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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-21
LETTER TO VETERANS
GENERAL TEAGUE WRITES
ABOUT REUNION.
Which Is Soon to be Held at Gettys-
burg and Making Arrangements

burg and Making Arrangements
for the Same.
Mai. Gen. B. H. league, command
ing the South Carolina division, Q. c.
", has addressed to the veterans q
letter setting forth officially the ar
rangements that have been made to
care for them during the Gettysburg
reunion, July IA, next. S. E. WEIGH
his adjutant, and chief Of staff, urges
that all county papers copy the no
tice. The letter follows:
To the Confederate Veterans Of South
Carolina:
The State Of Pennsylvania has ex'
tended an invitation to all Confeder.
ate veterans to unite with the Grand
Army of Republic in the celebration
of the fftieth anniversary Of the bat
tie of Gettysburg, July 1, 2, and 4,
Of this year, on the battlefield.
The legislature Of our State at its
last session appropriated $1,000 to
pay for the transportation OF such
Confederate veterans, residing IN
South Carolina, as participated IN
that battle. The Gettysburg surviv-
ors only are to share in this fund for
their transportation, and those who
purpose attending the celebration
must furnish certificate attested by
a Confederate veteran, sworn to be-
fore the clerk Of court of the county
in which they reside, and forward
the same to the commanding officer,
Gen. B. H. league, Aiken, S. c., on
or before the 18th day Of June. With
this certificate must be sent the name
of the railroad station from which
each one will. start. This certificate
will be reeorded and returned to the
sender with a check for his proper
tionate share Of the States appro-
priation for railroad fares.
All veterans who purpose attend
ing the celebration, who were not
participants in the battle of Gettys-
burg, will have to pay their own rail-
road fare. Free entertainment will
be furnished to all veterans, In a
large camp to be established for this
purpose.
Remember, all Confederate veter-
ans who were not in the battle OF
Gettysburg, who attend this celebra-
ton, must obtain before leaving
home, a certificate signed by the COM
mander or adjutant Of a camp OF
United Confederate service. This
certificate will be presented at Gettys-
burg to insure entertainment.
While any veterans wearing civil
ian's clothes will be entertained, 1t. is
desired that all who can will wear
the gray uniform.
Information about trains and rates
will be furnished by railroad agents
on application. B. H. league,
Major General,
S. C. Division, .. C. V.
Official:
S. E. Welch,
Adjutant General, Chief Of Staff.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-21
THINK THEY SEE JOKER
FEAR EFFECT OF NEW CIVIL
SERVICE RULING.
Some Republicans Declare Democrat
ic Administration is Only Trying to
Clean Out Republican Postmasters.

Republican politicians at Washing
ton expressed the opinion recently
that they saw a "joker" in the ad-
ministration's decision to revoke an
order of former President Taft bring
ing $4,000 fourth class postmasters
into the civil service, this decision
providing hereafter for examinations
.or Democrats and Republicans alike.
Republican congressman see large
possibilities in the action Of the ad-
ministration.
Under the civil service rule, the
post Office department. will make its
selection of postmaster from a list
Of three eligibles. One at least OF
these eligibles Is almost sure to be a
Democrat. That the postmaster gen.
eral will see to it that the Republican
eligibles are passed over for Demo-
Gratis is not only expected, but it has
been asserted on good authority for
weeks that this was just what Post
master General Burleson was plan
ming in the way the Republicans see
it.
Under such an arrangement Re-
publican incumbent Of an office
would have little chance. He might
pass successful examination. Some
Democrat or more than one in the
community would probably get on
the eligible list. The post Office de-
partment, as Republican members OF
congress view it, will do the rest.
In other words, while the Senate
Democrats are just now crying out
against overlooking the civil service
with Republicans, a Democratic ad-
ministration is alleged to be planning
one of the greatest pieces OF political
favoritism under the guise Of the
civil service on record.
Against any such charges, the
Democrats declare, their plan is much
more fair than President Taft's
wholesale order putting the postmas-
ters in the fourth class Offices into the
service without examination.
While Republican senators and
house members are disapproving OF
the Burleson announcement and
threatening trouble, as matter of
fact there is probably nothing they
can do, except to make speeches and
attack the Democrats for not observ-
ing the spirit of the civil service law.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-21
Jack johnson in the Tolls.

At Chicago Jack Johnson. cham
pion heavyweight fighter, was found
guilty Tuesday night Of violating the
Federal white slave law in transport
ing Belle Schreiber from Pttsburg
to Chicago in 1910. He was convict
ed on all seven counts in the indict-
ment. The jury returned its verdict
after an hours deliberation.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-21
MANY KILLED IN WRECK.
Mexican Rebels Blow Up Train With
Mexican Regulars.

Two hundred lives are reported
lost in the train disaster at Den, near
the Sinaloa-Sonora border Thursday.
State troops leaders declare the train
bearing $50 Mexican Federal soldiers
was not dynamited by stealth. It Is
said the insurgents fired into the
train, exploding a car Of dynamite
which the Federals were conveying
to Guaymas. Only fifty OF the pas
sengers are reported to have escaped
death, and others were wounded.
The troops we're moving from San
Bias in Northern Sinaloa, to Alamas,
below Guaymas, from which point
the insurgents feared they would
proceed to reinforce the garrison de-
Tending the Gulf port.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-21
AUSTIN HAS BEEN CAUGHT.
Said to Have Been Taken in Custody
Way Out in Ohio.

". c. Cathcart, chief Of police OF
Columbia, received letter last week,
signed ". Jackson, Toledo, Ohio, to
the effect that a man. who says his
name is "Dick" Austin, is in that
city, and that the writer believes he
is the negro wanted for the attempt
ed criminal assault on a white wo-
man at Luray, and the resultant kill
ing Of three white men and the
wounding of two others week before
last. The letter was referred to Sher-
if J. B. Norris, Of Barnwell county.
Although it is hardly probable that
this is the Hampton desperate, Sher-
ic Morris wired Jackson to hold the
suspect. and that a full description OF
Richard Henry Austin would follow
by mail.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-21
LUNATIC KILLS GENERAL.
High PruSsian Officer Was Shot
Down On Streets

At Munich, Bavaria, Major Gen.
Won Lewinski, the Prussian military
attachee to Bavaria, and sergeant
of police were killed Tuesday by a
supposed lunatic. The assassin,
whose name is S. ,ffer, attacked the
general on the crowded street, first
firing several shots at him, then turn
ing the weapon on Police Sergeant
Pollander. Gen. Won Lewinski was
still alive when picked up. He was
taken to the hospital in an ambu-
lance, but died shortly afterward.
The assailant was seized by a crowd
which tried to lynch him and sue
ceeded in seriously injuring him be
fore he was rescued by the police.
Gen. Won Lewinski was an officer of
the general staff.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-21
Drowned by Accident.

The overturning Of motorboat on
Sunday night near Wansop, Wis,
caused the death of six persons-Her-
man Roehl, Gustav Jahnke and his
four children. Four others were saw
ed. The boat struck sunken log,
breaking the rudder The current
was swift and the craft drifted over
a partially submerged pier and cAp-
sized.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-21
Escaped Prisoner Killed.

At Soperton, Ca, W. L. Radney, a
farmer, arrested on a burglary charge
was killed Thursday after be fed
from the lookup. The shot is said
to have been fred by Lee Keen, mem
Der of a posse, which included Mayor
Lamar Holmes and Town Marshal
Wadney, and is claimed to have been
accidental.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-21
Tonsilitis Becomes Epidemic.

At Canton, Mass, three more
deaths from tonsilitis occurred Mon
day, bringing the total since the cpl
demic started last week to sixteen.
Nearly 400 cases Of the disease have
been reported in the town. No pub
lie services were held Sunday and the
public library and schools vii! remain
closed next week.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-21
Small Boy Is Missing.

Search for six-year-old Albert
Smith, son of Alfred Smith, believed
to have been kidnapped, continues at
Burlington, n. j. The lad has been
missing since Friday a week. The
only clues to the lads disappearance
was the story told by a neighbor's
butler, that he heard Albert crying
don't take me away"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-21
MANY YEARS IN PRISON.
Locked Up Twenty-Three Years Out
of Thirty-six.

Arthur Patten, who at 80 has spent
% years in Kansas prisons, left the
penitentiary at Topeka, Wednesday
paroled to a farm "to become citi-
zen". At the age Of seven Patten
stole a three-dollar-watch and was
sent to the State reformatory as an
incorrigible. Paroled after four years
he entered farmers house in Usage
county, where he had vainly sought
work, and ate food he found in the
pantry. Caught, he was compelled to
finish his refo-matory sentence and
then was sentenced to the peniten-
tiary for second degree burglary.
Gov. Hodges acted promptly when he
learned the circumstances. "Society
has committed crime against Pat
ten," he said.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-21
Fought Fatal Pistol Duel.

In a pistol duel at Girard, Ala.'
Wednesday night, H. C. Elliott was
killed and ". B. Perry was probably
fatally wounded, according to advices
received. Perry and Mary Lou Web
ster, a young white woman, who Is
alleged to have been the cause OF the
duel, both are under arrest.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-21
FIVE HUNDRED LIE DEAD.
Field of Carnage Near Guaymas
Strewn With Federals.

A dispatch from Mexican sources
says more than 500 dead are lying
on the battlefield above Guaymas.
The soldiers fell during three days
of desperate fighting last week. Col.
Juan Cabral, who arrived at Herno-
sillo from the front reported that he
had estimated the killed to exceed
500. A trainload Of oil and f1rewood
was rushed south with which to Gre
mate the bodies. The official report
of Gen. Alfero Obregon, the insurgent
commander, stated that the Federals
killed alone numbered 500 with 200
Huerta soldiers taken prisoners. Both
sides have been executing all COM
missioned officers captured. Driven
to The last station north Of the Gulf
port the remnants Of the Federal
army Of some $500 found itself cut
off from further retreat.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-21
WILSON COAES OUT FOR FREE
SUGAR and WOOL
WANTS NO COMPROMISE
Regards It as the Duty Of the Demo-
cratic Majority in the Senate to
Fulfill the Platform Pledge by En-
acting the House Tariff Bill Into
Law.

President Wilson came out strong
" Thursday as the champion Of free
wool and free sugar in three years as
provided for in the tariff bill recently
passed by the House. He announced
emphatically that he was not consid-
ering compromises Of any sort; that
he stood seuarely behind the measure
as it passed the House and that he
regarded it as the duty Of the Demo
cratic majority in the Senate to fulfill
it's platform pledge by enacting the
House bill into law.
81 am not the kind" said the Pres
ident, "that could ask compromises
when once take my position. !
have taken my stand with the House
leaders for the present bill. Enough
said. am not loking for or accept
ing compromises"
The Presidents utterance was
made a half a hundred newspaper
correspondents who gathered as
usual at the White House for
the semi-weekly conference. Prac-
tically at the same time the SEN
ate was engaged in protracted debate
at the end of which an agreement
was reached to vote on the question
of public hearings on the tariff bill.
While the President smilingly let
it be known that he was expressing
no opinion whatsoever on the pro-
posal for hearings and that this was a
subject for the Senate to dispose Of,
his statement of unqualified support
for the House bill was taken general
ly to mean that Mr.. Wilson consid-
cred arguments from special interest
on the tariff schedules to have been
closed when the measure passed the
House. He is understood to regard
the effort to obtain hearings as a
flibustering device.
The correspondents were about to
leave the Office when the President
asked if it were true that reports
we're being circulated Of compromise
on the wool and sugar schedules.
All day there had been rumors that
concessions Of some kind would be
made on the principal schedules in
order to satisfy opposition in the
Senate.
The President had been told by
friends that in some sources there
was an expectation that a duty would
be put on raw wool or that the pro-
vision for free sugar after three
years would be dropped. 1t was to
counteract these statements that he
took occasion to make his position
clear.
OF course, it Is expected at the
White House that ther ewill be min
or changes in the bill made by the
finance committee, certain equaliza-
tions and corrections which have
been approved by House leaders since
the bill left their hands, but In the
principal schedules, such as wool and
sugar, the President is determined
that there shall be no change If he
can prevent. There were even inti-
nations that he might veto a bill
that came from the Senate with
amendments on wool or sugar.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-21
Condemn Present Styles.

That the styles in women's dresses
are tending to break down chastity
and purity" and that the general
convention of the church to be held
at New York should take action we're
features of a resolution passed during
the recent session Of the Episcopal
diocesan council Of South Caoohna
at Charleston,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-21
Mexican officers Murdered.

twenty-five federal officers, nclud-
ing an infantry and artillery colonel,
taken prisoners during last weeks
fighting above Guaymas, Mexico, we're
shot at public execution by order Of
the Constitutionalist commanders.
The execution is admitted officially
by state authoritiea
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-21
First Man to Land Job.

The Senate has confirmed the nom
ination Of J. R. Montgomery to be
postmaster at Marion. This Is the
only South Carolina postmaster nom
nation that has been confirmed thus
far in the Wilson Administration
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-21
WORK OF A REAL FIESD.
Some One Poisoned Two Horses for
Hampton Farmer.

A small farmer, a good straight
citizen Of the Hockory Groce Sec
tion of Hampton county, about eight
miles distant from Brunson, lost his
only two horses a few nights ago
from poisoning. Going in the early
morning, as usual, to feed his stock
he discovered his horses down and IN
dying condition. Examining the
troughs to see if they had eaten their
food Of the night before he discovered
a quantity of Paris green powder in
the troughs. Both horses soon died.
Tracks OF bicycle wheel were found
and followed some i or II miles IN
to the county Of Colleton, where they
were lost and no further discovery
has as yet been NADIA
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-21
Currency is Germless.

DR.. ". C. Rucker Of the public
health service declares that the Unit
ed States currency is free from
germs. The ink used in printing
proved Z perfect gernicide.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-07-08
HIS SENSE OF SMELL KEEN
King George Detects the odor Of
Onions When His Courlers En-
ter Room.

Hawkins, you've been eat
ing onions" angrily exclaimed King
Edward to his sergeant-footman one
day at Biarritz. according to Edward
Wis motor mechanic, C. w. Stamper.
Stamper confessed that the SER
geant-footman, the knight-courier and
the postmaster lunched heartily on
beefsteak and onions one day and soon
afterward the king wanted To see the
postmaster, SO the courier named
F'ehr, called the sergeant-footman, and
the king was proceeding to tell him,
when he stopped short, looked at the
man and then accused him OF eating
onions
mo, your majesty" protested the
courier.
s'Yes. you have. I'm sure you have.
Send Mr.. Hiley here at once and MI.
Fehr."
Yes, your majesty"
The sergeant-footman withdrew and
presently Postmaster Hiley was an
nounced. The king called him to his
side and was beginning to read to him
when he burst out:
"Hiley, you've been eating onions!"
mo. your majesty" said the post
master: instinctively recoiling.
Yes, you have; it's disgraceful."
The courier then entered the room
and approached very YEARLY. but his
majesty's sense of smell was keen, and
all Fehr's efforts to suppress the facts
in the case were unavailing. The king
looked up sharply, sat back in his
chair and groaned:
I'm damned if you haven't been
eating onions, tool"
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-07-08
BUY TIMARcHUS SILVER COIN
British Museum Acquires Relic of
6abyIon-Is Very Rare and
Highly Priced.

London.-The British museum has
just acquired a silver coin OF Timar-
chus, Satrap of Babylon. part of the
Syrian empire. Timarchus on the
death OF the reigning king CT Syria.
Antiochus W., in 1872 B. c., usurped
the throne, refusing to acknowledge
Demetrius and his wife. Laodice, the
legitimate successors. Timarchus
reigned only one year, during which
time he struck few coins, which are
now very rare. OF these one is q
unique gold coin now in the Berlin
museum; another unique silver coin
of one drachm, which Is in the Brit
ish museum Until recently no speci-
men Of the larger four drachm silver
coin was known to exist except one,
which had been taken by the legiti-
mate rulers. Demetrius and his wife,
and restruck with their portraits Last
year coin bearing the efigy of Tim
archus was sold at an auction IN Ger
many. and another example, taken to
the British museum a short time ago,
has now been secured for the national
collection
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-07-08
BONES OF GREAT ANTIQUITY
Smithsonian OFFICIAL Delving for Eos
sils Near Cumberland, Md
Many "Flnds" Made.

Cumberland, Md.-James w. Gidley,
assistant curator In the National mu-
scum. Washington, assisted by Ray
mond w. Armbruster, a local fossil ex-
pert, has been working several days
in the pit above Burkey's near Corri-
gansville, this county, about four
miles from Cumberland. unearthing
fossilized animal bones supposed to be
thousands OF years old.
The traces of the fossils were dis
covered last November by MIR. Arm
bruster. who notified the Smithsonian
authorities. A minor Investigation was
made, resulting in some valuable finds.
The present quest has not been dis
appointing, some wonderful discover
les having been made. it is said. with
the end not yet in sight
The bones are in perfect condition
and scientists believe they are work.
ing on one of the greatest fossil finds
in the history of the country. The
marrow of the bones is crystallized
and has the appearance OF clusters OF
diamonds or quartz
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-07-08
"cHAPEL OF REST" FOR POOR
HaIborn Council Provides Place for
Dead Pending Burial Vaiu-
able Reform.

London.-A valuable reform which
should be of much use to the poor has
been made in Holborn, where the Dor
ough council has opened what is cali
ed chapel of rest" The object Of
the chapel is to provide place to
which the poor can take their dead
pending burial. No charge will be
made. The need of this innovation is
clear and pressing. Thousands of
Londoners live in one-roomed teae-
ments, and when death occurs are
forced for the time to live with their
dead. There are also still about a
thousand underground rooms occu-
pied by the poor. 1t is hoped that
other borough councils will follow the
example of Holborn
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-07-08
RANcAMAN DIES IN PosTHoLE
Californian Falls into Excavation and
Is suffocated, Being Unable to
Extrlcate Himself.

Stockton, Cal.--Romain Mol, a
wealthy rancher of this county, met an
unusual and tragic death.
Mol and his foreman returned to
his ranch near Escaion after attend
ing to business matters in Stockton.
,Moll started to walk to Escalon. He
cut across the fields and while walk
ing near the Tidewater & Southern
railroad stumbled over a mound of
dirt and fell head first into post
hole.
The hole was about two feet wide
and six feet deep. Moll was unable to
get out and was siffocated.
His body was found by a. section
crew. The men noticed little dog
standing on the track They followed
the dog. which took them to the place
where his master had met his death
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-07-08
A Hobby Party.

We all have hobbies whether we
ride the horse" hard or not, there is
always just some one thing we like to
do or to have better than anything
else; so to enliven a church social the
entertainment committee asked each
guest to wear an article to represent
his or her favorite fad. There was the
boy who had the stamp collecting
fever at its height, he appeared with a
stamp for a scarf pin, another glued
on to huge ring as a setting, four or
five glued to his coat lapel in lieu OF
a bouquet. The silk quilt worker had
her frock plentifully patched with silk
squares of the patterns she was max
ing or desired to make and the would
be artist had water color and pen and
ink sketches on her dress with a
peaked hat made of water color paper
which had marine scenes upon it,
The airship fiend had a miniature
i flying machine found at the toy coun-
teri worn around his neck and the
golf suit. The sailor boy was in white
duck with mildly" cap and the
young miss who was learning to cook
carried a ring and chain from which
dangled, spoons, egg beaten, -four sift-
er, etc. It Is needless to say that this
was the merriest kind Of a party, far
different from the average church so
cial. There was no lack Of animated
conversation and to make things more
interesting when all sat down to re-
freshments, which were served at
small tables, each one was asked to
tell in two minutes the merits OF his
especial hobby.
This meeting turned out to be quits
an exchange not only OF ideas, but of
materials, for every one found out
what the other fellow was interested
in and some saved stamps and others
silk pieces and others gave cherished
recipes and all found even those whom
they thought dull and stupid were
most interesting when led to talk upon
what was uppermost to them.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-07-08

feather stitched in silk. Laos and net
bags Alled with rolls Of cotton, each
tied with baby ribbon should sell for
fifty or seventy-1ve cents, and they
are most attractive. If can of tai
cum powder is put on the bags with
the cotton ''fiuffs'' they should sell for
a dollar These are new and practi-
cal.
Have tea room for the Modern
Priscilla" with girls In Puritan cos
tunes to serve. Other magazines may
be used if occasion demands.