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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-10-27
aenaa Rider Says PeSdess Taft Vas
Led Asasy By Ihea
TRADE Was IMPENDING
Beewee4 tie United States and Can.
ada. Because OF Ssrnder in Paper
scaeSule-Aeaa Of Publishers
Association Says Presidents Ms
take May Caase Reeaiia,ioa.

President Taft apparently vas led
saso q serious Sluader Il the closing
Gays OF the recent session OF congress
wsea he changed his attitude on the
prtn. paper schedule. according to
a open letter addeessed to the chief
exaca.!ve and signed 81 Herman Rid
der OF New York. president OF the
American Eews>aoo. Publishers as
ISOLATION
Nr. Riders letter. written some
time ago. was made public fe~
days ago. following is .adorsemen;
by the Internatioaai and Daily Press
association Mr.. Riders letter fol-
lcws:
ITO the President:
''The full text o, your address 3,
Wiaoaa. Mi1n.. on the tsriG bill
passed iGse cone 70 hand With
the s:E1est respect We submit tha.
yoa- seatenenc respecting the pape:
schedule shows saac you eonsd no,
have correctly read or understood
what the print paper paragraph con
tained. as It passed the house Of rep
reseataeives-
"yon were apparently m;sied D!
designing men into serious blum.
der when. IN the closing days OF tbs
taEiE conference. they induced yo,
20 reverse your previous attitude 81
print paper. and changed your no
:soas oc what the Mann COMMITTEES
recommended and Of what the hous,
OF representatives had approved. Th'
Mann committee. afteS o 2o-nooth.
investigation marked By uaasua
taorooghoess. reported that q rate o
81 would cover the difference IN cos
Of production at home and abroad
-ssss 6.ssn,oscs pesdo;d a;rip ag1
guarded american paper Mill
against the SERIOUS conditions whscl
the advance by The tariff conference
has since precspitated-
The fixing Of tbs rate On prin
paper At 3a-ss pc. ton. which 70;
a6vise6. has decided the Province o
Quebec to prohibit the exporeaeio:
Of SIS 2ul2 wood and many Ame-i
can papes mills must close OF NOV
TO Canada to obtain their supple
Of raw material. The country
ao~ IN = fair way for a trade va
With C&asda. because OF your apps-
eat failure to read correctly the Nan,
committees recommendations. "
are Threatened with an industrial dis
turhaaee which win involve bushes
interchanSes with Canada amoratin
90 $eSS. 100000 peg aanum.
We sincerely trust that yoe ca.
6ad sone method os reeeicying u
mistake into which you were 'e1
We fully xpa.eciass the dtae1lt.e
and responsibilities OF your exslfe
nSaee. and we believe ron are tryin
% do u sst you can We kno,
that 700 ,1st rely upoe Others 70
your information. We fee: TIA
every citizen is saser obligation +,
sesp yor- Therefore. We write thi
letter to VOC
Eesy respectfully.
Herman Ridder.
President. Newspaper Publisher.
Association
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-10-27
Nuss Osris cpiuE.

Chao Pink Chua. vice president
OF the Chinese minister Of interior.
has been ordered 20 retire. owing
% Is op:l= .as::s- .
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-10-27
Pointed Paragraphs.

Aad d;., IS usually her own re-
-a!d.
Lcve-CakluS may DOT be IS fool
!sh ss Il appears 20 d!s!n'e-ested PEI
soos.
New nets don't catch old BIRDS
Spanish.
4 word 20 :te -!se :sc't always
sufficient. Trey Usually va..: ycc 20
give 5ocd.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-10-27

for what We have said; but We deny
70 king or to court the right 70
enjoia US in advance from express
ing the views We have.
Whether the court oc appeals
shal! sustain the appeal or whether i,
shall no: will make vast difference.
II ou: contention is maintained. We
shal. have fought over again and
shall have-to use an Anericanisn-
'cinched' the right OF free speech
and free press for all time.
Should the court take q different
rie9 and sustain even il part the
sentence OF Judge Wright does
20. Eake any difference whether the
sentence is for tvslve months. niue
months. SIX months or three minutes.
TWO minutes or one n!nute-the
ssh: must so on until freedom OF
soeech and press is obtained. We
cannot stop it II We wanted to-acd
We DO not want to step.
au an op;in;st. and out OF
his attempt to seal the lips Of the
men OF labor I believe will come
good. see silver lining 70 the
sloc6s and bright star OF hope 10 |
:ae heavens. and I see ultimately
ne spirit o: humanity. justice and |
be Brotherhood OF nan in the minds |
In6 hearts of the people OF this COUP
rv Like Jefferson. am willing |
o tres: ,ha people. and have hopes
II eae:. final triumph. We have
;one too far IL the march OF human
70. any set o. uec TO drive
.s SacE :cco slavery
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-13
Over a Burning Threstlc.

Jessmer did neither. He made his
dccisiou-for the train-that il could
cross the trestle, Perhaps he did think
Of his own life, but if so he made an
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-13
GREAT BLAST DISL LoDGES SIDE OF MOUNTAIN

RED ROCK, Ariz., June 12.-One of
the biggest things in the blasting line
ever accomplished took place the other
day near Stein IS Pass. when the whole
side of mountain was blown up and
broken into small pieces and enough
rock dislodged to ballast one hundred
miles OF track, all in one explosion.
Preparations for this great blast have
been going on for several weeks un-
der the direction of G. w. Kearncy,
powder expert for the Southern Pacific.
and a. B. Crane, an expert for the COM
pany which furnished the powder A
number OF drillers sank deep holes into
the mountain and network of powder
was laid far down into the depths of
the solid rock. In making the blast
$4,000 pounds of powder were used. 1t
was the extraordinary care and skill
that were exercised in placing this pow
der that brought the wonderful result.
The object Of this great blast was
to obtain rock for balasting the Tue.
son division of the Southern Pacific.
When the powder mine had been well
laid it was touched off. The workmen
and other withdrew TO safe dis"
tance. The sight when the powder was
touched off was one of the most remark
able ever witnessed in this part of the
Southwest. The whole front of the
mountain was lifted to height OF
about twenty five feet and then settled
back with a groan, broken mass of
stone. The powder was so well placed
that when it went off not sound of
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-13

other decision and quietly accepted it.
If he tagged the train he could clam
Der aboard and possibly be saved But
the stopping of the train ate mp those
precious minutes. No, il could not be
done. 1t was too late, There was Just
a chancellor the train-not for him
self
lie rolled up his flag walked steadily
down the track and gave his signal Of
clear track-go ahead, The engine
driver saw the burning trcstle, hut he
saw also the signal. and he had a
glimpse Of the confident look in Joss
MGR 5 face. For Il moment he hcsitatcd.
then he opened wide his throttle and
sped across in safety. but lust in time
Looking back as he rounded curve
on the opposite side he saw Il great
puff Of smoke aud heard rendlng, re-
vcrbcratinfC crash. The trcStle had
gone down, and on the brink Of the can
yon. his last hope of escape gone, stood
Jcssmer wacing his flag
Because Of their isolated position on
| tha plains and in consequence Of the ter
rife wind sweep TO which they arc cX-
posed, there have been a number Of dis
astrous fires in the Black Hills Of South
| Dakota. One Of them, a great 'ground
and crown fire, - which devastated the
entire northwestern area of the Hills,
remains with the writer as most vivid
memory.
The fire started in Wagon Wheel
| Canyon. over on the western, or Wyom-
| ing. side of the Hills. For days it
! burned intermitteutly in thc dense alder
and furzc growth along the canyon bot
| tom. making eventually smouldering
| fire line nearly ten miles long. Just
how il started is immaterial, but it
seems uneXplanahlc that it should not
have been cf'cctuaIly stamped out.
There arc causes of forest fires other
than accidental ones, it would seem, and
other fostering circumstances besides
drouchts.
At any rate. although the compara-
J fivclV sli"ht smoke occasiOncd no alarm
among The residents of that section Of
the woods, an excellent fire line lay in
readiness every day FOR one OF those
terrific wind storms that regularly come
tearing out OF the Rockies and over the
level area of the state of Wyoming.
II came at last One noondav the
violet glow Of the distant prairie off
toward the snow capped Big Horn
turned suddenly TO gray haze with Il
loadrn colored ground swell There
came n lull over the mountains, sultry
depressing. ard then the faint cadences
OF n distant tumult came on the wings
Of slight breeze.
Just cadence at first then a rumble
ominous, torrorizing. aud then the
mighty cyclonic sweep and screcch ot
the unfettcrcd winds! They caught that
smouldering fire limo broadsijc aud in
u twinlling IL became n ten mile shee;
of flame. For an instant il 2littered
i'm tho darlling air and then It's lickine
tongues caught the underbrush and with
. roar and "rS"kle and cr"oh IL ssva"'
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-13

up the ridge, from the summit of which
a great area of splendid timber
stretched away twenty five miles to the
north and the plains country.
Such fire travels with incredible
swiftncss. We were encampcd in the
path fully ten miles away; yet it
seemed as though but a few minutes
milton of the cyclone and the first hot
breath of tho fire. In another moment
yellow smoke clouds were rolling
swiftly just over our heads,
Our plans were made iustantaneously.
a road lay straightaway TO the north
ern plains. We had a big camp wagon
and four fleet mules, There were two
families. women and children, who were
our neighbors in the little park -
and our own lives, and every moment
was of value
The tents and everything within
them were left lust rs they were when
tho wind first shook them and sent us
ont to look and wouder. The pickcted
saddle horses were set free to fight out
their own destiny and the leaders and
wheel mules were haruesscd in as fast
rs four willing hands could do ii. The
white faced women and silent children
were lifted iu the lean faced half
breed driver sang and cracked his black
snake whip aud We were off,
As we left the little park one woman
Turned for last look and then bury.
ing her head in her shawl sobbcd aIoud.
IL was hard to leave that little home,
built with so much loving toll and priva-
tion But the subs were not for the
home. Somewhere back of MS and i'm the
path Of that all-dcvouriug wall of flame
The husband and father had gone forth
that morning to work on his mining
! clam.
That was a memorable drive We
were never sangune of It's outcome.
Somehow or othor we seemed 10 keep
lust ahead of that mighty roar. but
with never a rod to spare. Oftcntmcs
the fire ran away ahead of us, but only
! in spots caught from the fircbrands
which sailed SWIFTLY through the air
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-13

of a mile long, through the midst of
which ran creek with deep, cool pools.
For day and night the flames
swept completely over the meadow.
The green bush grass was dried brown
and the buildings went up in puffs of
flame, but each one of the sixteen men,
women and children saved their lives
by wrapping themselves in blankets
and lying in the stream
Can you stop forest fire? eyes"
says an ex-Forest Supervisor paradoxi-
cally, but there is only one sure way
to catch it before ii becomes one. The
maxim Of All ounce OF prevention goes
IN everything, but in forest fires, ii s
about all there is to it,
Fully one-half of ali forest fires arc
caused. 1t IS estimated, by sparks from
locomotives. Careless hunters. with
their camp fires and matches, complete
the so-called accidental causes.
All other fires traceable TO deliberate
incendiarism. inspired by resentment
against private preserves. timber regu
lations and the like, or by such NEAR
motives as a desire 10 increase the ber
ry and ginseng crops
The waste of our forests is proverbial
The loss in the past has been put a
the stupendous sum Of iltv million dol
lars a year. Now concerted action
toward preservation is hastily uude
way The force of forest rangers is be
ing rapidly increased and the settle
ment of the country adds to the avail
able army Of volunteers But the fight
ing service is as yet altogether made
mlate
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-13
Il E F O r E Fl RE Fl II &c r !" !"

Ploughed burrows and trenches, broad
trebreaks made by raking mp the for
est floor and utilizing all creeks, trails
and timber roads, wetting down areas,
fighting with axes, shoveling moist
earth, using wet gunny sacks and green
branches, these are the implements and
guards generally employed The best
time is during the wind lull at sunrise
and sunset, and the one simple rule is
to keep at it till every spark is dead.
There is much in common between
the government rangers and volunteers
of the fire line and those. other fight
ers Of the Coast Line Service, who
must struggle against that other mighty
combination Of wind and sea. Both are
poorly paid, and the deeds of valor,
self -sncrifice, heroism of each are rare.
ly ever known to the outside world
Their lives are led in the lonesome
places, away from men and cities and
means of record And too often hero
and every witness perish and the tale
is never told
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-13

also helpless Not train hand re-
manned TO pilot further the cars.
There were many other heroes of
that memorable fire. Besides Thomas
Dunno, who died at his post in his
effort 10 send and get news of succor.
one other tclcgrapher did deeds of
Nalor-one Bulles. who was stationed
1T the rouudhouse nearest IInckley He
despatched a train to the scene, which
rescued four hundred and fifty women
and children and carried them in safety
to Duluth.
While engaged in sending his dis
patches Bules s Office practically
burned up over him At length half
unconscious and terribly burned, he was
driven out, but he struggled back. and,
leaning through q flaming window. he
which guaranteed for his train clear
track 10 Duluth.
Some miles further on along the line
q Hagman by the name Of Jessmer was
struggling desperately TO save a trestle
which the relief train must cross and
which had caught fire 4 dry cauvon
yawned n hundred feet below. but he
clambercd foarlcssly along the under
timbers. chopplng swiftly with his axe
wherever licking fame gained a hold
on the wood
It must have been a thrilling fight
for Jcssmcr The flames made head
way and at length every minute was
a prrcious one. Would the train never
come?
Suddenly a whistle blew in the ds-
tapce and then the welcome roar WAS
heard. he saw a puff Of smoke and
estimated the speed Of the train. Then
ho ran a critical eye over the burning
framework. II would hold the weight
now. he decided. but for how long? +?
| Would the train cross il in time?
| 1t was a pure matter of computa-
tiou, and upon Jessmer's guess, a men,
tai thread. hung the precious lives Of
several hundred women and children.
| Most men would have 0uailcd at the
dread responsibility, or lost their heads
or utterly shirkcd it, Most men at
these critical moments would have
thought Of themselves.
Over a Burning Threstlc.
Jessmer did neither. He made his
dccisiou-for the train-that IL could
cross the trestle, Perhaps he did think
Of his own life, but if so he made an.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-13

Plunged Into the Lake.
Here the frenzied passengers plunged
into the water and plastered their
heads with mud. Even the air was un-
endurable. Engine Driver Root was
taken unconscious from his post and
laid alongside his frcman, who was
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-13

Foley's Honey and Tar is especially
recommended for chronic throat and
lung troubles and many sufferers from
bronchitis, asthma and consumption
have found comfort and relief by using
Foley's Honey and Tar. F. J. Hill Drug
Co. so West Second South
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-13
FatherlY Advice.

Dad" said the country youth who had
Just graduated from the district school.
II have long cherished a desire to go on
the stage and have at last decided, with
your permission. To-
MY boy" interrupted the old granger,
"all the worlds a stage. You hitch the
mules to the big red pow ard transfer
the outfit TO the tenacre lot behind the
barn, where YOU can enact the star role
in that beautiful drama entitled, Down
on the Farm. "-Chicago News
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-13
Blistering Ride to Safety.

w dluIpNI al Udll ~ St'lHNh, cN
terrific was the force of the wind.
Blistering Ride to Safety.
Our faces wcre scorched with the
heat and grew black from the cindcI
dust. IL was lively work TO put out
the dropping sparks as they fell on the
wagon. OF all that twelve mile drive
just two vivid Impressions remaining
long. lean figure of the half.brocd
swaying clear over his plunging mules
and slashing their quivering flanks with
his blacksnakc and then, suddenly
through n rift in the smoke clouds, a
glimpse of tho brown plains and just
below us little green spot that meant
Spearfsh and safety.
All that night the stragglers kept
wandering in, men with boards and
hair burned of, and down to the
| bistered skin; men hollow eyed and
hollow chcsted, their voices rattling in
their parched throats. Among them
were the two fathers whose families we
had rescued, They had tried desperate
ly TO get home through the fire line
and were badly burned.
| Few lives were lost, so few that IT
seems miraculous. But beyond these
few and the miners who escaped not a
| living thing was left in that blackened
forest. We found, upon returning two
| days later, the carcasses of deer IN
every creek bed, and here and there
upon high stump the blackcucd re.
mains of bear. Our horses perished
and of the camp some fine ashes re.
NAMED The granite iron utensils in
the kitchen tent bad been melted to
| gcthcr by the intense heat.
There have been forest fires. notice.
ably ono i'm New Brunswick, in
which even the fish in the streams were
| killed, In the great Oregon and Wash
iugton fires n small lake was found
| literally filled with the putrcfying and
half roasted carcasscs Of deer, bears
and panthers
In the latter fire picnic party of
nine people wcrc crIt off 10y the flames
near Mount st. Helen, and all that was
found later to prove the tragedy con
sisted OF the wagon. irons and buttons
from the clothing of the perished,
Fire fighting in such an instance is
as hopeless as making living space in
the midst of a blast furnace. The fury
of the sweeping winds is intensified by
the central vacuum made by the heat
There is but one hope, and that is
water-not rs means of lighting, but
of escape only.
During the Adirondacks fires of
1903, in which 100000 acres of timber
land was burned, the tiny settlement
of Adcrn was completely surrounded by
some 10000 ncres Of blazing forest. The
few houses and lumber mill were
situated on n meadow about one third
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-13
Came Near Choking to Death.

A little boy, the son Of Chris D. Pet
erson, well-known resident OF the
village of jacksonville, Ia, had a sud-
den and violent attack of Group. Much
thick, stringy phlegm came up after Civ
ing Chamberlain IS Cough Remedy.
Mr.. Peterson says: "I think he
would have choked to death had we NOT
given him this remedy" For sale by
all druopists
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-13
The Geneva Resort,

north Of Provo. on Utah Lake. has
opened for the summer. Fine boating
and catfshing, good hotel accommoda
tions and fine grounds for camping.
Special rates on trains on Sundays from
Salt Lake and Eureka.
Fine bass and trout fishing. Season
opens June Is. Accommodations for
entire season.
JAKE WESTFALL, Manager
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-13

explosion was heard by the on1ookers.
1t is estimated that a body of rock
weighing 775.000,000 pounds was dis
lodged by this explosion
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-13

above us like flaring proiectiles shot
from a gun. The flames in the tops of
tho lofty pines preceded the ground fire
by almost a half mile, ii seemed, so
terrific was the force of the wind.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-25
Ted and the Wood Pile.

'1'll be glad when I get that whole
pile OF wood in. Then I'll be through
with it, won't l, mother?"
mo, Ted. You know shall want
you to carry out the ashes, after the
wood is burned up" answered moth
er.
"Then I'll be through with 1t,
mother?"
mo, I think not" answered moth
er, while Ted's eyes grew big with
wonder. "You will scatter the ashes
on the corn-field, and father will
pillow them in the spring. Then you
will help him plant the corn, you
know. The corn will grow, eating
the ashes and ground about it, and
by and by you will eat the sweet
corn"
ooh, We'll sort of eat the wood our
selves, and that will be the end of
the old wood pile"
mot quite" said mother. There
will be cobs left, and stalks of corn.
We may feed them to the pigs or to
the cows, and that will give us meat
or milk
well, never knew before that
there was so much in a wood pile"
said Ted.-Exehange
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-25
The Promise In Tests.

Testing times, in Gods world, are
never for exhibition purposes only;
they are always intended as equip
ment for coming service. And that
coming service is sure to be test.
SO that, as has been we'll said: Zone
test safely passed always means an
other one to follow. If you are being
tested, count it a JOY" Tomorrow
test will be harder than to-day's, II
we meet to-day's as we should. And
to-day's harder than yesterdays: that
should not surprise US. This is never
going to let up in this world,-per-
haps not in the next. To fail in a
test will make the next one harder
to pass, even though the test itself
be easier; to succeed in test will
entitle us to the privilege of hard
er one next time. What a blessing
that life always has incentive ahead!
Sunday School Times.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-25
Father Knows.

A gentleman was one day open
ing a box of goods. His little son
was standing near; and as the faith
er took the packages from the box
he laid them on the arm of the boy
A young playmate was standing and
looking on. AS parcel after parcel
was laid on the arm of the boy, his
friend began to fear that the load
was becoming too heavy, and said:
Don't you think you have as much
as you can carry?"
''Never mind" said the boy, In a
happy tone, father knows how much
1 can carry"
Brave, trustful little fellow There
was no danger, he felt, that his faith
er would lay too heavy load on him
1t is such spirit of loving trust in
him that God desires all His children
to possess.-Round Table.