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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-01-05
NEW POST CARDS
Arc Now on Sale and May be Had
at All Offices.

Distribution was commenced Fri
day OF the new design postal cards.
and II Is likely tha, they were pu.
on sale in many postofsces New
Years Day.
While the new card bears head
Of Mckinley. better likeness Of
the late president has been selected
and the border design has been i'm
proved.
On the new small card. intended
for index purposes and for social
correspondence. the head Of Lincoln
will appear. The two-cent Inter
national postal card will bear por-
trait OF Gen. Grant
The double or reply card will con-
tain a new feature. On the original
message half will appear likeness
OF Gen Washington. AID the stamp
on the reply half will contain pic
ture OF Martha Washington.
Pos,omce department officials say
that ths borders OF the stamps on
all the different cards will present
IA attractive diversity Of design. On
all the cards tho words Postal
Card" required by the Universe.
Postal Union Convention. Will ap-
pear IN the border Of the stamp tn
stead OF a separate inscription.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-01-05
Mas q Bad Man.

The death Of King Leopold OF Bel
Gium removes i man who gained an
uaenviah!e notoviety by the looseness
OF lis private life. He belonged 10
type Of monarchs far more common :
century or more ago than now. He
ranked in the same class with Charles
II and George " OF England and
Louis Nv OF France In those days
public opinion was not so potent as
today and kings did pretty much as
they liked both in private and public
life. Happily the standard OF morals
is higher now and public opinion
counts for more and most kings and
OF her rulers have 20 act accordingly
For this reason j! is very doubtful
whether any country will in future
tolerate monarch such as Leo
pold was The world is better OF
with such human monsters in their
graves The greatest wonder is tina,
any people would have tolerated such
, hrito az their rrinr
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-01-05
MADE RESTITUTION.
4 Man Is Converted and Reeara-
Money He Had Stolen.

The Hamilton. Ca. Journal says
about twenty years ago Nessrs. c. II.
and John A. Cook were doing busi-
ness IN Hamilton under the uaEe OF
Cook Brother. One day sack con
tanning silver coin to the amount
of at least S1S5.o0 was nysteriously
stolen from their store. every efsor,
to recover the same proving fail
ure and the money long ago given
up as forever lost.
Last week letter from Mont
somery written on le:terhead o!
the Montgomery Bank and Trus,
company. and containing a draf'
drawn by this company on New York
exchange for s1Ss.00. was received
by Ar. c. H. Cook for the former
frn.
Ike letter Is unsigned and reads
as follows:
Montgomery. Ala. Dec. "a. 1908
Cook Brothers. Hamilton. Ga. Dear
Strs-Thss money comes 70 you froEl
a man who was converted under
my ministry. you will never know
who. Nor DO you know me. This
shows you wpa, the Christian relis'
ion can do Now we owe one-tecth
Of our income to God. II you wan.
oae-tenth OF this used for the LORD
send 1t to Mr. A G.. Davis. Xon:gon.
cry, Ala. It will be applied properly
Ee is not a preacher. You will
never know Who is sending this
money even though you should come
to know ne. pray 1t may bc q
pleasing 70 you spiritually.
Yours
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-01-05
New York Juris Declares That Patriotic
Age Is No Here.
DOLLAR USURPS HOMAGE
Supreme Court Justice Wesley o.
Howard. OF New York, In an Opin.
ion Reducing Compensation Com
u,issioners, Declares that Graft Is =
Product OF Our Times.

Tho age OF patriotism has Yield
ed TO III. age Of counercia!isca.
Uppe7mos, IN :he human mind today
is no, the Stars and Stripes. but the
dollar mark.
Such was :he declaration Of Su-
preme Court Justice Wesley 0. How
ard. Of New York. II an opinion
Tuesday reducing the compensation
OF members Of commission appoint
ed 70 sppra!se damages 70 property
resulting from the construction OF
Ashokan reservoir IN Ulster county.
which is 20 furnish q water supply
FOR New York city.
While the commission furnishes
avenues for the reckless escape o!
many dollars. there are other chan.
nels Of leakage az wasrefuily eppall.
Ing" said the judge.
LIT ia greatly to ba regretted that
no pabiic enterprise can De project
and co2summated without this ap
paliins loss. called graft. Graft Il
not necessarily An illegal expendi
.ure Of money. but It 10 that unnec
| essa-y raseeful use which character
izes tee construction Of every publ!'
| venture. Al least 40 per cent OF al
.Ac money appropriated 70. publi'
use IS lost N graft. All could b
possible II this f.!shsfu! leak coult
be stopped-roads, canals. libraries
asyluns and hospitals.
Graf. is a product Of our time
and institutions. II is the peopl
who are responsible. They expec
graft and even spoil and booty. &
1eple.a their resources whenever an,
| great undertaking is ventured b.
them: and then look with conplac
ence ana to!eration and indifference
at rarages upon their property. Graf
Is as much an element to be reckon
ed With IN computing the cost OF
public structure. as Is cement o
lumber. It has come to be matte
OF cou,se-this 1ake-of-a loss re
cognized by all who make estimate
OF cost IN such cases. A public stClc
ture built honestly would be
freak
! Justice Howard declares that ID
whole project Of the condennat!o
OF the land n the Ashokan valley
characterize by waste. disorder an
confusion"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-01-05
HUMAN BODIES BURNED.
On the Battlefield OF Rama Down
In Nicarauga.

A dispatch from Bluefeld. S!car'
auga. says hundreds OF dead are
burning on the Rama battlefield
Tuesday. With pathetic speed. piles
OF bodies have been !nc!neratod daily
70. the las, few days. and reports re-
cetyed By tie provincial government
state the, the sruesome work Is near
II done. Stacked like railroad ties,
and saturated with oil, the bodies OF
the victims are set, adre. Many
children aad some dead women we're
found among the dead OF the gov.
eminent troops.
Famine Is Increasing the horrors
Of war IA the interior Of Nicarausa.
The s!tuatioa In score OF towns ts
reported 20 DO serious. The opera
tons Of the Ze!ayan troops before
their defeat near Rama b. Gen. Is
trada prevented traffic n supplies
during the weeks the government
troops vero stationed there.
Pie drain on the couot.y's re-
sources-neasre at ,he best IA many
d!.triees-made By the government
conm!ssary IN It's futile attempts 70
keep tho army IN condition depleted
the natural supplies greatly.
This development IS an important
factor in the insurgents Sight The
people place the blame on the Ze!aya
a.c Nadriz factions and sdv!ces
from the ail! towns say that iasur-
rcct!e2ary spirit Is rife.
Fse situation n B!ue2eld Is Ia
proving under the constant labor OF
tho American Surgeons. Sanitation
is better bu. suffering IN the hospi-
tails IS still Intense. Scout parties
are still bringing wounded and pris-
oners from Rama.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-01-05
Horses ,nd Mules Burned.

The barn and stables Of J. D.
Moore. near Cokesbury. were burned
Thursday night. together with 2e
head OF horse and mules. all his
corn. forage. wagons and aSricul;ur-
al implements. The loss is estimated
al abou, 100000. The mules prob
ably cos, 5000 each. The barn and
stables were new and very large. the
building being 200 b: SO feet and
three stories high. There was only
$500 insurance on the building. and
nothing on the stock.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-01-05
CHECKS FOR ANY AMOUNT.
There Is no United States Law Pro
hihstins YoR-

Draw your check for ten cents
il you hsTe she money. and 1t Will
be 40 violation Of the Law for the
bank 70 honor 1t.
1t was !ust a tempest in . tea
pot. after all. this business about q
new law making IL a penal oHense
70 draw . check for a smaller s1n
than s.. But the whole bushes.
has the country puzzled an6 there
is no doubt about that
But aow comes an auti ritetive
statement from the deps:eL.ent o.
justice sn Washington. saying It is
all wrong. and one cas draw 9 check
for aay amount they want withou,
getting entangled IN the neshes O.
tie law-provided the funds are IN
the bank.
Here is what the authorities IL
Washington stzte. in reply to cuer.
rs from 8 newspaper. the paper de.
string 70 make the matter clea::
There IS no law whatever pro,
hi5.tias any person from drawing
e check for SUN legs than 81.
He or she may draw g check on .
bank or similar institution for ten
coats II desired.
The uncertainty which has aris-
en- in The public mind On this poin;
arises no doubt from the fact tha,
when the criminal COCO was codi-
fed. and approved By the last con-
gress. section IT'S. which had been
In existacce for mere than 46 years.
1as amended. This section applied
to fractional currency. which has
not oeea issued for very many yeara.
IN fact. ceased = few pears Rt,er
the Gloss OF the civil war. The
amea6msat has 40 reference What
ever 70 present banking customs.
The Gated States government has
20 objection 70 any person drawing
check fo- as small al amount less
than 81 as be may 6esf-c.''
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-01-05
Wrichts No, to Fly for Trophy

A dispatch from Dayton. Ohio
says the Nrigh, Brothers will 40,
again contest for the Michelin CUT
awarded 10 Wilbur Wright in France
over a year ago for the record LONE
distance flight in an aeroplaae.
This was announced by Orvilie
Wright. who added that for some
tine the WriSh;S will make ~
flights Al all. Whom they begin.
again O-viile said. II will Dc in Flor
ida. where they expect 70 hace ar
aviation course
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-01-05
Burned to Death.

Legare. the three-year-old son o!
Postmaster Wilao, L. Harris. o!
Charleston. died Sunday from the &c.
suits OF burns received at the Christ
mas tree celebration at his home.
The little fellow was playing with 7
sparkler which was said to De SAT.
when his clothing igni,ed and before
the flames could be SmotheEed. L"-
gare was burned so badly that medi-
ca! skill could no; avail and death
came TO his relief at an early hour
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-01-05
LEFT HIS WIFE
AND CHILD IN COLUMBIA FOR
ANOTHER WOMAN.
J. Thomas Franklin. Claiming TO
Represent Church Paper. Wanted
Oh Serious Charge.

The State says that J. Thomas
franklin. = former resident OF Col
umbia. is wanted there to answer to
q charge OF wife tese.tion. and Sher-
IL W. H. Coleman Tuesday sent re-
quests TO officers IN number OF
cities. which will doubtless resul, IN
ais speedy arrest. 4 warrant issued
by Magistrate T. J. Roberts and
sworn GU; by Mrs. Mamie II. Frank
lin charges the accused with the de-
se-.;on OF bis wife and infant child
in Columbia. Sep.em bel. IS. 1909.
Franklin Is. or represented himself
10 be. travelling representative Of
The Christian Observer. wen known
religious publication issued by Con-
verse { Co.. OF Louisc!,le. Ky. II
is to be. travelling representative
of desercioc. he may be also con-
tronted with bigany charge as be
has married again since leaving h:s
wife in Columbia
II Is alleged that he came 70 Col
umoia last September and succeeded
in inducing bis wife to let ain Save
certain money taa. she had In she
osak here and since that tine 40,
no: returned. Shortly after leavirz
on this trip. he is said to have oar-
lied again and removed his resiteac-
70 sno,he. State.
The second marriage. rot having
occurred !r South Carolina. nothing
has been done On the oisaay charge
and Franklin Is wanted 70 answe'
70 tie charge OF deserson- But ehe..
IS some indication that BE has ever
a-third wife. snd that at least e~r
live n this State That viii max.
oue case Of statutory bizany L
the facts can te established.
| It Is also said that he has been 1
criminal before. and vii; aoe DO I,
tho tolls for the arst time. hav!a,
served two :e!ms IN she peni.ent!ar:
| for forgery. Representing such !.
! we'll anovn publication as The Caris
stan Observer. which has been 20
many years visitor to ,amerou
Christian homes. indicated that =
was aboTe re2roach and the ne~s 0
the warrant issued IL Coirnh!a VII
be surprise IN many parts OF thi
State and elsewhere where he Is sop
J poseoiy we'll known. Sheriff Ccle
man Tuesday communicated Wit
[ Converse e Co.. telling OF the chars
against their representative.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-01-05
ATTACHED BE A FTESD.
Bravo Young Tonaa Fsccd Deata to
Save Her HcaoY.


With both feet so frozen sha: they
probably will have TO bc smputa;ed
and suffering from shock. Niss Nellie
st-aver. t~eoty-two years old. IS .,
the home Of aa uncle n Eau Clair.
Butter county. Pa. following 4 des-
rera,e experience IN which she brav-
ed death TO save her honor.
The young woman arrived =: Par
ker station during the night and en-
gagged young man 10 drive be. TO
her cocle's bone. Instead the man
drove IN sa opposite direction. and
when IN an isolated spot attacked
Mss Straver.
After ashe il which she says she
was divested OF nearly all her cloth
ing. including her shoes. she escaped
and fed down hill. through deep
Snow TO the river. After wandering
around al! night she was discovered
in the morning and given aid. O1i-
GERS are searching for a :oung man
who Is said to have disappeared from
his home in Parkers.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-01-05
THIS STATE WE'LL Advertised.
Results OF Col. wa.soa's Work In
tho West Appearing.

South Carolina Is we'll advertised
Throughout the West and Middle
West and the Office Of Commissioner
Watson Is being aooded with letters
from people OF that section. who
wish 70 inyes. IN real estate In this
State. A week ago the address Of
the commissioner before the Nation
al Farm Land congress was publish
ed in one OF the largest papers In
Chicago and other Middle West
cities. Since the publication. many
letters have been received. II read
your speech in one OF the Chicago
papers," says one OF the letters, and
had no idea OF the great resou.c-
es Of the South. and especially OF
south Carolina.
Il intend TO locate in the South.
and don't believe tha; could fnd
, better State than South Carolina.
Please send me information as -
different sections OF the State"
Another writing sa:s: Il an COM
ing 10 South Carolina to live. The
advantages Of the State have never
been shown before read your speech
in one OF the Chicago da!lies. and
] am satisfied tha, I will Ike your
State. Please send some detailed
information as to the advantages Of
lered."
Many letter: have also been re-
ceirad from the far Western States.
asking for information concerning
South Carolina. The commissioner.
while in the Wes. with the delegates
70 the National Irrigation congress.
literature illustrative Of
South Carolina. aad the results have
been material.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-01-05
p;nc,,o. Seore In,ers>t. t.

Clifford Pinchot. chief forester o!
the United States. declared In q
speech a, New YORK Monday before
a number OF prominent publishers a:
the University club that special in
teresc have made repeated ATTACKS on
the United States fores, service and
these attacks have increased IN v.o
ience just ID proportion as :he ser
vice has offered eTec;:re opposition
to predatory wealth.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-01-05
Didn't Know Their Danger,

Fire was discovered n the hold Of
tie White Star liner Celtic Wednes-
day, when the vessel was four days
out from New York When the liner
arrived at Liverpool Tuesday. the Hre
was Sill burning but its presence
was unknown to the 400 passengers
aboard The flames started IN hold
six. filled with cotton bales Above
deck there was no evidence Of any
thing unusual. The hold has been
flooded.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-01-05
ERSKISE SUFFERS.
wylte House. Girls Dormstory, Burn
ed to the Ground.

The Eylie home. the dornitory for
girls. ca Erskine campus .. Due
West was burned Monday morning
at two O'Clock and but little CO me
furniture and almost no trunks we-c
saved. Only ore OF the boardcrs aad
the matron. Miss Belle Pressl"y.
were n :he building at the time. ali
the girls having gone OF to sDead
the holidays. Ths furniture and
trunks On arst 6oo- were ali that
could be takeH from the bI-nios
homo. aad tho contents OF almost
every room above the arst 500: was
complete loss.
This do.n!tory vas given to Frs
kline college BY Nr. Jos. Tylic. de-
ceased. Of Chester some years ago
and has been made the home for
girls since coeduca,ion was accepted
for Erskine. The estimated loss Is
$4,000. With insurance amounted
TO about $4,000.
It is supposed that new building
will in time replace this one bu:
nothing OF course Is known at this
hour
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-01-05
WALL OF STORE FALLS.
The Frost Of Building at Bishopvlle
Tunbses Dowa.

Saturday about two o'clock IN the
afternoon the front Of two stores
occupied By the Mcleod Drug COM
paay and J. D. Hin furniture store.
at Bsshopyilie. fell to the Sidewalk.
This Iron. wall which was about
ten feet high gave way and fell With
out any cause apparently other than
the little wind which was blowing,
Fortunately no one was on the side
walk near and therefore 10 damage
was done other than TO the building
itself. Had it fallen a. any time the
say before, Christmas eve. It prob
ably would have killed and injured a
score or more people as the sidewalk
was crowded al! that day with the
Christmas shoppers.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-01-05
SWEPT BY STORM
ONE OF THE WORST BILLIARDS
IN TWENTY YEARS.
The Whole Coast EMBODIED II tho
Grasp OF the Ice King oa Christ

The blizzard that started OF Xmas
day Is said to have been one OF the
worst il recent years. the worst that
We have had n Decent Der for long
tine The death roll !s mounting
high IN the northern !at!sudes. Ship
ping has suffered terribly. and among
the ships to suffer Is the IrsQuois OF
,he Charleston-Sew York liz.
Hero the blizzard hardly amounted
to anything more than making peo-
pie uncomfortable and freezing water
pipes. bu; in New York and New
England. many people froze to death.
communication with different parts
OF the country was cut of or serious
ly interrupted.
The United States weather bureau
announced Tuesday that the snow
storm had been the heaviest for De-
CEN Der IN nearly twenty years. Be
ginning a, II o'clock Saturday more
Ing STOW fell continuously 20. twenty
four hours 70 depth OF more than
| ten icches. The maximum wind We
| loc!ty for Sve minutes IN this time
was at,y-eight miles sa hour.
The storm covered all tho couztry
east Of the Mississippi Valley and IN
creased IL intensity as II moved from
tho interior toward the Atlantic
coast. The wind blew ha-de! and th.
snow fell faster in New York thar
anywhere else. First Assistant Fore
caster E. 8. Nichols a, the New forl
station. No. 100 Broadway said:
Away back On Dec. 26 and 81
1890. We had fall OF fourteen In
ches during tventy-sour hours. Tha
is the only snow fall dur:ss Decem
Der that compares with the p.ese1
ore.
The creates. snow fall on reco!t
for New York for sweasy-tour hour
occurred Oh Feb. i ant IS. 1893
seventeen and eish:-,eaths !nche
fell. On Jan. -. 1908. nine and
half inches fell. That's the onl
storm during recent years that com
psres with this.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-01-05
FRENzIED FINANCE
SEEKS TO RECOVER FIVE THOU.
SAND pOEI-al.S FROM
Aiken Banker, WHO Was to Give
Ten Thousand Dollars Stock In .
Bank for II.


A special dispatch from Boston
to the Augusta Chronicle says tren-
z!ed finance In South Carolina was
described IN lurid manner II g
bill In equity brought in the su-
perior court o. that city by Waiter
s. Roberts, wealthy resident OF
Boston. B. Sherwood Dunn OF AK
en-. S. c.. was named as defendant.
Roberts seeks 10 recover $4,000
which he deposited IN the City Trust
Company Of Boston in connection
with an alleged agreement entered
| into between himself and Dunn
whereby a chain Of savings banks
we're 10 De started IN South Carolina.
The plaintiff says that Dunn was
| to start the banks which were to
be subordinate and connected with
the Aiken Savings Bank. The sue
cess OF the latter bank. Roberts a.
| leses Dunn said. was assured be-
cause be could borrow money from
the First National Bank OF Aiker
which he controlled and this bank
| was to be the hacker OF the entire
chain.
| The bank was to begin bushes.
on October 5 last but this has no
been done. Roberts claims that fol
every thousand dollars furnished b,
him he was 10 received from Dun!
$4,000 OF stock in the bank. Dunn
il is alleged, stated that the Elio
National Bank OF Boston was t
furnish capital FOR the scheme an
that $4,000 was already on deposi
in the Eliot National Bank in tha
city. These statements Robert
claims are untrue.
The Aiken End.
A dispatch from Aiken to Th
Chronicle says DR.. B. Sherwood Dun
Is vice pses!dent Of The First Nat
} .onal Bank which he organized Il
Aiken recently. The bank Is capi
:alized a. $4,000. and paid |!
J surplus OF sl2.5o0. The bank wa
to open up for business on Septer1
Der is. but the opening has bee
. postponed from time to time because
, according to statements OF Or. DunE
some Of the stockholders had not ye
, paid up their subscriptions.
: The corner room in the Hotel Air
en- building has been leased for sv
years and is being arranged for ID
bank.
Seve-a! local people are stock
holders In the First National Banl
DR.. T. G. Croft IS president and 81
! r. L. Gunter Is cashier. The boar
} OF directors include other local an
} country business men. It is under
stood that every dollar for stoc
? Is held By Mr. Gunte7. the cash!e
S In connection with the First Ma
] ional Bank. DR.. Dunn also secure
, charter for the Aiken Trust an
Savings Company. capital s1o0.0o'
! Little is known here Of the sTai.
: OF this concern as the books OF sui
, scriptsons were never open in Aikel
DR.. B. Sherwood Dunn is not
Aiken a, present and could not :
? seen by the correspondent OF ID
. Chronicle. DR.. Dunn's family Is
: Aiken occupying fhei. cottage.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-01-05
Lighthouse BurErd.

The Thimb!e Shoal lighthouse. IN
lower Chesapeake bay. was burned
Tuesday The keeper OF the liga:
and his family are believed 10 have
escaped in lifeboats The cause OF
The FIRE is unknown. One OF the
scout cruisers lying in Hampton
Roads sent q relief crew TO ;he scene
Thimble light marked the shoals a?
preaching Old Point Comfort and
was the guide 10 all Chesapeake bay
steamers