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The San Francisco call., 1909-03-13
NOLTING'S SLAYER
TO GET LIFE TERM
Jordan Is Found Guilty of
Murder in the First
Degree
Soldier Who Killed Police Ser
geant Relieved by Escap-
ing Hanging

Murder in the first degree with life
imprisonment was the verdict returned
yesterday afternoon by the jury that
tried Thomas Jefferson Jordan, a pri-
vate in the I4Sth coast artillery. who
shot and killed Sergeant Of Police
Antoine J. f. Nolting Jordan evinced
no sign Of emotion when the clerk
read the verdict. A few minutes later
he twisted a cigarette without a tre-
NOR Of the hands
The verdict immuring him for the
rest of his natural life was a relief to
Jordan. He showed that a burden had
been lifted from his mind by passing
Joke with the janitor sweeping the
court as he was taken away by the
sherif's officers.
His friends have not decided whether
they win raise additional money TO en-
able Jordan to appeal, or whether they
viii advise him TO accept the jury's
finding in the hope of obtaining a
pardon by continuous good behavior.
Sentence viii be formally pronounced
next Saturday by Judge Cabaniss- The
judge cannot under the verdict impose
any punishment except life imprison-
ment Two Of the jurors. il is under
stood favored the extreme penalty.
CRIME MOST BRUTAL
Jordan killed Noting early in the
morning Of January 5 after an all
night debauch. He came from Fort
Baker the preceding evening. About
> O'Clock in the morning he discharged
a shot IN the air. Noting came along
Montgomery street and accOsted Jordan
az the corner Of Clay. asking him if he
had fired the shot. The soldier said he
had not and at NOlting's order ad-
vanced to the policeman with his hands
up. When ne reached Noting he
wrestled with him and threw Linn on
the sidewalk. Then he directed his re
voiver at the PROSTATE man, who
backed away. crying out. For Gods
sake. don't shoot" Jordan fired four
times One shot took effect and Nolt-
ing died in a few minutes. Jordan's de-
fense was that he was in an alcoholic
trance and had no remembrance of the
shooting.
Special Prosecutor Hiram ". John
sons argument TO the jury yesterday
morning occupied an hour and a half
He said that the police department was
not seeking vengeance. The case was
not being tried in any spirit Of hostil-
ity, rancor or animosity. He ridiculed
the assertion that Jordan was in an
alcoholic trance" when he shot Nolt-
ing and urged the jury 10 permit no
nawkish senUmentality TO cause them
10 falter in their dutv
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-13

Lloyd viii be forgotten. In your name.
in the name of his friends. in the name
of Masons, in the name of Sir knights
throughout the world, I say to him:
-Farewell Sir knight,
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-13

A special offering in our hosiery
department today. A good weight
of ribbed cotton stockings; in fast,
brilliant black; seamless; double
heels and toes; heavy triple knee;
sizes from 6 to 91l.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-13

deserved a. tribute exceptional and
extraordinary On the other hand was
the affection for a man whose kindly
spirit differentiated not between wealth
and noverfv
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The Cost Of a Eoy.

Somebody has figured out that the
average boy who is dependent upon
bis parents fo- livelihood until he
reaches the age Of tventy-one years
cost them four thousand dollars On
this basis Of calculation e brood. tor
instance. Of six boys would represent
an outlay OF twenzy-four thousand
dollars by the time they got away
from the home roost- The question
arises does It pay to raise boys and
are there no other crops that would
prove more profltsble7 II a boy
turns cut to be cigarette fend
with bresth like a turkey buzzerd
and g laugh that would mako the
untutored donkey feel perfectly at
home IN bis society and with an IN
trammeled and unconquerable desire
to avoid work. & Is safe 20 say that
that his parents might have invested
their four thousand dollars at
much better advantage. But II the
boy grows up TO manhood with the
lesson we'll learned that wealth and
success grow only on bushes watere.
by the sweat OF ones brow. the par.
ents need not begrudge whatever
they haTc spent on him. for he viii
r.. source o: increasing pride and
joy to their hearts. aud when :hey
CIV old and :heI- bands trene'e
and the., legs wabble and their stsn
is SLOW and ,.i,eTiag they have tvs
>troOS arms to lean upon and hep
-hcu over All the rough places tia;
lie In their twilight path.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-15
He Found Out

One OF our exchanges tells OF an
Old German who had boy OF whom
be was very proud. and decided 10
dad ou, the trend OF his mind. He
adopted a novel method by which TO
test him. He slipped into the boys
room one morning and placed on
his table bottle OF whiskey.
Bible and a silver dollar Now"
said he. when dot boy comes IL II
he takes dot dollar he's going to
De a beezn!s man: II be takes dot
Bi>'e he's going to be preacher:
I: - takes dot wh!skey he's 40 good.
and going to be drunkaTd." Then
De lid behind door to see which
dis son would choose. In came the
BOY xh!s,Gns. He ran up to the
table. picked up the Bible and put
X urde. bis arm. thea snatched up
the bottle. took two or three drinks.
picked up the dollar and put il In
his pocket. and wea: ort snack!rs
his lips. TIE Dutchnan 2oked bis
bead out from behind the door anc
'Meta Cot. he is going
70 be politician.
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COTTON HARVESTER.
To Be Tried at BennettsEiIle in .
Very Short Time.

Mr. Angus Campbell. representing
Nr. Theodore II. Price. Of New York.
was in Bennettsvil!e Wednesday for
the purpose OF securing field OF
cotton 10 be used in the denonstTa-
ton Of cotton harvester. Mr..
Campbell found what he wanted. and
has purchased one hundred acres
from Ex-senator John L. .a:Laurin.
The cotton on this field will remain
unpicked until the latter part Of
this month. or the first OF October.
when Mr. Price and associates will
go there and the demonstration will
be made Mr. Campbell Is the !a-
ventor OF this machine. and Mr. Price
and Others are interested IN pre-
noting and backing the proposition
The !nvento. Is native Of Canada.
though be lived for cuC5e. o,
years II Texas.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-15
DANGERS OF WESTERN CORN.
It's Use May be the Cause Of Pella-
era in the South.

The Augusta Herald very wisely
sums up the matter OF Western corn
and its results as food for man
and beast. The Herald says 1t is
not in corn that doage. turks. but
in Western corn. The reason for
this IS clear. Western corn does
not fully mature before the season
ends. Frost falls upon It before
the kernels are hardened and the
cob is dry.
IN this condition It is gathered
and housed or stacked. It then goes
through @ process OF fermentation
which produces the chemical chang
es that convert healthy food for
man or beast into a subtle poison.
Fed TO horses it gives them blind
staggers and thousands OF horses
and mules are killed by 1t every
wear. Eaten by men 1t produces
pellacra.
Fortunately simple preventative
Will avoid ali risks in this matter.
That is 70 use only Southern grown
corn either for making corn bread
or 10 feed to the horses. And an
Atlanta case may show that Gr!ts
ground IN the North should also 5e
excluded. Let our farmers ponder
this matter. and raise corn enough
for all oar needs. PellagTa is be-
coming entirely too frequent IN :he
South
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Stop It, Mr.. TAFT.

The ctteraEces os one or two gov
eminent officials anent the conserva-
ton OF national resources creates q
feeling OF uncertainty and even anxi-
ETY.. According 20 the statement Of
Mr. Pinchot the Interests seem to
70 be in the saddle again. and Will
be allowed to sobble up all the valu-
able public Ian6s laying around
loose. In fact. It is stated that Ar.
Gallinger. secretary OF the interior,
who use to be the attorney Cor the
land grabbers trust, Is paying right
into the hands OF his old employer
and granted them the privilege to
take what they wanted in the shape
OF public lands. It Is due to the
public. especially to all who live
In .he se-ealled Irrigation States.
that that suspense be relieved.
For years It has been a constant
struggle between the people and the
great corporations which nave grown
enormously rich because OF the prac-
teal monopoly they have enjoyed.
and the present public mood Is not
tolerant OF further noaopoiise!c
usu-pat.cn OF public rights. The
progress OF the States In which !r-
r.gat:on Is largely followed will be
choked and their prosperity cc!p-
pied II few men manage to get pos
session OF and control the water sup
ply. Mr. TAFT should stop this raid
at once. and kick his secretary OF
the interior out Of the ONCE he now
holds.
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Total 2.55e.s13 So

In conclusion Mr.. Hester says the
facts concerning this remarkable
year in cotton consumption speaks
for themselves. but 1t Is safe to SAY
that had they been estimates irs;ead
OF plain unvarnished truths. even
e1tre m!sts would haze been justified
in CHASING them as exaggcrations.
In the South. he says. We have
brushed 100000 bales closely dur
ing the past year and this close on
the heels OF the panic. with 215 out
Of total OF 7ss active mills from
one 20 two months late In getting
under headway. Most OF the new
not complete sp!ndles will be In
working order before the coming
years close and with these on the
basis Of the 1so4-o5 consumption PEI
spindle. the capacity OF the South
ern mills will be something like
$4,000 to $500. o00."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-15
FEMALE COLLEGE BURNED.
The Pride OF the Methodist In the
State Laid Low.

The Columbia Female College.
the pride OF the Methodist OF the
State. was destroyed by FIRE at half
past two O'Clock Thursday morning.
1t was totally destroyed. Il is sup
posed the FIRE was caused by de-
fective electric wires.
The plant was valued at s250.o0O
and vas insured for seventy-ive
thousand dollars. There was ten
thousand more on the equipment.
The property was bonded for sixty
thousand and twenty odd thousand
more in foa:ing debt.
Liquidation would leave nothing
but bare ruins and grounds. but
arrangements are going right ahead
for the rebuilding and opening FOR
the present session in the Colonial
hotel property. the former plant Of
the college. The trustees are called
to meet next Tuesday.
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STATE POLITICS
PROBABLE CANDIDATES NAMED
FOR SOME OFFICES.
The Dispensary Being on the Wane,
Few Local Option Candidates Are
to Be Found.
to Be Found.

Mr.. W. P. Calhoun. writing to
the Augusta Chronicle from Colum-
bia. says while be was in that city
a day or so recently. be heard the
cl.>% OF the politica! wireless tele-
graphy and the messages indicated
coming events in the State campaign
OF next year. The forces are being
arranged and allotment made for
Office. or persons are putting them
selves in line.
From the messages received. It
seems 10 be a certainty that Mr.. c.
C. Fea,herstone. good man and
consistent p.ohibitionist. will DO the
candidate Of the Anti-Saioon League
for governor next year. He IS the
logical candidate for that position.
for an: OF the others to side-t7ack
him. But. there are Messrs. J. G.
Richards and Mendel L. Smith. both
OF Camden. S. c.. who have been
siding on the Ant;-Saloon League
I water wagon. and who expect cemr-
| nera;ion Of some kind for their ralu-
able services in the cause. no doubt.
II was gathered from tee afore-
said wireless messages that Mr. Men
del L. Smith will be candidate tor
Attorney General. opposing Mr.. J.
Fraser Lyon. the present encunben
provided he offers for reelection
and it is presumed that he will. Mr.
Smith is a very brainy man and g
good lawyer He has been speaking
for prohibition for the Ant!-Sa!oor
League during this summer. II was
thought as training for the gov
eraorship race next year. Mr.. Lyon
the present attorney general. has
quite strong following and the race
between the two men will be quite
interesting.
The messages failed to state wha
the Anti-Saloon League would d.
with Mr. John G. Richards. Wit
has been quite prominent n the pro
hibition field for some years past
Possibly he IS slated for congress
as Il would. It seems. be useless 70
him to oppose Mr. Feathe.stone 70
the support Of the league tor gov
ernor.
Both Mr.. Smith and Mr.. Richard
were formally d!spensary advocates
but they have seen the error OF thei
VAS or the decline IN popularit.
while the Anti-Salool League seem
to be popular. That has caused.
seems. many to change front
So far there seems to be onl
one name mentioned in connection
with the race for governor as 10
cal option OF Democratic platform
the Antt-Saloon League Esz:l
: amounting in this State to sepa
rate and distinct party which place
prohibition over and above all pr!n
j WAYS It looks as il the dispensar
c!oles Of Democracy. The man men
toned as the real Democratic can
! diGate is Mr.. Richard I. Manning. O
Sumter. S. C. But. /. IS argued tha
} be has recently accepted life tTus
teeship OF Clemson College under ta
will OF Mr.. Clemson and that be can
no, become candidate for cove.
nor. Regardless OF that claim.
be enters the race. many think tha
J he will be easily elected goveroo
on a local option platform. He
a good man. true and upright
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-15

South Haroswell. Ne. Sept g.
Commander Robert E. Peavy an
uounced his suceess in discovering
the North Pole to his wife. who Is
sunner:ns at Eagle Island. as fol-
lows:
Indian Earbor. Via Cape Ray.
September s, 1909.
Mrs. R. E. Peary. South Haspswell.
Ne.
.Haye made good at last ! have
the old pole. Am well. Love.
VIII wire again from Chateau.
(Signed) Bert"
!, reply Mrs. Pea-y sent the fol-
lowing dispatch:
South Harpswell. Ne.
September S. 1893.
Commander r. E. Peary. Steamer
Roosevelt. Chateau Bay.
"All we'll. Best love. Cod b!ess
You. Hurry home.
(Signed) 90.
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I. all work and 10 p,ay is

Z al! work and 60 play is bad
for the children in the home. as It
certainly is. It Is also true that all
play and 20 WORK Is Just as harm
frl. In many homes while the mother
wears herself oct IN doing the en-
tire household work the daughter Is
always well dressed and spends he.
tine IN idleress. And while the
father tolls ha:d throughout the day
the son struts around with & cigar
ette II bis mouth aca his hands
n bis pockets. 10 develop !aco a
d-st-c!ass loa!eT. Sue. q condition
Is bad 70 both parents and ch!ldsoc
aaS .uiIous 20 .o@e life.
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vas found guilty and fined Eve do!

lars
This had been a rorentous and
strenuous days work. We were al!
tired but more than satisfied with
the result. When We reached Henry
Ge,sen's house be asked US 20 STOP
and eat some va;erne!ons. which
We very gladly did. and as all OF the
others except Horne lived turthe.
up the road than myself, We kept
company as We wende6 our way
honward. The frst streaks Of dawn
were .eddeo!ns the east when
reached my mothers. where I had
left my wife. Ny mother was taken
IL short time afterwards and died
The latter part OF August. Most Of
the men who bad organized and car
.!ed out this program lived n Edge
field county. but 2 :ev were c.c.-
zeas o: Aiken living along tie Edse-
se!d line.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-15
MILLS OF THE SOUTH
USED OVER TWO AND HALF MIL
LION BALES OF COTTON.
Last Year. Being an Increase OF
Three Hundred and Si1ty-si1
Thousand Bales.

Supplementing his report on the
cotton crop for Is0S-'0S. as Issued
on August 81. Secretary Hester Of
the New Orleans cotton exchange
Tuesday made a detailed report on
the crops OF the different States
as follows:
Alabama. I..2s.0o0. against l.
l71.0oo last year.
Arkansas. 1.o52.ooo. against 49,
o0o.
Florida. $4,000. against $4,000.
Georgia 2.1ls.0oo. agains. l.
$4,000.
Louisiana 4s5.ooo. aga.ns. s7a.,
600.
Mississippi 1.s7s.ooo. against l..
$4,000.
North Carolina $4,000. against
Sss.0oo.
South Carolina 1.2ss.oo0. aga!ns
1,226.o0o.
Tennessee 4es.ooo. against aa5.
900.
Texas s.s1s.ooo. against 2.ee1.
900.
Oklahoma 100000. against $50.
900.
Total crop IS. .sc5.ooo. against II.
$4,000 las, year.
He pn:s the spindles in the Sout'
at ll.255.7S7. including old. ;dl
and not complete. against 10.SSl.
eos last year. an increase Of as4.
41s.
Referring to the consumption b
American mills. Mr. Hester say
| that North and South they have
season OF unparalleled activity. /
no past year. ne states. have the
consumed 40 much cotton. and phe
nomenal as the extent OF bushes
has been. it has not reached ii
limit Of their capacities.
| The money value OF the past con
mercial crop. he states. Is in roun
figures seS3.7s4.ooo. showing tha
while the number o; bales market
ed was 2.243.00o bales more tha
last year. the increase In money 7e
ce;ved was but $11.509.000. eouivi
lent to SSH per bale fo- the e,
cess. and yet Mr.. Hester contend
that considering all circumstance
il ever crop was sold at goo
round price 1t was the one unde
review.
I In the South Mr.. Hester make
the consumption 3Ss.596 more ,ha
last rear and 120.765 ever the yea
before last. Twenty-one new mil
are building in the Southern State
and including additions to old estal
,ishments. 10000 new looms an
j51I,294 new spsodles are under wa.
The Increase in the number OF mil
over last year has been eight. NAL
Ing q total OF Sal.
The years consup n,:on has bee
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The State Of Iowa. Michigan. Min
nesota. Missouri. Nebraska. Wiscon-
sin. Indiana and Illinois have re-
Gently forbidden the manufacture or
sale. or both. Of c!sa.e:ts. The ,ea-
socs involved II this Western pro-
ht5!t:oo 0: cigarette smoking spr!ags
:.on Days.o!os:ea!, aud ous:ness coz
s.derst.oo. Mo.eal reasons and
p:eac:Sea,s d:5 aoc -'eis..
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-15

There seems 20 De determination
or the part o. some OF Peary's
friends 70 Try and make Il appear
tha: he and rot Cook was tie s.st
20 d!scove. tie North Pole. But
we do not believe that the little
scsace VII. Tc.k.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-15
Peary has succeeded.

PeaTy nas SUCCEEDED.
From oct of the Arctic darkness
there were flashed a few days ago
these messages which stunned the
scientific world and thrilled the
heart OF every laynan. From the
bleak coast OF Labrador Peary age
to the world the news that be had
attained his goal II the Far North.
while at the sane moment il far of
Denmark Dr.. Frederick a. Cook OF
Brooklyn was being di1ed and lion-
lied By royalty for the same achieve
meot.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-15
Railroad King Dead.

e H Hartman. the railroad
King OF America. died at bis home IN
Arden. New YORK. on THURSDAY.
Re vas about s:Ityatwo years Of
age.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-15
Second Time al American Has
Reached
THE NORTH POLE
Messages Received From New
Foundland Tel OF Persistent Ex.
plorer's Final Success Ono Year
After Brooklyn Rival's-Scientsfsc
World Stunned as Reports.

From St. Johns. New Fouoc!snd.
comes the message that Commodore
Peary has just telegraphed tie gov
ernor OF New Foundlard By wire
less from India Harbor. Labrador.
announcing he has discovered the
North Pole ard eongratulatins New
Toundland on It's part IN this dis-
coyery. seeing that tie captain aud
crew Of Pecy's steamer arc New
Fouadlaoders.
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Indian Earbor. via Cape Ray. n.
e, Sept. e.-To the New York
Times. New York:
II haYe the pole. April S. Ex-
pect arrive Chateau bay Sept Z.
Secure control. wire FOR me there
and arrange expedite Transmission
big story.
(SiSued) Peazy.
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''peaTy.'' Sc -

Indian Harbor. via Cape Ray. n.
F., Sept. S.-Rerbert l. Brsdgnan.
Brooklyn, y. e:
POLE reached. Roosevelt safe.
(Signed) ''Peary."
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New York. Sept s.-Peasy has
succeeded.
Indian Earbor. via Cape Ray.
y. F., Sept 6.-To the Associated
Press. New York:
Stars and Stripes nailed to North
Pole.
(Signed} Pea1y.
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burg was the last to leave the place.
We got our horses and when We ap-
preached the outskirts Of the town
We stopped at the famous Spout
Spring. whose waters gushed from
the bluffs back - re town In the
better days OF the town this spring
had been provided with granite
coping and cover and was always
a place for travellers TO slake their
thirst as they came in or 10 guard
agains, II Is they were leaving. the
roads leading through dry and
sandy region. The names OF the
men in the party. as ! remember
were: Henry Getsen. chief OF GU!
drum head court martial. Milledge
Horne. who lived two miles below
me. James Lanhan. Gus Glover. Joe
Mays. Sam Mays. Henry Simpstou.
John Sweariagea. Dunlap Phinney.
William Cook and myself. Many
OF these are dead. When We had
drank aad washed. John Swearirgen
stepped up cn the bank behind the
spring AID selling the post upon
upon which was nailed notice.
Five dollars hae for dipping any
cnclean vessel in this spring." broke
II OF at the ground and threw it
!c.o the middle Of the road. saying
with "a oath. that Jim COOK would
never arrest another white man for
drinking at that spring.
This was an al!usion 10 an incidec,
Of the preceding year when Rev.
Mahlen Padse.t. who was carrying
cotton to Augusta. having no cup
had stopped at the spring and drank
and had been arrested by Cook a2d
hurried before the town council.
:asrsed with having broken the o--
.!nacce o. the town because having
frank :sec the spring be bad dip
zee a. uceIeaa vessel IL It. He
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white man to turn his horse around
and fee But he was not OF that
kind. and knowing he had right
20 the highway. as the approaching
line OF :ereled tayonets came for
ward he stopped his buggy and
reached sor his pistol. cooked it and
shouted. I'll shoot the Arst man
who sticks q bayonet in my horse. .
Ee was alone and there were more
than 100 negroes with Springfield
rifles and cleaning bayoaets and sew
eral hundred others looking on. He
knew and the negroes knew that
they could butcher him with great
ease. but they felt certain ne would
kill one or more Of them before
1t could be done. The captain
shouted halt and opened the
-ahss 50 that Butler could pass and
in little while dismissed hrs ccn-
Panv and went to Gen. Prince Riv-
ecs and swore out warrant hcars-
ing young Butler with interfering
with his company at drill Butler
went OF home and told bis fathe.
what had happened. an5 Mr.. Robert
Butler. whose plantation lay above
Hamburg and who had q srea, dea!
OF trouble with negro thieves and
was n every way very pusracious
man. hurried TO The trial justice
and s~ore cut a warrant for Adams
for o5s;ructirg the highway
The trial was set .or the succeed
Ing Saturday. July s The incident
was ooise6 about al! over the cour-
ties Of Edseseid and Aiken IL a very !
little while Il had been the se:-
tied purpose o. the leading white |
reo o. Edgese!a 70 seize the s-s.
Opportunity that tie ,eEoes night