The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-04-20
some TIMELY news
HAPPENINGS IN WASHINGTON
THAT WILL BE READ
With Interest by the General Reader
Who Wants to Keep Up With the
Current Events.

Congress has been a tame afaii
s:nce the complete routing OF Speak.
er Cannon and his privileged Rules
Committee. and 1t Is generally pre-
d!cted that much work will c: done
in the next six or eight weeks. and
that adjournment will be taken aJoL;
the first Of June. The Prcsiden. has
outlined much legislation nc would
like to see enacted. but owing tn
conditions at the Capitol. he does not
expect it.
The Government printing oIhce.
located in this city. Is the largest Of
fice OF the kind in the world. l'rac-
tically all government publications
including the Congressional Record.
are printed there. and at presc 1t re-
quire a force OF nearly $500 en-
ployees. This great shop is never
without Its details Of employers at
work. There are three shifts. OF S
hours each. from a. m TO 1 n.
from 4 to II night. and from - to
s. making the work continuous. in
fact much OF the machinery never
stops. except for repairs. The force
is composed Of men skilled in every
detail OF the priters trade. acd they
come from all parts OF the Cp'on-
Besides these employees Of the L:sh-
est skill. the machinery is the best
known to the craft. OF all depart
men:s of the Government th;s in-
mense workshop is more up To date
than any other.
The annual fiohc IS on IN Cong. esq
respecting the distribution OF free
seeds. Every year a large apps:-
priation is made for the purchase
and distribution OF seeds, and as
there is mucn fraud pract,ceJ on the
Government IN the purchase OF
worthless seeds, there are many who
deem It the best policy to Giscon-
tue the work. and II the rural coIu-
mittees do not stand together
against the city. and the east gener-
ally, this will be done. The Agr,-
cultural Department is now rlisins
some of It's seeds. and tests those it
purchases and yet when the seeds
are ready for distribution 1t is found
that the bulk does no: correspond
with the samples
Under recent decision Of the
Court Of Claims, a large fund Is
now being distributed among she
Cherokee Indians and their descen.i-
ants. This fund was created by III
act OF Congress to pay these people
for their land and other prope-'y
taken from them by the Goye:a-
ment when It compelled them to e ve
up their lands and move to auc'cer
location. There are large num-
Der OF these claimants. scattered al,
owe. the country. but the greater
number IS in Tennessee. the Caro-
linas. Missour: and Arkansas. The
distribution Is made upon sufficient
proof that the claimant is descend
ant OF the Cherokees in a certain
degree.
The Nationa' aHll OF Fame. as 1t IS
called. Is the old House OF Repre-
sentatires IN the Capitol. and is
spacious semi-circula: room. with
marble columns supporting CALLER
les, and ir' floors and highly dec
Grated ceilings. The use OF this hall
for this purpose was declared by an
Act OF Congress. and provided that
each State should be entitled to
place statues OF two OF its citizens
therein, and many OF the states have
taken advantage o: this Law. and
marble or bronze statutes are fast
filling the vacant spaces. But one
woman is honored by occupying
prominent space. and tSat IL Francis
E. Willard, the Temperance advo-
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