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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-01-23
Esrd to Please.

Some of the anti.dispensary papers
that were busy during the last cam.
paign spreading the unfounded and
silly report that the dispensary was
in a bankrupt condition are now froth.
ing at the mouth because the dispen-
sary has paid sixty-three thou sand
dollars into the schoolfund and wiped
out it's Indebtedness tC the schools.
This is a clear case of "damm if you
do'' or "damn if you DON'T" We are
glad that the dispensary has paid the
school fund up in full. II people will
drink whiskey, we know OF no better
purpose to put the money than to ed.
ucate their children.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-01-23
4 Modern Pirate.

The Atlanta Journal asks how many
people know that pirates once intest
ed the inland seas of America? Very |
few probably, answers the Journal, I!
and yet as late as the year 1855, there
was pirate vessel operating upon
Lake Michigan, under the command
OF the notorius Captain Strang. In
terest in this vessel has been revived
by the discovery of the hull, partly
burned, and almost completely buried
in the sands of Beaver Island. Strang
was called "The Pirate King' and
his boat was named 1.-THE Eclipse"
It was his custom to sally forth from
Beaver Island and lie in wait for the
unfortunate vessel that passed, capture
them, plunder them, and make their
crews either conform to the peculiar
customs of the Inhabitants OF his is
and retreat, or else murder them.
Strang had kind of religious, or
irreligious, sect of bis own invention
on that island. Is is said that the
faith bore something OF a resemblance
to that Of the Mormons. Perhaps the
complete recital of the horrors of Beav.
er Island will never be written, but
J enough has been discovered to show
that no buccaneer OF the Spanish
Main overhead a more bloody and pira-
ticai existence than this Corsair Of
the inland sea. Numerous skeletons
have been dug mp by the residents of
the island, and these are supposed to
be the remains of the murdered vic,
Tins of the pirate Strang. A great
many cd hulks and hulls have been
discovered beneath the waves neal
the island. These are the wrecks Of
the ships which Strang sent to the
bottom. Strang was finally put out o1
q business in 1855 by force of s'ate of.
D 6cers. His boat was captured but
not until after bloody fight. 1t was
s set afre. But Strang, who had no
. other virtues, seems to have had the
:, virtue of gameness, at least. Himself
!, y and all his crew died fighting.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-01-23
ThunderbOitS.

Ibid you ever see the diameter OF
a lightning fash measured" asked
a geologist. well, here is the CASE
which once inclosed a fash Of light
ming that fitted it exactly, SO you can:
see how big 1t was. This Is called g
'fulgarite,' or lightning hole, and
the material 1t Is made Of is glass.
when bolt of lightning strikes,
a bed Of sand it plrnges downward
into the sand for distance less or
greater, transforming simultaneous
ly into glass the SILICA in the mate
rial through which it passes. Thus
by its great heat 1t forms a glass
tube OF precisely its own size.
'sNow and then such a tube,
known as a fulgarite, IS found and
dug up. Fulgarites have been fol-,
lowed into the sand by excavations
for nearly thirty feet They vary in.
interior diameter from the size Of q
quill to three inches or more, accord
ing to the bore ot the flash. But
fulgarites are not produced alone IN
sand. They are found also in solid
rock, though very naturally OF slight
depth, and frequently existing as
thin, CLASSY covering on the surface.
"such fulgarites occur in aston
ishing abundance on the summit Of
Little Ararat, in Armenia. The rock
is so soft and porous that blocks a
foot long can be obtained, perforated
IN all directions by little tubes filed
with bottle green glass formed from
the fused rock.
Some wonderful fulgarites were
found by Humboldt, on the high
Nevada de Toluca, in Mexico. Masses
Of the rock were covered with a thin
layer Of gren glass. It's peculiar
simmer in the sun led Humboldt to
ascend the precipitous peak at the
risk OF his life
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-01-23
KILLED BY HIS WIFE.
She Claims Ee Had Threatened to
Beat Ser.

SQe Cfot1nS G6 62O 4nCoAtcneO u
Beat Ser.
McCully W. Blair. conductor or
the Cclumbis, Newberry and LaurenE
R,il1osd, was shot and killed Thurs.
dsy afternoon at his home, at No.
,610 Marion street Columbia. His
young and handsome wife Is held un-
der surveillance pending the conclu
sion OF the inquiry into the manner
Of his death.
It is understood that after he was
shot, and shortly before his death
Blair made q statement tuat his wife
shot him, and that the pistol used be
logged to a person whose name the
authorities have not yet disclosed.
Mrs. Blair admits that the pistol was
in her hand when it was fired, but
she says that her husband threatened
to beat her, and she warned him Of
with the pistol, which was fred in
the SCI tti9 which followed.
The shooting occurred shortly after
O'Clock Thursdsy afternoon in the
room occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Blair
1T the house where they lived. Bair
vas taken to Knowlton's In6rmary
soon sitter being shot, but he died
within thirty minutes after being
moved. He was shot In the ab.
donen. The neighbors state that
four shots were fired.
Mrs. Blair befofe her marriage was
Miss Ethel Wade Darlington, OF
Greensboro. She has two small child.
ren. She is an exceptionally handsome
woman.
Blair had returned from his run
Thursday morning and was on the
strsets until afternoon. He has suf
cred greatly from cancer of the stom-
sch for some time add sometimes took
opiates to relieve his pain.
Mrs. Blair is nov In q state OF ner.
7ous collapse and the physician at
tending her states that she csnr OF be
moved tonight.
The msn to whom the pistol is sal
to belong is passenger conductor
between Richmond and Wash
ington by the name OF Arms, who was
hare some time ago, and with whom
Mrs. Blstr had bsen friends before
coming to Colunbia from North Car
olina several ysars sgo. She and Blair
haG not lived happily fof some time.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-01-23

HAVING been frozen out Of King
Leopold's good thing IN the Congo,
Mr., Pierpont Morgan feels it to be
his religious duty to protest against
the barbarities being practised in that
fare country. It is wonderful what
good conscience-rouser this being
sfrozen outU is.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-01-23
BOUGHT TOO MUCH.
The state Dlspensary Board to Be
Investigated.

The feature Of last weeks session
OF the Legislature has been the Chris
tsnsen resolution calling for the ap-
pointment Ct commission Of five to
Investigate at once the doings Of the
present stste board OF dispensary d.
rectors. The resolution was predica-
tad upon q letter from Commissioner
Tatum to Senator Christe3sen-vrit.
ten at the request OF Mr.. Christensen
directing attention to the fact that
the dispeLsary is being overstocksc
with great quantities OF unstable
goo1s. The new committee was ap.
pointed because it was feared the old
dispensary committee might be pow
erless under the law after the ne"
legislature convened. 1t is given CON
tempt powers and Is authorized tc
hold up any claims ii deems advisable g.
particularly these not proved by orig
inal entries on the books. The house
amended the resolution by requiring
the committee to report back IN ter
days, which amendment was accepted
oy the senate. The new conmiste'
will therefore be ready to get to Worl
early next week. In the meantime i
is likely that the dispensary fight II
both houses will be held back pending
q report from this committee.
It is admitted that II the charge
brought by Commissioner Tatuu asf
true the mem bers OF the board ma!
be indicted, and q sensational out
come Is expected by the anti'dispsn
ssry people. Your correspondent VS.:
told 1t the state dispenssrJ bookkeep
ing department today, however, tina
the resolution would amount to moth
ing; that the alarm about the thirty
FIVE cars Of whiskev remaining on th
outside for lack Of place to put ther
was idle talk. Formerly, 1t was 7s
planned, the Richland dlstillefy
warehouses were uged, the old boar
giving sn order for several hundred ha'
rsls, to bs shippsd In lots Of rs to s
barrels !a week. Nov that this bnl
stuff is bought elsewhere i6accunula'
es in the yard. At any event the repol
Of the committee will be eagerly ant
cipated.
Both houses passed the rasolutio
By overwhelming majorities. Onl
Senators Blease, MCGOWAN and Ia
bert voted against it In the senate
and Senator Talbert explained ths
be thought enough corruption had a
ready been shown to deuonstrate tt
useleaness Of any more investigating
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-01-23
TIE DISPENsARY.

How the Senate and House St=nds
On 1t.
The Florence Times says dispensary
legislation is coming it could not be
brought In at the very outset OF the
session, as much as the people Of the
state might have wished to see 1t, but
it will be In good and strong from
now on, each faction will have bills
and there will be an endless variety OF
measures proposed unless the various
factions that agree most nearly get
together and condense their views
into GONE measure that will suit 1ey
eral phases Of the question. All Te.
cognize that the people OF tha state
demand a reformation Of affairs and
the surrounding OF the ssate dispsr.
sary If conducted with such safe.
guards and restrictions as will llf6 i!
above reasonable reproach.
It is generally conceded that the
senate has a narrow majority fo1 the
state 6ispensary, and that the houss
is about evenly divided, but both
sides claim ms jorlty. It Is admit
ted thas the anti-dispensary faction
has smaller vote this yesr than they
had last year, and the d:spensary men
claim that she current is tending
agsin their way now that the peopls
have registered their protest, out the
responsibility Is on them to meet the
criticism OF the system With reforms
thst cannot be doubted.
It is hard to see that the recent
ensations created by the chsrge that
the directors had overloaded the state
With liquor IN view OF their going out
OF cfflce and the vsry positive declara'
tions Of the governor elect have had
any effsct on the representatives
Esch man stands just whers be stoo5
before. The house passed resolution
ordering the directors to suspend OF
ders foI liquor until ate; the meeting
OF the Assem- bly, which was nothing 10
the world but slap, considered gen.
orally as inadvised, at the board.
They ha7e ordered all that th, = in
tend to order and II they have erred
in the matter the way to treat them.
it is hsld, would have been to elect
somebody else to their places II the
institution is continued, which is
most probably with the senate In It's
favor
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-01-23

Unless the government pays the
rural carriers better salaries, it will
be impossible to keep competent men
in the service. It is unreasonable to
ask these people to work for nothing
and find themselves. This is peculiar
ly a farmers matter and every farmer
should urge his Congressman to vote
for better pay for the carriers. we
are pleased to see that Postmaster
General Cortelyou strongly RECON-
mends the increase in his recent an
nual repors.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-01-23

IT seems that just as soon as 1t
dawned upon the Iailload managers
that their failure to deliver coal was
increasing the demand for government
ownership, they found way to break
the coal famine. It is wonderful what
can be done when self interest de.
mands it,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-01-23

Several judges have decided that
trusts cannot COLLECT debts due them
because being orginized to restrict
trade, they are illegal combinations
without standing before the law.
This seems to hit the frauds fright
where they live" 1t 1t will force
them to either quit entirely or do
business on strickly cash basis.
Perhaps these judges have found the
real solution of the trust problem.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-01-23

IT is stated that Gov. Ansel will
probably appoint Mr. Hermie Osten-
dorf, of Charleston, chief constable in
place of Mr.. Hammet, who has resign
ed. Mr.. Ostendorf is good man
for the place as he is fully qualified to
fill it efficiently.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-01-23

Cbss. 3. Wooten. yard master OF
the ScUtharn, vas run over By 80
engine IN Columbia OF Wed esGsy.
Re had bssp IL the employ of the
rosd for 20 years, 5 large portion @!
the time IS conductor between Co.
nnbis snd Augusta.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-01-23

David Graham Phillips declares
that one per cent OF the people Of the
United States control SO per cent Of
the wealth. And the one per cent
seems to think its membership has q
vested right in the SO per cent.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-01-23

a summary OF the farm crops raised
in the United States during the past
year shows that corn is still King in
acreage, bushels and valuation. 7 his
is d billion dollar corn country. Our
farmers should make more Of the king
crop than they do.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-01-23

The Florencs Timee seems to think
that it is not so much the block sys.
tenn that the railroads are suffering
from as the block heads who some
times have had charge of the work
inp of them.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-01-23

The state dispensary has made a
elean-sweep of the debt to the school
fund and made it at most opportune
time for the interests Of that institu-
tion. That may turn the edges OF
some of the knives that are out for
that institution.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-01-23

THE kentucky farmer who bought
a man at public auction and paid a
dollar for his services for five months,
will probably wish before he gets
through with the tramp, that be had
spent his dollar for a coon dog.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-01-23

THE ''trust-busting" goes on but we
haven't heard of any trust retiring
from business. They seem to have
the nine lives Of a cat and when you
think you have the "critter' killed it
breaks out in a new place.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-01-23

Gov. Ansel Will assume the high
office to which he has been called this
week and it is the duty of every citi-
yen of the state to hold up his hands
and help him make his. administra-
tion Grand success.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-01-23

IT. is said that the two houses OF
the legislature are divided on the
dispensary question, the Senate being
for and the House against it by a
very small majority.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-01-23

Chicaeo's health commissioner AYERS
that if the provisions of the pure food
law are vigorously carried out boiled
rico will be the only food that can be
legally eaten.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-01-23

A man would as soon think OF put
ting on a cork life preselTer 10 se0
through a snowdrift as some oi Cne
clothes women wear to keep warm.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-01-23
Death Of Senator Bay.

E1.Ststs Senator J. T. hay died
srdde1ly st his home in Camden OF
heart trouble on Wednesday,, IN the
60.h year Of his age. BE vas { law
yer and stood high In bis protest. 5n.
He wes chairman OF the committee
Shat Investigated the dispensary.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-01-23

Col. J. G. Boyd, recently elected ad-
jutant and inspector general. who
was stricken with paralysis several
days ago, is improving.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-01-23

A Statistican says New York has
spent so 0O0, 900 for automobiles, but
fails 10 say how much the funerals OF
The victims cost,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-01-23

II the farmers of the South would
:aise all the corn and meat they use:
,.f,1;o Oh wonld never sell below fifteen
cents per pound
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-01-23
RA!LEOA DS

When sc hea. &c nueh compliant
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-01-23
LlQUOR QUESTION

Oae Of the most important subjects
thst you hsVe before you for ccnsld-
ersticn, Gentlemen OF the General AS
senbly, is the liquor question.
The people CT the state have spoken
OF, no uncertain sound, and We cannot
mistake their meaning, that the ststs
d:spsnsar7 system must be abolished
and that there must be enacted in its
stead, Law providing for locsl county
option as between county prohibition
snd county dispsnssries.
In making my campaign this pas:
sunneI, ons Of tho principal issues
before the people was sae question OF
STATE dispenssry CT Local coanIy cp-
tioa IS between county prohibition
and county dispensaries.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-01-23

How the Senate and House Stands
On 1t.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-01-23

Of rape OF assault with intent to rsv-
ish, the fensle may be allowed to tes.
tify In prtysts, before the Judge, In
the presencs Ct the counsel for tie
state and defendant and the defeId.
ant himself, and that the testimony
so taken shall be read TO the j1rY es
the evidence OF the said witness cn
the trial Of the csse. This is the law
in, at least one, II not more, OF the
states OF the union, and should be tns
law In this state.
In this connection, I think 1t in.
portsnt also to ask that you psss. an
act making it nisdeneanor to post
or display In any public place or on
any street CT highway indecent pic
lures Of fensles. Il is a evil that
has been growing in the last few years,
and one that calls for action on cur
part. It is not necessary for me- to
call to your sttention the reasons why
this act should be passed, 1t is obvious
to al right thinking peracos.
I respectfully recommend thst 3
system Of mounted police or pstrol
for the rural districts be established.
This is no new i6es. bus one thai Is
being carried ous aith great success
In many countries. When there are
so many vagrsnts and to.ers roaming
about, and there is so much more
work to be done on every SIDE, the
work OF noye-on system should be
established, and that csn be carrid
out better by such mounted pstrol OF
police system, than by any ether plan.
Give them authority to arrest al
violsyors Of the lsws OF the Ssste,
sn6 carry them betors the nearest
for trial OF commitment
Tor trtSl TO the Court Of Geners! Ses-
sions.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-01-23
YsrC,na aster KILLED.

iuary Is, 1907.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-03
Terrible Liquor Craving
How Orrine Destroys all Desire for
Whiskey and Beer

The terrible craving for liquor is a symn-
tom of disease. and to overcome It, the dis
ease Itself should be treated In scientific
WY. When one has used whlslsey beer or
OTHER stilnuants for long time the nerve
cells have become accustomed to the effects
of tho stlmunnts and demand liquor III
'ordcr to perform their duties. II the nerve
cells are properly treated. the craving for
liquor will be destroyed.
1t Is In this way thht Orrtne cures nlco-
hclism. By supplying to the nerve cells the
strength needed. thus destroying tho desira
for liquor. 1t eradicntes every particle of
tho terslsle liquor craving, imparts new
strength and vlgor to the whole System, AMI
restores the general health. Treatise on
drunkenness" FREQ on request. The Orrine
Co., washington, p. G,
Sc successful has Orrlne been that In every
box is registered guarantee whiclk entities
you to refund OF YOUR money if Orrine
fails to effect II cure. Never before was 81
treatment for the liquor habit sold inithis
way. A guarantee like this shows the faith
OF tho discoverer OF Orrine and the agents
who handle 1T the Leading druggiats every
where.
orrine is in two forns--No, 4, which can
ba given secretly In food or drlnki No. 2,
fiji pill, form for those who desire to be
cured. Either form costs $500 pct box. and
that Your a, ,nol.y viii be refunded . orr Urine
orsias q tor sale by polk Miller 4, Drug ~,
lo1 East Broad,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-03
HOLLINS NEWS.
College Celebrations Thanksgiving
Sermon. Church Items, Etc.

EOLLINS, VA, November 2.-The
Texas Club, of Hollins, twenty-five
strong makes departure along
new line this year. Usually the State
clubs are chiefly of a social nature.
This year the TeXns girls have de-
cfded in their State organization to
study Texas history. and during the
year to celebrate the days especially
famous in the calendar of the Lone
Star, State. The other day their first
meeting was held. Papers were read,
and a pleasant time generally was had,
Miss Louise b, Murphy is the presi-
dent OF the club, Several members OF
the faculty were present. Refresh
ments were served.
The Halloween celebration was
much enjoyed by the girls. The
whole student body appeared at supper
masked and in all manner of costume
from that OF an old-time cornfeld
darkey to that Of Greek priest and
s"Columbia.' ,rheoretically silence is
casion throughout the meal. Practi-
cally this was not the case.
The Rev. d. NJ. Ramsey. D. d., the
new pastor of tho Grace Street Bap-
rist Church. Richmond, Va. has agreed
to prenchsthe Thanksgiving sermon at
Hollins this year. Ills coming is look.
ed forward to with interest and pleas
ure
III the trial games played SO far on
tho basketball ground this season vlc-
tory has gone usually to the "Blue'
team but there may DO n surprise III
store for Thanksgiving Day. when the
match game comes. The RED" team
may that day win.
Enon Baptist Church elected it,
delegates to the General Association a
Danvlle n few days ago. Recently Q
furnace has been put in at llnon, ren-
dering the church far more comfort
able ana attractive. The series 81
evangelistic services, which is usual,
held at Enon In the fall of the year