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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-23
CONVICT PROVED INNOCENT.
Has Already Served Ten Years of
His Sentence.

His Sentence.
Raleigh, N. c., Dec. 17.-Judge
Thomas II. Sutton, of Fayetteville,
mas affdavits that 60 to prove the
innocence Of A. B. Norton, who has
served ten years of a thirty years
sentence for murder.
Afidavits signed by men who were
associated with Thomas White, who
recently died at the Northampton
State farm set forth that White con-
fessed that he was guilty Of the
murder for which Norton is impris-
oned.
The crime in question was COM
mitted il 1898, in Robson county,
when Jesse E. Telar, white tenant
of Whites, was shot and killed while
peaceably entering the door OF
Whites home. White and Norton,
another tenan5, each Charged the
other with the killing, and Judge
Sutton sentenced both to the peni-
tentiary for thirty years.
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Drugced and Robbed.

Washington, Dec. 15.-John H.
scheick, a prominent Mason, OF
Charlotte, N. c., was drugged aud
robbed of $500 and 250 shares Of
Atlanta Milling and Mining stock
early Tuesday morning while riding
i, z tack with two strangers.
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the books to be badly out Of bal
ance. The letter sent Gov. Ansel
is as follows:
''To His Excellency, Gov. Martin F.
Ansel.
Dear Sir: I have had made an
examination Of the books and &c
counts Of Mr.. J. B. HaltiWanger,
county auditor, and Dr.. J.
H. Pattison, county treasurer
Of Edgefeld county, and find
from the report Of Messrs.
E. B. Wilson, chief clerk, and Carl
ton w. Sawyer, auditing clerk, en-
ployed by this Office, that the county
auditors Office shows carelessnesS,
neglect, errors and omissions both
n the duplicates, abstracts and al
lual settlements Of that office.
In the settlement for the taxes
Of the fiscal year 1905 errors, ON
issioas and overcredits were found
aggregating the sum Of s1,slS.4s.
Undercredits were discovered IN the
sum Of $841.52, leaving g. net charge
OF S977.90 to be accounted for by
Treasurer Pattiso1.
In the settlement fo- the taxes
of the fiscal year 1906 errors, oulis-
sons, overcredits and under charges
were discovered amounting to tie
sum OF S2,26S.S0; undercredits, ON
issions and errors were found ag-
gregatilg S525.49; leaving a net
balance to be accounted for by Treas
urer Pattison of s1,?44.31.
''I1 the settlement Of the taxes OF
1907 overcredits and unde-charaes
were found aggregating the sum OF
s729.s5, and net undercredits of -
cents, leaving a net balance to be
accounted for by Treasurer Pattison
for 1907 Of s729.11. Net balspce
of errors to be charged to County
Treasurer Pattison on account OF
taxes brought forward for 1905 Of
se77e0 and on account of taxes
brought forward for 1906 Of ST.
744.31, the totah> charges to county
treasurer in excess of charges in or
!ginai settlement made by auditor
and treasurer are s3,451.32.
''The accounts Of Treasurer Pat
:tson were checked down to October
10, 1908. and the following bal
snce found:
Balance due the State. IS 1861
Balance due the county. S,316.9e
Balance due the schools. 3,936.6S
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Excess cash on
hand and in
bank, Octo-
~ - -

Der "a, 1905. ...-.5 4o.9e
"On the nth day Of Decem Der
: telephone message was received at
this office from Mr.. r. o. Bowden-
cashier of the Hampton Loan anu
exchange bank, stating in substance
that the certificate OF s13,2S5.oG
given October q was found to be
incorrect, there being a difference
If from $4,000 tc $4,000 Ire
asher was asked to explain how l.
was possible for such difference
20 remain undiscovered to this late
date. Nc satisfactory explanation
was given by him. I Immediately
wired Hon. Giles L. Wilson, bank
examiner, to come to Columbia at
once. I acquainted Mr.. Wilson with
all facts in connection with this
case. and requested that he proceac
to Hampton at once and make an
examination Of the Hampton Loan
and Exchange bank with reference
to the county treasurer's account
ii appears from the report OF tnr
bank examiner, which is made
,art of this report, and other records
in connection with Mr.. J. c. Lang,
ford, county treasurer, that he i
short in his cash s17,610.79. The
check drawn by j. C. Langford, Oc
tober "a, 1908, was evidently du
olicatcd in the certificates given by
the Bank of Hampton and Hampton
Loan and Exchange bank. thus max
ing the shortage as above stated.
81 report this matter to You
eycellency in order that YOU ma:
take such action as YOU deem prci'
er.
Respectfully submitted,
"A. W. JONES,
Comptroller General.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-23

The Socialist polled 1888 votes
in North Carolina, 21,752 in Okla
homa, 3,524 il Texas. II no other
Southern State did they poll over
5000. In South Carolina they
polled 101 votes.
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Thirteen Men Killed.

Vienna, Dec. l7.-Thirteen men
were killed in an explosion Of fire
damp wednesday morning in a mine
near Rosicza, Hungary.
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The Ednefield Report.

The Edsefeld Report
The report to the comptroller gen
eral on the Edgefe:d investigation
goes fully into the figures and show:
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Two County Trsasurers Charged
With Heavy Shortages
In THEIR ACCOUNTS
Result of Investigations Made by
Comptroller General Jones-The
Action Of GoT, NJ. F. Ansel Taken
Upon Reports Submitted After
Weeks Of Investigation.

Columbia, Dec 19.-Comptroller
Ansel the result of an examination
Of the books CT the treasurer Of
Hampton and the treasurer OF Edge
field counties and from the figures
submitted it is charged that there
is a shortage Of s7,723.46 in the ac-
counts Of J. T. Pattison, treasurer
Of Edgefeld county, and that there
is shortage Of s17,670.79 with J.
C. Langford, the treasurer Of Hamp-
ton county.
The report OF the Hampton exam
ination is given as follows:
ITO His Excelleney, Gov. Martin F.
Ansel, Columbia, S. C.
Sir: The annual settlement for
the taxes OF the fiscal year 1907 Of
Hampton county was made as Of
date June 80, 1908, and was checked
up and balanced to October "a, 1908.
showing cash balances due by MI.
J. C. Langford, county treasurer, as
follows:
| Cash Statement
June 80, 1908, cash bal
ince due State treasur-
CT E,ooo. 81
June 80, 1908, cash bal
ance due county funds 1S,812.24
June 80, 1908, cash bal
ance due school funds. s,796.05
Amount of money bor-
rowed since June 80,
1908 3. ;. 100000
Collection dlspensary
funds since June 80,
1908 ........ 2,4SS,so
Fines, licenses and costs
since June 80, 1908 ;. 267.S2
Superintendent Of educa-
Liou cf-41
Cash collected from taxes
from 1908 1896
Total cash balance,
June 80, and colleo-
tons to October "a,
1908 -. ..sss,17o.1s
Disbursements.
Paid State treas-
urer IS 5000
Paid county
claims 1,0Z2-i0
Paid school
claims ;. 934.97
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Total amount due ....sl4, ,12o.35
Credits.
BY amount Of
cash in Office s 1897
Balance, cash in
Bank Of John
ston 49,. 1,261.48
Balance, cash In
Bank Of Edge
field ...... 1861
Balance, cash in
Bank Of Tren-
ton ;. ...... 219.s7
County ,eertif-
Gates on hand 3,7l2.64
s6,4S9.03
Less taxes collect
ed account Of
1908 92.14
6,396.Se
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-23
THE POPULAR VOTE
DEMOCRATS MADE BIG GAINS
OVER LAST ELECTION.
F[earst's Independence Party Polled
Less Than One Hundred Thousand
Votes in Whole Country.

New York, Dec. 15.-The total
popular vote of the various presi-
Dental candidates at the last
election was made known today in
an official form by the fling Of the
last of the official vote, that of Mich
igan. The total shows the follow
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counEy IundS ~ f,o+o.sI
County Treasurer LaHgford ac
counts for the above cash as fol-
lry
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"Respectfully submitted.
"A. w. JONES,
"Comrtroller General.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-16

classes have never numbered more than
twoscore men, while those OF the great
government finishing schools are many
times larger Then, too, the school is
of rather recent origin, having come
into existence as late as 1902. The
project had been agitated for many
years. but nothing came OF 1t until the
Spanish American war made 1t clear
that something OF the kind was of ac-
tual necessity,
The fact is that the present medical
school owes its being to Surgeon Gem
eral RiXey, the head of the medical
corps, whose influence at headquarters
Is so potent that he was able to secure
the appointment OF a surgeon to the
command of the Relief in spite of the
protests of line officers and the resig-
nation OF Rear Admiral Brownson as
chief of the bureau of navigation. Not
only is this medical friend of the pres
ldent responsible for the establishment
of the school but he has always taken
the deepest interest in its development
and has even placed his collection of
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surgeon has devoted TO his professional
education In outside institutions ana
gives him credit at the very outset for
five years Of constructive service. In
thls respect he is put on an equality
with graduates Of Annapolis whose
time Of naval service is computed from
the moment they enter the academy.
All naval Officers are allowed 10 per
cent additional pay for each period OF
five years' service until such bonus
amounts to 40 per cent
In this scheme TO transform those
who are already well equipped doctors
into naval surgeons the curriculum, Of
course is highly specialized. While IT
is true that many OF the officers who
are being trained at the school will
spend much time at the seventeen ma
val hospitals in various parts OF the
country, II is never forgotten that ac-
tual sea service Is the principal feature
and practice ahoat Is deemed the most
important essential
All things considered. II must be adj
mitted that Uncle Sam, under the com
petent direction of Surgeon General
RiXey and his assistants has adopted
the most feasible method OF providing
the naval service with competent sur
geons. Surgeons are not made in "A day.
1t is really a calling which requires
much practice in order to arrive at any
especial degree Of efficiency. 1t would
practically be out Of the question to as
sign men who are only just out OF the
medical colleges to active service OF
the strenuous sort demanded by the
navy in time OF war II would. Of
course, be an excellent school for the
recently licensed sawbones, but 1t might
be severe experience for the others.
What is due to the men who have en-
listed in Uncle Sans naval service is
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THE law ANp LONGEVITY.

The most remarkable thing concern
ing Mr. Arthur Burrows, highlands
oldest barrister, who has just entered
upon his ninety sixth year, is that his
longevity seems due In no small meas
ure to hard work For years he denied
himself the pleasure Of days holi
day excepting on Sundays and even
now may be seen three or four times
week al his law chambers in Lin
coins Inn, Followers OF the simple
life point with pride TO Mr.. Burrows.
who ia a foe to most forms of luxury
OF late years he has dispensed with
tobacco and stlmulants and retains
good health on the plainest Of food
And yet this wonderful old man, who
has lived in five reigns and under sew
enteen prime ministers, can give les
sons in walking to many younger ones
and loves to watch cricket matches.
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valuable instruments at the disposal OF
its faculty.
Peculiar to Its Kind
In its system of training the Naval
Medical school does not bear a marked
resemblance TO the Anna polls institu-
ton, At the latter school the average
age Of matriculants is seventeen years,
For n period of four years they are
taught all the rudiments of the naval
profession. and after their graduation
they round out the course with two
years of practical work on a cruise.
The National Medical school is really
postgraduate institution Its pupils
are supposed TO have completed the
usual study OF the technicalities of
their chosen profession before entering,
and their work in Washington is TO
learn how to adapt their knowledge OF
medicine and surgery to the special
field OF sea service.
Now, Uncle Sam does not believe 1t
to be necessary for him to take a hand
in the preliminary education of those
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THE eRImMEsr eP,rAPH.

What is the most terrible cnitaph in
existence? one of the grimmest is
surely that on a stone which was set
up few years ago in the cemetery of
Debrescin, eastern Hungary
1t reads as follows, We're rest in the
Lord Joseph Moritz. ST., who died In
his sixty-second year, he was shot by
his son. Frau Joseph Moritz who died
IN her forty-seventh year. she was shot
by her daughter. Elizabeth Moritz. who
died by her own hand in her seven
teenth year. after shooting her mother.
Joseph Morltz. who died IN prison. aged
twenty he had shot his father.
May eternal mercy have pity on their
poor. sinful souls!'
This memorial was erected by local
literary association, to which, it is said.
the last OF the Ill starred family left
sum of $500 for the purpose
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ELECTRIC POWER From eELs.

A learned professor has discovered
that the electric eel can really yield
electri, force He maintains, after ex-
perimenting to this end, that hundred
cells will run a motor car for twenty
tours hours, while zoo 900 would carry a
liner across the ocean. Most people,
however would prefer to put their trust
in gasoline rather than cells To say the
least. tank of looping congers would
assuredly be an uncomfortable Item OF
motoring paraphernalia. The small boy
who is always TO he found IN close
proximity to a standing motor would
find II additionally interesting when he
could prod up the wrlggling motive
power with a stick. and il the cells
were gradually distracted on route by
the facetously inclined the last state
Of the motorst would be worse than
the first.
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ky%[&< |

continued beyond the present year cnn.
not be predicted, but probably they
will, In view o. the number of new oet-
tleships and armored cruisers being
placed In commission. and especially Is
such action likely in the event that tho
present scheme FOR a small feet of hos
pital ships meets with congressional
approval.
However the administrative officials
OF the medical bureau at Washington
are not nearly so apprehensivc as they
were about securing capable young doc
tors TO MI any needed quota The add
cd opportunities open TO officers OF the
medical corps and the enhanced pres
tige that has lately come to this branch
of the service have combined to arouse
interest among graduates OF medical
colleges that it Is believed Will assured
~ prove productive OF heavier enroll
ment, JAMES Il. BENTLEY
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who have an ambition TO serve him on
board the hospital ships He knows
there are plenty OF young sawbones,
wen educated and enthusiasts in their
profession, who have not yet made up
their minds which special branch of
professional work they will take up,
and II is from this class that he expects
to recruit his naval surgeons In order
successfully to pass the required en-
trance examination 10 the school an
applicant must have taken the full
course at an accredited medical col
lege Each student who is accepted Is
commissioned from the day he enters
as an assistant surgeon, rank CORE
spending to that OF first lieutenant in
the regular army. This entities him TO
pay at the rate of s1,760 a year and an
extra allowance for quarters in case
they are not provided
Uncle Sam Generous.
Uncle Sam does not stop at this. In
addition he takes recognition Of the
time the newly commissioned assistant
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HlNnoo PlckPockErs.

The best pickpockets." said de-
tectivc ARE the Hindoos. You have
to call them light toed az well as light
fingered. for they can lift watch or
purse as easily with their feet as with
their hands. Trained from childhood,
these baretooted rascals are wonder
fully sltillful with their toes This
gives them a great advantage A
Hindoo in a crowd will stand with his
arms ostentatiously folded and sneak
with his foot the purse from your
trousers pocket
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r. u EON GENERAL.
!. !: !: !. !" !" !" !: !: 8: !:
RIXEY OF the United
NT.>. states navy is not con-
$ tent to be mere figure
w head. Ever since his APP
- pointment to the position
he has manifested de-
,.rnipation to make his department
t,sd out as a conspicuous example of
praetical and productive government
,ssncy. II is his pet ambition to have
i commission fleet of hospital ships
N in command of surgeons instead of
tine officers
should the surgeon generals hope be
,.,Ized there would arise a sudden and
,rsent demand for medical corps men
rbo are endowed with executive ability
,s well as mere technical knowledge
/ That Or RlNey is confident that his
IAN will be adopted is evident from the
remarkable activity which is now being
shown in the Naval Medical school at
Washington. This particular institu-
Etion trains young officers of the medical
corps lust as the big school at Annapo-
|ls prepares line officers for the ma
|,lon's sea service.
During the past few weeks the entire
|personnel Of the medical school has
Ibeen showing unusual enthusiasm. The
Interest began when Surgeon Stokes
Twas appointed TO the command of the
hospital ship Relief. with the intima-
'tlon from high authority that the Relief
As but the FIRST of whole fleet OF hos
initial ships. This was followed by the
surgeon generals request for an appro-
pration from congress to provide
model hospital ship which shall surpass
4 In it's construction and equipment any
thing of the kind ever attempted. 1t is
understood, too, that this model ship is
to be differed by medical corps men,
with perhaps a civilian sailing master
with no function save to look after the
vessels navigation,
! Boost From the President.
4 Until President Roosevelt by his re-
cent action gave the navy doctors a
boost into official prominence their
school at the national capital received
comparatively little attention from the
general public The governments two
crack universities. at West Point and
at Annapolis, have long been the espe-
tI9l pets OF the American public, but
he fame of the medical school has ex-
Ianded very little. OF course one of
ne reasons for this is TO be found in
Is comparative size. It's graduating
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hull is made of cane or plated wicker
work and the inventor, who is already
well known in Holland for his marine
auxiliary patents. claims for this new
method of lifeboat building many adj
Vantages over other and older forms.
It's first and foremost advantage is
obviously its practically unbreakable
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as II turned out acted as a sort of buff
er, sustaining no other damage than
the breaking OF the mast and stays
II is unsuitable, it has no rusting
materials and therefore requires no
paint. 1t is not liable to leakage and
in addition to being much lighter than
ordinary wooden boats II has more
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about this Dutch invention to suggest
the fantastic--a chara cteristic too often
encountered in lifeboat patents.
In point of fact there is nothing I'M
usual in the model favored by Mr.. dc
Vos; il is I'm the adoption of new
material of construction that the value
and interest of his invention lie. It's
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THE WICKER LITEBoAT.

A lie boat that has more than
I"ety to commend it to the attention
the seafaring community has re-
tatly been constructed by c. j. T.. de
G Of Rotterdam. Its claims are es-
'atally practical and there is nothing
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character This has really been put
TO severe test I'm collision which
occurred on the river Mas some months
ago between Belgian sailing yateh
and a Dutch motor boat. The violence
of the collision was considerably mlti-
gated by the fact that this wicker life
boat lay between the two crafts, and
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that none but experienced surgeons
shall be intrusted with their physical
oversight, especially when they are
afioat 1t would be Impossible to oh
tain enough qualified surgeons from
the ranks OF the profession at the pres
ent time. To the man who has found
the opportunity to become a competent
surgeon in general practice the pay OF
member OF the naval corps offers
slight inducement 1t is also true that
in majority of cases II would happen
that when he had managed to acquire
the necessary experience he would have
arrived at an age that would have made
him disinclined TO undertake such ac-
tive service. Thus it was that the gov
eminent found IL eXpedient to go into
the business Of making its own naval
surgeons
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Naval Base Hospital.

The assistant surgeons who are being
qualified at the Naval Medical school
have an opportunity for a good deal OF
practical work In the running of the
magnificent new hospital which serves
as an adjunct to the medical institu-
ton. This fine and very complete struc-
ture was finished only year ago, and
it is designed to be the great naval
base hospital OF the United States.
Plans have been drawn recently en-
larglng it to a capacity OF 500 beds, to-
gether with the construction of new Of
fcers' quarters that will afford accom-
modadons for an Increased number OF
instructors and students.
The national legislature In 1908 ere
ated twenty-five additional vacancies
in the medical corps and provided for
a similar increase in the strength of the
corps each year up to 1908 Whether
the plans for further increases viii be
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WIS includes sdebords Bullets dining chairs extension tables
kitchen cabinets brass beds BEDS drers chfomer
tables wrdrobe pafo
Office desks library tables book lace rugs many
articles
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U RIG EoN GENERAL
R1XEY of the United
states navy is not con-
tent to be a mere figure
head. Ever since his APP
pointment to the position
he has manifested a de-
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Class Of 1908 at the Naval Medical School

valuable instruments at the disposal of