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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-10-02
TAXING POOR MANS
COAT OFF HIS BACK
Concrete Illustration of What a He-
publican Tariff Really Means
Causes Workers to Think.

Concrete examples. of how pro-
teetive tariff operates are causing INC
working man. the poor man, TO 40
lot of thinking nowadays. He IS DE-
ginning to understand whether II IS
not about time to call halt on the
Republican practice of taxing the coat
off his back and threatening him VIII
the loss Of his shirt and his SOCKS Il
he does not submit.
All through the present tarif law,
passed by Republican congress ana
endorsed by Republican President
as THE BEST TARIFF BILL EVER
PASSED, are to be found discrlmina'
tions, the higher duty on the cheaper
article, the lower on the snoulcers
of those least able to bear 1t the great
er burden of the protective system
Here are some Illustrations:
The cheapest wool blankets bear a
duty Of 165.42 per cent; the dearest
104.55 per cent.
Flannels, not more than 10 cents a
pound, are taxed at 1887 per cent;
over 10 cents pound 1881 per cent
Wool pushes, cheapest. 14l.7o per
cent; dearest, 95.33 per cent.
Knit fabrics, cheapest, 141 per cent;
dearest, 1888 per cent.
Stockings, worth from 81 to sl.5o
a dozen, 1881 per cent; from 81 to
s3, 50 per cent.
Hats and bontets, worth not over
SIS a dozen, 62 per cent; over S2o a
dozen, 35 per cent
Carpets, highest priced, so per cent;
that used for mats and rugs, 1858 pei
cent.
Women's gloves, unlined 4s pei
cent; lined, 81 per cent; longes'
gloves, unlined, ~ per cent; lined, ~
per cent.
Mems gloves, worth less than So a
dozen, 66.2S per cent; costliest gloves
14.45 per cent: leather, .unlined, 44.oe
per cent; lined, $3.50 per cent.
Buckles, cheapest, 7f4S per cent;
dearest, 1858 per cent
Uncut diamonds bear 10 per cent
duty; imitation diamonds, 20 per cent
The humble frecracker bears a
e7.o2 per cent. duty, while. elaborate
fireworks bear but 70 per cent.
Mating, smaller and cheaper grades,
43 per cent; costlier, "a per cent.
Watch movements, seven jewels,
66.02 per cent; II jewels, 40.41 per
cent; II Jewels, 34.45 per cent.
Underwear, cheapest, $3.50 per
cent; dearest, so per cent.
Dress goods. Of wool, cheapest,
1o5.42 per cent; dearest, e4.1S per
cent.
veNets, cheapest, 1o5.22 per cent;
dearest, 1885 per cent.
Silk handkerchiefs, cheapest, T.44
Der. cent; dearest, SO per cent.
Scissors, worth so cents a dozen:
52.21 per cent; worth s1.75 a-dozen'
46 per cert.
Table knives, fancy grades, 57.40
per cent; bone handled, 6s.4S per
cent.
Butcher knives, best grades. 52.lO
per cent; cheapest grades, 1885 per
Cent.
Files, smallest, >s1.2s per cent;
longest, 1851 per cent.
Shot guns, worth from S. to So
I.47.67 per cent: worth. ever SO, 45.4e
per cent.
These are only part Of the dis
crinina!ion3, CLEANED from a swift
coming Of some Of the schedules. Re
duced to simplest terms, they mean
that the poor man is taxed higher than
the rich man.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-10-02
Wanted Them Matched.

a homes,eader received from the de-
partment of agriculture a quantity OF
dwarf milo maize seed. with request
to plant it and report the result Here
is his report: MIR Secretary: Dear
Sir-l planted your dwarf maize. and 1t
did fine. II vas the dwarfest maize /
ever saw. Rut the jack rabbits ate 1t
as fas, as 1t got ripe Please send an
other lot Of seed and send along lot
of dwarf jack rabbits to match the
nn3lZe" ...
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-10-02
Roaan Masons and Their Tools


The excavations 1T Pompeil ana her
culaueum have unearthed masous'
tools much resembling those In use
today and demonstrated the freer nse
of large tiles. the employment Of iron
to tie together brick and stone work
and the Use Of kind OF concrete OF
which lime was the binding medium
and finely broken brick favorite ma
teriaI The dome OF the Pantheon.
built in the first century Of the Chris;
tan era. still teStifes to the enduring
nature OF concrete superstructure. al
belt bound with lime and not with ce-
nent-Charles Winsiow Hall In Ma
tional Magazine.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-10-02

fng terms with the State Agricultural
Colleges and Experiment Stations. and
the State officials will no longer De
regarded as inferior beings, living only
on the largess of Washington caosi'
I ask all who want honesty and faith
full service in the Department OF Agrl-
culture, the promotion Of public
health, and executives who nave
grown to manhood and lived IN an en-
vironment favorable to that WHICH
makes for the public welfare, to vote
for Wilson and Marshall.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-10-02

The Third Term candidates favor
tie reply to the telling, unanSwerable
arsuments Of Gov Wilson IS that the
latters opinions are based mot on ac-
tnal knowledge and experience but by
reading nusty books on political
economy" The Colonel himself at a
tender age was PIT at hard labor!
n IS not often that a man whose whole
life has been given up to politics and
of7ce.holding gets as horry-handed as
Mr.. Roosevelt in the ranks of labor
and high finance!
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-10-02

Those who know and feel for Chair
man Hilles say he really isn't to blame
for the Republican presidential caudi-
dates announcement that he is out Of
politics"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-10-02
NOTICE..

To the scoool trustees Throughout
the county:
! am now ready TO work up the
special school tax, aud if there are
a;iy OF the trustees who wish TO rnn
over their townships and make the
returns of those in the special school
districts, they will please come III and
do so at once. Otherwise shal! mark
all returns as near like they were last
yaaras can. \. p. BURGESS,
County Auditor.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-10-02
The [ adv and the Oath.

The LAWYER ito the ladS' fou nm
derStand the nature Of an oath fon
yon: The Lady IA little turr1ed'
Ses your. pardon The. Lawyer 'f"st
ily,- What is the nature OF an "at0
The Lady trinniphantlE, Pr"rane.
isn't it: Cleveland Plaip Dealer.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-10-02

President Taft corgratulates the
Renublicans Of Maine on what Chair
man Hilles describes-as IAN old-fash-
toned victory" Another such and
vermont and Rhole Island would go
Democratic in November.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-10-02
Qualified.

>Rarun Yon have called to secure the
po<itinn OF porter: Applicant Yes.
sir t:arnn Wa> there not SOME one
IN the arter.nm is you came IN ap-.
nIi..ant There was. sir There was
man with bill against you Herr
Baron. but / thew him out. FlieSende
gI.,-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-10-02

Wonder If Emerson was gazing upon
Moose calf when, several decades
ago, he wrote:
~ am the owner Of the sphere,
OF the seven stars and the solar year"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-10-02

The card-stackins at Armageddon
eoes merrily on. Eight Taft electors
n Missouri announce that if elected
thev will vote for the Third Term can
didate.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-01-12
%OTICE OF SPECIAL ELEC
TON.

Notice is hereby given that "A
:pecial election is called for the
purpose OF voting bonds in the
sum of Seven Thousand Dollars
or Che purpose of providing wa
ter for domestic use in and for the
City OF Mobridge, South Dakota,
and said election will be held at
Miles undertaking rooms in the
first ward. and at basement of the
Goodman building in the second
ward, and at the City Hall in the
third ward in said city on the 10th
day of January, 1912, and the
polls will be kept open for the
purpose of said election from nine
o'clock a. m. until four O'Clock p.
m. on that dav pursuant to a res
olution of the City Council at an
adjourned meeting neld at the City
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-01-12
MARRIAGE IN PERSIA.
Tho Old Woman Matchmaker Is a Very
Important Parsonage.


Persian marriage brokers are old
women who always keep themselves
in a position to quote the state OF
the marriage market, which fluctu-
ates. In hard times yer girls of
good appearance are comparatively
a drug. In times Of plenty they
rule firm"
The marriage broker is ever a
welcome guest where there are
daughters to marry, and also IN
houses where the sons wish to find
a suitable bride. The young people
are not consulted by the broker.
She deals with the parents and gen.
orally with the mothers.
Crafty as a horse dealer, she runs
glibly over the various advantages,
mental, physical and pecuniary, Of
her clientele of both sexes. So-and-
SO is a steady, quiet man. Such a
one has brilliant prospects-has
important consideration no other
wife. As for Yusui, how good look
ing he is! And Hassan-no man
was ever so good tempered! Of the
other sex she sings the praises no
less. The skill Of Bebc as a house
keeper, the wealth Of the ugly
daughter Of the banker, the danger
Gus charms of the portionless Zu-
leikha, she can never say too much
about. Her main business is to
bargain for the sum to be paid to
the father for his daughters hand
"a sum which is usually expended
by that father in pots and pans,
all Of copper, and other utensils,
which he presents to his child as
her separate property.
The details being settled after
much haggling, the young people
are engaged, and the marriage
broker gets her commission both
from the parents of the bridegroom
and those of the bride elect.
Among the poor and laboring
classes the bargain is arranged on
other grounds. The peasant takes a
wife for her thews and sinews or
her skill at weaving carpets or max
ing cheese, while the bridegroom is
or is not eligible according as he
may be capable of hard work or
may hold some small Office or have
a bit Of land or a shop.
Here the marriage broker is gen.
orally an amateur, who conducts the
negotiations purely from that love
of matchmaking which is such a
blessing to the world.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-01-12

81, 200. 90, payable January l,
1929; said tonds to bear interest
at the rate of five per cent per an
mum, payable annually until fully
paid, and,
Be it resolved that a tax of two
mills per annum be, and the same
is, hereby levied upon the taxable
property of the said City of Mo-
bridge for the purpose of paying
the principal and interest on said
bonds as the same shall become
due and payable, and,
Be it further resolved that a
special ele' ton is hereby called for
the purg ose of submitting the
question of the issuance of said
sewer bonds to the electors of said
city and said special election is
hereby Orde red held in the several
wards in the said CITY of Mobridge
on the 10th day of January, A.
ID. 1912, as follows: In the first
ward at Miles undertaking rooms;
in the second ward, basement of
Goodman building; in the third
ward in the City Hall; and,
BE it further resolved tpat the
following named electors Of said
city are hereby designated to act
as Judges Of said special election,
to-wit: n. .. Howe, W. S.
Wrigley and R. Ii. Wright for the
first ward N. NJ. Minton, Gus
Smith and John Layer for the Sec
ond ward; Peter Helmsy, Phil
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-01-12
Something Wronu.

A youth dashed into the florists
shop.
"There was something wrong
about those red roses you sent the
lady on Lincoln avenue" he de-
clared.
"I'm sure they were sent" re-
piled the florist. 81 remember the
order. You said you wanted the
very cheapest ones. A dozen and
a quarter. Here, joe"
The new boy came forward.
"You remember those roses you
took to Lincoln avenue? Sure you
got the address right?"
dyes, sir. | took it of the bill
for 'em, sir"
Bring the bill here"
81 can't, sir. | put it in the box
with the roses! "-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-01-12
JAWBONES OF A WHALE.
They Form the "Jonah Gate" 6 Queer
Feature of Block Island.

The "Jonah gate" is the mos
remarkable feature Of Block island.
1t stands at what was intended to
be the principal entrance to the old
Payne farmstead. 1t has been there
nearly half a century and is com
posed Of the two ~jawboacs Of the
biggest whale that yer was cap
tured in the waters about B.oe1
island.
One day in the long ago sorca
Block islanders were out sTordlsh-
ing. The swordish is hunted Will
harpoons and tack!c much the Suite
as the whale. Well out a. sen this
little crew saw the spouting of a
big whale and gave chase. All Oh.
them were old time whale-s and
had played the game from Bloc.
island far up to the icy seas be-
You'd the polar circle. They crcpl
up on the leyiathan and so c@ica-
lated their approach that when ne
rose to blow again the fountain OF
water spouted hardly a boats length
away. Two harpoonS were planted,
and the whale soundcd-sank deep
in the water and tried to run away
and rid himself Of the big barbs
that were torturing him.
The whaleboat with its crew Of
sever men sped through the water
with the speed of a hydroplane.
When the whale rose again a third
harpoon gave his deathblow to
him. When they towed him to the
shore and dragged him where he
would be left high and dry at low
tide they found that he measured
more than a hundred feet in length.
1t was a good days work for these
fishermen. Each Of them made
enough money from his share OF
this whale to keep himself and his
family in comfort for a year. They
considered themselves lucky and so
cut out the two great jawbones.
One of the Paynes begged them for
a gateway to his farmstead, and
they were set up there.
Probably the Block islanders of
those days had heard the story Of
Jonah and the whale, but had paid
scant attention to it. By and by,
however, they began to recall that
Jonah was an especially unlucky
person, or at least his name had
become a sailors synonym for, mis-
fortune. So strong did this feeling
of distrust of the gate arched over
by the whales jawbones become
that they had not been in place two
summers before there was not an
inhabitant on Block island who
could be persuaded to pass through
this "Jonah's gate" as it came to
be known. SO the owner OF the
property fastened it up, and it has
remained unused from that day to
this.-New York Press.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-01-12

Reilly and Geo. Treloar for the
third ward; and,
Be it further resolved that the
polls be kept open at said special
election from nine O'Clock a. ma
until four O'Clock p. M, and,
Be it further resolved that the
city auditor be, and he Is, hereby
directed to give notice of said
special election and to notify the
above named judges as by statute
made and provided.
Aldermen present voting in ia
vor of said resolution: j. w.
Harris, G.. H. Cartmell. ID. C..
Johns, John Feeney and Lars
Larson.
Aldermen present voting against
said resolutions: None.
Dated December Ia, 1911.
p. p. STOLTzMAN,
Attest: Mayor.
M. 7. WOODS, City Auditor.
(Seal.)
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-01-12
The Pity of Il.

Hearing the crash of china, Di-
nah's mistress arrived in time to see
her favorite coffee set in pieces.
The sight was too much for her
mercurial temper. "Dinah," said
she, 81 cannot stand it any longer.
/ want you to go. | want you to go
soon. l want you to go right now
"Lawzee," replied Dinah. "this
surely am a coinstcnce. | was this
very minute cogitatin' that same
thought in my own mind want
to go, | thank the good L.awd | kin
60, and ! pity your husband. ma'am,
that he can't go."-Ladies' Home
Journal.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-01-12
China's Royal Household Doctors.

There are attached to the Chi
nese royal household quite Il num-
Der of physicians and surgeons
Each mar is paid IA regular yearly
salary as a sort of retaining fee.
The salaries, which are quite what
royal doctors salaries should be,
+ paid punctually until the en-
peror or empress becomes i'll. Then
the doctors salaries stop. All the
united efforts of the medical staff
go to bringing about a quick cure.
So long as the ruler of China re-
mains i'll the doctors get no pay
whatever in return for their serv-
ices. When the monarch is well
again the salaries of the retinue OF
medical men begin once more.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-01-12
Exclaimed,

II thought you told me this place
was so healthy that nobody ever
died here?" objected the prospec-
tive purchaser to the real estate
agent.
81 did, and I'll stick to it."
'11l bet you will. You also told
me hat people in this suburb didn't
have to pay grocery bills, because
the ground raised their vegetable
for the
81 told you that too"
"How do you account for the fact
that one of your prominent citizens
died of starvation yesterday"
"That was a doctor "-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-01-12
The sian on the Church Door.

"'This Door Is Open is the SEN
sible little sign which appears on a
massive door of one of your well
known churches" said a visitor to
New York. "Now, while many
churches in most of our large cities
make it "a practice nowadays to
keep the church open for certain
hours each week day, as a matter Of
fact the stranger often tries n or
more of the heavy doors and goes
away unable to find just what par
ticular door happens to be open.
This Door Is Open settles the
whole business. 1t is simple, SEN
sible and saves a lot OF embarrass-
ment and fnmbling with heavy
doors. 1t struck me as a notably
thoughtful little sign."-New York
Sun.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-01-12
Tony WeIler's Advice.

Sand how long," he asked, shave
you been a widow?"
"Oh," she replied, with a blush,
"the year was up yesterday. But,
indeed, ! didn't suppose you were
SO anxious, dearest. You must give
me q month at least to get ready"
When he got outside again, he
murmured to himself:
"Now ! know what ,ld Weller
meant"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-01-12
RESOLUTION FOR THE IS
SUANCE OF BONDS FOR
THE PURPOSE OF BUILD
ING A CITY HALL AND
JAIL IN THE CITY OF MO
BRIDGE. SOUTH DAKOTA.

Be it resolved by the City Coun-
ell of the City of Mobridge, that it
is II cessary AID for the best inter
ests of the city to provide a city
hall ID Jail for said city at a cost
not to exceed Three Thousand Dol
lars, and, further,
Be it received hat said indebt-
edness be bonded in the sum rot to
exceed Three Thousand Dollars,
tie b nds to be OF the denomina-
ton of Five Hundred Dollars each
payable as folio g Bond No.
payable January l., 1916; bond
No 2 payable January ], 1917;
bond No. 3 payable January l,
1918; bond No. t payable January
/, 1919; bond No. payable Janu-
AIRY /, 1920; bond No. 6 payable
.ianpary /, 1921; said bonds to
bear interest at the rate of five per
cent per annum. and further,
Be it resolved that a LAX of one
mill be and the same is hereby au-
t olized to be levied on the fax
able property OF the City of Mo-
bridge ton the purpose of paying
he principa aud interest on said
bonds as the same shall become
due and payable, and further.
Be it resolved that a special
election be called in and for said
city aud the same is hereby or
der,d called for the purpose of
submitting the question of the is
suance Of said bonds to the elec.
tors of the said city and said cleo
ton shall be held on Tuesday,
January 16, 1912, in the several
wards of the city. as follows, to-
wit: First ward, at Miles under
dertaking rooms; second ward,
basement Goodman building; third
ward, City Hall; and further,
BE it resolved that the follow
ing named electors 0f tho City of
Mobridge be and the sapae are
hereby na'red as judges Of said
special election for the several
wards OF the city: First ward,
n. ID. Howe, w. 8, Wrigley and
X. II. Wright; second ward, M.
NJ. Minton, Gus Smith and John
Layer; third ward. Peter Helmey,
Phil Reilly and Geo, Treloar; and
further.
Be it resolved that the polls be
kept open for said special election
srom nine O'Clock a.. IN. to four
O'Clock p. m. Oh said appointed
day, and, further,
Be it resolved that the City Au-
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-01-12


Notice is hereby given thai a
special election is called for the
purpose OF voting borQs in the
sun Of Seven Thousand Five Ilun-
dred Dollars for the purpose OF
installing Il sewer system IN and
for the City of MoDridge. South
Dakota, and said election will be
held at Miles un ertaking rooms
in the first ward, and at base
ment Of the Goodman building in
the second ward, and at the City
Hall in the third ward in said
city on the 10th day of January,
1912 and the polls will be kept
open for the purpose of said cleo
ton from niEe o'clock a. m. until
'our O'Clock p. m. In that dy
p rrSuant to a resolution Of the
City Council at ar adjourned
nesting held at the City Hall in
said oity on the 18th day of De-
cember, 1911.
BY order of the City Cornell.
Dated December Is, 1911.
=. i. STOLTZMAN,
Attest: Mayor.
Nj. 7. WOODS, City Auditor.
(Seal.)
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-01-12
RESOLUTION FOR THE IS
SUANCE OF BONDS FOR A
SEWER SYSTEM IN AND
FOR THE CITY OF MO
BRIDGE, SOUTH DAKOTA.

'~~- = z - - . "a ..A-AL
BE it resolved by the City Coun-
ell at the City Of Moblidge, that it
IL necessary and for the best inter
ests Of said city to install q sewer
system III Ond for said city, and,
Be it resolved that a sum not to
exceed 81, 10000 be expended
therefor and that said Indebtedness
bs paid by bonds issued by said
City Of Mobridge in a sum not to
exceed 81, 500 90, said bonds to be
of the denominations and payable
as follows: Bond No. l, $500. 90,
payable January /, 1922; bond
No. 2, $1,000 90, payable Janu-
airy L, 1928; bond No. 2, 81, 900 90,
payable January l, 1924: bond No.
4, $1,000. 90, payable January /,
1925; bond No. s, 81, 200. payable
January |, 1896 boyd No. 6, 81,
DOC. 90, payable January |, 1927;
bond No. 7. 100000 payable
January l. 1928; bond No. g.,