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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-02-02
BIG SWINDLE
Insurance Policies Secured on Men VH:
nally IN Crave
THEIR WORK EXPOSED
Men OF Athletic Build We're EH-
arained in Lieu Of Rea! Ap-
Observation-Disclosures People Have
Trouble on Their Hands That Is
I'uzziinG.


II believe this investigation now
under way will unearth the bigges'
swindle in the insurance life eve!
exposed west OF New York" said
State Insurance Commissioner Bell
OF Kentucky. q few days ago as ht
took up the case OF Walter S. Rider
teams,er. at Louisville. KY. who
died January 4. and whose body was
exhuned by the coroner on the re
quest OF certain insurance comps
a!es. The death certificate ind!cat-
ed that Rider died OF intestinal
trouble, but is Is reported that the
autopsy showed large portion OF
the lung eaten away. supposedly by
tuberculosis.
Commissioner Bell has taken up
the case upon the request OF certain
life insurance companies in Indiana
and Tennessee. WHO are SAID to be
large losers by reason OF the grave
yard" swindle. These companies.
which it is alleged have already paid
$4,000 on policies issued in the
Ride. case. are excluded r.on busi-
ness IN Kentucky. yet It is said have
carried on q large business in Ken
lucky through an agency at New
Albany. Ind. across the river from
Louisville. The scheme worked OF
the companies Il to certain extent
an old one, the company Issuing the
policy to men virtually in the shad-
ow Of the grave. after having e1-
anined 9 man OF athletic build who
was represented as the applicant.
Local insurance men refuse to say
anything regarding the matter. TO.
the reason tha: they wish to re-
cover policies now outstanding with
the dummies" involved in the SWIM
die.
Rider. it Is alleged. carried !nsur-
a1ce aggregating $4,000. but none
:! his relatives Is named as 6ele-
aciary. Mrs. Mary Quill. sister. and
James r. Rider. brother. made af!-
darits several days ago to the effect
that they believed their brother
came 10 his death by poisoning and
that he was victim OF tou! play.
The family communicated with the
Independent Life Insurance Company
OF Nashville. Tenn, and the matter
vas taken up In Louisville later By
representative OF that company
and three Indiana companies. Up
on these representations Acting Cor
oner Dacher ordered the body eI-
humed and the autopsy held in the
presence OF several physicians.
After discovering the lesion In the
lung. the stomach was turned over
to the chemists for analysis. Rider
was a teamster and received $40 per
week.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-02-02
MUST WORK ON FARM.
Lexington, Ky., Woman Makes q
Ecrel VIII.

A novel solution Of the problem
OF Keeping not only boys. but the
girls on the farm. is disclosed in the
win of Mrs. Arthursa Epperson.
OF Lexington. Ky. which was fled
IN the probate court there few days
ago. TIE last codicil OF the !nstru-
ment provides for the division OF ,
large estate equally among her chill.
tren. with the reservation that t
any Of my children marry or qu's
working on the farm. or or my real
estate before Eve years shall have
expired after my death. he or she
shall! forfeit all interest in my estate
when final disposition IS made except
the amount OF 81"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-02-02
The Smallest Man.

4 message from Putnam. Conn,
SAYS Reuben Steere. whom BaFnum
,he circus magnate, called the small
es; man in the world. is dying o.
pneumonia at his home near there
He is now seventy-two years OLD
s,eere weights ffty-fve pounds. aHc
is for,y-seven inches tall. He mar
rjed Miss Annie Myer. another Lili
putian, IN 1887.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-02-02
Dealt Blow With Axe.

A dispatch froci Winston-Sa!em'
\. c., says news reached there a few
!ays ago Of q probably fata! hSht
near vaGe Mecum Springs. Stokes
county. in which. Il is alleged. VIII
Ss;en crushed Robert Cooks sau!:
with an axe. The story goes that
both men struggled for possession
o, the weapon and finally N!ten got
it and ended the battle. Dr.. r Il.
Noo-efeld, who attended Cook. caTs
his recovery is doubtful. Niten IS
said TO have escaped. The men
fought over AZ old G-udSe-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-02-02
FOUND CLaSPED IN DEATH
Young Couple Whose Parents OBJ
;ected to Marriage.

Because OF parental opposition to
marriage on account OF their youth.
Vernon Barr. aged 10. and Lima
Ammer. aged Il. killed themselves
Thursday. They were found near
Monroe. Iowa. clasped in each Others 5
arms. sitting upright in Bars bug
Sy. IN which they were riding hom"
from 4 dance On the girls lap
rested a cup partly filed with strych-
ai... They both had drank OF this.
TAei. horse proceeded on his way
and stopped II the gate OF the g:rl' S
home.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-02-02
Stealing by Wholesale.

Did F!acher. co!o-cd. pleacc+
guilty few days ago OF stealing
carload OF merchandise at Green
Vile last June and was sentenced
% FIVE years in The pen!ten tiarE.
The negro stole 30 boxes OF tobacco.
a tub OF lard. crate Of grape juice.
- -four sif,ers and other articles
amounting to $500. He sold th>
goods TO a merchant at the Csroiin,
mills.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-02-02
Tackled the Wrong Woman.

Rosa Miller. colored. who resides
between Ten Mile and Charleston.
heard some one in her house la"
one night recently and she secured )
shot gu. and went 10 investisata
Tn. burglar ran into the yard an
began ''sass!nS" Rosa. who shot hin:
in the calf Of the leg The thtei
proved 10 be Henry Lawrence. q no
torious negro character. He va
captured. The wound is not Sc
riouS.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-02-02
Four Killed in Wreck.

Four men were killed and three
Others were seriously injured Thurs
day when a freight train on the
Chap.auQua branch OF the Pesnsy!-
yaaia rail. >.d jumped the track
about Z mile north OF Titusville. Pa.
The dead are: William P. Pastorious,
s!gnalmaa. Titusville: Fred War-e4d,
conductor. Oil City; Y. H. Hughes
brakeman. Buffalo: Mitchell Wal
lace. fireman, BucaIo.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-02-02
PROVES A SUCCESS
EDIsON'S NEW STORAGE BAT
TERY Runs a STREET CAR
Edison Estimates That the Cost OF
Driving the New Car VIII be One
Cent = Mile.

What seemed in every way sue
cessful test of a street car eQu!ppet
with the new Edison storage bal
terry was made on the Orange Valley
G. Pasaic electric railway at Wes:
Orange. y. J.. recently.
Thomas E. Edison himself could
not witness the test, but his elec
tricai expert assistant. Ralph Il
Beach, was on board the car with
street car men from all over the
country. The test was under tha
auspices OF the public service cor
porat!on. and T. S. Adams. master
mechanic OF that organization. was
motorman.
The car. which was specially con-
.tructed for the new batteries. i3
p feet long and carries 80 pas
seagers. One-hali the weight OF an
ordIsa1y car Of the same size. i:
rides on q single track and is pro-
pSiicO Uy olt 1ISSAS SAA'S- ~ 40
equipped with 21o calls. arranged
uader the seats OF both sides. o:
these cells 200 are for propulsion
and 10 for lighting. with g total
force Of so horsepower.
Edison estimates that the cost OF
driving the new car will be one cen!
a mile. II the test satisfies the e1
perts. the problem Of cables and over
head wires will be solved FOR city
traction companies. as the new ca
generates its own power.
NJ. Edison believes that the stor-
age battery will -evolu,ionize auto
mobile as we'll as street car traffic.
Not electric machines only will profit
By it. for the apparatus should sup
plant gasoline motors as well.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-02-02
The Call fog Help.

An appeal to America 10 aid the
sufferers from the French floods has
been sent to New York by the muni-
cipal!ty OF Paris. The appeal is as
follows: We are doing all we can
for the homeless and destitute. The
firemen and Red Cross are working
like heroes. but we need help. The
suffering in Paris is terrible. we
would ask that America help US with
money TO build shelters for our home
less and to provide provisions and
clothing. We also need bread and
coal"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-02-02
Premier Mobbed.

Following the election OF Prem!e:
asoui,h. the premier was mobbed
in London by militant sufrasettes-
The women in 4 body charged time
after time in their attempts TO rsacn
the minister and there were seveEa!
lively skirmishes with the police Mr.
asou!th was conveyed to q place o!
.ate,y.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-02-02
Wonderful Invention.

The first line o, t.olleyless cleo
;ric cars IL the United States will
be started at Newark. y. j.. this
summer. Twenty cars supplied Win
current from storage batteries VII!
be operated over about eight miles
OF track. II the new storage sys-
tenn Is successful there II Will prob
ably be adopted By the corporation
which controls most OF the street
cars in that section OF New Jersey.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-02-02
WILL WORK THEM
And Pay tie Government Big Cash Rey-
atty for the Privilege
OPENS OFFICIAL EYES

4 Seattle Man Shows How the Gov.
ernment May Make Two Million
Dollars Per One Hundred Access
for Alaskan Coal Lands ASainss
SO Per Acre Trus tWould Give.
A new and somewhat sensational
factor suddenly appeared Wednes-
day !n Washington to add intensity
to the already sufficiently excited
situation over the Alaska coal lands.
| on the eve Of the beginning OF the
Ba!!inger Pinchot investigation.
which largely concerns that eues-
ton. John E. Bal,atne. OF Seattle,
said to be the largest individual
property owner in Alaska. made q
proposition in writing to the senate
committee on territories, OF which
Senator Beveridge OF Indiana IS
chairman. offering to the government
royalty Of htty cents ton OF coal
mined, for the lease Of 5000 acres
OF some Of the choicest coal lands
in Alaska, in the Katalla and Mat
ansuka districts. Such tonnage
royalty would net the government,
Nj. Ballaine claims, amounts as
high as $2,00o.oO0 per hundred
acres.
This proposal contempiates radt-
cal departure from past practices IN
the governments disposal OF the
Alaska coal lands and 1t comes
avowedly to do battle with another
proposition. designed to permit the
sale or lease OF such lands al rate
Of $40 per acre. 1t Is said that the
general features Of the plan have
the approval Of officials high in the
administration and OF influential
members Of both houses Of congress.
including some Of the prominent
insurgent Republicans. and delegate
W!ckersham, Of Alaska.
M. Balline. il his letter to Sena-
toS Beveridse. offers to enter into
bond Of s1.ooo.008 with the gov
ernment for tie performance OF his
part OF the agreement, which he pro-
poses. and he makes the charge that
other interests" have now at work
in Washington E lobby, headed by a
former G. g. Senator" IN support OF
the bill referred to above. under
whose provisions. he declared, the
government would extend an rncor-
titional guarantee 70 railroad or
railroads which these interests pur-
pose to build IN Alaska, and would
virtually donate to them at SO per
acre one or more tracts Of 5000
acres each to be selected by them.
Mr. Ba!laine asks congress 70 au-
tnorize the head Of department
TO be Designated to enter into lease
with q coal company to be orsaniz-
ed by him. for 5000 acres OF Man
tahuska coal land under all the pro-
visions tor regulation and against
monopclistic control CT prices as
stipulated IN the bill recently intro
duced By Senator Nelson in con-
sorm!ty with recommendations OF
Secretary BaIiicger's annual report.
This coal company would pay the
United States and Alaska a royalty
OF so cents ton for the coal as
mined. Nr. Baliaine states In his
proposal that veins averaging total
thickness OF twenty feet would yield.
according To standard measurements,
a total In excess OF 100 million tons
from the 5000 acres. making roy
atty Of s5o.ooo.oeo for this conpar-
a:ively small area.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-02-02
Hai, a Great Time.

The legislature took Wednesday
of 10 make 3 trip 10 the Citadel.
TIE special carrying over 30 mem
hers OF the legislature. members OF
their families and friends. leaving
oy.- the Coast Line early Wednes-
day morning. Then on Friday they
went 70 Clemson.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-02-02
Starting Young.

Although she is less than seven
teen years old. Florence kneipp. OF
Newark. y. J.. is under arrest
charged with bigamy. The police
say that she has admitted narrisSes
with two nea during the past yea..
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-02-02
Many Unsolved Murders.

Th!.ty-seyen unsolvej murders IN
twelve months was the record OF
New York for 1909. Seven more
have been added IN the arst three
weeks OF the aew year. according to
repor. Just issued by the police
department
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-02-02
How to Lower Prices.

Representative SABBATH. 2 Demo-
way to lower prices or fcodstucs
way 10 over prices on foodstuifs
IS to place them on the free list for
importation from foreign countries.
He has introduced bill 70 accom-
ptsh th!s.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-02-02
DOUBLE INIQUITY.
Counterfeiters and White .laye
Trafickers-

Secret service men are working
on q case OF counterse!;ing in Eliza
beth. y. J.. which was disclosed by
the police IN raid upon an alleged
disorderiy house. The place ha!
been under suspicion for some time
and when Chief OF Police Tenney
and hi. men broke through the doo-
they were surprised TO discover c
complete counterfe!tins plant and
other essentials for the coming OF
spurious coins. More than 100 hall
dollars were coaasce,ed Locked in
an upper room two young women
were found. They declared they haI
been brought from New York %:
immoral purposes. Pasqrele Lebanr
and two companions were placed IN
der arrest. They were the keepers
Of the resort.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-02-02
HAIR BALL IN HER STOMACH.
I Served There rs q Sort Of Pin and
Needle Cushion.

Surgeons operating on a woman
pat;enr at the ST. Lawrence State
Eosp;,al 70, the Insane at Ogdens
burg few days ago took from her
stomach ball CT hair weighing )
l.. pounds. It had to be cut into
three pieces TO be taken out Many
pins and needles were found imbed-
ded N the mass.
The doctors thought the woman
had q tumor. It Is supposed she was
in the habit OF pulling hair from
the mattress OF her bed and swallow
ing il.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-02-02

ont France has amello.ased aad Il +
believed that the worst OF the noo'
Is past. No Americans arc re2orse'
,nSnrad. The artists and student
sor the most part live IN the Latin
Quarter. which is on high ground.
and the richer Americans generally
reside in tho ne,Shborhood OF the
Rue de L'Etoile. the highest portion
o. the city.
The boulevard lie Of tie gay Par
tsisa has been suddenly s!leneto
Most az the nusic halls remain opo7
but they are deserted. 4 husae,
multitude sits in front Of the ooule'
ward cafes
AT q specia, meeting few night
$50 the board Of health drew uo IN
st-uc,.ons for the prevention OF AZ
endemic. The board especially Ia
sist. that aore OF the flooded house'
mus. be ,e-oceuoied until they hsv'
Been thoroughly disintected. and th'
bedding and clothing. which hav'
been contaminated By aood water
burned.
The board announced that ther
were 100000 cubic meters IN eh
reservoirs. enough for several day
and therefore there was little Tea
O. water famine
All omn,buses. street cars an
other heavy traffic on the bridge
were stopped Thursday night Pre
mie- Bryand declared that person
who boarded up provisions IN th
affected places with the intention Q
reselling them at profit, wouso 9
Scastically dealth with
The residence Of United State
Ambassador Bacon has become "
,enable and the family has remove
20 the Mercedes hotel.
The Red csoss society. Which "a
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24
Magazine Repiep
when KnowIedge Meets Theory.

A story that has done service in po-
litical campaigns to illustrate supposed
dilemmas Of the opposition will likely
Be revived in the approaching political
"heated term"
Away back, when herds Of buffalo
grazed along the foothills Of the western
mountains, two hardy prospeetors fell in
with BUN bison that seemed to have
been separated from his kind and run
amuck. One Of the prospectors took
70 the branches Of tree ana the other
dived into cave. The buffalo beloved
then turned toward the tree. Out came
the man from the cave, and the buffalo
took after him again. The man made
another dive for the hole After this
had been repeated several times, the
man in the tree called to his comrade.
who was trembling at the mouth Of the
cavern:
"Stay in the cave, you IDIOT"
"You don't know nothing asout This
hole bawled the other, There's a
bear ID itP-Everybody's Magazine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24
The Tariff Humbug.

"The case against the Payne.Aldrich
bill is grave and complicated. II per-
petuates duties laid forty-fiye years ago
az Civil war taxes; that is, it compels
the people Of the country to conduct a
large number Of their industries on a
war tax basis. Many Of its schedules
are amazing earieahres Of the doctrine
Of protection, made 50 BY open and cyni.
cal violation Of the protective principle.
tricks and swindles hidden III technical
jargon that nobody but an expert can
Understandable there il no escaping the
conclusion that in most eases this Oh.
security has been cunningly devised that
nobody else should understand.
"The method by which the bin was
made was the worst possible. Duties
were traded in openly, like horses at a
country fair. Although many Of these
duties affect chiefly the daily life Of
that great bulk Of our population living
on incomes, where every penny counts
they were treated as if they had relation
to nothing but politics. And Yet while
acting with this frank eommercialism.
Congress as body talked as If CARVING
out eonscientiously the principles Of pro-
lection. There never was greater hum.
bug. Logic, consistency, sincerity, all
were sacrificed in the making Of the
Payne Aldrieh bin. Perhaps the worst
Of the many hypocrieies which charac.
terized the operation was making labor
pull the ehestnuts out Of the fire. Il i
70 pay American wages that We have
high duties. Yet nothing is clearer ii
tariff making to-day than the utterly
share Of the duties laid ii
labors name which go to labor Edi.
torial announcement in the September
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24

The story Of the terrible railroad
wreck near Mortified last Sunday re-
reals the responsibility which rests on
! single man; that il, the operator or
lrain-dispatcher. It devolves upon him
TO give the "open road" signal, Or the
stop" signal, as the conditions may
demand; 1t is for him to say whether
i train filed with human beings or
oaded with valuable freight shall 60 or
stay. He in turn gets his authority
from some other operator along the line,
the two with others forming chain
which controls the lives and the prop
srty which are entrusted to the railroad
system. The position is trying one,
demanding nerve, poise and, above all,
extreme fidelity to duty. The chain
may be strong in all parts except one,
Ind because Of that one weak link be-
.ome weak in its entirety,
1t is, Of course, not determined wheth-
II the weight Of responsibility rests on
The operator at Mortified for the wreck
II Sunday, or whether he did his duty
md the engineers erred; but the reye-
ations Of the accident are sufficient to
how that the demands which are put
spon the operator are very heavy and
hat, in consequence, none but thor
lughly tested man should be put in such
position. Examinations are conducted
lor applicants for positions, which IS
right; but there should be more than
hat: there should be a long term Of
apprenticeship at the elbow Of an ex-
lerienced operator before the response
lility is shifted to the shoulders Of the
lew operator. And during that term Of
apprenticeship careful note Of the be-
linner's Commemorative ability should be
AIKEN, so that the careless apprentice
an be thrown out and not be eventually
ntrusted with the safety Of lives and
reservation of property. Train operat-
NJ IS not a work for muddling youths
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24
Made to Order.

When scribbler first submitted his play
to Miss Cachoo
The lady cried: on, mercy mel Why
this will never dol
You've given me a thinking part; mag
inc me q supe,
A sort OF extra lady, while the mem
bers Of my troupe
Grab all the situations, every seintillat-
ing line,
Get all the hands, while the papers say
'Cachoo's support is fine'
It's evident your inspirations founded
on a plan
Designed not to exploit me, but to boost
my leading mani"
So Scrihber took his manuscript and
without more ado
He cut and sIashed until his play was
very muen Cachoo;
She uttered every epigram, she dominat-
cd all
That happened 'twixt the overture and
final curtain fall
Still, back il camej once more he hacked
the product of his pen.
lnsatiate Gaehoo, she chueked It back
to him again,
And said: "The roles improving but
its still way under par"
oh, Geel It's hard to satisfy lady
who's star
Though Scribbler was discouraged, none
Of lis can ever be
Disgruntled by the foibles Of fair fem-
ininity.
With haggard brow he tackled that Ms.
with main and might
Determined that for once and all he'd
do the job up right,
And when the artistic read she cried:
"At last you've penned part,
A role that's really adequate for ME
and for my ARTl
Why, this will burn up Broadway, it
viii set EN- all agog."
1T ought to-" said poor Seribbler, "for
the things monologuelp
Puck.