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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-19
FARMING FIGURES
MUCH INTERESTING DATA COM
PILED BY WATSON.
In the Value Of Crops Per Square Mile
South Carolina Ranks Second OF
All the States.

All the States.
Some interesting statistics on the
agricultural situation in South Caro-
lima have been prepared by Commls-
sioner Watson from the recent feder-
al census. AS has been announced
this state jumped from 21 to lS IN the
rank Of the states in agriculture:
The value of the agricultural prod
ucts OF the state increased by 2S.4
per cent. in one year. The value OF
the crops in 1910 was s140,000,00O
which was an increase over 1909 of
s31, 100000, and increase over 1905
of s63,2SS,0O0 and an increase OF
ssS,6s5,OOO over 1900, all of which
show that the value Of the crops has
increased over 100 per cent. during
the past decade.
With reference to the value Of the
crops per square mile, South Carroll
ma ranked second of all states, with
s4,51S. Other states in comparison:
Illinois, s5,122; Georgia, s3,743,
Texas, s1,369.
All other Southern states show the
value of crops per square mile to be
less than $4,000
The cotton crop Of the South, ac-
cording to the statistics cleaned ror
1910, went or the market for $685.
10000. The crop Of 1909 was
worth sS12, 100000, and for 1908
sss1,23O,00O. It will be seen that
the cotton crop Of 1910 was worth
s151, 100000 more than 1909. There
are in the South 44O,O0o,000 acres OF
land available for cotton and only
one out of - acres are planted. Vi
the cotton crop 19 per cent. was con
sumed in the United States, 49 pei
cent. was exported and IS per cent.
remained in this country up to Feb
ruary, 1911.
Concerning the value per bale OF
cotton, the following comparative Ia
bic is given:
value per Udlc, 1S4V . r0''HS
Value per bale, 1904. .... 5O.31
Value per bale, 1898 ........30.2s
It is pointed out that the sum Of
s6O4 was received for twenty bales OF
cotton in 1898, while the farmer re-
ceived S1,743 for the same number II
1910.
In South Carolina there were II
1910 176,1S0 farms, or an increase
of 13 per cent over the preceding
decade. The value of the lands ane
buildings increased by 162 per cent;
implements and machinery, 112 pei
cent. LANDS, 1863; increase in labol
bill, 76 per cent. These statistic:
show that there were 20,S25 farm:
added. There are 64,227 owners, o.
an increase of 4,S10, and of these
farms 1887 are mortgaged. Th'
tenants number 11,097. The in
crease in the number of tenants dur
| ing the decade was 1918 and tn
same preceding decade $4,000.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-19
CHILD SLAIN BY WOMAN.
Shot Fired at a Woman Hits and
Kills Little Negro.

A special dispatch to The State
says a horrible and pathetic tragedy
was enacted near Blacksburg Sunday
morning between the hours Of II and
/ o'clock. The actors live as ten
ants on the farm Of Mac Byars, four
miles from Blacksburg, on the old
Rutherford and Chester highway.
Lily Duncan, mulatto, was on her
way from the home Of her step
father, Ras Franklin, to her own
house, near the home Of Ira; Sar-
arms, when she was fired upon by
ratt, with a two-year-old child in her
Francies Sarratt, the wife of Ira Sar-
ratt, with shotgu.
Only one shot struck the mother,
the rest OF the load lodging in the
back of the child's head and causing
it's death Monday morning about 10
o'clock. Frances Sarratt disappear
ed and has not been apprehended
yet. Jealousy is supposed to have
been the cause of the act on the part
of Frances Sarratt-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-19
False Story Denounced.

At "a meeting of several Confeder-
ate veterans, members of camp No.
2, Army of the Tennessee, a state
ment, said to have appeared in a
weekly magazine on June 10 last in
which it was asserted that a school
teacher of New Haven, Conn, was de-
nuded, tarred and feathered in a
public square of New Orleans dur
ing the civil war, was strongly de-
nounced as a falsehood.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-19
HEAVY REWARD OFFERED.
For the Negro Who Killed the Ashe-
vile Policeman.

A dispatch from Asheville, N. c.,
says the death of Patrolman 'McCon-
nell, which occurred Friday after
noon, the increase OF the reward to
approximately $1,000 and the en-
ployment of expert detectives, has
given impetus to the search for John
Huff, the negro who shot McConnel,
while the former was under arrest for
stealing cattle Posses are securing
the mountains in every direction, fol-
lowing up clues, while officers of ad-
joining counties are lending every eff
fort in the search which up to late
Tuesday night had proven of no
avail. Nothing definite has been
heard of Huff since he was located
and gave officers the slip near Green
Vile Thursday night last week.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-19
WOULD HANG THEM
LYNCHING is AVERTED By AR
RIVAL OF OFFICERS.
Negro Man and His Wife Saved from
Angry Crowd by Intervention Of
Cooler Heads.

A special dispatch to The State
from Anderson says the lynching of
a negro man and his wife in the
Meals creek of Anderson county was
narrowly averted Tuesday by COO,
heads and the prompt arrival of Off
GERS on the scene, H. P. McDaniels,
a wealthy farmer, reprimanded his
negro tenant, T. C. Williams, for cut
ting down some pine saplings.
The negro resented the reprimand
and made an attack on Mr.. McDan-
iels, hitting him between the shoul-
der blades with large rock. One
Of the shoulder blades was fractured
and his spinal column was injured
The news of the attack spread rapidly
through the county, and WitlfH IN
hour a large throns had gatheredf
at the McDaniels home, many coming
from a distance in automobiles.
A warrant against the negro
charging assault and battery WI ii in.
tent to kill, was secured from Magis-
trate Martin, and Deputy Richard
Smith, arrested the negro, who offer
ed no resistance Because the nesro's
wife attempted to help him by bring;
ing out shotgun, she was also ar
rested.
Imediately after the arrests were
effected Deputy Sheriff Van Mar
tin and Constable Tom Davis arriv'
ed in an automobile, picked up the
prisoners and rushed them to the
county Jail. The mob had greatly
increased in numbers and violence
to the negroes was expected. Col
D. A. Geer and others held the crowc
back, and prevailed upon them tt
allow the law to take its course.
Mr.. McDaniels is a peaceable mar
and one of the best citizens in An
derson county. His condition. is ser
ious, partial paralysis having set in
He is about so years old, and ha:
tak,:n an active work in the schoo
and church in his community. Grea
indignation over the brutal attacl
has been expressed by the people.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-19
Rooze Under Straw.

Being suspicious Of the looks OF a
wagn filled with shwra icwhcd- (VD
wagon filed with straw which was
passing his front gate, at Dalton, Ga,
thursday, Police Chief Fincher called
to the driver to stop. He then made
a thorugh examination Of the con-
tents of the wagon and found good
ly supply of old mountain corn whls-
kew covered up under the straw.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-19
NEAR BEAR SOLD
CONDITION IN UNION AND OAR
LNGTON BAD.
Governor Blease Says He is Doing All
He Can to Uphold Law, But Can't
Do It All.

"Near beer saloons have been in
troduced into the State and they are
as bad as the fake social clubs" said
Governor Blease, Friday. "Condl-
tions at Union and Darlington ap-
pear to be particularly bad. am do.
ing all l can TO uphold the law, but
I cannot do it all.
The governor directed attention to
a displayed article in the Union
Times of Friday, which he said set
forth the situation il. Union as it was
described to him. The article is
headed Governor Blease orders
Sheriff Long to close down on near
beer" The article follows:
"Govenor Blease has ordered
Sheriff Long to close down on the
near-beer establishments in Union
and Union county. Constable D. r.
Kitchens has also received instruc-
tions from the governor to cooperate
in this movement. it is to be hoped
that this work will be thoroughly
done by the officers.
It is stated on good authority that
the city council has issued more
than a dozen licenses to near-beer es-.
adjustments and of course the city
council could not logically suppress
the creations of its own hands. In
the meantime the worst condition ex-
lists in Union now that we have even
seen.
Gambling dens and blind tigers,
masquera6ing under the name Of
/ near-beer saloons are rife. 1t is
rumored that cany young lads are
patronizing these places. The tigers
are not even blind. They are Argus
eyed. For vulgar faunting of law.
lessness we give the palm to Union
town. We have never seen anything
like it. -
Some of the members of the police
force are reported as being regular
patrons of places Of illicit liquor
selling. It is certain that they make
no effort to. put down these institu-5
ticns. A blind man can see that. II
Governor Blease will continue his
effort to put down these places Of
| iniquity he will receive the approba-
ton Of every law abiding citizen OF
this town
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-19
HIDDEN MONEY FOUND:
Gaynor and Greene Concealed Near
ly a Million.

Three quarters Of million dollars
has been recovered from the conceal
ed assets of Gaynor and Greene, who
defrauded the government Of two
million dollars in Savannah harbor
dredging contracts in 1897 according
to a dispatch from Washington. E. /.
Johnson, an expert accountant, and
United States District Attorney Mar
ion Erwin of Savannah, Georgia, are
responsible for the recovery. Most
of the funds recovered were in bonds
and stocks. More than S2,OO0,OOG
was in cash. These assets were found
in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago
and Denver. Some bonds were To-
Gated in Paris, but they could not be
recovered. Johnson and Erwin have
been searching for these assets for
- years.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-19
Shot by Cupid.

The Greenville Daily Piedmont
says Deputy Judge of Probate James
R. Bates issued a marriage license
TO probably the Oldest couple that
has received license since the MAI
riage license law has been in effect in
this State. The two were Henry
Nix, aged "a, ad Mrs. Melvia ".
Rochester, Al, both Of the American
Spinning Company's village, near
Greenville.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-19
Man Seriously Cut.

At Greenville on Monday morning
C. F. Mccall, boss spinner at the
Brandon cotton mill, was seriously
cut with a knife by e. F. Pittman.
The trouble took place about e:3o
O'Clock when Mccall was approached
by Pittman in the spinning room OF
the mill in reference to Mrs. Pitt
mans connection with the mill.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-19
THE Earth Trenbled.

Two earthquake shocks were felt
early Monday morning in the town
of Keoskemet, Hungary. A panic
followed, the inhabitants rushing out
into the streets and assembling in the
squares. Hundreds Of chimneys were
overturned and the town hall and
other buildings more or less dam
syed
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-19
Auto Turned Turtle.

At Admission, Ala, J. D. Dill. oak-
er, was killed, Mrs. Mary Dill. Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Dill and Charles
Dill, Jr., probably fatally injured
Monday night, when al automobile
in which they were riding turned
turtle. The accident occurred when
an attempt was made to AVOID Q
collision with another automobile.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-19
left All to Himself.

A spectacle which has not been
seen for years, if ever, was exhibit
ed in the Senate, says Washington
dispatch, on the reciprocity "debate"
Friday, when for nearlf ten minutes
Senator Gronna, of North Dakota,
who was concluding his speech begun
Thursday in opposition to the pact,
was the only senator on the floor. .
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-19
Drowned Himself.

Ensign R. S. Young, of Concord, n.
c., disappeared from the destroyer
Perkins, at the New York Navy yard,
Wednesday night leaving a note stat
ing that he intended to drown HIM
self. The young officer had slightly
overstayed his shore leave and had
been called upon for an explanation.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-19
Death of Rev. DIR. shuck.

Rev. l.. H. Shuck, D. D., pastor OF
Cheraw Baptist church, died Sunday
afternoon. DR.. Shuck was known
throughout the State, he having Ia
bored in the ministry for 81 years
in the Carolinas, Kentucky, Missouri
and Virginia. The interment took
Dlace at Barnwel1.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-19
They Had Hot Time.

In a free-for-all fight, at an outing
and dance given by some Polish min
ers near Adna, Ohio, three mereWere
stabbed to death, three more were
fatally injured and about score OF
persons, including several women, re-
ceived knife wounds.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-19
Had a Close Call.

When the first execution under the
new law providing for electrocution
in place of hanging took place in
the State penitentiary at Eddyville,
Ky, recently it came near ending in
the death of two persons instead Of
one. Prison physician Moss stepped
forward to feel the pulse of the negro
who formed the first subject before
the current had been turned off and
barely missed having several thous-
and volts pass through his body.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-19
Stream of Burning Booze

Recently large whiskey distillery
was burned at Glasgow, Scotland. A
remarkable spectacl as furnished
bv a stream of turni1. whiskev run
mig from the flames, which consurl-
the building, into the Cromarty
firth
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-19
From Isite Of Crab.

Miss Mavbelle scheririshea. age ! 4,
of New Orleans, may lose her left
arm because of the bite Of a crab. She
was 'pinched" on the hand BY the
crab last week and the wound, becar e
infected. Physicians are making
eeorts to save her arm.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-19
Shock Proved Fatal.

Charley Lawson, negro living on
J. e. Broughton's place was killed
Wednesday about five O'Clock oy
lightning. Mr. Broughton and his
hands had sought shelter in an out
house and all were shocked by the
bolt that killed Lawson. Three mules
were also knocked down.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-19
Struck Their Boat.

AT Milton. Fla, George E. Carroll
and his twelve year old son were in
stantly killed by lightning Friday.
They were rowing and had turned
to head for the shore at the approach
of a thunderstorm when the craft
was struck.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-19
Rescured from Tug.

The Marblehead, Ohio, life Say.
saving Station reported to the de-
partment service at Washington that
the life saving crew had rescued at
midnight Sunday eight men from the
tug Luther while that vessel was
sinking in Lake Erie near Gull Is
land reef
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-19
Three Rescners Drowned.

The wireless operator at Surf, CAL,
received a message at 1915 p. m.
Friday night from the Centralla say
ing that the second mate and two
seamen Of the Helen P. Drew were
drowned while attempting to take a
life line to the Santa Rosa.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-19
SHOT HIM TO DEATH.
White Man Kills Negro Who Insulted
His Wife.

After follawing him for miles
white man named Bragg put a load
of shot in the. breast and another load
tore off the top of the head OF Ed
Brown, negro, at Jimps, Ca, Fri
day night. 1t is said the negro wrote
Bragg's wife letter and after hand
ing it to her himself, started OFF IN
the direction of Jimps with white
man named Waters. Bragg was
away from home at the time and
when he returned his wife gave him
the letter. He got his gun and start
ed out after the negro and after fol-
lowing him for miles found him at
the station and later the negro was
found in a pile of crossties with his
head blown off.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-19
Crazed from PelIagr

Crazed by the suffering caused oS
Del1agra, which was contracted Two
wears ago, Mrs. J. ". Cate OF Nash
Vile. Tenn, aged 81, killed herself
by drinking carbolic acid Monday.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-19
Hard on Horses.

Twelve hundred horses died from
heat in New York during II days.
The total loss in horseflesh through
out the country as result OF the
heat is estimated at S1,000,0O0.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-19
Terrific Explosion.

Near Frankfort-on-the-Main, Ger
many ten persons were killed and
twenty others seriously injured by an
explosion in dynamite factory We'd
nesday.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-19
Eire Chu1 :i1es Struck.

In two days FIVE churches, three
Protestant and two Catholic. were
struck by lightning last week during
different thunder storms.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-19


This makes the increased price on
ly six cents. A change In the two
lower Arithmetics was considered
advisable. since in the judgment OF
the Board they were out of date.
Such being the case, the adoption OF
the Milne was logical, inasmuch as
the advanced Milne was already on
The list and the whole series was al
ready widely used in the Independent
schools Of the State.
Saving to the State
Those who have commented on the
cost Of the adoption have overlooked
he positive ssact that this Board has
secured what is confessedly the best
contract ever obtained from the pub
Iiskers ir this country For We main
tain that the credit for this contract
IS due to no one man, but that the
contract was the product OF the COM
bined judgment Of the whole Board
ana was unanimously adopted by it.
BY this contract, for the first time
in the history of book adoptions,
"anv old book" in the hand of the
child has been given definite money
value and will be taken in exchange
FOR any book of a lower or higher
grade in the same series. By the
same contract, too. the length Of
time allowed tor exchange has been
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-19

D. N. O'Driscoll. 1st district.
H. F. Rice, 2nd district.
D. ". Daniel, 3rd district,
A. G. Rembert, 4th district,
J. Lyles Glenn, 5th district.
Nathan Toms, 6th district,
A. J. Thackston. eth district.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-19

Making the apparent increase on
arithmetics 47 cents. Az matter
of fact, the New Advanced Arithme-
tic quoted at Il cents in the second
isl above. was on the old list and
is a re-adopted book. Tho proper
comparison should be:
Cost of old Wentworth arith-
metic, elementary. -. >. .22
Cost of old wentworth arith-
tic, advanced. ;. :. :. 40
Cost Of old Milne arithmetic
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-19
How the Members Voted.

How the Members Voted.
On only three Of the books adopt
ed were the undersigned members
divided in their final vote. These
were the basal set of Readers, the
Geograpies and the English books be-
low the high school. The following
voted for the Wheeler primer: Messrs
Daniel, Glenn, O'nriscoll. Rembert.
Thackston and Toms. In the case o.
the first and second basal Readers,
Messrs Glenn and Rembert voted for
the Graded Classics Of B. F. johnson
& Co. as a solid basal set Messrs.
Daniel, O'Driscoll, Rice. Thackston
and Tous voted for the Wheeler first
and second Readers. as adopted. In
the case Of the Biographies, the final
vote stood for Naury, Messrs. Daniel.
O'Driscoll, Thackson, and Toms; for
Frye, Messrs. Glenn, Rembert ano
Rice. In the case of the Grammars
the following voted for Kinard and
Withers books: Messrs. Glenn,
O'Driscoll, Rembert, Rice and Thack-
ston. The following voted against
these books: Messrs. Daniel and
Toms. IN each such instance, how
ever, those who opposed the books f.
na!Iy adopted cheerfully accepted and
approved the verdict Of the majority.
In the final vote on all other books
adopted the undersigned members
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-27
~Ths Ark and the Church."

One Of the best meetings Of the Sc
ries thus far was held at the Central
Church Of Christ revival last night and
four professed their faith and united
with the church at the close Of the ser
mon. The usual large attendance was
present. Mr.. ]. Ross Miller led the big
chorus and congregation in a rousinE
song service and sang one of his best
solos. Rev. c. H. Norris conducted the
prayer service and Evangelist r. W.
Abberley preached a strong sermon on
'The Ark and the Church." emphasiz-
ing the thought and both were built
according to divine direction. and the
salvation Of Gods people depends on
entering the spiritual building found
ed by Christ and his apostles. 1t was
forceful doctrinal sermon. bringing out
many interesting points Of analogy.
One young man was baptized at the
close Of the service. Tonight the evan
gelist will discuss Popular Excuses
For Not Being Christian" Saturday
night he breaches on ''The Race and
the Prize"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-27
REAL BARGAINS.

A Few Snaps at Flowers Which Will
Interest You.
Flower offers the real bargains in
meats and groceries this week. Below
are a few Of the special bargains
which you can not afford to overlook:
Boiling beef. twenty five pounds for
Mutton stew, cents a pound.
Mutton roast, 10 cents a pound.
Salt white fish, 10 cents pound.
Salt herring. three pounds for %
cents.
Mackerel, 10 cents a piece. three for
Is cents.
Fresh fish, 10 cents pound.
Five pound brick cheese, 1919 cents
a pound.
Fancy cookies. 1914 cents pound.
Oranges, 20 cents a dozen.
Bananas, 20 cents a dozen.
Potatoes, so cents a bushel.
Turnips, % cents a bushel.
Onions, 81 a bushel.
Chanberries, two quarts for IS
cents.
No. coffee. five pounds for 81.
We still have plenty of apples.
FLOWERS MEAT AND GROCERY
COMPANY. 1885 North Center
Street.