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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-06
Killed BY Explosion.

By an explosion Of dynamite on
Friday at Carmi, ILL.,, Rev. ]. B.
Title, his father, his wife and baby
were killed and two children Of the
family were fatally injured. Mr.
Title, who was a Baptist minister,
had the dynamite in his house, ex-
pecting to use the explosive in blow
ing out stumps. How the dynamite
happened to explode Is not known
The residence was totally destroyed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-06
The Unfortunate Bachelors.

The Baltimore American says:
The unfortunate bachelors Of the
nation have fallen on hard times.
Various states are contemplating
their taxation, and now comes eX-
President Cleveland's suggestion tc
disfranchise the single voters. Next.
President Roosevelt will be sending
4 special message to congress ad-
isiag penalties attached, for the
selfish crime Of single blessedness
nd to stop any possible avenue oi
escape which might open to the
xretched, hunted creatures, next
vear is leap year.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-06

pupils and two teachers in the high
school department: Provided, also, |
That no school receive more than |
81. 200 annually from the appropria-
ton provided in this act: Provided,
further, That no county shall receive
more than 5 per cent, of the annual
appropriation provided for under
this act.
Sec. s. The funds raised in the
various counties by taxation, sub
script!on, or otherwise, for high
school purposes shall be placed in
the county treasury, together with
any appropriation received from the
State board of education, and shall
be paid out only upon the order of
the board Of high school trustees,
duly approved by the county super
intendent Of education. Both the
treasurer and the county superin-
tendent of education shall keep &C.
curate accounts of this fund, as is
provided for other public school
funds.
"Sec. 9. That each Of the high
school districts so established is here
by authorized to receive and use
gifts, transfer, beQuests or devises
of property for corporate purposes,
whether they be otherwise condition
al, or whether absolute in their
| terms; and also to issue coupon
bonds within the constitutional limit,
and to dispose Of the same to raise
money for the purpose Of purchas-
ing sites and the erection of build
ings thereon, or for the purpose of
purchasing improved property, suit
able for school, or dormitory, or
mess hall purposes: Provided, That
the question Of amount Of issue, and
the rate of interest, and the time or
times Of payment Of the principal,
shall first be submitted to the quail
! fed electors within the said high
school district who return real or
personal property for taxation, at
an election to be held in the same
manner as elections for special levies
for school district purposes are now
required to be submitted under Sec
tion 1908 of said code: and Provided,
further, That an annual interest on
said issue shall not exceed 6 per
cent, and that the sale shall not be
for less than par and accrued inter
est.
'Sec. 10. That the sum Of $780,
600, or 50 much thereof as may be
necessary, for each of the school
| years, beginning July /, 1907, be,
and the same is herby, appropriated
to carry out the provisions of this
act, and the comptroller general is
hereby authorized to draw warrants
upon the State treasurer for such
amounts, upon the order of the State
board Of education, duly signed by
the governor, as chairman, and the
State superintendent of education,
as secretary: Provided, That tuition
shall be free in every school receiv'
ing aid under this act to all pupils in
the county where the school is locat,
ed; Provided, further, That nothing
in this act shall be constructed tc
mean that pupils Of different races
shall attend the same school.
"Approved Feb. 19, 1907"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-06

If the County Dispensaries are
managed properly there is no reason
why they should not be just as good
as State Dispensary. There is no
denying the foot that some of those
at the head of the State Dispensary
were on the make. Let those who
manage the County Dispensaries
shun the rocks upon which the State
Dispensary wet to pieces, and all
will he well
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-06
Three Killed.

A train on the Grand Trunk was
wrecked near Guelph. Ont, one day
last week. Three persons we're kill
ed and every passenger on the train
suffered more or less serious inJur-
les. The entire train with the ex-
ception Of the engine jumped the
track and plunged over thirty foot
embankment.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-06
Constables Needed.

Believing the proper enforcement,
Of the state anti-liquor Law is impos-
sible in Greeniville county without
the aid of specially appointed con-
stables, more than two hundred
prominent citizens have signed a
petition asking Governor Ansel to
reappoint certain constables recent
ly relieved from duty there under
the Carey-Cothran act.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-06
En,lnd Dead.

At Pitts5u7g, Pa, Prof. T. NJ.
Taylor of the chemistry department
OF the Carnegie Technical school was
found dead Thursday in his room al
the residence Of Mrs. ". H. Hartzei:
There was bullet wound benlno
his left ear, and new revolver was
living on the floor.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-06

The dispensary law has become so
popular in Charleston that a member
of the Legislature has resigned so
as he can accept a place on the
County Board of Control. Verify,
as Brother Jasper use to say, the
sun do move"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-06

We hope the commission appoint
ed to wind up the State Dispensary
will 90 to the bottom Of things, and
unearth all the rascality that has
ever been committed by those con-
ne.>seA with it. Let US have the
tru,!. /, ua:.ss no difference who It
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-06

Mr.. ". o. Tatum, formerly dISpen-
sary commissioner, has been CHOSEN
as superintendent of the plant under
the newly appointed commission. Mr.
Tatum will have charge Of the en-
tire plant and its contents and he
will be responsible to the commits
sioners. He is under a bond of s15,-
000
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-06
COST NEARLY FIFTY.
A Stolen Kiss Proves to b an Expen-
siye Luxury.

S3SC A4AWg.
It costs fellow something in Bal
tinore to steal a kiss from woman.
One little kiss cost George VILE in
son s45.T5, according to decision
In the criminal court. Pansy Schmidt
comely woman told the court she
was tending bar at her husband S
saloon on Mulliken street.
It was time to close for the night,
While reaching with both hands
above her head to turn out the
lights, she said Wilkinson eLi0rac-
ed her and stole kiss.
Go way, you horid thing. she
said, and Wilkinson went. Then
she swore out warrant for his ar
st, and Wilkinson admitted be had
thet he had kissed her a number OF
kissed Mrs. Schmidt. and asserted
times before. ;,
Il kissed her right on the mouth.
he said, with emphasis. as though
recalling pleasant memory.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-06
Robbing Dispensaries.

The dispensaries at blacKEli!e
and a1oncks Corner were proheu
n,an and robbed last week by some
of the thirsty souls who co"!n w. ~.
ce, along without booze Aeasu,e &.
viii be taken to bring the sGlI'S
parties to justice.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-06

The Washington correspondent Of
the News and Courier is. authority
for the statement that Congressman
A. F. Lever will be candidate for
Senator Latimer's place in the prlm-
ary ntxt year. II Lever enters the
race he Will make it hot for Brer
Latimer.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-06
Worse Than Reported.

Instead of seven, as first reported,
it Is now learned that at least ~
negroes lost their lives by the burn
ing of the steamer Marion of Beau
fort last Friday morning. That num-
Der Of dead bodies have been found.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-06
,icaIOuS HUSBAND.

Because his wife refused to i've
with him Will Wagner, OF CoVlng-
ton. Ga. emptied the contents o.
revolver into her body. The Nonap
will likely die. The sherl1, Will
dogs. IS in pursuit of the negro.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-06

The County Dispensaries should
use as much of the whiskey the State
Dispensary has on hand as they car
There Is no use sending abroad ior
what can be bought right at home.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-06
The Thaw Trial.

President Roosevelt, like. thous-
ands Of other men, is disgusted with
the disposition to 90 into details
shown by newspapers in reporting
the Thaw murder trial. On Febru-
ary IL, the president gave to the
Associated Press this statement:
The president has communicated
with the postmaster general to know
whether it is feasible to bar from
the mails the papers that give the
full and disgusting particulars of the
Thaw case. He does not know
whether or not it is feasible bit ii it
is he; wishes it DONE" Are the news
papers really to blame for publish
ing such things as are coming out In
the Thaw trial? Are not the read
ers of the papers to blame for its
being published? We read an edi-
torial the other day from one Of the
so-called religious weeklies scoring
the editors Of the daily papers for
publishing the "disgus:ing details
of the Thaw trial. How did the
editor Of the religious weekly know
that the daily papers were publish
ing these disgusting details? He
must have read them, and SO do g
great many other people who con-
demn the daily papers for publish
ing them. Why don't. these people
quit reading such stuff, and than the
newspapers will stop publishing it.
A Fatal Accident.
Mr.. Robt Keller, of this city, was
shot and fatally wounded while out
bird hunting with Mr.. ". L. Harley,
also of this city, on last Tuesday
near Elloree. Mr.. Keller was shot
about four o'clock in the afternoon
and lived until nine o'clock when
he passed away surrounded by his
devoted wife, little daughter, and
other retlaives and friends. Hedied at
the Elloree Hotel, where he was car
ried after being shot.
Messrs. Keller and Harley left
the Atlantic Coast Line Railway for
Orangeburg Tuesday morning over
a few days hunt in the Elloree. Cres-
ton and Lone Star sections. After
successful days hunt on Tuesday
Mr. Keller was counting over what
le had killed. He had lain his gun
own with the muzzle pointing in
the direction in which he was sitting.
when dog came up and began nos
ing the birds. MI. Keller ordered
lie dog of, when the dog stepped on
the gun and discharged it. The load
striking Mr. Keller In the stomach.
a physician soon reached him, and
a telegram was sent to Orangeburg
for his wife and little daughter, both
of whom reached him before his
death.
Mr.Keller was then taken to the
hotel at Elloree, where he fingered
until about nine O'Clock when he
passed into the great beyond. The
remains were brought to Orange-
burg Tuesday night on the train
from Elloree. Mr. Keller was about
thirty-six years of age. He was the
oldest son Of Mr.. and Mrs. JEFF NJ.
Keller of this city, and was highly
by a large circle OF rela-
tives and friends. Some years ago
he married Miss Annie Adden, who
with one little girl survive him.
When the news Of the horrible acci-
dent reached the city on Tuesday
afternoon it cast gloom over all.
(Orangeburg Times and Democrat,) J
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-06

It is stated that Generals Kaul-
bars, Grippenburg, Rennenkampf
and 8ildering have challenged Cen
eral Kuropatkin to fight duels ow-
ing to attacks made upon them in
his recently. published book on the
war.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-06

This seems to be year Of disas-
ters. Now comes the news from Ma
nilla that the Philippine Islands
have been devastated by a storm,
and that several hundred had been
killed and thousands rendered home
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-06

If the different towns in the State
would resolve 10 enforce the dispen-
sarv law it would be enforced, and
there would be no blind tigers.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-06

Some one connected with the On
tied States sub-treasury at Chicago
has stolen 100000 dollars from
Uncle Sam The thief wants
70 keep the surplus down.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-06
Preparing q Statement.

Senator Tillman is preparing
statement for the press Of his views
of the Carey-Cothran bill. He thinks
the law will be found undesirable
and that an early change is likely.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-06
Some Important Acts.

SOmc 1npOrtanC AcSS.
At its late session the Legislature
passed some important acts. Among
these may be classed the act to tn-
vestisate the railroads through an
inter-session commission of six
members Of the General Assembly.
This commission is intended to work
out the Charleston problem first,
but its powers are great and 1t may
take up interstate rates, schedules,
equipment, freight delays and many
other matters vitally affecting the
people Of the state.
Another important act passed Is
the one outlawing dealing in cotton
futures and other farm products In
this State. This is the Georgia law
on the subject and not only does
2way with bucketshops, but forbids
buying or selling in legitimate
way. If this law is enforced It Will
be far reaching in its effects, and
will be the means Of keeping at
home a great deal Of money that:
now goes into the pockets Of sharp
ers at the North. =.
Another act Of importance Is the
oae limiting the hours of labor in.
the cotton mills and other factories
20 62 week beginning next July
and 60 hours a week after next Jau-
uary L, with the proyiso that so
hours lost time may be made up in,
the course of a year. A companion
act Is that amending the child labor
act so as to forbid women and chill
dren under Il working after night.
What effect this law will have on
our cotton mills we can't say, but
We hope it will not affect them ad-
versely.
The act looking to the establish
ment of high schools throughout
the state is Of special Importance to
the rural districts. it is United to
towns Of 1000 population or less
1t provides for special levy NOT
two mills in any school
district desiring such a high school,
and carries an appropriation Of $780,
900 for aid through state high
school board to the poorer districts.
This act will result in many high
schools being established in rural
districts and give the poor boys OF
those communities an opportunity
to prepare themselves for college.
The Legislature spent money free
", and made appropriations totaling
nearly a million and half, about
100000 more than can be raised
~ the reduced levy combined with
,ther sources of income in spite Of
he fact that tax values have increas-
I'd twenty-five million. It increas-
ID the pension appropriation to
which no one will object
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-06
New Dispensa.Y Iaw.

,nly change that We can see from
he cid law is that under the new
aw the county and not the State
handles the liquor and all the money
hat is earned by the dispensaries
goes to the different counties aad
towns in which they are located.
Where the temperance feature OF
tho new law, for which some Of the
claim SO much credit,
comes IN we have been unable to find
cut after careful reading OF the
new law. 1t will be just as easy to
get whiskey under the new law as It
was under the old law.
One of the curious things about
the dispensaries IS that neither the
counties nor the State are response
Bile for the whiskey bought by them
AS matter of fact there can be;
under the constitution, no such thing
as dispensary owned and operated
by a county. The constitution per-
m!ts the General Assembly to au-
thorize county officers under the
authority and in the name OF the
State" to engage in the business OF
buying and selling intoxicating II
quoTs. This act comes within this
limitation of the constitution BY de-
claring that the various county dis
pensary boards are county officers
and are authorized under the author
ity and in the name OF the State to
engage in such business.
The State assumes no obligation
whatever in connection with the pu1-
chases of liquor. Every dispensary
must stand upon its own bottom:
The county. not being authorized to
embark in the business, Of course
assumes no obligation in connec-
ton with it. One of the authors.
Of the bill says this was provided to:
prevent whiskey dealers from over
lodaing the dispensaries. They must
look to the ousisness for their pay
and will, therefore, be more discreet
in making sales Of the quantity
which will be sold than If the State
or county was the paymaster. On:
the surface this looks like a wise
precaution, and ought to work well.
We believe that the new Law,
backed by he people and the author.
tiles Of the towns in which the dis
pensaries are located, can be made
q most beneficial one IN the hand:
ling of liquors, as the State Dispen-
sary, was. Let each of us make It
our business to see that the new law
is properly enforced by reporting all
violations Of it. There Is no sense
now in any friend of the old State
| Dispensary law trying to obstruct
the carrying out Of the new law. Let
us all pull together for the enforce
ment Of all laws whether we believ-
new dispensary law Is the law Of the
State, and it is the duty Of every
good citizen Of the State to do what
he can to have it enforced every
| where. Whiskey will be sold and
drank and We prefer to have it sold
under the strictest provisions Of law.
and this we think the new dispen-
sary law amply provides for. Next
| to the State Dispensary the
County Dispensary system Is the
! best yet devised In this, State for
handling the liquor Question.-The
Oranegeburg Times and Democrat,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-06

!llSlI uClSA US4oAS@ tAICy Sl z iSN iItIo
the garden. That is in one Of the
beautiful valleys of Colorado We
shall move as soon as Adam has COM
pleted his preparations.
Il shall dress only in fg-leaf, as
did III the garden of Eden. and my
husband, Adam, will redeem the
world"
"A-hem. ventured the correspcn-
dent, delicately. Would fg-!eaf
be necessary in community entire
" free from sin? It was after the
fall that Adam and Eve found fig
leaves desirable"
"Well,' said Mother Eve, with q
touch of uneasiness, perhaps shall
be able to do without a fg-leaf in
time, but we do not wish to offend
the sinful and unregenerate. We
have been sentinto the world TO bring
peace and happiness and not to stir
up strife. Whenever we need it, we
receive revelation telling us Just
what we ought to DO. We shall know
when the time is ripe to drop fg
leaves. I have no doubt that when
every man is true member of the
Garden Of Eden fg-leaves will not be
required.
How many people already belong
to the Garden Of Eden77"
"Well, think there are two hun
dred Of US now. Many Of them are
children, because they are most free
from sin and, therefore, it to enter
the garden after Adam has preached
the word TO them for g short time.
We gather up orphans and children
Of parent who are not able to care
for them"
Have you any children Of your
ewn?' inquired the visitor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-24
The Local Paper.

The local village paper is a neces-
sity. Nothing can take its place. 1t
advocates and stands as the exponent
Of improved conditions as no other
paper can that receives only the in
cidental happenings sent in by a
local correspondent. The city has
it's own local affairs to attend to
and it seeks to give only enough
vicinity news to catch subscribers in
adjacent towns. The local paper,
your paper, stands as an advocate
for your interests, because what is
your interest is the interest Of the
paper. The business men, keen
minded, wide awake, understands
this, for in their advertising they use
the local paper, that which reaches
their constituency, and is kept and
read by them. What becomes OF the
average daily paper? 1t is read or
carelessly looked through, and then
thrown away. What becomes of the
weekly paper, the home paper? 1t
is read and re-read, and then taken
home to the family, where it is per-
used by its every member, and dis
cussed and, yes, criticised. Few
daily papers are given that distinc-
ton. Get a daily paper for the tele-
graph news, but get the best. In
these days of rapid communication
the large cities issue the best papers,
because they can afford to do so,
and the better papers are as easily
obtainable as the smaller papers Of
the small cities. Make the local pa
per your paper. Send in all little
matters of news you know, and re-
member that it is your local paper
that seeks to be a member Of the
large family in your community.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-04-24
POPULATION OF THIS NATION.
The United States Increased Nearly
5000 900 in Six Years.

Washington, D. C.--There are now
nearly 100000 more people in the
Continental United States than there
were six years ago, according to an
estimate based upon the figures COM
piled by the Census Bureau in q spe-
cial report issued recently. Accord
ing to its estimates the population OF
the Continental United States in
1906 was S~3,941,510, an increase
over 1900 Of 7,946,9S5.
The population of the United
States, inclusive Of Alaska and the in
sular possessions, in 1906 was 93,-
1920. The growth in population
in the Continental United States from
1905 to 1906 was 1,367,315.
Computed on the basis of the esti-
mate the density Of population of the
Continental United States in 1906
was twenty-eight persons per square
mile, as compared with twenty-six in
1900.
The five leading cities and their
estimated population in 1906 are as
follows:
New York .4,113,043
Chicago .2,049,185S
Philadelphia ............l,44l,730
st. Louis 649,320
The report presents the population
returns for 1905 of the fourteen
States making an interdecennial emu
meration, together with the esti-
mated population of these States for
1904 and 1906 and of the remaining
States and Territories for 1904, 1905
and 1906. q
The States which took a census in
1905 are Florida, Iowa, Kansas,
Massachusetts,, Minnesota, New Jer-
sey, New York, North Dakota, Ore
gon, Rhode Island, South Dakota,
Wisconsin and Wyoming. In Michi-
gan the census is taken in the years
ending with a a." The population
returned for these States was 26,-
263,S77; an increase since 1900 of
~1,901,572 or rs per cent. For the
remaining States end Territories the
population for 1905, as determined
by the method OF estimating adopted
by the bureau, was 56,283,059,$ an in
crease oFer 1900 of ~4,374,040, or S.4
per cent. The population Of the four
teen States making an enumeration,
If estimated in the same manner
would be 26,204,762, a difference Of
only OF per cent. from the actual re-
turns.
The rapid growth of urban popula-
ton is noteworthy. The total esti-
mated population of incorporated
places having 5000 or more inhabit-
ants, exclusive of San. Francisco and
Los Angeles, is ~2S,466,624 for 1906,
an increase over 1900 Of 3,912,l88,
or 1879 per cent, while the estimated
population Of the United States ex-
elusive of these cities showed an in
crease of 4,4S0,00S, or only S.S per
cent.
The Lightweight cities with an es-
timated population of $4,000 or more
in 1906 had a total estimated popu-
lation of 19,771,1G7, an increase of
2,766,S63, or 1913 per cent. over that
reported at the twelfth Census.