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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-03-10
Resigns co|lectosship Of Port to
Take Effect Today
THUS RESCUES TAFT
From His Dilemma-Ee Says HIS
Act Was Voluntary, and Declares
That His action Was Due TO a
Des,re to Save the President-tJece
From Embarrassment.

Charleston, S. c.. March Z
With the resignation of William y.
crum as collector of customs at TINS
mort the resignation to take eHec'
March a situation which threaten
az ~ cause p-esident-elect Taft con-
siderable embarrassment is avoided.
No appointment made by Pcesloeh'
Roosevelt during either Of his ao-
n,;nistrations has given rise TO as
,,,ch discussion as that OF CruE'
.,boso anDointment as collector at
charleston was vigorously opposed
hoos,sa Of the fact that he is a ne
gro. b;e
a long and hard fight against MS
confirmation was m:de by sena'oI
Tt1lmsn and others when he was nrst
named for the position by Presloen'
roosevelt in 1908 and within the !as'
rew weeks, following his reappolnt-
ment. Senator Tillman conducted
successful alibuster against ms c0n-
6rmatior By the senate.
Cum saws that no pressure mas
naen brought to bear upon him no"
30 cause him to resign, but ense ne
does so in part because he Tlsnes "
save Mr.. Taft, for whom he enter
tains great respect, from any pos-
s;ble embarrassment as TO MS reap
nointment, and chiefly because ne
saa,s that he has been especially loen-
+s6ed with President Roosevelts ao-
ninistration and he wishes to 1etlre
with his chief. In his letter to Sfes-
,danr Roosevelt, after thanking the
president for appointing him siS
wears ago and for renoninatlng MIN
recently for a second term, he says:
..since assuming the duties OF TINS
position have striven diligently 10
iustify the confidence imposed IN me.
During all these years, so far as l
know, not single charge has been
brought against my moral character
or siagle adverse criticism made
in regard to the performance OF my
official duties. l wish further TO ado
that those employed in this office
pnder ne, composed Of both races,
have been at all times courteous
kind and interested, and We have all
worked together to make the once
work successful and satisfactory.
When I became collector Of the
Dort the annual receipts OF the OF
fee were scarcely $4,000. I an
glad to say that they have shown q
fattering increase each year, the
total for the fiscal year 1905 being
almost $4,000, and for the mrs.
eight months Of the present nsca
wear are more than $4,000. dc
not claim credit for this increase II
hnsiness: much Of it would have
been brought about through the nat
ural growth of the port, but clte
these facts to show that I have striV'
en- in every way possible to increase
the usefulness of the Office and the
position which I hold.
Before closing I feel that
should add that during all these
wears I have been treated with KIND
ness and courtesy by all those whe
have had Official business with the
Office, and have not had unpleasan
contacts with any one in the city.
'In conclusion permit me to thanf
you again for the trust imposed, ane
to wish you, as you end your othcia
career, a hearty godspeed and Ions
life
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-03-10
Killed His Mother.

HOLLAND. Mich. March 5.-E!toD
Baldwin to5ay confessed to killing
his aged mother with hatchet Will"
she was asleep, fearing she would
charge him with burning their
barn.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-03-10

The fellow who trusts to luck in
getting there usually has to walk
home.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-03-10

The proportion of gold and silver
in circulation Is cne to fifteen.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-03-10

China uses great deal of lead
principally for lining tea chests.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18

shoulder awaited coolly the onslaught took de-
Iiberate aim, and only touched trigger when six
nnces separated gun muzzle and beast The animal
foll headlong almost at their feet.
STRICKEN FIELD.
How long the carnage lasted, history fails to
tell us That it quite long enough for the
battalion boys, admits of no reasonable DOUBT.
Neither are we informed what caused the enemy
Mt last to draw Off. The laureate already re-
ferred to merely says:
"Whatever cause. we did not know,
But something promE ted them 10 go;
When all at In frantic fright.
The bulls ran believing out OF sight
which is succinct even II not satisfying AS Is the
case with battles. there is great discrepancy
in the estimates of the number killed. wouhued
and missing. -, ,
None Of tho mon were killed. though several
were seriously wounded Wagons, harness ana
packsaddles showed signs of the rough treat
ment they had undergone and number OF mules
were killed outright or had to be shot 10 emu
their suferings. These casualties can DC arrived
al with tolerable accuracy. The losses on inc
attacking side are more difficult to establish me
poet says:
"At least of bulls were found
And two mules dead upon the grounu'
But as we know he mistaken as to the mules
we need not accept his figures as TO the pulis-
he may have said "score" just to help the rythm
OF his line. and may have been employing poetic
license Sergeant Tyler makes no attempt TO give
accurate results. He says two OF the soidlers
who had stayed behind fshing and overlook the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18

first moro curious than startled had waited for
the rumble OF the on-coming wagons before stam-
peding to the bottoms. Whether their strength OF
numbers gave them courage. or whether curiosity
made them nsolent the fact is that the bulls
soon began to Issue forth, seeming to assemble
from all directions Hating now and then for
moment paving up the ground shifting and bel
lowing, then advancing slowly. their sleek and
beautiful forms and majestic appearance gave
them an impressive If not terrifying character.
It was soon that this was to be no holiday
exchange of compliments.
on they came with slow STEP but unwavering
purpose Presently the of musRets rang out
from one end OF the soldiers line to the other The
colonel must have been little less surprised than
the bulls at this evidence of disregard of his
orders as loaded guns and firing. There was
for dIsobcdience; indeed 1t not long before
quite unnecessary orders to load and fire. In few
fighting fast and furious. 1t was noticeable
that the animals fartheSt away were the most
inclined tail and retreat Those in OF near
the melee, when not wounded, seemed in
sanely bent on goring or trampling down every
thing in their path. With blazing eyes. and lower
ed crests they charged time and again through
the line. their hot breath, like dragons blight.
whitening all before them Some of the men threw
themselves down and allowed the maddened beasts
TO run them Some climbed upon wagons and
poured into the charging foe deadly fire at
short range Some climbed small trees. of which
there were few In the vicinity. Some lodged be-
hind mesquite bushes to reload their pieces and
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were kept busy side stepping by their pursuer on
tho opposite side of the bush Returning to the
charge the bulls stove in the endgates of several
wagons in which lay sick men, and gored cruelty
team and pack animals which could not get out OF
their way a small lead mule Of team was
thrown on the horns of n bull clear over its mate
to the other side, while the mate being now next
the pursuer, gored until his entrails guShcd
out upon the ground. Several pack mules were
killed In a similar manner. One man was thrown
10 feet In the air and came down with ugly
four inch cash, three inches deep, In his thigh,
A sergeant was knocked down and trampled, hay
Ing three ribs broken. There were numerous other
injuries but luckily fatalities to the men. A
bull had fallen of the soldiers VINO
sometimes acted as butcher and the latter. knife
In hand approached to cut it's throat. The animal
suddenly bounded It's feet and charged with
such fearful accuracy to carry off the would-be
and foil q second tme-this time stone dead. The
into one animal which pursued him. scrambling
the last fatal shot which took effect near the
curl OF the pate, brought II down to rise no more
1t was afterwards found that two balls had passed
through the animals lungs two through the heart.
and two had passed into the head. The twice per-
forated heart was kept several days and exhibited
by the surgeon evidence OF the vitality or des-
Ierate courage with which the animals could
fight after receiving their death wound. The
colonel himself tells how he standing near
n corporal when a splendid coal-back bull at
hundred Yards distance came charging upon
them Tho corporal brought his musket to his
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18

detachment after the fight counted nine puiis ylns
dead I'm one place along the tran. AS IL was d
running fight and not less than 20 were scdttelSu
about where the engagement ended. ana as prop
ably a large number were seriously IL not la.any
Wounded but were able to drag themselves away
TO die later the number slain would prooaoly Ioe
fou far short OF 60 One writer positNey oe-
cIares that 81 were killed outright -.
Tho historian OF the Battalion intmates tnat
the choicest cuts from the choicest bullockS were
taken for the cooks and that without delay OF
further interruption the expedition fastened on,
coming to the 'Glla river, ehe'i ~ NV
Colorado and at last to San Diego ,,.,
Tho muster out of the organization; the reenlist-
ment of one company; the start back OF tne re-. re-
mainder toward the Great BasnMtnese arc so, luSe
of California and Utah history with wnicn NUS II, 81
people arc acquainted. Nor is their great pui. y"
the discovery OF gold near Sacramento an sn,. un
familiar incident It the picks ana snoVe1s
of Battalion boys which dug Suffers miii raee a. -
was the pen of OF them. entering tne VIE uays
doIngs in his simple diary. which In January so
made the first record of tho discovery tnat eeS.l co.
fed the world. 1t is admitted Iaot that at Capi %
Sutter would not have been able 10 ulg ms u M, ~,
race at the time he did II he had not mahaseo 70
hire the help of these men, The unforeseen t lnc,
dent" previously referred to had drect p1rS
therefore in this stuPendous event also. Ine
thought is an interesting one that not only Sne S'
Titan have been settled year carrier put tne o,s
coverv of gold in California might have oeen ne.
iayed no one knows how long. had II NOT o-sE :a,
Tor cant Aliens call for his able-bodied pat
talon and Brigham Youn6s ready oeterinna-
tion that the call should be complied witn'
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the colonel was published forbdding irlng at
game. He felt that wild and vicious as the
ANIMALS were. the wounding OF them would renuer
them more excited and dangerous than II lc1t ui-
disturbed. The men had no relish for tainely SUD
mittng to being gored to death without at leaSt
at attempt at self-protection, and dsregarded thc
order Travelling along now, one day hVe miles,
another day IL, another II, and so on. tneH
came at length TO the San Pedro river, tributary
OF the ella. Here they first saw Mexican wiiu
horses. while the cattle secmeG every day to be-
numerous. Following down the san
Pedro two three days they camped on the
aight of the 11th December In q small canyon
THE BATTLE.
Here occurred the famous Battle with the Bulls
Though commemorated in song ard story II Is
not a familiar incident. History passes over IL
lightly, because few writer's OF history over heard
of It, Levi w. Hancock's 19-stanza poem. 'NThe
Bull-Fight on the San Pedro" is never recitcd BY
youthful declaimers. nor do open-eyed youths pore
spellbound Sergeant Tylers description OF
alike unknown save to few. and of the httic
band who took part in the novel conflict. hardy
any still survive
The river bottoms near the point where the
camp was made were covered with q luxuriant
growth OF and tall as TO re-
scmble Into these tangled covcrts had rusheu
for shelter scores OF Wild cattle upon the approach
of the small advance guard. From the higher
lands on both sides of the stream they had %atcn.-
cd the approach OF the soldiers and' al
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18

his track was particularly hard to work that he
not given enough men and supplies, or any
thing of that sort. No station agent can come for
ward and say that he didn't have time to get his
station into shape No excuses are accepted from
roundhouse foremen, shop foremen, pumpmen
The markings made on the condition of the
track and buildings at the time the inspection
party passed visited them. Everybody has
had abundant notice Several weeks before the
inspectors started out word was passed along the
line. Every operating maintenance employe
knew almost to the minute just when his work
would he look 1t like sending out
couriers and brass band. Hear ye, hear ye. the
big inspection party is coming"
Happy the section foreman, proud the agent
on whose breast is pinned the honor medal The
prize is treasured out of all proportion to its in
trinsic value though that is not by any means in
considerable. 1t is state occasions and is
handed down the children the recipient
a precious token.
Ebcrt Hubbard has written. "Rememoer my
that at the last God doesn't look for medals; he
looks for scars" Still, a medal Is handy thing
to have around the house, just the same, and the
hope of winning one has sustained many tong
section foreman In his daily grind
AMBITIOUS FOREMAN
There is one man who has the section beginning
Reverse, in Idaho, at the top of Medbury hill.
He has two medals, For two years his
tionhouse has won the premium section Sign. This
year his seven eight miles of track looked as IL
he had gone over it with scrubbing brush To
the laymnn it looked absolutely perfect in all
respects. That foreman is hot after third medal
and If he doesn't win 1t it Will be through lack
OF effort on his part.
II he wins, day the fastest train on
the Oregon Short Line, that ordinarily whirls
through Reverse without suggestion of hesitat-
ing Will stop there, The division superintendent
will get off and he will pin the breast OF that
section foreman the honor prize. That Will be
great day for the entire population of Reverse
which consists the section foreman and his
family The same thing Will happen to any other
section foreman who wins the medal.
The purposes of the inspection trip are mani
fold also manifest The first idea is the establish
ment of an esprit du corps among the employees
to nstigate a feeling OF friendly rivalry to
which have his work in the best shape.
Division superntendents how other division
superintendents getting results. or failing to
get them Roadmasters observe the system
ployed by other roadmasters. TIE engineering de-
partments. both general and division. heavily
represented They sec where curve here,
grade there may be eliminated, siding straight
osed up a bridge culvert strengthened. Sec
ton foremen are picked up at intervals and shown
what the other foremen arc doing
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18

thing is run into. there will be two chances for
the party in front to get killed: first with the
Pullman, and second, with the engine.
The system of marking is very strict. An agent
may have his station In elegant shape regards
cleanliness but IL he has allowed excursion
poster to remain the wall one day after the
last date for selling tickets he will not be given
a perfect marking If the water barrel at the end
of the station is partly empty, down goes that
station agents mark
The track inspection is moro strict. The
perfect mark is 20, but section has ever re-
coived 1t. The inspectors proceed the theory
that perfect track does not exist this side of
that happy land whero everybody is supposed to
get exactly what is coming to him 1t may be very
hard indeed to say what is the matter with a par
ticular section of track
SECTION FOREMAN'S DREAM.
The tow line" which is the narrow path that
stretches along the side of the track just at the
edge of the ballast. may be as straight as the
nroyerbIa distance between two points, the align
ment and surface may seem to measure up to the
most critical requirement. Nevertheless that sec
tIon will not receive "25 AS likely as not 1t VIII
get the skddoo sign, which means good me
best the section foreman can hope for, III. most
beautiful picture he conture up in his dreams.
is 24h
Twenty y-four means very good, 23 good - 1alr
and q poor No man connected with division
is allowed to mark his own division Gentlemen
from other divisions very carefully attend TO that
To ask q man to mark his own division would be
like asking a mother to point out the lmpertec-
tons In her babies. Why, Best Beloved. it simply
could not be done.
But the gentlemen from the Salt Lake division
can see the impcrfections OF tho Utah division
as clearly as the in church can see the
uerfectly horrid" combination of colors on the hat
in front of her Trust them for that. But the
Utah division has It's chance the Salt Lake
division the Idaho division has a positively un-
oannv nose for imperfections in the Montana d.
vision. and so on the game of mark mark mark
with care" goes on.
Nor should any reader get the impression that
the markers are unfair. They are not. Nobody
knows how the other fellow has rated a section.
n section house a station building, pumphouse,
roundhouse shop. spur, branch or siding. but the
men who do the marking can always give an eN~
celIent reason for It. And when the entire trip
is over the cards are handed to young man In
the chief engineers office. He finds the totals.
strikes an average and his figures the medals
are awarded.
EXCUSES UNAVAIBlNC;.
There is no appeal from the finding. Nothing
may be set up an extenuating circumstance
No section foreman roadmaster plead that
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18

For men and officers the trip Is absolutely in
valuable. The writer, poor tenderrail who finds
difficulty in distinguishing a frog from firebox
found a lot of solid Information, mixed with
little amusement while travelling with the nspec-
ton Farty. He learned. for instance. something
about the passionate fondness most animals have
for sojourning on a railroad track.
IDIOSYNCRASIES OF KINE.
One see the beasts scarefully we'll from
the "rubberneck wagon" Most of the right of way
is carefully and stoutly fenced, but do you know
the average horse. cow steer bull, calf sheep
will sit up all night miss three meals in a
watching for chance to slip through open
gate and chew gravel ballast railroad track?
It's fact.
And you can never tell, when you see them.
whether they going to run spang In front of
the car away from the track Usually they
wait in the exact geographical center of the
roadbed for the train to come up. Sometimes
they emit a playful below when you get within
ten feet Of them and spring blithely down the
bank. looking around at you witt waggish light
in their eyes though they were saying. WELL
l certainly threw big scare into you that time"
At other times. with the boss or one of the
superintendents footing frantically with the air
whistle on the front of the "rubberneck." they
will walt until the train comes practically to
dead stop before they calmly step aside It's great
sport all right-for the cattle. But your toes
curl right up against the soles of your feet IN
the observation car. There, I've been Trying 10
saw observation car for at least a thousand
words.
ALMOST A TRAGEDY.
One day on the Montana DIVISION, while the
train was running at high rate OF speed.
band of horses appeared dead ahead at road
crossing There wasn't time to stop. 1t looked as
if the car would bump squarely into the mid
die of the bunch The assistant general freight
agent was sitting way down in front talking to
a division superintendent. Both jumped at tho
same time for the of the car. And. Best
Beloved neither lit until he reached the extreme
rear either. Ii Curtis, the Wright boys or
Farnam or any OF the other man-birds had seen
tbot 0yinr stunt they would have trembled for
their laurels It seems too tame conclusion TO
saw that the train missed the horses. but this
narrative is strictly truthful, Not horse was
hit
Another time, coming up the Northwestern line,
a new road that is being built by the Short Line
from BIal1e's Spur, in oregon, down the Snake
river we rounded sharp curve and saw rock
in the track ahead of us, There wasn't time to
come to a full STOP though the boss worked the
emergency airbreak at his right elbow for all he
was worth we hit the rock 1t broke the cow
catcher on the observation car. But we stayed
on the rails. 1t all over so quickly that tho
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18

EXCUSES UNAVAIBlNG,
There is appeal from the finding. Nothing
may be set up as an extenuating circumstance
No section foreman roadmaster plead that
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-08-18

''Well,'' he said, II don't know what
it all means. I've tried to fathom it in
the last hour, but it's too deep for me;
I give it up" He flung out his hands
to illustrate his abandonment.
God knows" he suddenly ex-
claimed, Il was only trying to do
something worthy-for your sake!"
please don't swear, Morley" Ame-
liza said.
He looked up swiftly.
well" he began, explosively, but
he didn't continue. He relapsed into
moody silence. He stretched his legs
out before him in an ungainly attitude,
with his hands plunged deep in his
trousers pockets. Then he knitted his
brows and tried to think.
II suppose" he said, as if he were
thinking aloud, that you expect some
explanation, some apology"
"Oh, not at ALL" she said, lightly,
in the most musical tone she could
command.
Every WE'LL" he said, Il wouldn't
know where to begin if you did. I'm
sure I'm not aware of having
She began to hum softly, 10 herself,
as it were, some tuneless air. He re.
membered that it was a way she had
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-08-18

killed Ballard. waited for him in
the bushes by the side of the road
where l knew he would pass, and l
shot him down. So certain did I seek
to make good my work that when 1
recalled that my shotgun had been
loaded for some time, I drew the load
as l waited and put in a fresh one,
wadding it with piece of newspaper.
The rest of the newspaper 1 threw
into the bushes, and Jim told the
truth when he said he found it there.
1t is true that Jim's boots fitted in
the tracks, and I wonder that Tom
Robinson did not inquire where Jim
got his boots. Well. l gave them to
him.
when Jim was arrested I wanted
to tell, but could not. put the
terrible truth off from day to day.
Always tomorrow was going to lift
the weight from my mind, but look
ed at my position in the community,
at my family and at all the things
that mean SO much to a man and I
could not
When I found myself drawn on
the jury the devil tempted me to &C.
cept and secure Jim's acquittal Then
he would be free and no one would
ever know. But the evidence was SO
strong that my arguments were
weak against my fellow jurymen. l
knew then that the truth had to come