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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-05-24
The South as a Pace Maker.

No one can read the Department OF
Agriculture's statement Of farm crops
by States for 1910 without fully
realizing that Southern agriculture
now grows faster than Western and
is at last, after many years of diff
cult adjustment to new but far
sounder conditions. coming into its
own, says the Charlotte Observer No
State in or near the cotton belt fail
ed to improve it's rank except Louis
siana; and this one exception is un-
doubtedly due to conditions Great
ed by the boil weevil. Louisiana had
almost quit raising cotton for the
time being, and had not done much
more than Offset the loss with other
crops. Under the circumstances her
showing is as good as that Of Texas,
which has had time for adjustment
to boll-weevil conditions and which
now takes first place by large mar
gin from Illinois.
South Carolina's leap from twenty
first to thirteenth among American
States. in contrast with Kansas drop
from fourth to tenth. is the most i'm
pressiye exhibit of all. North Caro-
lina's gain of 1873 per cent, or from
twenty-second to eighteenth place,
was much larger than Texas made
and was, in fact, the fourth largest
in a fast-gaining South.
This remarkable showing is large
ly due to the high price of cotton, but
let us remember that cotton would
never have brought such price had
not the Southern farmer learned to
raise, and had he not been provided
by manufacturing: development, with
a market for, various other crops.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-05-24
Socialism in England.

Although Great Britain is known
in history as a monarchial nation,
vet she has marched long distance
from individualism to paternalism in
government during the last fifty
years. The old idea that the internal
function of government was mainly
to perform police duty is discarded
entirely by all sections in parliament.
This was conclusively seen in the
favorable reception accorded the
government measure of insurance
against sickness and unemployment
by which 100000 of people will
be affected. Conservatives, nation
aEsts and laborites We'd with the lib
erals in their enthusiastic support.
The experiment will be watched with
great interest on this side of the wat
er where the question of sickness and
unemployment among working peo-
pie, even if not so pressing as in Eng
land, is one of increasing Importance.
Anyway, the new collectivism with
it's solitude Tor the welfare Of the
masses is infinitely better than the
old system which practically ig-
nored them while it favored the aris-
tocracy with its feudal power and
usage.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-05-24

4 Washington dispatch says "rea-
sons why that portion of the Canad-
ian reciprocity agreement passed by
the house of representatives relating
to the duty on lumber should not be-
come effective will be explained to
members of the senate finance COM
mittee by representatives of the
North Carolina Pine Association. an
organization composed OF lumber
merchants from the South Atlantic
States If the duty on lumber don't
help the dealers in that product in
the South why should they 90 to
Washington to try and influence a
Republican Senate to keep the duty
on lumber? Does any one think
these men spend their money and
time for nothing?
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-05-24
Radical Weather Changes.

The Eewberry Observer says the
backbone of the cold weather is
broken. The break came somewhat
suddenly on Tuesday. That morn
ing started off at 43 degrees: in the
afternoon the temperature went up
TO IS. The temperature Wednesday
morning was 50: Wednesday after
noon it reached o. There was a
change of fftv-one degrees from
Tuesday morning to Wednesday al
ternoon. The change was very vel
come, for everybody had got mighty
tired of winter weather in April and
MAY" All that is needed now is a
good rain.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-05-24
WAS II BADGER CAME?
SENSATIONAL STORIES ABOUT i
MAN FROM AUGUSTA.
He Is Accused Of Trying to Black
mail Men in New Orleans and at
Mobile.

A dispatch from New Orleans says
q man known as James Reynolds Of
Augusta. Ca. took sudden departure
from New Orleans early last week
after District Attorney Adams had in
Investigated an alleged scheme Of Rey-
nolds to blackmail a business man
of that city. Reynolds went there
with a young woman whom he. rep
resented to be his daughter and made
charges that she had been mistreat-
ed by a New Orleans travelling man
named Falk.
Reynolds asked permission of some
police officer to shoot Falk but the
latter denied any improper relations
with the young woman and made
counter charges of attempts to black
mail him. After investigating the
matter the district attorney had a
talk with Reynolds and the latter
readily agreed to get out of the city.
Later in the week Reynolds and
his reported daughter turned up IN
Mobile, where Reynolds shot young
man named Duggan, mhom he claims
he detected in compromising posi-
ton with his alleged daughter in
one of the rooms Of the hotel IN
which they were staying. 1t is charg-
ed that Reynolds was trying to work
the badger game on Duggan.
Reynolds denies this, and says he
shot Duggan because he was mis-
treating his daughter and he became
enraged and shot him. The father
of the young man who was shot sign
ed Reynolds bond, which would seem
to indicate that he at least believes
Reynolds statement. Just as Rey-
nol6s was about to be released word
came that Duggan's condition was
dangerous and Reynolds was sent
back to his cell.
Reynolds branded as untrue the
report that the girl was not his own
daughter. The young woman in the
case is said to be quite handsome and
attractive looking. If she is the
daughter of Reynolds. as he claims,
she has given him considerable trou-
bel. and he had better bring her
home and make her behave herself.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-05-24
Major James T. Bacon.

The memory of the late James T.
Bacon of Edgefield, S. c., is treasured
in the minds and hearts of many
friends. He was one of those rare
and fine spirits who seemed to reach
the sentiments of life and bring back
from them some of the sweetness and
purity of their atmosphere to fresh
en- the everyday levels of those who
read his writings or had the pleasure
and good fortune of meeting him for
a little passing chat. AS the Sa-
vannah Press says his gentle spirit
still fingers with those who knew
and loved him and still exercises a
SUPPLE charm and power upon their
thoughts. He was man Of brilliant
talents and accomplishments, gifted
with gentle and exquisite humor, a
literary talent and ability of the
very highest order and tempera-
ment for art and beauty in all Of its
forms. Surely his rare talent must
have sounded the lure of fame and
fortune and called him often to a
more brilliant circle. but if they did
he did not follow. He lived out his
life among his own people in the
little South Carolina town which was
his home. loving better to be loved
than to be fattered. spending his
life and seeking not to crafty vanity
or ambition in a wider field. In the
little church in Edsoield beautiful
memorial window has been dedicated
to the memory Of James T. Bacon.
The window illustrates the parable Of
the Good Samaritan, and to those
who know the life and character Of
this good gentleman and Christian
the association seems peculiarly fit
ting. Generous and full of kindness.
he gave unstintingly from his great
possessions. but his great possessions
were not those Of worldly wealth.
IRON his heart and mind and OF
himself he gave and in company
with the Good Saparitan is his
memory blessed and honored. He
will be missed when the press asso-
citation meets at Columbia.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-05-24

ter noon I broke through the ice and
had to make fire, found one foot
slightly frozen. Killed another dog
tonight have only five dogs now and
can only go few miles a day; every
body breaking out on the body and
skin peeEng off.
The last entry was evidently made
iwhile the party was proceeding down
Trial river to the Peel river. Corpo-
raj Dempster who commanded the
relief party, followed their trail and
began at this point to fear for the
worst, on account of the camps they
made being close tokether. At Col
ms Cabine he found the mail and
the dispatch bag which had been
cached there.
"On March 81. about three miles
below the portage on the Peel river
| he found the bodies of Constables
Kinney and Tyler. There was a camp
kettle half full Of moose hide cut in
small pieces which had been boiled
for soup. Each lay on his back, the
two men side by side. They had
three Alaska sleeping bags, one un-
der and two over them.
s.Constable Tyler evidently had
committed suicide by blowing the
TOP Of his head off No doubt he
had become insane from the terrible
hardships which he had undergone.
cit seems that Inspector Fitzger-
aid had concluded that these men
were too weak to travel through and
lleft them all the camp equipment
the party had. With Carter he push
ed on toward Fort Mcpherson. with
the hope OF getting relief to send
back. About ten miles further on
he and Carter Welded up their lives.
Carter succunbed first and was laid
out by Inspector Fitzgerald. who
probably died shortly afterward.
There were absolutely no provisions
nor any sign of the dogs.
Inspector Fitzgerald in his diary
gives some inkling as to what most
affected his mind il seems to have
been the anxiety TO perform the pa
troll and not to return to Forts Mac
| Pherscn defeated. His expression.
MY last hope is gone and the only
thing | can do is to return seems
70 indicate this. Had .e been a less
experienced traveller that he vas he
surely. would have turned back soon
er
Corporal Dempstar's report shows
that the unfortunate men had vast
ed TO shadows. All were powerful
strong young men. and in the best Of
health and condition when they left
on their i'll fated Journey
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-05-24
SENATOR TILLMAN
DENIES STORIES ABOUT HIS
HEALTH BEING BAD.
Will Not Go to Washington During
This Session Unless He Is Urgent
ly Needed.

" Needed.
Your correspondent called on Sen
ator Tillman at his home at Trenton
recently. Discussing the repeated
stories about his bad health, the Ser
ator said: -
"These yarns are so evidently set
ahoat by those who do not like me
and are anxious for the time to come
when my obituary shall be really
written and not recalled by the man
aging editors, as was the case when
| I was last taken i'll in February,
1909, that I feel it is due my friends
to say that as far as I can judge my
health is slowly but steadily improv-
ing. AS the appearances go
ought to be strong and vigorous,
but physically l am very weak. But
I am strong enough to walk over the
farm with the aid of a cane and also
to ride horseback, which regard a
most excellent exercise.
"I mount my horse unaided. and
am in the saddle almost every day
for an hour or two. The best sign
is that of late I sleep better ard
without a backset I ought to recover
reasonably good health. My appetite
is good; my digestion is gco5. and
the only reason that I am not in my
seat-in the senate in Washington is
that I do not feel that the necessities
of the situation are such that 1
should forego the opportunity to set
as much restored as will ever be Ly
stayiny at home instead of swelterihf
in hotel in Washington.
81 have pair with a Republican
senator, Mr.. Dillingham;, of Vermont,
who is my good friend and most
excellent gentleman. He always OBJ
serves the pair scrupulously so that
no harm comes to the Democrats or
the State by my being away. have
indicated to my Democratic col
leagues that if an extingency arises I
will report to the senate at once. I
keep in touch with Senator Martin,
the Democratic leader, bySwire and
constituents need nossbe uneasy about
my neglecting the essentiafswork OF
a senator.
"The routine work which can be
done by letter or telegram am at
tending to as have always done Tor
the last fear After my daughter
Sophie's marriage on the 2Sth Of
June I hope to make some visits to
warm friends in various parts of tbe
State, but I will not go to Washing
ton, unless summoned by the Demo-
cratic leader"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-05-24
MEXICO CITY UNEASY
INSURRECTOS SAID TO BE GATH,
ERING FOR ATTACK.
Chihuahua and Mexico City Will Be
Scenes Of Next Attacks by Madero's

Troops.
A. A dispatch from Chihuahua, Mex
leo, says two thousand insurrectos
part Of the band operating in the
districts south of there, we're report
ed Sunday to be marching on Chihu
hua. The advance guards are en-
camped around the city.
Chihuahua City, with it's 33, 900 in
habitants, has been isolated for prac
tically two weeks.
The situation in the south is re
ported as follows:
Torreon, $4,000 population, in
cIuding numerous Americans, sur
rounded by insurgents; inhabitnat:
in constant fear of attack.
Lerdo, three miles from Torreon
in hands Of insurrectos.
Palacio Gomez, near Torreon, IL
yaded by insurrectos without resist
ance
Durango, $4,000 population, capi
tai of state of same name, surround
ed by insurrectos.
Zacatecas, $4,000 population, capi
tai of state, surrounded by insur
rectos.
Aguas Calientes, $4,000 popula
ton, capital of state, described as
hotbed of revolutionists.
Parral, south of Chihuahua, sen
out distress signal Fifteen hun
dred insurrectos surrounded th'
town.
Guaralupe Calrows, entered b!
700 men, who killed the jefe politico
Stores were looted. August Beck
man. an American, Of Luckenback
Gillespie county, Texas, was pulled
off horse while trying to escape anc
was ordered executed, but he escap
ed after suffering a wound in thu
scalp and hand.
Rosario has been cut off for some
time and conditions Of anarchy pre-
vail.
Indee was sacked. Twenty people
were killed.
AS soon as the appeal came from
Parral, an armored train was sen
out from chihuahua. It went as ia,
as Jinrinez, when insurrectos were
seen ahead in such great number:
that it was deemed unsafe to proceed
and efforts to aid the beseiged tow1
were abandoned.
In the territory adjacent to ane
south of Torreon, towns have beer
invaded, stores looted, railways ant
telegraphs destroyed and the jefe!
politico have been killed.
Those in authority do not concea
their belief that the conditions abou
Torreon and the larger section Of tht
interior, embracing the cities O.
Zacatecas, Durango, Aqua Caliente'
and Parral, is fast becoming a great
er menace to the federal governmen
than Madero's forces.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-05-24
DILLON SHERIFF WOUNDED.
BY Mistake Was Shot by Negro As
sisting in Chase.

A special from Dillon to The
News and Courier says Sheriff Lane
was shot and painfully wounded at
Floydale, a small station on the Sea-
board Road, Ave miles below Dillon.
Tuesday night. The shooting wes
done by negro "spotter,' who mis-
took the sheriff for a negro named
Chavis, who was trying to escape Oh
the Seaboard train after mortally
wounding a negro woman. said to be
his wife, in the tenderloin district
early Tuesday evening.
Sheriff Lane had taken the negro
along to assist him in apprehendins
Ckavis, who was in the vicinity Of
the depot at Floydale, and the negro
was armed with a shotgun. Mr. Lane
went out Of the depot, after giving
the negro man orders to watch a
certain spot; the negro went out also
and was moving around in the dark
ness when the sheriff commanded
him to halt. Thinking he was the
negro Chavis, for whom he was
looking, the "spotter" mistook the
sheriff for the fugitive also opened
fire at close range, the entire load
of shot taking effect in the sheriff $
hip and abdomen.
Sheriff Lane was taken to on in
frmary at Florence wednesday
morning, and at last accounts he
was resting easily. While very pain
full, the wounds are not considered
serious. Chavis, the negro being
sought by the sheriff, came to Dillon
from North Carolina and discovered
the woman alleged to be his wife in a
home Of i'll fame; row arose and
Chavis shot the woman in the head
and hip. Her wounds are critical,
and she is not expected to live.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-05-24
Wing Him Along.

The Montgomery Advertiser rec
ommends the Texas Blackbird as a
worthy foe for the English sparrow.
This Texas product, it seems, is one
of the few birds outside the pre-
dacious class who can whip the Eng
lsh sparrow: he takes pleasure in
doing so, and he has no aversion to
the life of towns. Any creature
serving as a curb upon the petty
nuisance who drives song birds away
should be welcome. Wing him along.
He is badly needed right here in
Orangeburg.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-05-24
Negro Democrats Meet.

The negro National Democratic
Convention opened at Indianapolis,
Ind. for a three days session We'd
nesday. and more than two hunG-
red delegates were in attendance.
James S. Greene. of Georgia, is chair
man, and W. H. Grant, formerly
auditor in the treasury departme
at Washington, is secretary.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-05-24
Give Town Bad Name

Gary, Ind, is town five years old,
and at its fifth anniversary people
are beginning to ask whether it has
justified itself. A Congregational
clergyman declared that the town
was "hell on earth He resigned
his pastorate before he made the re-
mark however.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-05-24
LAWYERS RULE
Members Of lhe Legal Profession Run The
United States as the
FIGURES AMPLY PROVE
The Ordinary Business Ban s1ann'
facturer or Agriculturalist. Has
Little to Say or Do in the Manage
ment of this Great and Glorious
Nation.

-SNCAoAAs
The government Of the United
States is run by the lawyers. The
statistics on this point are over
whelming and leaIes no doubt that
the ordinary business man, manuiac'
turer or agriculturalist has little &C
say in the affairs Of the nation. How
completely the present congress is in
the hands of the lawyers may be
judged by the fact that they number
more than IS per cont Of its tota.
members, says the Washington cor
respondent of the Atlanta Constitu.
ton.
Of the 480 members of both sen.
ate and house, 304 are lawyers.
few Of the others have been trained
in the law, but are now engaged II
other occupations. The judicia
branch of the gocernment is, o'
course, given over entirely to law.
yers. But the same is almost true o.
the executive branch. President
Taft is lawyer So are Secretarie:
Knox, MacVeagh, Dickinson, Wicker
sham, Hitchcock, Fisher and Nagel
Thus Of the niHe members of the
cabinet, seven have had legal train
ing.
In congress the lawyer is king be
yond dispute. In the senate there
are 80 Republican lawyers ant
the same 'number Of democratic law
yers. In the house the republican:
have ninety-nine lawyers and the
democrats 145 Thus 70 per cent o.
the senators are members Of the bal
and 63 per cent of the representa-
tives. The representation Of cthel
occupations in congress us so small
as to be insignificant as compared
with the army of lawyers. In botl
houses com bined there are only TWEEN
ty-six merchants, twenty-four farm
ers, twenty-three editors and twelve
manufacturers.
Of course, many of the lawyers>i;
congress are also engaged in othe1
occupations" such as banking, rea
estate, manufacturing and agricul
ture, and many of them are associate
ed with large industrial corporations
But in classifying the occupations o
members of congress for the purpose:
of this article, each man has been put
down under the vocation in which be
is principally engaged. Here is {
table which shows the occupations G.
United Sites senators in the present
coQeTesS:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-05-24
Clark. Wilson and Harmon.

A poll of editors by the St. Louis
Republic, which was recently ttken,
shows that fifty Of the one hundred
editors, who replied. favor Champ
Clark as the Democratic Presidential
candidate in the next election. Gov
ernor Woodrow Wilson, of New Jer-
sey. is next, and Governor Harmon,
of Ohio, is third.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-05-24
STILL ON THE HUNT.
The Brother of Dorothy Arnold Vis-
it's the Morgue.

eft is simply another disappoint-
ment, the body.is not that of Dorothy
Arnold" This was the declaration
Tuesday of John Arnold, brother OF
the missing New York girl, after a
night spent in examination Of cloth
ing and jewelry Of a young woman
whose body was found in the East
river late Monday. The clothing was
fine and there were several pieces
of valuable jewelry. The body had
been in the water for four months or
more and was in such condition that
Identification was difficult. Miss Ar
mold disappeared on December -.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-05-24
First Cotton Report.

The first cotton report of the de-
partment of agriculture this season
will be issued Friday, June ?, at
noon, eastern time, and will give the
estimated acreage of cotton planted
this year with the condition of the
crop on Bay 25.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-05-24
Standard Oil Dividend.

The Standard Oil Company Tues
day declared the regular quarter;
dividend of So per share due at this
time of year. The declaration calls
for a disbursement of ss.N9O,oOo to
the company's stockholders.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-05-24
*Inc1udes one socialist.

*Inc!udes one socialist.
The naval architect mentioned IT.
the above table is Richmond Pear
son Hobson, of Alabama. The au-
thor is E. w Townsend, of New
Jersey, and the iron worker is Frank
Buchanan, of Illinois, and the build
er and hotel-keeper are William NJ.
Calder and George II. Lindsay, of
New York. respectively.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-05-24
Occupation Of Senators.

In the house of representatives the
diversity of occupations is greater
after the big list Of lawyers is passed.
Twenty three different lines Of busi-
ness are represented in the house, ac-
cording to the official director, and
twenty-nine members do not state
their occupations. Here is the table:
Occupation Of Representatives.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-05-24

Why not do business for the South.
in the South and sell and ship from
Southern ports. all our raw material
and finished products?
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-05-24

Corporal Dempstar's report shows
that the unfortunate men had vast
ed 70 shadows All were powerful
strong young men. and in the best Of
on their i'll fated Journey
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-05-24

"tWe have now only ten pounds Of
-four and eight pounds OF bacon and
some dried fish. Ny last hope is
gone, and the only thing / can do IS
to return and collect some of the
dogs to feed the others and ourselves
unless we can meet some Indians.
"'We have now been a week look
ing for a river to take US ever the
divide, but there are dozens OF rlv-
ers. and I am ut y loss. should not
have taken Carter's word that he
knew the way from the Little Wind
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-05-24
Says the Most Alarming Tendency of
the Day, So Far as the Safety and
Integrity Of Our Institutions Are
Concerned, Is the Tendency to Ju-

Justice Ha-Ian's dissenting opinion
in the Standard Oil case has receiv-
ed most careful consideration, and
is being discussed by a large major
ity of the officials as well as other
people.