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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-11-06
Nitrogen as q Fertilizer.

Nitrogen is one of the most inert
of ell elements apparently Indifferent
TO whether combines with Other
elements or not. 1t is one of the
most important Of all elements. Al.
though it exists in the atmosphere
all around us and really constitutes
as of the whole volume Of the at.
mcsphere, yet it is the most expensive
part of all feed stuffs and fertilizers
and at the same time the most essen
tial.
No plant could grow without 9
supply OF nitrogen in the soil and
no animal could furish without nj
trogen in the feed. 1t would seen
that any article 50 perfectly abun
.dant as nitrogen and as free as il
would seem to be in the surrounding
air ought not to be expensive. 1t has
been the dream Of scientists for lOC
years to recover this nitrogen from.
the air and thus make it available
for plant and animal food. but the
manner of doing this has eludeC
them all until within the past year o.;
two. 1t now seems that some partle:
at Niagara Falls are undertaking tho
production Of nitrogen from the at
mosphere This has not yet come tt
be a commercial success, but prob
ably will be at some future time.
In the meantime, all the quarter:
of the earth have been ransacked TO,
source of available nitrogen for fer
tilizers and feed stuffs. Among tho
first efforts to find large quantities
fertilizer containing nitrogen ant
other necessary elements was work.
ing the Peruvian Guano deposits
These have long since been exhausted
and this has lead to the manufacture
of what be called artificial fertilizer.
The principal source of nitrogen
for these fertilizers was at first the
Chill Salt-petre beds. These still!
supply large quantities of nitrate OF
soda. which is used in some forms
o&fertilizer, but by far the most i'm
portant source Of all nitrogen in al!
fertilizers and feed stuffs at the pre-
sent time, is cotton seed meal. The
gradually increasing cotton crops and
the rapidly increasing number Of OF!
mills makes cotton seed abundant
and cheap. 1t is the most easily han
died of all nitrogenous materials. At
the same time it is one of the most
easily assimilated. This is true OF
both plants and animals. All farmers
in the cotton region are especially
blessed on account Of this proximity
to oil! mills and their consequent easy
ability to purchase this most valua-
ble feed stuff and fertilizer at prices
which are really much below the ac-
tual value as compared with other
sources of nitrogen.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-11-06
STRUCK BY SEVERE GALE.
Twenty Persons Injured and Much
Property Injured.

4 northwest storm of short dura-
ton with heavy rain, passed over
Galveston, Texas, early Thursday
The wind attained a velocity of -
miles an hour for two minutes.
About twenty frame houses were
blown down, one woman being killed
in falling structure. Ii is estimat-
ed that twenty persons were injured
in the western part of the city, where
the wind was severe.
Sveral business houses were IN
rooted and the stocks of goods were
slightly damaged by water. The Nal
lory Line wharf shed was damaged
to the extent of several thousand dol
lars. \ few cars in the railroad yards
were blown from the track. The gull
normal. There was no in
10 traffic.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-11-06
The New State.

The forty-sixth state of the Union
is Oklahoma. 1t is interesting to
know Just what its a6naittance into
the Union may do politically.
Oklahoma has elected four Demo
cratic congressrnen and ore Republi-
can. It may, therefore, make q
difference of votes in the House Of
Representatives. Its legislature will
elect two Democratic senator's and
these will give the Democrats of the
Senate 81 votes, sufficient to pre-
vent the ratification Of a treaty, even
if supported by a solid Republican
majority.
1t will have seven electors IN the
next electoral college, a number
large enough, should the vote be
close, to determine the next presi-
dent of the United States. It will
be represented in the national con-
ventions by delegations of very re-
spectacle size which will have to be
reckoued with in more ways than
one. Consequently Oklahoma from
the very beginning Of its statehood
is in position to WELD a consider
able influence on national affairs. ~
Yet partisan politics are, after all,
not of much Importance as loyalty
to American principles. In its con-
stitution which represents the sen
timents of it's people, Oklahoma is
loval to American principles. There
fore, its advent to participation
more largely in governmental af-
fairs should be regarded with graf
ifcatlon.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-11-06
ANOTHER AFFINITY.
Woman Deserts Her Husband to
Join Childhood Love.
She Had Been Welded Twenty Years
and Had Been Deceived in Early
Youth by Reports of Lovers Death.

A re-'anactment of the famous
Earle case is reported from New
burg, n. j., in which Wallace Mil
Ter was made the victim Of his wife's
belief in the affinity" idea. She
deserted her home. husband and two
children recently and went to Salt
Lake City, Utah, to join Charlie
Smith, a girlhood lover. Mr.. Miller
is still hoping against hope that his
wife will return. He permitted her
to 90 and even went so far as to al
low her to sell pieces of furniture,
which she claimed as her own, that
she might have money for her fare.
He declared that if 20 years of mar
ried life could not cause her to for
get her old fame, there was no use
trying to live with her as discon-
tented woman.
Carrie Wells, Charlie Smith and
Wallace Miller attended school to-
gether on Pine Bush, Orange county
n. j., in Sheir youth. From early
childhood the friendship between
Miss Wells and Charlie Smith began
to ripen into love and when the girl
was 1e years Of age they were en-
gagged to be married. Smith went
West to make his fortune. In the
meantime the Wells family took ex.
ception to Smith, intercepted his
letters, and finally circulated the re-
port that he was dead. Miller was
fooled with the rest and began tc
pay attention to Miss Wells. With
in two years they were married
Three months later Charlie Smith
came home.
Mr.. Miller states that from thai
day there was change in his wife
and that in 20 years, humor his wife
as he would, he was unable to wiz
back her love. Later Smith mar
ried. His wife and two children
died and he went West again. But
Mrs. Miller was still devoted anc
kept up g. correspondence. Finally
three years ago she asked for a di
vorce that she might join Smith
Later she reconsidered her reQues
but frequently stated she wished t.
be where she might get glimpse o:
her childhood lover once in a while
In all these years Miller declares hi
wife was an ideal housewife ant
help1nate, but she never loved he
husband.
Mr.. Miller has nc suspicion bu
that Smith is an honest man. HI
blames him in thathe continued t.
correspond with his wife Furthe
he does. not believe there has eve
been any improper relations betweel
his wife and her affinity. Miller
now pi1ing for his wife's return, a
he does not believe she will be con
tented away from her hor sn'
family. He says ne will receive he
with open arms if she decides to re
turn. Mrs. Miller read all report
in the Earle case, recently aired i
newspapers, and expressed admlra
ton for the way Mrs. Earle left he
husband to 90 to France.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-11-06
SAW WEIRD PHANTOM.
Had Premonition of Disastrous EX
uloSion in Indiana.

John Walsh, who was engineer OF
the Big Four passenger train which
was blown up while passing car OF
powder at Sandford, Ind, last spring,
testified in the hearing of the person
al injury damage suits against the
railroad, that as he came alongside
the freight train he had a premoni-
ton and then saw a phantom in front
of his headlight, whereupon he appli-
ed the emergency brakes, immediate
ly following which came the explo-
sion.
One of the theories as to the cause
of the crash has been that the brakes
threw out sparks which entered the
powder car.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-11-06
Money Printed At Washington

Every working day Of the year
there is printed at Washington an
average Of more than S3,000,000 OF
new paper money. Every day there
is destroyed practically the same
amount. The machines in the mints
at Philadelphia, New Orleans and
San Frincisco daily stamp into form
about 100000 Of shining coin.
There is then a total Of almost s4,
100000 new money created every day
at the money workshops Of the gov
ernmenr.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-11-06
Price Of Metals

Though nearly all the metals have
risen in price. mercury has fallen
This is due, says the Engineering and
Mining Journal. to the decline OF the
process Of pan amaIeamation for
WORKING silver ore. Gold mines uti-
lize very small quantities of mercury.
The two great consumers are China
and Jaran, where it is utilized for
manufacture nt vermiiion and cx-
p!oSivcS OF secret conn
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-11-06
Cause of the Trouble.

The Wall Street gamblers had q
genuine scare during the past two
weeks, and they are just now recov.
erine from the miscarriage Of the
plans of a few men who tried to cor
ner the copper market. AS result
of this wild speculation great bank
ING institutions have been badly shak-
en-, a number Of banks and gamblers
/ have been put out Of business, and
large fortunes have changed hands.
The losers are now hunting up more
lambs from whom to recoup their
vanished fortunes.
All this gambling was carried on
with the money of the people. The
gamblers go to the banks and borrow
money with which to make their
bets, giving as security stocks and
bonds, the value of which is based
upon their condition of the money
market from day to day. The moaay
these gamblers borrow from the
bank represent the deposits of the
people, not only Of New York. but
from all parts of the country. as To-
cal banks all over the country carry
balances in these New York banks.
It will thus be seen that the whole
country is interested in this matter.
The failure of a New York bank
thus loaning largely to Spectators,
may mean the embarrassment Of any
bank whose balance the former car
ries. So that panic in New YORK, if
extensive enough. may carry disaster
to the whole country. These frries
also depress the price of all conlmo-
dities, and we would therefore ad-
wise our farmers not to sell their cot
ton until confidence is entirely re-
stored.
Fortunately the trouble is about
over for this time and no Southern
interests was hurt, but we think it
would be wise on the part Of local
banks over the country to keep as
small balances in New York banks as
they possibly can. If someone IS not
trying to corner copper, someone
else IS endeavoring to corner some
thing else, and will so long as New
York banks supply available funds. !
If this gambling in stocks must go |
on, let the gamblers furnish their own /
money.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-11-06

The Greenville News says: With
the stock market on the ragged
edge, the Knickerbocker Trust Com
pany going into the hands Of re-
ceiver, and Wall Street apparently
convinced that big financial panic
was inevitable, it took some degree
of moral courage for the man who
had turned on the light to stand
up and say that he would not alter
his course one iota nor swerve from
the administration S fight against the
illegal money powers. But he rush
cd fifty million dollars Of government
money to the l>i!c, Of ts. .>,t:,.>e.,
all the same.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-11-06
Narrow Minded BigotS.

Burnside Post of the Grand Army
Of the Republic has taken to task a
Washington preacher for preaching
in a truthful and somewhat eulogis-
tic manner of Gen. Robt. E. Lee, in
a school address. The preacher said
great as were his achievments as a
general, splendid his victories on the
field of battle, the greatest thing
about Lee was his spirit. When de-
feat came upon him he was a man.
He refused to expatriate himself; he
took up life among his people and Ia
bored to make the Union real, strong
and permanent. -
In the preamble to the resolutions
adopted by the post it is declared
the reverend gentleman, though
expostulated with, had before this
declared his intention to eulogize
General Lee in public. and has since
asserted that the majority Of the
comrades of the G. A. R., are in SYM
pathy with his sentiments, and he has
since written, I have no fears that
time will not set me right.
In order to prevent time from set
ting him right, the Burnside post OF
the G. A. R., proceeded to make re-
marks and pass resolutions denounc-
ing the preachers allusion to Gen.
Lee as unpatriotic and calculated to
cad astray the youth Of the land.
The men who made fools of them
selves by abusing the preacher are
to be pitied rather than condemned.
ltmust be remembered that the man
for whom this post is named was
thrashed and run off the field of
Fredericksburg by Gen. Lee. Posi-
bly, the men who passed the resolu-
ton were with Burnside on that oc-
raS,O0
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-11-06
ENDED HIS LIFE.
Cashier Had Used $4,000 of sar'
ing Banks Money.

Alone in his home, his wife and
young son, having gone away on a
visit, Fred A. Boron, cashier and
treasurer of the Dollar Savings Bank,
Akron, o., shot and killed himself
the other day. with a bank revolver.
He was well known all over his
state.
A deficit of $4,000 has been dis
covered III the accounts Of the Dollar
bank, according to members OF the
directorate. This fact was kept hid
den from the directors, it is said, by
Boron borrowing money temporarily
whenever the directors counted,
while at other times he carried the
notes as cash. A movement is on
foot to have other Akron banks talk
over the situation.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-11-06
Change of Heart.

In Z recent Issue O. bis excellent
Taoe~~, IT, GatT: ~ LnGg=r, Editor
DeCamp makes this honest confes-
son:
ever sra III. Fi::...n enunciated
his famous free silver doctrine we
have looked rDoa 4iio as an eXtrem-
isl, ard We have n2..sr felt like sup
porting him for the presidency, al
though he va; twice ror2;cs.ed by
the Democratic par. lis recent
advocacy of government ownership
of railroads has strengthened our
opinion that he was crank; but since
we have met him personally, and dis
cussed tsese vital issues n person,
and hearing his speech in our city
last Friday, our opinion Of the man
has changed. There is no foollshness
about him. He IS nlain American
citizen ard wilhail a big man. avery
big man, in fact We believe he is the
biggest man in America.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-11-06
DaES Of Pleasure.

I'VE have no orators such as our
forefathers listened to-" said one
statesman
No" answered the other, 1T
takes some care to compose speeches
Of that kind. Topics come up so
fast nowadays that by the time you d
get one good old-fashioned grafton
written its subject would be OUT Of
date. e."--Washington Star.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-11-06
FORCED TO MARRY
Horse Trading Father Sold Girl to
Band of Gypsi
As Wife OF the Prince She Was Not
Acceptable to the King and Was
Cruelty Treated by all

Nomadic bands of gypsies are
said to be practicing their old trick
of buying pretty girls in the West.
According to a story told by Mary
Sloan, found at the Union station IN
St. Louis Me- she was the victim OF
trade made within year. She is
Is years Of age. though she looks
much older, and is now an inmate OF
the mission's home at Pattonville,
IA miles west Of st. Louis. She says
she was sod for 81, 500 by her father
to the kirg of the gypsy band and
forced to marry his son. prince Of
200 nomads.
On the way there through an open
country the girl was in terror lest
she should meet a band of gypsies.
Don't let them kill me!' she
pleaded.
"My mother died two years ago,
said Mary. Until then we always
lived in house, but when mamma
went away papa bought house
boat and We lived on the Big Sandy
river.
s'Papa was a horse trader. He
went up and down the river any
where he. had a chance to make a
trade, ard kept house for him on
the boat.
Sometimes we would tie up the
boat aud go through the woods and
little towns looking FOR anybody that
wanted to buy a horse.
That's the way we met the gyp-
sizes. The king saw me with my
father and he came up to US and he
said: I want that girl. He scared
me so bad couldn't sleep all night:
1--WE left his camp next day, but
he followed us. Every night when
we stopped we would find him near
us. He kept this up for week,
and then my father consented.
Afterward the king made father a
present Of 81, 800.
s"The gypsy prince had been max
ing love to me, but I told him to
stay away. When we reached the
little town he took me to a man that
said that he was a judge and we
were married. The prince said ne
wouldk keep the ceraifcate, He has
it now.
ssThe gypsies kept moving north.
stopping at little towns. I hadn't t
been with them long before they be
gan to mistreat me.
''My husbands father, the Elg,
beat me whenever did anything he
didn't like. There were about zoo
gypsies in the party and he would
take me out in front of all Of them
and whip me.
"My husband treated me badly.
too. When be was angry he would
strike me in the face with his fist. :.
ttIn the year I was with them |
never had anything to eat that tast.
ed good to me. The gypsies eat
everything raw, We would travel
up the river and camp on the shore,
always rear farm whSse there was
a chance to steal something.
''The gypsies would taae anything
they could lay their hands on. They
never bought any thing to eat.
ttThe women made money telling
fortunes, but they never spent it..
: Everything the gypsies get is clear
profit.
"When I complained that ! could
not eat raw food they would jump
on me and beat me.
"When I could not stand it any
more ran away from the camp at
Cairo. -
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-11-06
AGED WOMAN 4 FIREBUG.
Burned Her House to Get Insurance
With Which to Pay Debts.

Cornered by fire marshall ard
officials of an insurance company,
Miss Loa Mather, aged 50 years, OF
Norwalk. O., confessed of having set
fire to her home in order to obtain
1850 insurance with which to pay
her debts. which amounted to 81, ,40O.
Miss Mather confessed that she
had made three attempts to burn hel
home, the third having been success
full. The confession Of the woman is
said to implicate other persons IN a
manner which the fire marshal would
not reveal. Several Of Miss Matner
neiphbors went her bail.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-11-06

| CONGRESSMAN Burleson Of Texas
has asked Tue nat;ora' government
to deposit money in south anks
so that the farmers 'r!.-' G i:nauc-
ed in their cotton holding movement,
and thn request has been refused.
"Why, y asks the Spartanburg, Jour
nal, t';s S25, ,000,0 900 deposited in Wall
Street banks to tide over panic and
a much smaller amounc refused tc
southern banks to save the farmers
from the depression Of the price of
their cotton?"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-11-06
GROWING FATTER.
Peanut Philosopher Believes He Has
Established His Claim.

At Aurora, Ill.,, DR.. T. ]. Allen, the
peanut philosopher, has gained three
and one-quarter pounds on his ''gooo-
err diet. He believes he has estab-
lished his claim that the peanut is
fattening. Today is the experiment
er's fourteenth day of his sixty days
run on peanuts.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-11-06

A chinese merchant in Peking who
was convicted of murder was sen
fenced r. hm to death by being deprived
of sleep. Four warders kept watch
over him to keep him awa.,e, and on
the tenth day he died.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-11-06
DEATH OF OLD WOMAN.
She Was One Hundred and Nineteen
Years Old.

Lottie Postom, negress, died in
Carrollton, Ca, Thursday, and in her
death the oldest negress in that state
passed away. It is we'll known that
the woman had reached the advanced
age of 119 years. She had been a
ward of the county since she was Ito
years old. She is survived by son
who ninety years Of age.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-11-06

THE Washington Post says: Often
when a man arrives al the conclu-
sion that he is fool he finds that
his Wife>s mother beat him to it. y
The Spartanburg Herald thinks the
Post S paragraph was Inspired.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-11-06
money

THE paper trust has not only rails
ed the price Of print paper out of all
reason, but, according to the news
paper men up North, it has bought
up all the product Of the Canada
mills, so asst can compel the publish
ers Of this country to pay its price.
Yet some people doubt the existence
of a paper trust.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-11-06
HUMAN MONSTER.
Burned His Wife's Eyes Out With
Strong Acid.

Strong Acid.
At Lawton, Okla, John Hopkins
burned out his wife's eyes by throw
ing carDolic acid in her face during e
quarrel. He is in Jail, which is heaV-
lily guarded to prevent summary ven
geance by his enraged neighbors..
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-04-26

CT HEARD reports to the effect that there
thing doing the gas when at IS
thought. The mayor said I cant believe it. | said
thought could bring the proof. He said, You get the
proof said, All right Three days later Gallagher gave
me a package said What is ta He said Never mind
don't ask questions. then went the mayor again and
told him about ii. He said, You keep quiet. From tes
tmony Of Supervisor Rea
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-04-26

CT i ALSEY wanted to find out how | stood with
Il gard to the granting of franchise to the Home
telephone company He told would be to my interest
stay with the Pacific States that they had quite number
and they of sufficient defeat the Home
company He had heard well spoken of by some of the
fellows and didn't want to be left the cold and the
other fellows get the best of words to that effect He
promised me $5000 and $500 the next year. He paid
$1,000 down. From testimony of Supervisor Loner
gan.