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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-03-18
THE DIsPENsARY MESS.
What Senator Tillman Thinks Of the
Whole Matter.

In speaking of the dispensary mess
in Columbia Senator Tillman express
es himself in his usual plain manner:
The trouble never would have oc-
Cured" said the senator to The
States correspondent, "if the legis-
lature had never placed the funds In
to the hands Of a commission which
could take the money out of the State
treasury. Do you suppose that IL the
money had been in the State treas
ury and the regular officers Of the
State in charge OF it, any federal
Judge whould have dared to touch II?
Judge Pritchard's action had for its
ground the fact that the commission
was acting merely as trustees for
the State, and he holds that this
places them in the same position as
trustees or agents for any business
concern. There is something pecu-
liar about this commission business
anyway. / have been trying to find
out who was the author Of the bill to
create it.
It looks to me like at the bottom
of it there was some attempt to play
underhand politics. and while don't
like to say there is something crook
ed about it, it certainly seems that
the banks which have had all that
money on deposit all the time have
been greatly favored. Why hasn't
the commission paid out the money,
or at least those claims which they
have approved? They hadn't paid
anv of it out until little over week
ago. All the time it has remained in
the banks and the banks have been
getting the benefit of it.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-03-18
Longest and Shortest DAYS.

At London and Bremen the long
est day has sixteen and one-half
hours. At Stockholm it is eighteen
and one-half hours in length. At
Ham burg and Dantzig the longest
day has seventeen hours At st.
Petersburg and Tobolsk, Siberia, the
longest DAY is nineteen hours and the
shortest five hours. At Tornea. Fin
land, June q brings a day nearly %
hours long and Dec. % one less than
three hours in length. At Wardburr,
Norway, the longest day lasts from
May q to July % without Interrupt
ton and in SpitZbergen the longest
day is three and one-half months.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-03-18
MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKENS.
Queer Notions About the Stormy Pet
rel Among Sailors.

The stormy petrol. alias Mother
Carey's chicken (Porcellaria pelasl.
ca.) or (Oceanites oceanicus). &C
cording as We have reference 10 the
species OF the eastern or western AT
lsotic, has not got the epithst OF
stormy" for nothing, says Forest and
Stream. As already stated, the bird
appears to revel in a tumult OF the
winds and waves aud actually does
so for good and sufficient reason.
This IS that its food supply is very
much more abundant when the ocean
is ag;taGed than when it IS at rest.
Then, the petrcl has decided habit
Of following ships. which has really
nothing 20 DO with impending storm.
No. it seeks the ship. not because II
is afraid or lonely, but simply be-
cause the ship agitates the waters.
Very likely as it fellows 4 storm may
spring Up and then, seeing the bird
SO obviously delighted, poor super
stitious Jack not unnatuca!ly thought
there was some connection between
them From this TO belief in a
ccclpan!onskip in evil was only a
step.
The queer notions about the stormy
petrol did not end here. 1t was be-
lieyed (aud the uaivete Of this belief
is decidedly racy OF poor Jack) that
1t carried its egss under It's wing and
hatched them on the water II was
also believed that it could appear at
will IN the eighborhood Of ship
anywhere about the ocean. All tnls
cerraialy pointed to necromantic or
uacaDny power. and It is not to be
wondered at that the bird became
such an object Of fear and aversion
to the poor man before the mast.
The poet Coieridge has left us
iGe picture Of the terrifying influence
o. the albalross On the Ancient Mar
!ner, but no poet seems to have awak-
ened 10 the possibilities of the stormy
petrol as theme. However, we read
much about it off and on in old chron
icles Or tales Of the sea. IN one Of
these il is recorded that the sailors,
seeing the herald of storm join the
ship 100 near land as they supposed,
nutinied and refused to proceed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-03-18
To Probe for Graft.

Chairman Wanger Of the House
Committee Gu Expenditures in the
Poss-office Department proposed to
investigate that department on the
ground that "Some Of the expendi-
lures appear to have been made in
.contrayention of law" No doubt
he has in mind the payment OF. the
salary and expenses Of Assistant
Postmaster General Frank Hitch
cock while engaged in influencing
Southern postmasters to work for
Taft's presidential boon. The Com
mittee on Expenditures IN the war
Department would do well to follow
Mr.. Wanger's example, and inquire
into the payment Of Taft's own sal
ary and expenses out of the Treas
ury, while he is engaged intraveling
and speaking in the advancement Of
his own boom. Such grating ought
to be exposed aud punished, even
though it is countenanced by Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-03-18
LOSE THEIR LIVES.
The Sad Fate OF Three Little Boys
Over in Sumter.

A dispatch from Sumter to The
State says between 5 aud o'clock
Tuesday the dead body OF Welley
Wedekind, a young white boy be-
tween and 9 years OF age, son Of
Mr.. Henry C. Wedekind Of that city,
was found floating on the water Of
clay hole at the Sumter brick works
just outside of the city limits. Mr..
Tom Roland being called, went in
and brought the body out.
The caps of two other boys we're
also found, and Durrell Lide, son Of
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Lide, and Archie
Ledingham, two boys about 9 years
each. are missing and there is little
doubt but that they were also drown
ed in he asme hole. All three of the
boys have been missing all day.
Mr Irwin A. Ryttenberg, proprietor
of the Sumter brick works, says that
the three boys above named were at
the brick hole that morning, when he
ran them away.
An old boat in the clay hole has
been used by some OF the boys around
the town and the supposition IS that
these three boys went out in this
boat. which overturned or they fell
out of it and were drowned.
A searching party has been drag
ging the clay hole for the two missing
drowned is unknown.
drowned S unknown.
9:15 information was brougatto
the city that the body Of Archie Led
ingham had been recovered.
The deplorable tragedy has cast a
gloom over the entire community and
the afflicted parents have the syInpa-
thy of all the people in Sumter.
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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-03-18
Dead Bacteria DANGEROUS.

One result of bacreriologica! re-
search is the distinction between in
fective and irtoxicative diseases In
the former the general multiplication
Of micro-organisms in the body G; the
patient is the salient feature. while
in the latter poisoning is the cause
Of the malady.
Thus. states well-known authori-
ty. the dead bodies of typhoid uacil,;.
although destitute OF all intcctive
properties. are Yet toxic when Intro
duced into animals in virtue OF the
intracellular poisous they contain.
Accordingly. in the case Of many dis
eases formerly regarded as pare: In
fective. it has now become apparent
that, in addition 10 the infective. the
poisonous properties OF the invading
bacterial cells must be taken into ac-
count.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-03-18
Goose on MichaeImas Day.

The origin Of eating goose on
Michaelnas Day dates from the time
of Queen Eliza beth On her way to
Ti!bury Fort on Sept 20, 1882, she
dined on roast goose and Burgundy
wine. With the last glass she drank
Destruction to the Spanish Armada" >"
AS she drained the glass news came
of the destruction OF the Spanish
feet by storm. Thereupon she or
dered that roast goose should be
served for her every year on that
day, and the custom soon became
general among the people.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-03-18
ONE GIRL SHOT ANOTHER.
Abcut Young Man Who Was At
tentive to Her.

A special from Asheville, \. c.,
gives the particulars Of sensational
shooting there last week Of young
woman, Miss Ida Franklin by Miss
Parseda Shelton.
It seems that the shooting is the
result Of enmity arising between the
two former friends over the love OF
q young man with whom both were
infatuated.
Miss Shelton, hearing that that
Miss Frankln had been talking
about her." went to the latter
with the purpose of securing a
personal interview about the matter.
When she appeared she was refused
s:'n,ittance to the Franklin home and
Il: door was slammed" in Miss
Sre.tea's face.
Tl:s, CORNER thereupon drew pis-
tol anG G;@d through the door. the
bullet striking Miss Franklin in the
breast, making a dangerous wound.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-03-18
MUST BE DEAD.
Hope No Longer Entertained for the
Modern Crusoe.

Modern Crusoe.
All hope Of finding Fred JeSs, a
sailor who was stranded on Indefati-
gable Island, in the Pacific ocean, has
been practically abandoned. The
gunboat Yankton, which was sent
from Cailao to hunt for the missing
seaman, has arrived at Acapulco,
Mexico, and the commanding officer
reported to the navy department that
no trace Of Jeffs has been found,
which is taken to mean that he is
dead.
That Jeffs must have experienced
many more hardships than those re-
lated of Robinson Crusoe, is evident
from the nature Of the island upon
which he was stranded. Indefatig-
able or Santa Cruz Island, is on the
equator, entirely uninhabited save by
monster turtles and venomous rep
tiles Of the tropical regions. The
searching party believe that Jeffs
could not have lived long after he
was wrecked, on May 8, 1907. =
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-03-18
SERIOUS WRECK.
At Trenton in Which an Engineer
and Fireman Were Killed.

A frightful accident occurred On
the Southern at Trenton at l O'CLOCK
Wednesday night. resulting IL the
death of Engineer Robert Hubbard.
and a negro fireman. Tillman Low
man. of Columbia, and the illI-lHs
though not seriously. Of Conductor
Charles Wright and Mr. Lewis Har-
rison, trainman. he roads from
Columbia to Augusta and from Ak
en- to Edgefcld cross at Tre9ton.
An extra passenger train was rum
ming from Aiken to Edgefield. a
freight train heading to Augusta was
shifting, and one of the boxes back
ed and left across the point where
the lines crossed. and the train from
Aiken crashed into it. The engine
was turned over and the dead men
we're caught under it and crushed to
death.
Mrs. Hubbard, the wife Of the en-
gineer, with Miss Helen Haltiwanger
Of Edgetield, occupied the passenger,
coach. wl;ch was also turned over,
but The escaped without serious IN
Jury. The coach caught fire. hut the
flames were extinguished before 1t
was much burned. An inquest was
held, the jury returning verdict IN
conformity with the above facts.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-03-18
Blames the President.

Some Republican papers, especial
ly those Of the independent kind,
are giving their readers information
of the sorry pass the Republican
party has brought the country to.
Thus the New York Sun declares we
are now indebted to President
Roosevelt for:
Private confidence and credit
shattered; decreasing business; emp
ty freight cars and empty pay envel-
opes; railroad employees and indus
trial workers laid off by the hundred
thousand; disaster made entirely Re
publican; the Constitution kicked one
side like a broken teddy bear: the
courts insulted; capital prosecuted
and frightened; suspicion and hatred
sown sedulosly among classes whose
prosperity or adversely is INSOFAR
ably mutual; half yelled, sinister
prophecies Of riot; the army demor-
allied by favoritism, the navy en-
barked upon mysterious and dan
gerous adventure; currency reform
unachieved, civil service reform
made byword." !"
The Sun might have added that
Trusts have been fined but no trust
magnate, however guilty, is yet in
stripes. Hartman, that malefactor
of great wealth, is at large and is
said to be again likely to be dele
gate to the Republican national con-
vention. The Trusts are still selling
abroad cheaper than at home and
the margin is larger than ever
against the American people. Ser
ious scandals in Congress, to say
nothing Of frauds being widespread.
Such and more is the Pandora box
of evils that the people inherit from
Renuhlican rule.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-03-18
THREE DROWNED.
Boat Capsized With Party Of Ten
Persons In It.

Mrs. Augusta Keller, two Of her
children. Mr.. and Mrs. Clack, Mr.. W.
F. Bone, MI and Mrs. James Queen,
w. H. Bright and Charles Green, all
operatives of the Appalachee mills,
were in a small canoe on the pond
near Greer Sunday afternoon for
pleasure ride The load in the boat
caused it to dip and when some water
came into the boat, Mrs Keller and
her two children jumped overheard.
The other persons in the boat be-
came panic stricken and also jumped
into the water.
Mr.. ]. 3. White, who was strclling
along the bank of the pond witnessed
the accident. He quickly secured an
other canoe and padded to where
the victims were doing their best to
save their lives.
Mr.. White succeeded in getting his
hands on the clothes of the two chill
dren of Mrs. Keller and they were
drawn into the boat. White then at
tempted to catch Mrs. Keller, but she
sank to the bottom. White then
turned his attention to the other per-
sons in the water and succeeded in
rescuing them. The first one to be
rescued after the children was Mrs.
Queen, then Mr.. Queen and then
Bright, Green and ClacS.
The victims who could not be
reached, were Mrs. Clack, Mrs hel-
Ter and Mr.. W. F. Bone. The bodies
of those sank to the bottom. and
since the pond is several feet deep 1t
was necessary to dredse for them.
All three of the bodies were recoV-
cred.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-03-18
CLOTH. FROM IRON AND STONE.
A Wool Made in Electrical Furnace

A Wool Made in Electrical Furnace
Fabric From OLE Ropes.
Cloth OF gold the fairy books des-
cribe; cloth Of iron is real product
Of the mills. Iron cloth is used
largely today by tailors for making
the collars of coats set fashlonably. 1t
is manufactured from steel wool by
new process and has the appearance
Of having been woven from horse
hair.
Wool which never saw the back
Of sheep is being largely
utilized on the Continent for
making mems suits. 1t IS
known by the name OF limestone
wool and is made in an electric fur
mace. Powdered limestone mixed
with certain chemical is thrown
into the furnace and after passing
under q furious blast OF air is tossed
out as fluffy, white wool. After COM
ing from the furnace. the wool is
dyed and finally made into lengths OF
cloth. A pair Of trousers or coat
made from this material can be burn
ed or damaged by grease andIis as
flexible as cloth made from the
sleeps wool.
Some time ago an English clothing
manufacturer succeeded in making a
fabric from old ropes. He obtained
quantity Of old rope and cordage aac
unravelled them by a secret process
into a kind of rough cloth. A suit of
clothes made from it and worn by the
manufacturer himself proved strong
in the extreme and kept its color well.
It is said that a number Of goods sold
by some of the best London tailors at
low prices are made Of old ropes.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-03-18
MONEY CHANGERS KNOW A LOT
indeed They Have To, to Keep Track
of European Coins and Coun-
terfeits.

81 never realized until today" said
a man who had just returned from
Europe, what an undertaking It is
TO be money changer.
"I came back with about $50 IN
foreign money, principally French
and Italian. This took 70 a money
changers to cash IN.
"He lookeu over the coins rapidly,
throwing them into little piles and
putting down notes on a slip OF pap
er. When ne had cleared up the lol
he said I had Sl0.25 coming to me.
AT first l thought he was doing
me. But he was not. He showed me
a dozen or so Italian coins that had
been demonettzed and were worth
about 40 cents on the dollar. There
was nice little pile Of counterfelts
that were not worth cent, anu
altogether only about third OF the
coins t!!at I brought hc:no were worth
their it'll value.
"The only consolation had was
that I thanked by stars am In the
insurance business and not Ia the ex-
change business for my poor little
brain could not carry half the things
that those fellows have to remem-
ber."
The man with the coins did not e1-
aggerate. There are thousands OF
different coins floating about that
money changer has to know. He
has to keep in mind every demonetiz-
ed coin made within the last hundred
years.
In addition to that there are coun-
terseits. The immigrants bring over
heaps OF bad coins Many Of them
buy up counterfeits cheap with the
hope Of exchanging them at Ellis Is
land.
Then there are the coins OF the
South American countries. They are
worse than those Of the European
countries. Brazil for instance has a
scheme all it's OWE. Certain notes
are good for ten years, after that
time for every year they lose 10 per
cent. OF their face value until the
whole value is used up and they are
worth only the paper they are print
ed on.
AS one man expressed it you have
to know the history OF the world to
be money changer. A peculiar part
of the business is the reshipment OF
coins back to the countries whence
they came. Often during the rush
season one firm sends back a million
coins, while it is estimated that in
the course Of year slo,00o,00O in tor
eign money is reshipped to Europe
and a million to the rest OF the
world.
Money changing is business just
like any other. They do not ex-
change money They buy it. When
you 90 there with foreign coins they
buy them from you at stated price.
When you so there to get foreign
coins you buy them from them at a
certain price just as you buy eggs
and cigars.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-03-18

1t IS not generally known that a
spoonful OF oX-gall in one gallon CT
water will set the colors of alr~ost
any goods which are soaked in it be-
fore washing: also, that teacupflll
OF lye in pail Of water will improve
the color OF any black goods. Vine
gar in the rinsing water will bright
en- pink OF green calico. and soda will
do the same Tor purple or blue calico.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-03-18
What Gum Arabic Really Is.


Gum arabic, which forms one OF the
more important minor exports of
Egypt, is really the sap from speci;t
kind OF tree which grows from three
to FIVE yards in height. whole forests
OF which are found in the ko.Gotan
Province, and also near GeL... in the
White Nile Province. The natives are
free to collect the gum. The season
during which the trees yield their
sap runs from December to May. Prl-
or to gathering the crop the natives
prepare the trees by slightly cutting
the bark in numerous places. The
sap then exudes. soiidities ia the shape
OF large and small Jumps and is af-
terward gathered by hand, such gath
ering being done before the rainy
season csommences. There are two
main classes Of gunl-anlber-like and
bleached. In the latter the gum is
merely exposed 70 the strong action
Of the sun-generally in Omdurman-
while in the former instance it is al
loved TO retain its natural amber
color. The confectionery trade is
perhaps the pTincipa! purchaser of
gum arabic. though a very large
number OF other Observation-Disclosures
works. printing and dyeing mills, let
terpress printers and 50 on-are in
terested in this product of the Sudan
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-03-18
SHOT FROM AMBUSH.
Three Men, All Prominent, Shot From
Convent Grounds.

DR.. Glovonni Grsna, a prominent
physician: his brother in law, John
Ocofno, and friend. Alfonso Mole,
were shot from ambush in Ybor City,
Fla, by four men. who had secreted
themselves in the grounds OF ST.
Joseph's Convent Mole will prob
ably die, the others being only slight
ly wounded. All are Italians. and
the shooting is believed to be the re-
suit Of Black Hand Plot. Five
thousand dollars was demanded from;
Dr.. Grana several weeks ago, and he
had also been war1ed to leave the
city. Demands have also been made
on other prominent Italians. and
much alarm has prevailed in the
Italian colony. The police have ar
rested FIVE Italians on suspicion.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-03-18
SAVING Her Own Books.

The fact that some person viii coca.
s!cnally borrow from circulating l.
brary the very book that be has In hi
Own home puzzles the library attend
ants. One day librarian sought en-
iighteanaent on this duplication.
"yez just bought a set Of these books
for yourself, did you not?' she in
ouired Of woman who had asked TO
Great Expectations" Haven't the.
been delivered yet?'
"Oh. yes; they've come all right"
was the reply. "but don't like to us
them for fear they might get dirty
New York Post
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-03-18
10000 Miles For Sis

What is probably the cheapest rate
for sea voyage ever offered is that
now made available by the Govern
ment of New South Wales. Australia,
to young women who are prepared to
go out to the colony to undertake
domestic service The charge to these
emigrants for the journey from Eng
land to Sydney, $4,000 miles. is SIS.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-03-18
CIRCUS MAN KILLED.
Meets Instant Death in Railroad Ac-
cident in Augusta.

". B. Huntington, in charge Of the
arst advertising car of the Sparks
Circus, was killed in the C. and W
C. Railroad yard in augusta late
wednesday afternoon. Huntington
was standing cn the rear watching
the trucks of his car to see If they
werc running hot and leaned too tar
out over an adjoining track. In
passing a switch the steel disc on the
top OF the switch rod struck him in
the face, completely severing the
whole right side Of his head.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-03-18
There Mere Other Pockets

Nathan Straus was driving his
mare, Ida Highwood. on the New
York speedway. A company promo
ter. noted no less for his wealth than
his unscrupulousness. dashed by and
Mr. Straus said: There is Blank.
When he came to New YORK in the
seventies he had only dollar in his
pocket" Mr.. Straus paused and
smiled. However" he said, there
were other pockets
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-03-18
Tobacco il the Philirnlnes.

oh.cc) Is the fourth largest ex-
port Of the Philippines. while IN
point Of total crop value it is only
exceeded by hemp and rice. The
main tobacco belt is embraced in Lu-
zon. Cebu and Panay. the famous
Cagayan Valley, in Luzon, producing
the bulk Of the finer grades. Con-
sideced as manufacture the making
Of cigars and cigarets is the largest
industry in the island today.