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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-10-16
YARD AsIAN RoAsTs ROOSEVELT
ae is the Revolutionist and Past.
master in Verbiage.

Governor James K. Vardaman, of
Mississippi, in an interview given in
reply to President Roosevelt speech
at St. Louis, strongly denounced the
presidents policy and called him "a
revolutionists." /" The governor says:
"Mr. Roosevelt is a past grand
master in the use Of words. With
the great French diplomat, he evi-
IDENTIFY thinks that language is to
conceal rather than express thoughts:
Within the pile of verbiage there
turks the most pernicious principles
and vicious politics that ever wrecked
a republic or destroy the rights Of
the people.
'sHe has preached purity in poli-
tics and a5,the same time accepted
from the railroads contributors to
corrupt the ballot. He accepts the
office bought for him by criminal
contributions and then turns around
and undertakes to preach political
honesty to people who corruptly
bought for him the Office he holds.
A wonderful man, indeed! And
more remarkable still is it to me that
the people Of Missouri are caught by
the little cheap fattery and plati-
tude, which he INDUCES in, when he
comes on his speaking tours to the
South.
''The constitution Of the United
States is to this man blank piece of
paper, upon which he would write
anything that his judgment might
prompt or his political fortunes dc
tate.
s'Mr. Roosevelt is revolutionist.
He has 10 respect for the law Of his
country, constitutional or statutory,
if they happen to interfere with the
consummation Of any Of his schemes
or plans. The fiat Of his spasmodic
will, superinduced by consuming van-GG
ity, is the only law that he respects. y :.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-10-16
NEED MORE MONEY.
Gov. ansel Thinks the Salary of Gov
ernor Too Small.

| Governor Ansel stated Friday that
! in his annual message to the general
assembly, which convenes in January,
he will rec ommend that the. salary OF
the governor be increased from S3,-
900 to 81, 900, and that the state erect
a new executive mansion on the site
of the present building.
The governor has found, as other
governors have found, that the sal
ary paid the governor Of South Car
olina is inadequate and that it cost
from one to two thousand dollars a
wear more to live in Columbia as gov
ernor than the governor receives
from the State.
South Carolina has not mad. in re-
cant years at least, governor who
cares to s. urge al all, but Cover
nor Anse, ike m nrodeces-
sors, has natural a ion % c::in-
tain the dignity ard POI. :. uue the
eo"ern ): Of the 'greatest state in
the Tn J..
In .!.tion to the salary, however,
the stare provides m erely the man
sion, with heat. light and water rent
laid for y the state, but there is not
as il other st: es an expense fund
for the governors use.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-10-16
DRY TICKET WINS.
The City Of :Asheville Votes Ont the
Bar Rooms.


A dispatch from Asheville, N. c.,
says no such sight was ever witness
ed in any city of the South as was
enacted there on Tuesday of last
week when Asheville by vote Of
nearly 1000 declared for prohibition:
The polling places were thronged
with women and children who bold
ly pleaded with the voters to vote
dry.
Large delegations Of women and
children surrounded each polling
place singing and praying during the
day. The campaign for, and against
prohibition, which has just closed,
has been undoubtedly, the most hot
ly contested and keenly interesting
fight of the kind in the history of
Asheville.
The financial and business inter-
ests have been about equally divided,
and each side has worked with much
vim and vigor, the prohibitionlsts
being led by W. H. Whitson, a prom
inent business man, as chairman Of
the executive committee, while ex-
Representative J. Frazier Glenn, has
acted in the same capacity for the
anti-prohibitionists.
An interesting feature Of the cam
paign has been the large number Of
parades organized by the prohibi-
ton forces there being parades
composed of children, parades Of
women and children, and parades Of
men. the torch light parade of the
prohibition voters which marched
through the streets of the city Mon
day night being the largest Of the
kind ever seen in Asheville. The wo-
men of the city have taken most
active part in the fight for prohibi-
ton and their presence at the poll
ing places in large numbers was
somewhat Of a novelty in elections
in Asheville.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-10-16

fectlv powerless to speak the name
of Jesus, each time he only was able
to say, I trust but could not ar
ticulate the word Jesus: Flnally
with real effort he exclaimed, l
trust in the name of Jesus, and IN an
instant was leaping and praislng Goa.
But we soon found that Satan
had not yet surrendered the field,
for in a moment there was a noise
behind us, and there lay another fel-
low stretched out on his back. AT
first | wondered if he could be feign-
ing, but in moment his dlstended
limbs began to move and in the next
he was wildly kicking the benches
about, and some Of them to pieces.
Jumping up he leaped into the air
and come down with such force that
his knee broke through the floor, and
later while lying on his back with
| face upturned, peal after peal OF the
most hideous laughter broke from
his lips. 1t was enough to make ones
blood run cold; it was the laugh o.
hell. But soon the enemy was to be
again defeated, for our cook came up
to him and commanded in the name
of Jesus the wicked spirit to leave
him, and ina moment he was dellv-
cred.
"At l:3O that night, after a six
hour service, we got to our beds,
awed by the awful conflict with Sa-
tan, and glorying in the power OF the
risen Christ.
"But we were not done with de-
mon possessions. These two were
mild compared to another that we
had to meet before many days. This
time an old man had been Chris
tain for many years, and who had
received great blessing during the
conference, so much so as to cause
us to see the transformation, in face
and manner---and to nee his lllum-
ed face in our dairy--and who seem
ingly one night received the baptism
Of the spirit, with great Joy. But
the next day he became pulled up,
became mifed that another was Civ.
en- by circumstances a larger place
in the meeting than he, and also
claimed that he had the power of be-
slowing the spirit on others, because
he had been the first one to receive
Him! When others sought to war;
him against the danger ne became
very much incensed and immediate.
ly became possessed with an awful
spirit--a raurderous, licentious splr-
it. Oh, it was awful! His strength
was superhuman; in the room where
he was confined the atmosphere was
charged with demons, so much SC
that one time had every nerve II
my body set to uuiverlng, and | had
to quickly seek the fresh air with,
out. Earnest prayer was made TO,
mis- delivery, some farty people fas'
ted one whole day and waited fo1
him before the Lord. and thought
his violence was taken away, his
whole physical being was so weaken
ed that in a few days he passed away
IS there case where God delivers
| child of His over to the devil for the
destruction of the flesh e. Cor. SIS,
that the spirit, might be saved in the
day Of the Lord Jesus? What les,
son, an awful lesson, of the dangers
Of spiritual pride"
A number Of similar scenes are de
scribed.
In the back of the leahet is quo
tation from the foreign fields public
alton Of the Wesleyan Missionary So
ciety describing other experience o:
this kind, which says Native priest
earned their living by pretending t.
drive out demons.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-10-16
his cotton.
ms cotton.
Borrowing Money on Cotton.
The great mistake which farmers

Borrowing Money on Cotton.
The great mistake which farmers
make when they wish to affect a
loan secured by cotton is that they
lay as great stress on the margin
which the bank is able to allow as
the interest which the bank charges.
The question for the farmer to al
ways ask himself is this: How great
a margin, and not how small a mar
gin, can he get on with? 1t is bad
business for him to borrow on the
cotton more money than he actually
needs He simply has the interest to
pay. And then. in addition, when he
borroWs more on the cotton than the
cotton costs anG stores the cotton,
hoping for further advance in price.
he Immediately becomes speculator
to a greater extent than if is prudent
for him to he. If he is going to
speculate with his cotton the safe
rule with him to follow is to specu-
late only with the profit which may
he made in the cotton and not with
the cost of the crop.
although cotton still reigns as
king there is a crisis today in the af-
fairs of his kingdom. Much will de-
nend uron the outcome for the Issue
is whether his reign shall be helpful
or hurtful to those who are his most
loyal supporters. The fight is being
wased fiercelv on both sides.
''It is told that once in the midst Of
{! battle the color bearer carried for
ward the colors and planted them in
advance Of the wavering battle line
The soldiers called to him to bring
Tire colors back to the line. His reply
vas. Bring the line un 10 the colors
60 today from those who have at:
,eart the best interests of the COT
@on farmer. cones The cry. not on'v;
. stand firm hut TO advance to the
standard and carry the Erht into the
ereny's country. The road to vic
to~r is nointed ont: to a victorv
which will be rs henefcient IS II vii!
be lasting. And it only rcn"ins 70
be seen whether the farmer viii faka
that road or rot"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-10-16
WHAT ANGER DID.
Montana Lad Utterly Unable to
Spsak to His Father.
The Case is Cited as Proof That Ac-
auired characteristics Are Trans
mittcd to Offspring.

mlttcQ 10 OUSprluS.
Heredity has sealed the lips Of
Harry Martin, son of MIR. and Mrs.
George Martin, of Custer county,
Mont. in such way that he is free
to speak to any person excepting his
father. In his presence the child is
dumb. The lad has been examined
by physicians who declare they can
find no abnormal mental or physical
conditions. Scientists have given the
case their profoundest consideration,
but the mother holds the key to the
situation and bears the cross OF the
misfortune. The case 's SAID pc
one Of the ciearest instances OF the
transmi sion Of a characteristic from
a parent to child.
Six ronths before the birth ct
Harry Martin his mother declares
she beclm me angry at her husband and
refused to speak to him. Silence
grew into a nightmare, but she de-
termined to carry out her threat
against the entreaties Of a husband
who was guilty of. no wrong to her.
The child was born and the domes-
tic trouble settled and father and
mother rejoiced that their son ce-
mented d bond Of union.
He was bright and cheerful. He
grew and soon began to talk. lt.was
natural that his mother should first
interpret his meaningless words, Tor
they were always directed to her,
but when the child began to speak
clearly he was dumb when brought
before his father and told to talk to
him. He is now six years Of age and
has never spoken a word to his faith
er, even in conversation when he does
not see him. ALI communication must
be carried by the mother whose fault
lit is that he is thus afflicted. She
bears the cross Of the affection heay-
lily:
The example is cited as a proof OF
the Darwinian holding that acquired
characteristics may be transmitted
to offspring. In this case the moth
|er's carrying out of deep-seated hat
red toward her husband was trans
mitted and it's relentless imprint is
seen in her offspring. Professional
nurses are said to have records OF
cases fully as remarkable. Oliver
Wendell Holmes wierd and fasciaa-
ting novel, Elsie Venner is based
on the same theory.
The transmission Of physical char
acterists through generation after
generation Of offspring is generally
conceded by biologists, but patholoR-
lists do not agree that mental charac.
! terists may be- transmitted except so
far as they become a part OF the
physical makeup Of the parent. Ihls
lis. based on the fact that the only
structure which connects mother ano
child, in the state Of pregnancy. ls
not nervous tissue.
It is purely physical and conveys
nourishment to the developing off
spring. What particular nerves OF
muscles Of the larynx Of the child IN
question are affected, when ne tries
to speak to his father, are not known
but the fact Of the dumbness is con
ceeded and the explanation, though
not satisfactory IN any case, is 8
warning against improper mental
conditions on the part Of tie par
I entS.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-10-16
And be a boy.

OWEN Wister, in a magazine arti-
Gle Of current date has sized up the
situation in Pennsylvania and his de-
finition is being generally accepted
as the best yet. Mr.. Wister speaks
to the point. Pennsylvania today,
he remarks, is a government Of
knaves at the expense Of fools"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-10-16
ALL the peouIe in the South will

ALL the people in the South will
not hecore prosperous until the far
mers can hold their cotton and sell it
when the prices suit them. Then they
would moi. be compelled to take any
old price for their cotton that might
be offered them. We hone to live to
see the dag whe: svch vii he tIie
case
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-10-16
Twenty-one Men and a Fine
Freight Steamer Lost.
ONLY One MAN SAVED.
The Fine Steel Freighter Cyprus,
Launched August II, Lost-Foun-
dcrs in Lake Superior and the Only
Survivor is Washed Ashore Lashed
to Raft, Half Dead and Unable
to Tell the Story.
to Tell the Story.

Bound down from the head OF the
lakes on the second trip she had
made since being launched at Lorain,
Ohio, on August last, the fine steel
freighter Cyprus, 440 feet long and
owned by the Lackawanna Transpor-
't..tion Company, of Cleveland, Ohio,
foundered Saturday night in Lake
Superior, off Deer Park, taking
down with her twenty-five members
of the crew.
Second Mate C. J. Pitt, washed
ashore, lashed to rail, is the only
person left alive of the ships crew,
and his condition is so critical that
since he was found on the beach, he
has only been able to gasp out the
name of the sunken ship and the
fact that twenty-five lives were lost.
Pitt is suffering from the dreadful
exposure in the icy waters Of Lake
Superior, in addition to the buffetlng
he received from the breakers. Until
he recovers sufficiently to talk the
story of the wreck and exact cause
of the stout steel ship foundering will
not be definitely known.
Deer Park is about thirty miles
south of Grand Marais, on the shore
of Lake Superior. Several bodies
from the wreck have washed ashore
and two are known to be those Of
the first mate and the watchman.
Marine men suggest as possible ex
plantations of the foundering that the
engines became disabled; that the
plates opened and that the shll
sprang a leak and that the hatche:
may not have been securely battened
permitting the steamer to fill witt
water from the waves washing oVe]
ner decks.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-10-16
Last Years Consumption.

EItlS
During last year. of our 1890
600 bales of cotton the world had W
70 the beginning of lhis season con-
sumed 12,500,000 bales, carrying
into the present season only 1,0QO,'
900 bales, and this amount was wide
ly scattered in this country and
throughout Europe, making stocks
comparatively light at all points OF
consumption.
Under these circumstances, with
out any increase in The consumption
of cotton during the coming season
the supply will not exceed the de-
mand, but the chancesare ali IN favor
of an increased consumption. AS
have already stated, during the past
lH years the CONSUMPTION OF cotton
BY mills in Great Britain and On the
continent OF Europe averaged % per
cent. increase and in the United
States a3 per cent. Our cotton con-
sumption has been increasing during
past decade at the rate of about per
cent. yearly. and we therefore have a
right to expect, especially in view Of
the unprecedented prosperity of the
country, an increase in consumption
of at least one-half million bales.
The Years 1905-06 show an in
crease of over this amount. There
fore summing up: With crop for
which all indications point to a
shortage of one million bales, a prob
able increase in consumption Of five
Numbered thousand bales and carry
ing over into the coming season not
more than one million bales, prices
can not legitmately be depressed by
the claim that the world does not
need every pound Of cotton which the
South will produce this year because
the supply scarcely equals and GER
tainly will not exceed the demand.
Fair. Prices For Cotton.
"A fair price for cotton for this
year and for every year as long as
present conditions continue is price
which would be renumerative to the
farmer and which will also allow the
or consumer to realize
4 legitimate profit upon his invest
ment. To this both are entitled, and
this both have right to demand.
Neither will receive it unless they de-
;uand il.
OF course the most difficult prop
os;tion 70 be encountered is the de-
termination Of price which will be
mutually agreed upon as fair and
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Live Questions.

so much for the future Of the cot
ton industry. But you say: We are
not living in the future. We will ad-
nit all YOU say. What OF today?
When one of You farmers brings your
one, or 10 or 50 bales of cotton into
Orangeburg, having firmly made up
your mind that you will sell it this
very day, whether the buyers views
meet yours or not. whether he wants
it today or not Should one tell yoll
about the future you might make re-
ply in the words Of that old mission
ary hymn-.every prospect pieases
and only man is vile. Of course
there are degrees OF vil.ainy. The
home man is not as vile as the man
away of. The Orangeburg buyer IS
not as bad as the New York sDecula-
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Ranks Arc Taxed.

MANY ramifcations all of the money
that it demands. The banks furnish
money directly to many OF our lar
mers. They discount the notes Whlcn
others of our farmers make to the
merchants. When farmer gives his
note for fertilizers that note before
very long finds its way to the bank,
and the same is true often with the
mules and implements which ne
buys. When the crop is ready 10 ne
harvested the banks have to supply
the money with which to move it,
and until that time, everything has
been going out and nothing coming
in. When the Southern banks, there
fore. are called upon to furnish mon
ey with which to hold the crop unless
a large amount of the money wanted
goes to pay the notes made to the
merchant and to the fertilizer man
they are IN times such as this, when
money is as tight as it is now, and
they can not obtain funds from re-
served canters-because the same
conditions prevail there-often un-
able to meet the demands which are
made upon them. There is every rea-
son to believe that in very short
time the money market will become
easier and the banks throughout the
South will be in a much better posi-
ton than they are today to assist the
farmers in holding their crops and
also to lend money to buyers and
mills.
81 have recently made every ef-
fort that possibly could to place the
customers Of M warehouses in COM
with those who were in a
position to lend them money. but
for the conditions
above stated. have not been able to
make much headway.
The cotton GARNER today finds
himself in this position: The condi-
tions are such with his crop and with
it's probable consumption. that it IS
very material to his advantage to
hold his cotton. but on the other
hand he is embarrassed with the
fact that in so holding it is necessary
for him to borrow certain amount
of money, which it is most difficult
for him to obtain. Under these cir
cumstanceS what is he 70 do? W by,
the best he can do. Those who can
warehouse cotton should do So those
who are compelled to borrow money
on it should do so; those who have to
borrow should borrow as little as they
possibly can; those who have to sell
and can not borrow should sell as
gradually as is possible. 1t is only
BIZ adopting his course that the pre-
sent downward tendency Of the mar
let can be checked ard spectators
mSde to realize that the Southern
Iarli>er is now in the saddle, and he
intends lso longer to oe dictated to as
10 what prices lie should receive for
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less today than II was "nen lHe uldl
het opened. Its speculative value
will be determined by the ability of
the farmer to hold his cotton for ad-
vanced prices. Cotton has in the past
decade, with conditions far more un-
Favorable than they are today, reach
ed Is cents. This, however. was the
result of speculation, for within five
months cotton fell TO nine cents, the
corner having been broken.
Being interested in the warehous-
ing of cotton and joining the several
farmers organizations in advising the
farmers to hold and warehouse their
cotton this year, feel that can not
take upon myself the responsibility
Of saving to what extent you have q
right to expect cotton to advance. !
do say, however. that you are not re-
ceiving today wlot YOU should re-
ceive, and that [ believe this year OF
all years is one in which stand
should be made and higher prices
contcnded for. I believe that holding
cotton this year Will be TO YOU a prof
liable investment. / am as much III
rerested in it's being profitable AS You
are: for I realize the fact that should
prices decline not only yourselves but
the warehouse system will receive 2
serious setback.
Secret in Marketing Cotton.
The secret, as I have already
stated, in marketing cotton is for the
farmer to give to the market the cot
ron as the market demands it; and
This he can best do by warehousing
his cotton. Although | do not be-
lieve that it would be TO the inter-
est of the farmer at any time TO hold
ali OF his cotton for the reason that
the farmer then becomes the only
hull in the market. being the only
one who owns cotton. If your cotton
is gradually marketed every one who
actually buys and owns LOCO bales
is to certain extent on your side
in the fight TO maintain the price
he does not wish to sell and it is not
to his interest to have the COM
moditr which he owns lose its value.
Even where a mill has bought cotton
for its own consumption it is no- to
the interest Of the mill manager for
several reasons. to have cotton de-
cline. In the first place it gives his
competitors who do not own cotton
an advantage over him in the man
ufacture Of goods and where he has
to borrow money with his cotton as
security, as nearly all mills DO 1t
makes him liable to be called upon at
any time for additional margins. ne
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dition the poor boy, like Gagged an
imal, restlessly walked to and fro.
His ashen face, glaring eyes and puff
ing cheeks made him a sight to be
truly pitied. During a moment of
quietness he came to me and SAID. l
have no plan for deliverance.' And
truly he l1aHe ne.nod ees med per-