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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-25

The fair grounds look very pretty
in the evening when the ground Off
cials have lit all the red fire candles
around the half mile track. The
candles are placed about a rod apart
and 1t takes but a minute to light
them. there being about ten on the
job. They completely circle the entire
track and present a very beautiful
appearance fro mthe grand stand.
The "glcamer" is on the job con-
stantly after it gets dark. The big
search light is swung to and fro all
the time, it being turned on the Wild
West performers most of the time.
Sometimes it is swung down the
stretch and presently n sees a dozen
yond the lays of the powerful light
and rome rushing down the straight
stretch in front Of the grand stand.
Then it is turned on the fancy ropers
and the clowns, who furnish the great
err part of the amusement.
John NJ. Anderson Of Fargo. prom
inently identified with the Farmers
Equity society of the state, was one of
the Interested spectators at the fair
yesterday. He was busy discussing the
grain marketing situation with a great
number of the farmers. Mr.. Ander-
son is Il graduate of the University of
North Dakota and is a frequent visitor
here. The fair is the very best ever
according TO genial John NJ.
D. G. Henderson of Fargo was a
visitor a: the state fair yesterday. Mr..
Henderson is the state organizer for
the newly organized Farmers Elevator
association, which is not yet n month
old Tho object of the association is
to mind the farmers elevators over
the state closer together. Mr.. Hender-
son was very much pleased with the
big fair. The immense crowd was
a revelation to him.
That crowd yesterday came from all
over the state. They came from the
southern i.rt of the state. from as far
west as Wiltiston. from the Canadian
line and from a dozen and more points
in Minnesota. 1t was the biggest
state fairs and the two remaining days
give promise Of even bigger days.
They certainly do like the way the
North dakota state fair has been put
on This year
The extra bleachers caring for about
two thousand people were filled to ca
pacity yesterday and the half mile
track was completely trimmed with au-
tomohiles IS. Dan Patch day saw a
crowd Of 10000 here and at that time
the bleachers did not exist.
The tent grounds of the big Irwin
Bros shows are the mecca for a great
number Of people after the afternoons
races are owe and before the even.
ing's program is put on. The indians
are watched with a great deal of in
terest and the caring for the large
number of horses with a greater in
terest.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-25

trip last year he secured ten bears in
six days and succeeded in roping two
Of them himself. He says hat it is
great sport to go on these expeditions
and he takes them whenever he can.
Mr.. Stone is a married man and has
two small daughters and they are now
at Long Island.
Mr.. Stone has just finished a beau
tiful summer home at that place. He
says thai he keeps a number Of ponies
there and has ten acres of ground and
keeps up his roping stunts while he is
on his vacations. He says that Dave
Montgomery, his partner in odd
Town is now travelling in Europe.
In 1915 Mr.. Stone intends to appear
at the big exposition at San Francisco
and will be there for the whole year.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-25
JORCENSON SECURES DEPUTY
j. HI. Nelson OF Minot Named as As
sistant state Auditor-Takes Up
Duties Immediately.

Bismarck Tribune: After searching
over the state for a man qualified for
the position State Auditor Jorgenson
has just appointed ]. H. Nelson Of Mi
not rs deputy state auditor, who will
come here August 1 to accept the APP
pointmenr. Mr.. Nelson for a number
of years was deputy county auditor
of Ward county, and at present is
deputy COUNTY treasurer of Ward coun-
ty, but is making preparations to
move at once with his family to Bis
marck.
BY the time the last drought has
passed a farmer can always begin
worrying about an early frost. Life
is just one continual o of pleasure.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-25
DAVIS FOR SOLICITOR GENERAL,
West Virginia Representative Under.
stood to Be Wilson's Choice.

Iuc
stood to Be Wilson's Choice.
Washington, July 25.-The Presi-
dent is understood to have authorized
the Attorney General to offer the place
of solicitor general to Representative
John William Davis of West Virginia.
Mr.. Davis is now serving his second
term in congress. having been re-elect-
ed by a plurality of $50 votes in a dis
trict normally republican. He was
formerly assistant professor of law at
Washington and Lee university, and a
member of the West Virginia legisla-
ture. In 1906 he was president Of the
West Virginia Bar association and in
1909 was a member Of the West Vir-
laws.
In the absence Of the attorney gen.
eral the solicitor general exercises all
the duties of attorney general. He al
SO has general charge Of the business
of the government in the supreme
court.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-11-26
on WAR PATH.
Fifteen Hundred Nayajos Rally in
Defense of Renegades.

Fifteen hundred Navajo Indians
have rallied in defence of eight rene
gades and are reported in armed en-
campment on Beautiful Mountain,
thirty-fye miles southwest of the
Shiprock Agency, near Sante Fe., n.
NJ, defying United States Marshal
Hudspeth to take prisoner the out
laws, who are wanted on Federal
warrants charging horse stealing, as
sault and bigamy. Two troops of
cavalry have been asked for by the
marshal and the request has been re-
ferred to the war department to Ma
ior Gen. Carter, in command of the
border patrol.
1t is feared that before the cavalry
arrives the renegades will be joined
by many in command of the medicine
men and of the plural wife men, who
are reported to be stirring the Nava-
jos to rebellion. The Indians are for
tifying a high table mountain, the
summit of which is approachable by
only one tortuous road. An investiga-
tion during the day by the marshal
and the Indian agents showed that
the Indians surrounding the renegade
leaders had rounded up their cattle
and sheep, harvested their corn and
otherwise made ready for siege. The
Indians are led by Chief Black Horse
and $50 young bucks. Their encamp-
ment surrounds the Noel trading post
on Beautiful mountain.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-11-26
COAL MINERS ENTOABED.
Mine Explosion in Alabama Buries
Thirty Men.

Nine miners are known to have
been killed, and at least dozen 9TH
ers were still missing at late hour
Tuesday night, as the result of an ex-
plosion Tuesday afternoon in the
Alabama Fue! and Iron Company's
mine No. 2 near Acton, Ala. The
usual quota of men employed in Mine
No. is 70, but the exact number at
work when the explosion occurred IS
not certain. While officials would
make no estimate Of the number Of
men in the mine, miners at work near
the scene of the disaster insisted that
at least twenty men must have been
cut off by the explosion. Some esti-
mates ran as high as forty. It was
said, however, that the number GER
tainly would not exceed this figure,
as Monday was pay day and many of
the seventy men usually employed in
the mine did not go to work Tues
day.
The cause of the explosion has not
been learned That many Of those
entombed we're killed by its force
seems certain, as two men working
near the surface at the time were
blown several feet from the mine en-
trance. Officials Of the mine, accom-
panied by rescue workers and sur
geons. were hurriedly sent from Bir-
mingham, and every effort was made
to reach the entombed men. Mine
No. 9, which is known as Acton mine,
is comparatively new, and is one of
the most productive in this district.
1t has a daily output Of 800 tons. Of
ficials of the company said that all
equipment was first class.
Acton Mine No. is - miles south
of Birmingham on the Acton branch
of the Louisville and Nashville rail-
road, six miles from Helena, in Shell
by county. The mine has single
track slope and used an 1S-foot fen
with the split air system. ]. 6. Steele
is superintendent of the Acton
branch. The names of the dead
brought to the surface included: l..
L. Patterson, E. Bright, John Lang
ston, Henry Childers, Boss Driver
Burns Kittrell, two negroes. All ex-
cept Bright we're married. Klttrell
went into the mine only five minutes
before the explosion to do some
cleaning. Three of the rescued are
Greeks and a number Of dead in the
mine are thought to be Greeks.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-11-26
MAKES DARING ESCAPE
YEGG,1AN SAWS HIMSELF OUT OF
PESITENTIARY.
John Fisher, Notorious Safe.Blower,
Serving Fifteen-Year-Term, Climbs
Prison Wall to Freedom.

John Fisher, a notorious yeggman,
serving fifteen years for safe-blow-
ing, escaped from the State Peniten-
tiary Saturday night by saving the
bars to his cell. He climbed over the
wall, via the old Hosiery Mill, let
himself down by rope and vanished.
Penitentiary officials Sunday night
sent out description in every direction
and have offered a reward Of $50 for
his recapture.
When the prisoners were lined up
for roll call Sunday afternoon Fisher
was absent. An investigation disclos-
ed the broken bars to his cell, where
he had cut his way to freedom. A
search Of the grounds and buildings
was made, and dangling over the wall
behind the old Hosiery Mill was
found a rope showing how he had
gotten to freedom. He had climbed
over the Hosiery Mill on the top Of
the eighteen-foot wall which encloses
the Penitentiary grounds and let him
self down on the banks Of the Con-
garee River.
Fisher was sent up from Lancaster
County in 1905 for safe-cracking for
Is years. He is also wanted by the
United States government for post
Office robberies. He is said to have
been a member Of the gang which
cracked post Office safes in all parts
of the South until rounded up by
Post Office Inspector Gregory. 1t is
claimed Fisher was pal Of "Port-
land Ned. There is warrant lying
in the United States commissioners
Office for Fisher as soon as he serves
his term in the State penitentiary.
The penitentiary officials furnished
the following description Of Fisher:
Five feet. rs inches high; weight,
1875 pounds: black hair, brown eyes,
dark complexion, scar on outside of
left thigh, large scar on outside of
right leg, scars on both forearms and
wrists. He is 81 years old and has
the appearance of typical yeggman.
There is no clue as to how Fisher
got the rope by which he escaped
over the walls. A rigid Investigation
is being made by the penitentiary Of
fcials. A general alarm sent out in
all directions. it is hoped, will be the
means Of quickly recapturing the
yegg. The police of Charleston, Nor
folk and New York. where the favor
;te tannts of the veggmen were locat-
ed in their palmy days, have been
notified of the escape. Fisher had p
number Of aliases and it Is thought
that his picture adorns the rogue's
galleries in several cities and should
be the means of assisting in identify
ing him.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-11-26
RIDDLED WITH SHOT.
Posse Surrounds and Kills Man Who
Shot Sheriff Mccain.

Edward Winbush, negro, was
killed Tuesday afternoon by a sher-
ifs posse in a canebrake near Frost,
station about five miles from Co.
lumbia. Winbush was almost shot to
pieces, seventeen bullets taking ef-
feet in his body The negro is the one
who shot at Sheriff Mccain Monday
and was surrounded in the swamp
Tuesday. 1t is said that he was in the
act Of shooting at one of the posse
when bullet ended his life. Winbush
was. about twenty years old. He had
fought off his pursuers all night and
all morning. Bloodhounds were used
to trail the negro. He fired upon
Sheriff Mccain Monday night on a
crowded street car when his arrest
was attempted. He was subsequently
located by rural policemen but es-
capped after firing at the officers.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-11-26
TRUSTS FIGHTING 1T.
LaFonett Seaman's Servitude Bill
Has Their Enmity.

AS was to be expected the great
ship-owners are up in arms against
the LaFollette Seaman's Servitude
bill. In their effort to defeat the bill
they do not hesitate to read into the
bill provisions it does not contain.
Does anybody know Of any similar
bill designed to ameliorate the condi-
ton Of seamen or guard the safety of
passengers that did not meet with the
opposition of the shipping trust if the
bill entailed an expense to the trust?
To be sure just after the Titanic
disaster shipping firms Of their own
volition inaugurated some reforms
because that catastrophe was so stu
pendous and revealed some defects
so startling in their character that
public opinion compelled action with
out waiting for the finding of the
court Of enquiry. But even then the
companies fought against some of
the most thorough improvements sug-
gested. Benefciaries of privilege die
hard, but they will die all the same.
In every case where reforms by
legislation have been invoked the
shipping companies have tried to de-
feat the measures introduced in con-
gress or in the British parliament.
When in that parliament the Plmsoll
Merchant Shipping Act, designed
to prevent ships from putting to sea
in an unsafe condition, was enacted
in 1876, a great hue and cry was
made that it's passage would ruin the
shipping industry, but it passed and
never has British shipping been more
prosperous than since the bill became
law.
So it will be with American lake
and ocean shipping if the LaFollette
bill becomes law, as most likely it
will. To be sure the companies will
have to incur considerable expense to
meet its requirements, but it all will
be in the interest Of safety and hu-
manity. If the companies fear it will
ruin them let them cut down the
palm gardens and whole lot of 9th
er unnecessary luxuries on board ship
over which in their wild competition
they have gone crazy in recent years.
Human life and welfare are of far
more consequence than lot of super
fuous Iuxuries installed to please
wealthy patrons.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-11-26
SOME POLITICAL GOSSIP.
Talk About Candidates and How They
VIII Line Up.

Joe Sparks. the Columbia CORE
spondent Of the Augusta Chronicle,
sends his paper the following politi-
cal dope:
Administration correspondents are
circulating the story about Lieut..
Gov. C. A. Smith and the governor.
Neither will fight the other, accord
ing to the reporters in the confidence
Of the governor.
There will be merry scramble for
places on the railroad commission.
The term Of Banks L. Caughman will
expire, and he will not ask for re-
election. c. D. Fortner. Of Spartan
burg, member Of the House, and John
F. Bolt, Of Laurens, are the only an
nounced candidates. Mr.. Bolt is one
Of the leading citizens Of Laurens
county.
Charles C. Simms, Of Barnwell,
seems to be the leading administra-
tion candidate, although an overnight
conference would entirely switch the
situation. It is said that the leaders
Of the governors forces are looking
out" for another man. They may
fight on John G. Richards. Jr., be-
cause he is the most receptive man in
the race for governor.
''T believe that John L. McLaurin
will yet be candidate for governor.
He might have entered the senatorial
race If Senator Tillman had never de-
live-ed his opinion" This is the
statement made by man high in the
confidence Of the administration. 1t
is not believed that the governor will
lend his support to Senator McLaurin.
Ira B. Jones. former chief justice
Of South Carolina, set a precedent
when he resigned from Office to offer
for the governship Of the State. There
are many people in South Carolina
who are wondering if John G.. Rich
ards Jr. will follow the precedent by
resigning from the Office Of railroad
commissioner in his race for COVER
nor. Mr.. Richards has kept his mind
closed on this point.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-11-26
HCERTA HOLDS ON.
Says 1t Is Case Of Life and Death and
He Will Not Resign.

What doubt remained regarding
Gen. Huerta's intentions with respect
to compliance with the American de-
mands for his own elimination was
removed from the minds Of most
Mexicans and foreign residents by his
peremptory dismissal Sunday Of Man
uel Cara Aldape, minister Of inte-
rior, who was looked upon as the
head Of Huerta's Cabinet.
group of the Cabinet which held the
conviction that it would be best to
accede to that portion at least of
Washington's demands which meant
the total abandonment Of power by
the Provisional President, and he IS
said to have been the only one with
sufficient courage to discuss the trou-
BILE frankly with his chief. Senior
Aldape's resignation was demanded
at Cabinet meeting at President
Huerta's house early Sunday morn
ing.
Huerta is said to have reiterated at
this meeting the statement that he
would not resign, that with him it
was a case of life or death and he
was disposed to play out the game.
Certain intimate friends Of Gen.
Huerta have been indicating to him,
is Is said. for some time that the min
lister Of interior was intriguing for
the presidency and that the Cabinet
had become divided into two camps.
Those who opposed Senor Aldape in
clude Querido Moheno, minister Of
foreign affairs: Gen. Banquet. minis
ter of war, and Jose Maria Lozano.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-11-26
WEST POINT AND ANNAPOLIS.
Examinations Next Month to Decide
Who Will Go.

Senator B. R. Tillman announces a
competitive examination to be held
under the direction of Hon. J. E.
Swearingen, State Superintendent Of
Education, at Columbia, at ten
o'clock, on December 80, 1913, to fill
two vacancies in the United States
Naval Academy, at Annapolis. This
examination will be open to all white
boys of the State between the ages Of
sixteen and twenty years.
A candidate must have been for at
least two years Immediately preced-
ing the date of his appointment an
actual bona fide resident of the State
of South Carolina. Unless a candi-
date knows that he is nearly perfect
physically, it will be absolutely use
less for him to go to the trouble and
expense of standing the examination,
for the naval authorities would reject
him.
Candidates will be examined men
tally in punctuation, spelling. Eng
lish grammar, geography, United
States history. Worlds history, arith-
metic. algebra through quadratic
equations and plain geometry.
No formal application will be nee
essary. but all candidates should pre-
sent themselves to Hon. J. E. Swear
insen at the time and place above
mentioned with the proper writing
materials.
For detailed information relative
to the regulations governing the ad-
mission of candidates into the United
States Naval Academy, and for old
examination papers. used IN former
examination, address Hon. J. E.
Swearingen. Colum bia. South Caro-
lima. who will be glad to sunplv them.
Congressman James F. Byrnes an
nounces that there will be vacanc~
from the Second Congressional Dis
trict in the United States Military
Academy. at West Point, next year,
and that he will appoint to fill this
vacancy the boy from the Second Dis
trict who has the highest AVERAGE in
the examination announced by Sena-
tor Tillman above. In other words,
if a boy in the Second District wishes
to compete for the scholarship at An
napolis or at West Point. he should
enter the examination at Columbia
on December 80. If he receives the
highest average in the examination
he can choose which scholarship he
will take. If this average does not
entitle him to the scholarship offered
bv Senator Tillman. but is the high
est obtained by any one from the
Second District. he can take the West
Point scholarship. SO take the ex-
animation for West Point candidate
must be between the ages of seven
teen and twenty-five years.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-11-26
LION IN THE PATH.
Why the Democratic Currency Bill
Has a Hard Time.

Has a Hard Time.
The, New York World thinks that
the foremost reason why financial
legislation is difficult is found in the
fact that the great banking interest
is fairly we'll satisfied with things as
they are. 1t will approve Of no change
that it does not dictate. If it cannot
have a central bank licensed by law,
it prefers to keep the rank growth Of
an evil system that it now has-a
central bank intact but not in name.
To preserve this institution nothing
has been found more useful than the
quarrels of the peoples representa-
tives, their pride Of opinion, their
unwillingness to compromise, and the
many violent and irrational measures
which such conditions necessarily
produce. While our millions OF dog
matte fnanciers dispute and fight, the
few professionals keep all the privi-
leges that they have gained and reach
out for more.
The first Bank of the United States
had capital Of s10O00,000; the Sec
ond, s35,OO0,OO0. These banks were
considered so powerful, they were ad-
ministered with such favoritism and
they were so offensive in their politl-
cal relations that the Democratic par
ty for more than generation waged
war upon the very idea Of central
bank and made it hateful forever.
Yet without public approval or act
Of Congress we have today what
amounts to a central bank so much
greater than either Bank Of the Unit
ed States as to make those creations
of our early monopolists look like
toys by comparison. While frenzied
political fnanciers in Washington
wrangle. over the details Of a Bank
ing and Currency Bill, the greatest
concentration of banking energy ever
known goes blithely along, and
through it's spokesmen introduces
new contentious calculated to defeat
action Of any kind.
The World says the central bank
already in operation is composed of
five institutions owned and controlled
by a compact and highly sympathetic
Morgan-Rockefeller group. J. P. Nor
gan and Co., the First National Bank,
the Guaranty Trust Company, the
Bankers Trust Company and the Ma
tional City Bank have 11S interlock-
ing directors in thirty-four banks and
trust companies, with resources OF
s2,679,000,000.
These are the figures Of Phillip J.
Scudder, the expert. They ought to
stagger every American. They ought
to put reason and sincerity into the
soul Of every Congressman. They re-
veal the lion in the path Of banking
and Currency reform. No wonder,
says the World, that Mr.. Vanderlip is
on the stump pleading emotionally
for plenty of time. No wonder that
the men who created the existing cen
tral bank, Mr.. Vanderlip's indulgent
employers, ask nothing now but its
legalization. No wonder that egotism
and contrariness have deadlocked the
Senate committee.