saws at present prices,
$50. .OOO. 600. or about s45;a bale
whereas cotton is selling at over $50
a bale. and if to this be added the
value of at least $50 a bale, or just.
S100. 900, 900 more for the cottoncrop
of Texas than is estimated by Mr..
Harl imam. MIR. Hartman also says.
Think what that crop alone means
to the country. A $4,000, 900. 0OOrot-;
ton crop means prosperity for the
South .sss 5s
1t is not a $4,000, 900, 900, but
more, nearly a 5000, 100000 crop:
which the South is now getting ready
to pick. Last years cotton crop
brought to the South about $780,
100000, or more, byfar the largest
amount which that section ever re-
celved in enc year for cotton and
cottonseed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-25
KILLS 1868.
In 1905 the Roads infIict Injuries
Upon 97,7O6.
The Commerce Commissions Report
Shows a Great Increase in Milage
and in the Number Of Workmen.

Shows a Great Increase in Milage
and in the Number Of Workp,en.
Booking almost a quarter billion
more Of gross earnings than in the
preceding year, with an increase Of
81 round millions in net earnings the
railroads Of the cpuntry, in the year
ending June 30, nevertheless, killed
or injured more persons than in any
other 12months of their history. The
casualties totalled 108,324, Of which
number 1858 persons were killed
outright. How many of the other
97,706 died from their hurts is
not revealed by the Interstate Com
merce com mission in its report, made
public recently containing the fore
going figures. Perhaps it was be-
cause they made a new record in ac-
cidents that the companies piled up
such profits.
With adequate protection for pas
sengers and employees, the stock
holders might have less money to di-
vide. Anyway, the report gives the
lie to E. H. Hartman, James J. Hill
and other calamity howlers, who
thought President Roosevelt's policy
would ruin the railroads. Seemingly
neither the roads nor the shippers
were as badly frightened by the Pres
ident as the false prophets would have
the nation believe.
Most Of those who met instant
death in the year at the hands Of the
railways were employees. Only in 359
cases were the victims travellers, a
gratifying decrease from the 537
passengers killed in the preceding
year. But the railways injure more
passengers than in the year before.
They hurt 10, ,794 persons, who had
paid for transportation.
The report shows that one passen-
ger was killed for e, ry 2,217041
carried, while in 1905 one passenger
was killed for every 1,375, 1856 car
RED. One person was injured for
every ID, ,276 passengers carried, as
against one injury in every 70.055
passengers carried in 1905. For each
passenger killed 70, ,6S6 pas: s:enger
miles were accomplished, agrinst or
ly 81, 320, ,576 passenger miles in 1905
One passenger was injured for every
2, ,338. .859 passenger miles, against g.
276. .002 miles in 1905.
The report shows an average of
684 employees per 100 miles in line.
There was an increase of At employ
es per 100 miles Of line over 1905.
Wages and salaries paid to employees
aggregated S900,80l,653, but it is
stated that this amount is deficient
by more than S27, 100000, because of
tha loss of railway records in the San
Francisco earthquake. There were
2,213 railway corporations for which
mileage is included. During the year
railway companies owning 4,054. .46
miles of line were organized. merg-
ed or consolidated.
The number Of roads in the hands
Of receivers was "a.
The number of locomotives and
cars in the service of the railways
aggregated 22,010,584, of which L.
827, ,760 were fitted with train brakes
and 1883. .796 with automatic coup
lers. Only Las per cent. Of cars in
the passenger service were without
automatic couplers.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-25
HE GETS p YEARS.
Yet Judge May Revoke Sentence on
Annnr,nt nf NN-nn,an,e L,un,.

Account of Woman's Error.
Judge Johnson sprung one of the
most profound sensations that has
ever been known in Media, Delaware
county, Pa, this week. 1t was the
case of Helen D. Sinner, a pretty
waitress in a Philadelphia restaurant,
charging Norman St. Clair with fel-
onious assault.
The defendant had been convicted
and sentenced to 21 years in prison,
when it was revealed that Helen D.
Sinner had signed her name to her
voucher for witness fees as Mrs, -
though she declared she was single
in her testimony on the stand. The
Judge declared that rigid examina-
ton will be made and that, If 1t
is shown that the woman is per
jurer, sentence on the defendant will
be revoked, as the story of the prose,
cutrix will be all tainted by the same
false swearing.
The prisoner conducted his own
defence and won the sympathy OF all
in the courtroom. He declared that
it was the woman's husband who at
tackled her while walking il Fair.
mount park.
Subsequent Developments show
that st. Clair is a remarkable man
His application for Civil service
position states that he is a graduate
of Heidelburg university, and has
served in the British and American
navies, having been with Admlra
Dewey at Manila. He is a doctor
of philosophy and psychology and
master of languages. He is native
OF Scotland.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-25
LEFT HER BIG sum.
Mexican Fell in Love With Girl bs

Her Photo.
To be lett 100000 by a persor
whom one never has seen sound:
like fairy tale, but it has been re-
allied in Milwaukee, according tc
Lydia Paeschke, 1921 Claybourn
street.
She has been left the fortune by q
rich Mexican, whose name she does
not enow and who knew her by
means of photograph taken to Mex,
leo and shown him by a friend OF
Miss Paeschke, G. E. Jones, who
left Milwaukee for Mexico the latter
part of May.
Miss Paeschke received a letter
from attorneys in Mexico Thursday
acquainting her of the fortune left
her. She said Friday:
a short time ago | received a
letter from Mr.. Jones and he then
told me that my pictnre had made
a great impression upon the Mexi-
can. He said that when he showed
the photograph to Mr.. Manda the
latter said, I could learn to love
that girl
Shortly after that l received a
letter from the Mexican himself,
but I was unable to read it and
threw it away.
Just imagine throwing away a
letter that was written by a man
who was going to leave me S400,-
600!
From that time on l heard no
more about the matter until Thurs
day when | received word from
attorneys in Mexico telling me that
/ had been left the money by Mr..
Manda, who died recently, and ask
ing me what they should do. l
turned the letter over to my attor-
nevs.'
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-25
WANTS TO GO BACK.
Senator Latimer Candidate to Sue
ceed Himself.

Senator Latimer, who has just re-
turned from Europe, announces that
he is in the race to succeed himself
in the United States Senate.
When asked if he was afraid of
the Clinkscales senate boom, Senate
Latimer said that it had died out l.:
the last few days and that he had
not the slightest fear OF it whatever
In speaking Of Congressman Levei
as a possible candidate for the SEN
ate, Senator Latimer that he did not
consider Lever force to be taken
into account, if he should enter the
race
When asked if he thought Ex-Gov.
D. C. Heyward would be in the SEN
atorial race, he said that Mr.. Hey
ward had expressed himself to his
friends throughout the State as hav-
ing no desire to enter the race, and
that he considered him a man of
honor who would keep his word.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-25

The Columbia Record makes this
safe proposition: ''If the people Of
South Carolina will turn over to us all
the money TREY will spend for liquor
and tobacco for the next five years we
will guarantee to build frst-class high
ways in every county of the state" 1t
would be grand thing for them as
we'll as the counties il the users of
strong drink and tobacco in South
Caro- ina would accept the Records
proposition.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-25

TIE Florence Times is told by a
gentleman, who, while not connected
with the railroad, is in position to
Know many things about it, that the
Coast Line has no watered stock. That
the objections made 10 the railroads
IN general through the country. which
nave worked tie watered stock, or
Hartman scheme. taxing the people
&c pay their stocks and bonds, cannot
be urged against toe Coast Line.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-25
INDIAN SLAYER DEFIANT.
PapaSo Tribe Refuses to Surrender
Man Accused of Murder.

There is serious situation at Ari-
zona City, Ariz., as a result of the
refusal of the Papago Indian tribe to
surrender an Indian named Johns,
who murdered Mexican about two
weeks ago. The Indian police and
deputy sheriffs reported that they are
unable to effect an arrest of Johns.
Sheriff Pacheco, of Tucson, called
upon the rangers to help, and ten Of
them, under Capt. Harry Wheeler,
with the sheriff's posse, left for the
scene, which is remote, in the west
end of Pima county, 100 miles from
Tucson. Several mining camps are
located in the mountains nearby. The
Indians are usually peaceful, but now
threaten death to any whites who
venture into the village.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-25
SINGLE WOMEN COMING.
One Thousand Sailed From Liverpoo
One Day Last Week.

a dispatch from Liverpool says the
remarkable exodus of nl2rriagcbls
young women from England 10 the
United States and Canada IS empha-
sized by the departure Of a thousand
unmarried women on the Staame,
Baltic alone. while several hundre:'
we're among the total of 5000 pas
carried on three Trans-At-
lantic steamers, which sailed Thurs
dav.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-25
BEAT AT HIS GAME.
4 Farmer Robs Robber After
Hard Battle.

Robbers having designs against
Aaron Kent, a farmer OF Troy Hills,
near Caldwell. N. j.. will please take
this warning from this tale and
leave their valuables at home when
they start out to get his.
Very late Wednesday evening
Aaron sat on the front seat of his
wagon going home singing matches
of "Rally Round the Flag" Boys
while sDobbins and Charlie plodded
along in front
In Farmer Kent's undershirt poe
ket reposed a wad of $500 in yellow
bills, the proceeds of his peach crop,
which he had sold at Newark Mar
ket'
Two masked men leaped from a
brush heap at the roadside. One
grabbed the horses bits, the other
clambered up on the wagon step
and pressed gun to Aaron's ear.
eve want that $780," he Kissed.
"Shell her out er crook"
Farmer Kent quit the Rally
song in the centre Of the stirring re-
frain. Also he dropped the lines,
ducked his head to miss the bullet
and in the same instant caught the
road agent about the neck in the
crook Of his stalwart arm and threw
him clean into the back of the wa
gon. Kent lopped over after him
and fell on top. He closed the sur
prised highwayman's windpipe, and
then raised his head and cried:
''Scat, Dobbin!''
Dobbin leaped forward with a
bounce threw the burglar at his bit
into the roadside bushes, and then
dashed on, while Kent and the rob-
Der Tough it out in the box of the
wagon behind.
: Kent was easily victor, At the
farm up in front the discounted
robber wormed himself out of his
coat and vest, squirmed out the
back of the box and and fell with
thud into the sand.
After stalling Dobbing Aaron
Kent examined the rear of his dou-
bic wagon. In the discarded coat
of the burglar man he found $3.50
in cash. The discarded vests poe
kets yielded a gold watch worth $50.
TIM, y,I,I,D~n,r,- WV
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-25
TRAGEDY NEAR MACON.
Fucd Between Farmers Result in
Death of One of Them.

Elmer Orr, farmer. 81 years old
was shot and killed while driving tC
his home, seven miles from Macon
Ga, late Thursday, and John IN
Langston, another farmer. aged 10
is in Jail charged With the murder.
1t is said the men quarrclied sever
al months ago.. when Orr threaten
ed TO kill Langston. They me- On 4
narrow road and il endeavoring to
russ tE;a wagons COLI ed.
a quarrel followed, in which blows
were exchanged. Lansston then, it
is said, attempted to use d shptsua.
and in the struggle for its possession
the gun was discharged. fatal.T
vounding Orr, who died shortly af-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-25
DEATH IN a NINE.
Eleven People Killed by an Explosion
i'm Mexico.

A special from Toluca, Mexico
says: Neglect Of duty on the part OF
ar employee resulted in the death Of
eleven persons and injury to twelve
more Wednesday through the explo-
sion of boiler in the Ferrer factory
at Asorradero in the Anguangueo dis
trict of the state of Michoacan.
The explosion occurred just before
noon hour and the two proprietors
and number of workmen were
clustered togethed in the vicinity of
the boiler doing repairs to some ma
chinery.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-25
WANT IT BAD.
Will Give Big Sum if His Teams
Wins the Pennant.

Charley Con:iskey, president of the
Chicago Americans, has announced
that he will divide $4,000 among
the White So" in event that they
overcome the big odds against them
and capture the pennant.
He says thar 100000 would be d
small -ev:ard for them ii they go
over the route now before them and
land the pennant. Last season. when
they won at home. he divided small
fortune among the players. and TINS
season he offers an even greater re
ward.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-25
BROWNS HIS CHILDREN.
inhl,man Act of Drunken Gardner
.Arouses Indignation.

The public indignation at the ap-
palling growth in crimes il violence
which manisfested itself over the
Communication of the sentence OF
death passed upon Soleillant for the
atrocious murder of little girl, has
been aroused again by the revolving
crime of a drunken gardner at Paris,
who. 10 avenge himself Of his wife
for refusing to live with him, drown
ed his two children in moat Of the
fortiications.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-25
HAD HIS BIZ. iN WASHED.
Remarkable Surgical Operation Re.
stores Man to Health.

stores Man to Health.
After an operation, in which a clot
was removed from the brain, David
Wake, of Manchester, Va, is now
able to walk and talk and every in
dication points to complete recov-
cry.
Mr.. Wake fell from a building and
injured his head. He APPARENTLY re-
covered from this injury, but in a
few weeks he lost the power of
speech and the use Of an arm and leg
from paralysis.
The skull was trephined several
weeks ago, at a Richmond (Va.D
hospital. clot removed and the
brain throughly washed. Since then
Mr. Wake has been rapidly improv-
ing
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-25

The use Of dog flesh as food appears
% nave originated in Saxony, and it
IS III 'hat part Of the empire that the
consumption Is most aotceabl