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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-12-04

depending upon how badly your soil
needs calcium, but the usual applica.
ton varies from one to four tons.
The other factors which enter into
crop production are the selecting Of
good seed and the preparing of the
soil. It is possible that the seed that
you are using has become somewhat
run out and needs to be replaced by
pure seed. Combine with this the
preparation Of a good seed bed-which
is very important in order to obtain
satisfactory yield of small grain.
Yours very truly,
III c SERVICE BUREAU.
Geometricai.
Don't know her? Why. she lives 10
the same square with you"
Yes, but she's not In the same cir
Leader.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-12-04

Mr.. John K. Aull has assumed
charge of his work as private
secretary to Governor Blease.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-12-04
pendulum to swinging the other

pendulum to swinging the other
way.
The pulpits, the homes, and
the columns OF the Enquirer can
dc. more good for the cause Of
temperance than congress o r
any other legislative body, and
the sooner the advocates of tenn
perance realize this and seek to
build up their cause by other
means than legislation the quick
er will they find results.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-12-04

Not Always Loaded.
Gabbleigh-They say that language
Is the vehicle Of thought, you know.
Keene-Yes, but lot Of times It tray.
els empty.-Boston Transcript.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-12-04
Not ALWAYS Loaded.

Each one sees what he carries In his
hea-t.-Goethe.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-29
AMERICAN TROOPS
MAY CROSS BORDER

Ell Paso.-Four troops of United
States cavalry are patroling the Rio
Grande with orders to cross into
Ciudad Juarez, If necessary, to protect
American life and property.
In case of fighting across the border
line in the future, the American COM
manders have been instructed by the
war department to send the usual no
tice that American lives and property
shall not be endangered. If this no
tice is not needed and zone of safety
respected, the American troops are di-
rected not to hesitate to go into Mex
lean territory to enforce a proper de-
gree of protection for American citi-
Gems.
Decrying President Francisco l. Ma
dero as "gringo lover" and one who
has profaned the banners Of Mexico
with the scurrilous hand of the Yam
kee," and declaring that American
capital has backed him, a manifesto
purported to have been signed by Gen
eral Pascual Orozco, Emilio Vasquez
Gomez and others, proclaiming Gen
eral Geronimo Trevino, provisional
president of Mexico, was widely cir
oulated in northern Mexico.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-29
Political News Bits

Leroy T. Vernon, Washington cor
respondent for the Chicago Daily
News, has been appointed chief of the
publicity bureau of the Taft Washing
ton headquarters.
Flat denial of charges that he. had
said that the American people are I'M
fitted for self government was made
by President Taft in an official state
ment issued from the White House.
"My hat has been in the ring long
time and my head has been in it"
said Governor Woodrow Wilson, of
New Jersey, when his attention was
called to Roosevelt's reported state
ment that my hat Is in the ring"
Belief in the political doctrines of
the progressive" was reiterated by
Theodore Roosevelt, who made four
speeches in Ohio. 1t was his first trip
Of the kind since the series of jour
neys shortly after his return from
Africa in 1910.
An interesting feature of the Seat
tie primary election in addition to the
large vote for ex-Mayor Gill, was the
defeat of the two council candidates
who were Endorsed by the labor un-
ions, and the s&ccess of two who were
nominated by the Socialists.
In an address at Denver w. ]. Bry-
an set at rest all reports that he might
be induced again to make the race for
the presidency. He says the partys
only chance for victory this fall is to
nominate a progressive" on a plat
form chat is progressive" and thinks
some one else can poll more votes
than he can.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-29
DOES TARRING ROADS
SERIOUSLY AFFECT TREES?
French Authorities Experimenting
With an Avenue In Paris.

This road tarring problem has for
months past been engaging the atten-
ton of French scientists owing to the
numerous complaints touching the ill
effects of tarred roads on the yegeta-
ton in the Bots de BoulOgne and else
where in the vicinity of Paris. The
head gardener of the Bots has come
forward as a reliable witness of the
harm done to trees by the black pow
derry tar dust which settles on them.
whatever their height may be. and can
not be removed even by the heaviest
rain He has produced samples of
leaves thus injured. and he forecasts
that in settling upon the foliage the
tar dust or powder raised by the per-
petual grind of traffic must end by
sitting the development of the tree.
Reports received by the commission
from municipal gardeners and pIanta-
ton custodians confirm this view of
the matter; but, categorical though this
Indictment against road tarrin@ is, the
commission very prudently declines to
believe implicitly what is said until
such assertions have been investigated
to determine definitely what truth
there is in them.
Practical experiments have yet to be
made before final decision be reach
ed. An avenue, for instance. it is
stated, will be taken as field for care
full operations Half Of it will be sub
jected to the tar treatment, the re-
mainder being left to the ordinary road
dust. and at the expiration of given
period results will be compared. Parks
and plantations will be similarly treat
ed by the creation of zones of tar
around flower beds and bushes. In fact
in every way the work in hand is to
be done thoroughly and methodically.
Delicate flowers and plants will, it is
thought. probably suffer from the
proximity of tar, but this will not
prove that the faded condition of trees
and foliage along tar laid avenues is
to be ascribed exclusively to the per-
nicious effects Of tar dust. A variety
Of circumstances may occasion the
premature shriyeling Of leaves or the
nondevelopment of tree, and it would
perhaps be we'll to wait the results of
pending scientific inquiry before ex-
pressing any definite opinion on the
subject. Most assuredly the parks,
gardens and avenues of Paris are, as
the president Of the commission as
serts, worth protecting, and it is sat
isfactory to have his word for it that
they shall be protected, even if the
tarring of roads has to be prohibited.
In such an eyentuality in need not
necessarily follow that no other dust
preventing medium could be found.
Road engineers, in fact, are already
turning their attention to the matter
and are seeking means to attain the
same result without mourning the risk
of preventing the growth Of trees, sup
posing the accusation brought against
tar be tantiated.-London Stand
nd
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-29
HaWIey's Ward Holds Fort.

New York.-However much Miss
Margaret Cameron, the beautiful ward
Of Edwin Hawley, the railroad mil
lionaire who died recently, leaving no
will, was kept in the background dur
ing the lifetime of her guardian, she
is coming to the fore now. Having
seized the New York home of Hawley
and announced, to the amazement of
the heirs, that it is hers, together with
a share Of the Hawley millions, she
has made extended preparations to
hold the fort.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-29
PUTTING 4 CITY
PLAN IN ACTION
The Budget Is by Far the Cily's
Most important Problem.
NEED BETTER LEGISLATION.
Money Must Be Spent For the lgno-
rant, the Diseased and the Criminal
if 1t Is Not Spent For Properly
Planned Towns and Cities.

Granting that means. private or pub
lie, can be found to undertake the
drafting of a town or city plan based
upon survey of local conditions and
to keep planning ahead; granting that
such plans can be prepared with prop
er and we'll defined controlling pur-
poses, co-ordinating one part with an
other, how is the plan to be put in ac-
ton? Have American cities generally
the powers necessary for this new and
different kind of city making?
The charters under which the cities
OF the United States operate vary
greatly. and in general they convey but
limited powers as compared with the
cities of Europe Most cities. however,
have large powers in the field Of city
planning which they do not now exer
else. The first change should be to en-
ploy to better advantage the existing
law. The city councils of many cities
have authority to transform their
towns and cities by administrative ac-
ton alone, if they would In many
cities, for example. the city govern
ment has ample power to inaugurate a
much better system of laying out and
constructing streets and thorough
fares and of meeting the cost of such
improvements. Where the city char
terS are inadequate the aid Of the
state legislature must be invoked. Such
legislation has already been sought in
a number of states. Ohio. Pennsyl-
vania and Connecticut, for example,
and easily secured. If the best results
are to be obtained American cities
must have a larger measure Of home
rule and a degree of authority ap-
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-29
Brief News of the Week

Houston, Texas, was scorched by
100000 fire.
Absolute sovereignty over TripoI
has been declared by Italy.
Men and women textile strikers
whose only offense was the attempted
sending of their children out OF Law
renee, Mass, were brutally dubbed
by two companies of militiamen and
80 police.
Thirty indictments charging con-
spiracy to obstruct and monopolize
the cash register business were re-
turned against officials and sales
agents of the National Cash Register
company at Cincinnati.
So numerous and insistent are the
demands upon the navy department
for relics of the battleship Maine that
it has been found necessary to send
for another shipload in addition to
the collection brought to Washington
recently on the collier Leonidas.
Accusing the Western Union Tele-
graph company of unlawful practices
and the exaction of unreasonable
joint rates, the Postal Telegraph
Cable company has instituted a pro-
ceeding before the interstate COM
merce commission, demanding an ad-
justment on an equitable basis Of all
interchange rates.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-29
People in the News

Premier Asquith is expected to in
troduce the bill granting home rule
to Ireland in the house of commons on
March 20.
John Morg, 124 years old, and prob
ably the oldest man in the United
States, died Friday at his home on
Indian Creek, Kentucky.
Edward Hines, the millionaire lun-
herman, was expelled from the Chica-
go Union League Club, as the result
of his connection with the Lorimer
case.
W. Morgan Shuster, ex-Treasurer-
General of Persia, who was the storm
center Of controversy between Per
STA and Russia, has arrived in New
York.
A new champion was born to pugil-
ism when Johnny Kilbane, Of Cleve-
land, decisively outfought, out gained
and outpunched Abe Attell in their 20
round contest at Vernon, CAL, and
was awarded the featherweight title.
While motoring in his car at Wash
ington, Lieutenant General Nelson A.
Miles, retired, observed a man crum-
pied up in heap on the sidewalk.
Going to his assistance, General Miles
found the man to be his brother, who
had suddenly died of heart disease.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-29
ROOSEVELT SAYS
He WILL ACCEPT
Colonel Answers Governors,
and VIII be In Fight "Until
the Convention"

New York; will accept the NOM
nation for the presidency If 1t Is ten
aersd me and will adhere to this de-
cision until the convention has ex-
pressed its preference" is Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt's reply to the
letter of seven Republican governors
asking him to stand for nomination.
The reply was as follows:
New York, Feb. rs, 1912.-Gentle-
men: I deeply appreciate your letter
and I realize to the full the heavy re-
sponsibility it puts upon me, express
ing as it does the carefully considered
convictions of the men elected by pop
ular vote to stand as the heads Of gov
srnment in their respective states.
II absolutely agree with you that
this matter is not one to be decided
with any reference to the personal
preferences or interests of any man,
but purely from the standpoint of the
interests of the people as whole. l
will accept the nomination for Prest-
dent If it Is rendered to me and l will
adhere to this decision until the con-
vention has expressed it's preference.
One of the chief principles for which I
have stood and for which I now stand
and which l have always endeavOred
and always shall endeavor to reduce
to action, is the genuine rule of the
people, and therefore 1 hope that SO
far as possible the people may be CIV
en- the chance, through direct primar-
les, to express their preference as to
who shall be the nominee of the Re-
publican Presidential convention.
Very truly,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-29

preaching that granted to English
towns and cities by the housing and
town planning act of 1909.
Given city plan with the necessary
administrative machinery to revise and
keep it up to date and the power to
execute it, we must meet still another
and in some respects the greatest prob
lem Of city planning-the cost. AS
rule, the first question asked by city
officials and business men when more
comprehensive city planning is pro-
posed is, Does 1t pay?
In the first place, certain things are
Indispensable for every city-suitable
streets, thoroughfares. public buildings,
homes and an adequate number Of
Fairgrounds, parks and open spaces
All these must be had sooner or later
1t is not question Of getting them or
Of not getting them. 1t is merely a
question Of when. Shortsighted citi-
zens often deceive themselves with the
idea that they are saving money and
avoiding expense by pOstpOning ex-
penditures for these city necessities,
for necessities they are. Observation
and experience In such matters prove
that this is mistaken view. By such
action they are merely increasing pub
lie expenses. increasing the kind Of
burden from which the majority Of
American cities are suffering today.
In conclusion it may be said that,
whether we care about health or
about wholesome and refreshing rec
reation or about beauty in civic life
or whether we care only about the In
crease of industrial wealth and COM
mercial prosperity, we must sooner or
later turn for aid to this subject Of
comprehensive co-ordinated city plan
ming. While not a panacea, it offers
one safe and sure way out of many Of
our municipal difficulties. Especially
serviceable will comprehensive plan
ming be If applied early to small cities
with an assured future. but with cor
ditions still relatively plastic.-John
Nolen in American City.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-29
France Has a New Macada-v.

French engineer is expected to protect
roads from excessive wear by automo-
biles. In the test sections already laid
down the bottom layer is of concrete.
On this is layer of cement mortar re-
enforced with iron rods. and a top lay
er is Of mortar and crushed stone
Such a road is claimed to be more
durable than ordinary macadam. The
surface is elastic and easy to travel,
and in France the cost is no greater
than brick paving
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-29
GOOD ROAD FACTS.

The people need to be educated
to the fact that money spent for
good roads is not money thrown
away, whereas money spent for
makeshift improvements is worse
than thrown away.
A good road is a convenience
and necessity. 1t helps both
the buyer and seller of farm
produce. 1t is invaluable to
farmer and merchant alike.
Good roads will make the We
hicIes last longer.
Good drainage is absolutely
necessary in building good
road.
Every man who owns an auto
mobile, a horse or bicycle is in
terested in good roads.
The highway and roadside are
usually a fair index of the peo-
Pile living in the vicinity.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-29
MAKING DUSTLESS ROADS.
Cape May County Adopts oIing
Process

Following the slogan of "Best roads
in the state,' officials Of Cape May
county, N. j.. have begun q crusade
against dust. A contract has been
awarded for oil to oil fifteen ,nfIes of
the newest roads, and every one of
them will be dustless as we'll as mud
less The seashore resorts have fallen
into line, and many Of them are max
ing their streets waterproof and dust
less. Wildwood has every main street
we'll covered. having used 10000 gal
Ions of oil for the work Wildwood
Crest has also put 5000 gallo1a IN it's
streets
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-29
Trial of Detective Is On.

Los Angeles.-The trial of Bert II.
Franklin, the Mcnamara detective,
who is charged with having bribed
members OF the Mcnamara jury, be-
gan Tuesday. This Is the case in
which an indictment charging a sim
liar offense has been returned against
Clarence barrow, the attorney for the
NcNamaras.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-29
CAPITAL ISSUE, UNDECIDED
Yuan Shi kaI Endeavoring to Divide
South on Location.

Pekin.-The government prepared
an elaborate reception for the delega-
ton of Republicans who are coming
here under the leadership of Tang
Shao vi from Marking to notify Yuan
Shi Kai of his election as president.
The people, however, seem indiffer-
ent respecting the visit. kilograms
have been received from various Sec
tons Of the country, embodying vari-
GUS proposals with respect to the fu-
ture capital. 1t is believed that Yuan
Shi Kai is inspiring this secretly with
the object of dividing the south on the
matter of the location of the capital
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-29
MICHIGAN Wants Primary.

Lansing, Mich.-Pursuant to the
call of Governor Osborne, the Michi-
gan legislature assembled in special
session Monday to pass a bill proviA.
Ing for o presidential primary.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-29
Raise 81 500 For Road

The city of Richmond, Va. and the
Peninsular Automobile association to-
gether have raised $500 toward the
road from Richmond to Newport News.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-29
Good Road Nav Lead TO Anvtbino

NoOo noao way Lead TO Anything.
This laconic utterance of the Shreve
port Oa.) Times speaks volumes.
while bad road leads nowhere and
the sooner it ends the better. q good
road may lead to anything"
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-02-29

y
all gwine wrong. De Lord amt no
suspecter oh pussons. He hab de same
law TO- de white man and de niger.
It's de INTERROGATION wha' mak's de
difference. De white man interfrets
de word accOrdin' to his possessions,
de niger accordin' to his necessities
De INTERROGATION in dis case is dat it
is all right TO Pete to show just cause
why dis marriage sha'n't TAX place,
but accordin' to de INTERROGATION Court
and Sue lfbin' under de auction ham,
naer, de Lord amt gwine to hold 'em
to de same account as dem as is WORT
a million dollars. Now. yo' Pete, yo'
shet up or glib my divine permission
as pastor OBJ dis chu'ch fo' to put yo'
out
Pete subsidized. the ceremony proceed
ed, and at its conclusion Court and
Sue sailed smilingly down the aisle
and out of the church.
"Pa'son." said an old darky to the
officiating clergyman. ''dey war anud-
der theological pint in de sarvice yo'
didn't say nuthin about"
"Wha' dat?'
''Why, it's let no man put asunder.'
Dat don't mean notten bout de las
time de man or de woman war put
asunder; it only mean dis time. And
dis time don't hab nottin' to do with
de mex time nudder."
"Jes' so, brudder. Yo' dead right"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-07-17
DEBORAH BRAVES WIN.
Defeat Caledonia's Fast Aggregation
by Score of 6 To 4.

In one of the fastest games played
on the local grounds this season
Shea's DEBORAH braves scalped the
fast Caledonia, Mimi. team last Sun
day by score of 6 to 4. For the
first six innings honors were even, all
though DecoIbh came dangerously
near scoring in several innings, but
were held off by the clever gophers,
and some of the plays made the fans
sit up and take notice. In the Sec
ond inning Homerun Bidne started
things, for he has hit his batting
gait now, and polled out a pretty sim
gle to right, and Qualley repeated
with one over second. Dotseth hit
to first and he juggled it, letting Dot
seth safe, and Bidne started for home
but fell half ways to the plate and
was corraled by the whole team and
retired. In the mixup Qualley stole
third, but a moment later was caught
mapping, and took a walk to the
bench. Eernatz famed.
In the sixth a slugging bee started
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-07-17
THE NEW POWER DAM.
Work Progressing Rapidly With
Large Force of Men. VIII he
Completed in Few Weeks.

The other day we made a trip to
the site of the new power dam of the
Interstate Power Co., seven miles
northeast of DEBORAH, and had the
pleasure of inspecting the work thro'
the courtesy of the superintendent.
Mr.. Callahan. Work is so well along
now that it is expected that the con-
struction work will be compile
ted within thirty days and that it
will be in operation by September
LIST. The power house on the east
side is practically complete, except
the roof, and the heavy machinery is
all set within it, The east half of the
dam is finished, and the heavy work
remaining TO be done is the con-
struction of two piers and the re-
tanning walls. The sheet piling
which has been driven down to solid
rock on the west side is in, and the
walls are being constructed above it.
Covering the whole bed of the stream
for distance of probably two hun
dred feet below the dam is an "ap-
ron" of concrete, to carry the water
after falling over the dam down
stream to a safe distance before let
ting it strike the river bed. 1t is a
great piece of work, and seems TO
be constructed in a strictly scientific
mannar, ayery possible precaution
being taken to make it massive, sclid
and safe. The reinforcements are
the heaviest we have ever seen on
a similar piece of work. il was
thought that the first dam built near
this site was quite piece of CON
crete, and then when the second one
now in operation further down the
river was made at least twice as
large that was thought to be some
dam, but the present dam is fully
twice rs large as the lower one, and
VIII cost pretty close to 500, 1000. 90
before it is entirely complete, and
will develop when working TO full
capacity 1,400 horse power. About
eighty-five men are now at work on
the structure, and delay or danger
| from high water is considered past
| for work from now on will be con-
fined practically to above the water
line.