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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-16
TOO BIG A LIAR
FOR BIN TO TACKLE SAYS ED
ITOR LAFFAN,
Who, In Dignifed but Scorching
Words, Rossts Roosevelt, Refusing
to Bandy Epithets With Him.

to Bardy Epithets With Him.
Mr.. Laffan replies to the Presi-
dents letter as follows:
"The editor Of the Sun present;
his compliments to Mr.. Roosevelt
and Acknowledges his active sensi-
bility in respect of the attention
which Mr.. Roosevelt has been good
enough to pay him in his letter to
the Hon. William Dudley Foulke, Of
Indiana.
Notwithstanding the directness
OF this challenge, the editor of the
Sun declines a controversy with Mr..
Roosevelt. He is by no means in
different tc the implied compliment
discernible in Mr. Rooseyelt's trade,
but Mr.. Roosevelt has shown in his
frequent collusions with various per-
sons of distinction that he has an
Overwhelming advantage over any
| respectable antagonist in his, Mr.
Roosevelt's complete freedom from
any sense OF personal obligation IN
respect Of the ruth. -Ae editor of
the Sun is fully alive to the extremi-
ty of the inconvenience which at
taches to a personal controversy with
a man who has shown himself cap
able of suppression and perversion
of individual correspondence, an act
which, in ordinary life, would, in
the cognizance Of any club or asso
citation Of self-respecting gentlemen,
entail his prompt expulsion.
"In saying these things we can.
not disguise our chagrin and humil'
iation that the person wfo is adj
dressed is also the President Of tn
United States.
''It is curious that the Mr. FoulA'
is preferred repository Of these
condolences of the President. 1t wa'
to him that Mr. Roosevelt sent hi:
memorable letter denying that ht
was using the Federal patronage Il
aid Mr. Taft's candidacy, a lette'
which at once took its place among
the most valued incunabuia Of We
ractiy"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-16
PANAMA INVESTIGATION.
Democrats Want Inquiry Into That

Washington, Dec. democrats
of the House are planning to demand
an investigation of the purchase OF
the Panama canal property and ~
conformity with this program Rep
resentative Rainey, of Illinois, in
troduced resolution directing the
Speaker to appoint committee OF
five to ascertain how much Of the
s40,000,O0O which appears on the
record to have ben paid to the
French company, was really paid to
that company
It is said that the National Dem
ocratic committee requested Rainey
to present the resolution, which
provides that the committee shal'
ascertain if any portion Of the s40,-
100000 was directly or indirectly
paid to American citizens, to an
American syndicate, and If any
member, or Senator, profted by the
transaction.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-16
THE PANAMA SCANDAL.
Former Senator Discusses Pending
Inquiry Into Matter.

Omaha, Neb., Dec. 10.-Former
Senator J. II. Millard, OF Nebraska.
who was chairman Of the senate COM
mittee on the Panama canal, when
the investigation was made by the
senate as to the details Of the man
ner in which this government &C
ouirr.l the Panama canal, said In an
interview that the French govern
mer. ,as not connected in any way
with the deal which was made
through William Nelson Cromwell
who acted for the canal company,
and who blocked every effort of the
commi,t.e to ,-cure the list OF stock
holders Il the company. to whom the
the s40,000,000 was paid.
Senator Nillard says many Of tht
statements contained in President
Rooseyelt's letter to Foulk, wers
wrong, among them being the state
ment that the s40,O00,oo0 was pail
the French government. Mr.. vii
lard says this money was paid ]. F
Morgan & Co.
The French government aac
nothing to do with the sale Of the
canal property said Senator Mil
lard. about the only man who hat
anything to do with that, SO far al
our committee was able to find was
William Nelson Cromwell. We were
never able to and the names Of tn;
stockholders Of the company, whic:
be represented.
81 am certain there was no graft
ing on the part Of any goTernnen
official in this country
WAS Douglas Robinson or an.
Of the Tafts members of the syndi
cate?" was asked Senator Millard
.I don't know. We never coult
get Cromwell to answer a question
as to who the members of tina
syndicate were. Cromwell knoWa
Get hold Of him or make hlr
answer, and you will know all abou
the Panama deal"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-16
Rules for Guests.

Guests are requested not to speak
to the dumb waiter.
Guests wishing to get up without
being called can have self-raisins
-four for supper.
The hotel is supported by beau
tiful cemetery; hearses to hire, rs
cents day.
Guests wishing to do little drlv-
ing will find hammer and nails IN
the closet.
II the room gets too warm, open
the windows and see the fire escape.
II you're fond Of athletics and
like good jumping, lift the mattress
and see the bed spring.
If your lamp goes out, take fea-
ther out Of the pillow; that's light
enough for any room,
Any one troubled with nightmare
will find halter on the bedpost.
Don't worry about paying your
bill; the house is supported by the
foundation.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-16
Poultry Notes.

While oats are good egg pro.
ducing food, better results can be
secured by alternating with bran.
Rolled oats soaked in sweet milk
is a good ration to commence feed
ing young chickens.
Scald out the drinking vessels
once a week. Filth is easily carrie! !
to the system through drinking wa
ter.
Clean dry earth is one Of the best
absorbants for the poultry house.
Scatter it literally over the floor.
Sprinkle the nests with solution
of diluted carbolic acid. 1t will al l
marerially in keeping down lice.
Boiling milk that is fed to the
fowls will increase it's value and les
sen the risks Of its producing dis
ease.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-16
a Rhyrned Wedding.

According to the Mexico Ledger
John Stoble, a Wellston magistrate,
united a negro couple with this GER
emony.
jim, will you take Bet
Without any regret,
To love and to cherish
Till one Of you perish,
And is laid under the sod,
So help you God?
Jim having given the usual AZ
armative answer, Judge Stoble turn
ed to Bet:
Bet, will you take Jim
And cling to him,
Both out and in,
Through thick and thin,
Holding him to your heart,
Till death you part?
Bet modestly acquiesced, and the
newly married couple were dis
missed with this benediction:
Through 1ife's alternative JOY and
strife,
T now pronounce you man and wife.
Go up lifes hill till you get to the
level
And salute your bride, you dls>sky
devil.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-16
BAD MAN WITH A GUN.
Saloon Keeper Shoots and Kills
Three Negroes.

Memphis, Tenn, Dec. 11.-After
a brief argument with crowd Of
negroes engaged in a game Of bill
liards at a saloon on Desota street
near Beale, shortly after midnight
this morning, William Latura, a
white saloon keeper Of this city,
shot and killed three of the negroes
and wounded four others, one NOR
tally and the others seriously. One
of those wounded is woman.
According to statements Of by
ISLANDERS the negroes were grouped
about the table when Latura enter
ed the saloon. AS he appeared a
few heated words passed and in
the next instant Latura had drawn
his revolver and begun firing. Each
Of his bullets took effect with the
result as stated. Latura, who it is
said had been drinking, was taken
into custody after the shooting.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-16
BRYAN WAS ARRESTED.
His Hunting Party Had Killed Too
Many Ducks.

Galveston, Texas, Dec. 10.-Wll-
liam Jennings Bryan fell into the
hands Of a game warden yesterday,
when he and three other hunters
were arrested at Lake Surprise, the
famouns game preserve of Banker
Moody, Of Galveston, in Chambers
county.
Bryan, Moody and two friends
were charged with having violated
the State game law by killing mo-.
than 25 fowls each. The law Inns
the number of ducks to be KILL
by one person 25 in % hours.
More than $50 dead ducks test
fed to the work Of the four r:e;2
up to the time the game warden az
peared. Then it was sworn that
Bryan had really killed but few
canvas backs. Moody and the other
two Nimrods pleaded guilty and ac-
cepted the penalty, the fine being
SIS each.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-16
GINNER' S REPORT
OF CorTcN GINNED TO DEcEM.
BER ONE.
11,o1O,se4 Bales and 26,93S Gin.
neries-Iacrease Over Last Year.
S. C. Shows 1,o52,547 Bales.

{.
A total Of 11.o10,SS4 bales OF cot
ton ginned from the growth Ct 1908
to December /, and 26,922 active
ginner:es, against s,sA3,3ss bales
ginned year ago were announced
in the bureau report on cotton GIN
ming Tuesday. TIE 1907 crop was
11,05T,s22 bales, Of which 75.5 was
ginned to December I, the 1906
crop, 12.oS3,co1, with I7.2 to De-
cember 1 and 1905 crop, 1o,4s5,-S
los, bales with s2,s to December i.
In 1906 there were 1o,o27,ses bales
and in 1905 S,sss.esa bales ginned
to December 1. The report couaIs
round bales as half bales and ex-
cludes linters., It includes 20o,313
round bales for 1908, l54.636 for
1907 and 227,145 for 1908. Sea
island bales included 63,497 FOR
1908, 55,2s9 for 1907 and 41,z5o
for 1906.
Today's report gives running bales
ginned to December / and active
ginneris respectively by States az
follows:
Alabama, 1,171,4o4 bales arc
3,429 ginneries.
Arkansas, 77s,f5s bales and p
5!3s Gi7as-,ee
florida, ss,s71 5a.ss aaa
Ei1aerteS,
Georgia. 1.7se.7s7 sales ar
4.3a4 gi2ne7!<s.
Kansas, KaacycE.r and Na* Me.
20. 137& ha,es aa3 5 gi2re:.::es
Louisiana, ss7,17s Daies s2a
645 ginneries.
Mississippi, 1,2s7,2s1 bales and
3,422 ginneries.
Missouri, $3.50 bales and 70 gin
neries.
North Carolina, $4,000 bales ana
1851 giuneries.
Oklahoma, 4s2,o77 bales and e7s
SluuSTleS.
South Carolina, 1,o52.5s7 bales :.
and 3,1S4 ginneries.
Tennessee, 27S,s7s bales and s25
ginneries.
Texas. s.2oo,221 bales and 4,cs1
ginneries.
Virginia, s,773 bales and 90 GIN
neries.
TIE distribution Of sea islon:l cot
ton by State> is: Florida 2e,033;
Georgia, 32,155; South Carolina,
$3.50 bales
TIE corrected statistics of the
quantity OF cotton ginned this sea-
son to November IA are s9,595, ,809.
bales.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-16
A FATAL PLUNGE.
Fireman Who Fell From Window
Dies From Injury.

Macon, Ca, Dec. I0.-Thomas
Fulford, the 21-year-old Central Of
Georgia fireman, who fell from the
second story Of his boarding house
on Third street yesterday afternoon,
died at the city hospital today.
Fulford came in from his run
feeling badly, went at once to rs
room, feeling feverish. He went to
open his window and tainted while
in the act. While in this condition
he fell forward to the ground IS feet
below. His skull was fractured. He
was unmarried. His home was in
Americus.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-16
She Knows How.

st. Louis, Dec. 11.-James Sharp,
the leader of the onslaught against
the police has not yet been captur-
ed. Mrs. Pratt who, with her four
children, is being held at police head
quarters, now states she knows
Sharp was false prophet and wishes
she had remained in "the good old
Baptist church" Mrs. Pratt's hus-
band was killed in the row. x
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-16
A Fast FLYING Bird.

The most wonderful bird flight
noted is the migratory achievement
Of the virginia plover. which leaves
its haunts in North America and
taking a course down the Atlantic.
reaches the coast of Brazil in one
unbroken fight of Is hours. cover
ing distance of 5000 miles at the
rate of four miles a minute Some
years ago some of these birds were
stranded in Orangeburg by storm,
and several pepole who saw them
noted their swift fight as they re-
sumed their journey Southwark.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-16
Explosion in Magazine.

Calcutta, Dec. An explosion at
at military station, where men were
engaged in converting ball cart
ridges into blanks resulted in the
killing Of eleven men and woundinS :
of twenty-six others. The casual
ties we're all among native soldiers.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-16
CHOKED TO DEATH.
Man Falls Over Dash Board and Is
Killed.

Spartanburg, s. c., Dec. 10.-L,l-
ther Thompson, aged 35 years, a
well known young farmer of the In
man section Of the county, was found
dead in his buggy by members OF
his family. He had fallen forward,
his head hanging over the dash
board and it IS believed that he was
strangled to death.
From what can be learned it ap-
pears that Thompson went to a still
in North Carolina on Monday. he
turning to his home late Monday
night he drove into his lot to put ur
his horse and buggy and being in
an alleged intoxicated condition, be
fell forward and his head caught over
the dash board and before he could
extricate himself, he strangeld to
death.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-16
Commits Suicide.

New York, Dec. 7.-Leaving two
letters, in one of which he said he
had suffered more than anybody
in the world Louis Evans, OF
Brooklyn, youth of nineteen years.
shot and instantly killed himself in
a hospital where he was undergoing
treatment for tuberculosis.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-16
MAIL CARRIER HURT.
Thrown From His Buggy and Per-
haps Fatally Injured.

Spartanburg, Dec. Jesse l..
Wood, a well known letter carrier,
vas thrown from his buggy early
Sunday morning and seriously in
iured The horse Mr.. Wood was
driving took fright on east Main
street, just in front of the First
Presbyterian church. He was
thrown violently to the sidewalk and
knocked unconscious. When taken
10 his home it was discovered that
three of his ribs had been broken
and onz of MS shoulders terribly in
jured. He is threatened with p1eu-
monia, which makes his condition
trebly worse.-The State.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-16
PULLED FROM BURNING HOUSE
Mother Passes Children Through
Window to Safety.

New York. Dec. 10.-Ten persons
were dragged to safety from a burn
ing tenement in Williamsburg las:
night. Mrs. Mary Kilcoine, after
being awakened. called for help and
when two policemen responds,
handed her two small children
through window to safety. Her
man Zeigler and mis- father, aged
So. and the old mans wife. aged
80, were overcome by smoke. but
were rescued. as were the famil"
of Mitchell McDermott, who were
carried to safety after having been
found unconscious.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-16
Dairy Pointers.

Whatever we should give our
COWS to eat we should never neglect
10 proved them with plenty of water
and pure air.
Ventilation and cleanliness are
two matters which are going to cut
an important figure in the future
dairy business
1t may be set down as an absolute
fact that an animal in N unsound
condition cannot give pure milk.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-16
DROWNED IN POTOMAC.
Young Men Go to Death in Trying t
ably Four Fatal Injuries.
Shoot the Rapids.

Washington, Dec 6.-Joseph n.
Painter, aged 80, boaanist in the
National museum, and his compan
ion. Robert Wallace. aged 16. wera
drowned today while trying to shoot
the rapids at Stubblefeld falls, il
the Potomac river, about 10 miles
north of the city. The bodies have
not been recovered
The young men were on fishing
trip in a small canoe, which over
turned in midstream with them. due
to striking rock. Both were resi-
dents of this city.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-16

A man is willing to have most any
kind of disease for an excuse for
his family to support him.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-16

No matter how innocent a girl is,
she can get to be more so by be-
coming married and then a widow.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-16

One Of the worst things about be
ing rich seems 10 be how unhappy
it can make you not to be rich.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-16

Sometimes nan can perform his
duty with a fairly decent grace if
he cant find anything else to do.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-16

Half the people in the world are
always doing something to take of
flesh; and the other half to put it
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-16

If a girl doesn't like fattery it's
because she doesn't get enough to
spoil her.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-16

their clergymen, their physicians.
their lawyers and their teachers, will
make up system under which thei:
Improvement, which statistics show
to have been most noteworthy III
the last 40 years, will continue at
the Saline rate.
'.On the whole. then, the best
public cplnion of the North and the
best public opinion of the South
seems to be coming together in re-
spect to all the economic and politi-
cal questions growing out of pres
ent race conditions.
"The recent electicn Las made it
probable that I shall become more
or less responsible for the policy OF
the next presidential administration
and I improve this opportunity 20
say that nothing will give me greater
pride. because nothing will give me
more claim to the gratitude of my
fellow citizens, if l could so direc;
that policy in respect to the South
ern States as to convince their in
telligent citizens of the desire of the
administration to aid them in work
ing out satisfactorily the serious
problems before them and of brins-
ing them and their Northern fellow
citizens closer and closer in sympa
they and point of view During the
last decade. in common with lovers
of our country, have watched with
delight and Thanksgiving the bond
OF union between the two sections
grow frcer. I pray that it may be
given to me TO strengthen this move
ment, 10 obiterate al sectional lines
2od leave nthing of differences be-
tween the North and South save a
friendly emulation for the benefit OF
Dur common country"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-16

Reasons Of Sentiment"
With the elimination Of the race
question can We say that there ar:
removed all the reasons why the
people of the South are reluctan,
10 give up their political solidity
and divide themselves On party lines
in accordance with their economic
and political views: No. there are
other reasons; perhaps only reasons
Of sentiment, but with the Southern
people. who are high strung, sen
sfjve and outsnoken people, consid-
erations Of sentiment are frequently
quite as strong as hose of some
political or economic character.
II the first place. it is now nearly
20 years since the South acquired
its political solidity and the inten-
sity Of feeling by which it was main.
tanned and the ostraciSm and social
prescription imposed on those white
Southe-ners who did not svmpathize
with the necessity for such so1idity
could not but make lasting impress
sion and create permanent bias
that would naturally outiast the rea-
son for its original evistance.'
Mr.. Taft referred to the trials
OF :hc Recons--action period which
accantuated the greater trial of the
paSs, and the slow returns Of pros
perity to the South fc..ioging the
civil strife as further agencies that
help 70 keep alive the feeling en-
eande-ed by that controversy, and
continued:
But times change and men change
with jncn in any community, how
ever fixed its thoughts or habits.
and many circumstances have blessed
US with thier influence in this mat
ter. The growth OF the South since
1900 has been marvellous. The nan
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-16
CALL ISSUE
STATE CONVEN.
TION TO MEET AT CHARLES
TON ON JULY 20.
TO the democratic voters of West
Virginia.

TO the democratic voters of West
Virginia:
Conforming to the established
custom, and IN pursuance os the
authority vested in the Democratic
State Executive Committee it is
ordered by said committee that a
state convention OF delegated rep-
resentatives OF the democratic party
from the several counties OF the
state be held in the city OF Charles
ton, in the county of Kanawha, for
the purpose OF selecting candidates
OF said party to be voted for at the
general election to be held in the
month OF November of the present
year for the following Offices:
Governor, secretary of state, state
superintendent OF free schools, audi
tor, treasurer, attorney general, two
electors at large for president and
vice president OF the United States.
The confirmation OF the election OF
presidential electors for the several
congressional districts, the choosing
OF the members of the state demo
cratic executive committee, and the
transaction OF such other business
rs may be deemed proper and nee
essary; and the said conve ,ticn
shall assemble at O'Clock J.. IN.
on the goth day of 'uly, 1908.
Said convention Shall consist OF
delegates from the several counties
Of the state, proportional as fol-
lows: Each county shall have one
delegate in said convention, and no
more, FOR each one hundred votes
OF fraction thereof OF fifty votes or
more cast In the county for John J.
Corn Well In 1AnA That ia 10 cn W..
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-16
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