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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-09-03
ACT LIKE FOOLS.
Canadian Women Go Into Mysteries
Over Harry Thaw.

Harry K. Thaw won three victories
over the New York State authorities
Thursday and was locked in the Sher-
brooke jail, immune for the time be-
ing from the Canadian immigration
authorities, after having received an
ovation from the townspeople Of
Sherbrooke that would have done
honor to prince of royal blood.
So riotous was the scene in the
superior court subsequently warned
spectators that a repetition would
mean Jail sentences for the demon
strants. Speaking from the bench at
the afternoon session, Judge Globen-
sky said that never in his experience
as a member OF the bar and the
bench, had be been witness "to such
disgraceful scenes. It was carried
out in the presence Of court attend
ants and four armed Dominion po-
lice who stood immobile while emo
tional women rushed toward Stan
ford Whites slayer crying: Three
cheers for Thaw! Three cheers for
the British flag! We will give you
justice, Harry"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-09-03

lutely as the source Of goodness and
purity that we can not conceive Of
their not elevating and helping every
thing they touch. But the vital and
important thing for US to consider IS
the effect upon women themselves.
1--WE had better endure the evils
of corruption in politics and debauch-
cry in our government than bring
about a condition which will mar the
beauty and dim the lustre of the glo-
rious womanhood with which we
have been accustomed all our lives.
We can better afford to have degrad-
ed and corrupt politics than degrad-
ed and bad women. To have both in
ever increasing degree, as was the
case in Rome, would make the world
so unspeakably horrible, as we'll as
corrupt that good men and women
would disappear from the face OF the
earth, and civilization would be blot
ted out as it was in the dark ages,
after the fall of Rome.
81 believe woman will improve
politics, but ultimately politics will
destroy her as We know her and love
her; and when our good women are
no longer to be found, and We have
lost the breed, the doom Of the repub-
lie is near"
We do not believe with Senator
Tillman that woman suffrage will i'm
prove politics even for little while,
or ever has improved politics where
it has been tried. On the contrary 1t
will drag, and where women have
been caught by it, 1t has dragged
woman down to the level Of man.
The wise and good women OF the
world have not yet seriously consid-
cred it. Only the she-wolves of Satan
and their foolish dupes have thus far
had the front and center Of the stage.
louisville Courier-Journal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-09-03
COTTON A LITTLE OFF
REPORTS SHOW DETERIORATION
IN AUGUST.
Next Greatest Decline in Past Ten
Years-South Caroina's Crop Bet
ter Than Last Year.

Reports from 1889 special CORE
spondents Of the Journal of Com
merce, bearing an average date Of
August %, show a condition Of cot
ton of TIA per cent, as compared
with S1.1 per cent. a month ago, or a
loss of 81 points. Only once in the
past ten years has the decline in Au-
gust been exceeded, namely, the year
Of 1911, when it was 143 points;
and the i0-year average loss is about
SO points.
Condition a year ago was 75.4 per
cent, while in 1911, the banner year,
it was 1875 per cent, and 70.7 per
cent in 1910. The ten-year average
is 1875 per cent. It remains to be
seen how far a loss of 81 points in
condition will be Offset by an increase
of $4,000 acres over last year, or
about 21 1-2 per cent.
Percentage condition by States fol-
lows:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-09-03
PAPER ON AGRICULTURAL PROD.
UCTS NEGOTIABLE
CAUCUS Votes IT In
Without Dissenting Vote Democrats
Adopt Amendment to Currency
Bill Which Was Sponsored by Both
Insurgents and Regulars Acting
Together.

An agricultural currency amend
ment to the Administration bill was
adopted by the House Democratic
caucus Monday. After several pre-
liminary skirmishes, in which other
amendments were beaten, the eau
Gus without a dissenting vote adopt
ed an amendment, sponsored both by
the "insurgent" contingent and the
banking and currency committee, to
put paper based on agricultural pro-
ducts on the same basis as CONNER
cial paper for banking purposes.
It would also extend the maturity
Of notes and bills admitted to dis
count under the amendment to 80
days, instead of the originally pro-
posed As days. This action disposed
of the last Of the big controversial
issues in the Administration curren-
cy bill.
The amendment reads: upon the
endorsement of any member bank,
any Federal reserve bank may dis
count notes and bills Of exchange out
OF commercial transactions; that is,
notes and bills of exchange issued or
drawn for agricultural, industrial or
commercial purposes, or the proceeds
of which have been used or may be
used for such purposes, the Federal
reserve board to have the right to de-
termine or define the character OF the
paper thus eligible for discount,
within the meaning Of this Act.
But such definition shall not in
clude notes or bills issued or drawn
for the purpose Of carrying or trad
ing in stocks, bonds or other invest
ments, securities, nor shall anything
herein contained be construed to pro-
hibit such notes and bills Of exchange
secured by staple agricultural prod
ucts or other goods, wares or mer-
chandise from being eligible for such
discount. Notes and bills admitted
to discount under the terms Of this
paragraph must have a maturity OF
not more than 90 days"
Chairman Glass said the amend
ment did not discriminate either for
or against the farmer; that the New
England shoe manufacturer or cloth
ing maker could present his goods
for discount as much as the farmer
could, and, in the final analysis, "the
whole thing is left to the Federal re-
serve board or the regional reserve
bank which does the discounting."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-09-03
ENDORSE CURRENCY BILL.
House Democrats in Caucus Give
Measure Final Approval.

The administration currency bill,
after nearly three weeks Of discus
sion, was finally approved by the
House Democratic caucus Thursday
night, by vote of 163 to 9. The
nine dissenters were Representatives
Henry, Eagle and Galloway Of Texas,
Hardwick Of Georgia, Lobeck of Ne
braska, Buchanan and Fowler Of Illi-
nois, Neely Of Kansas and Sisson Of
Mississippi.
After agreeing to the bill, the eau
Gus adopted resolution by an al
most unanimous vote, declaring the
bill to be a party measure and that
members of this caucus are pledged
for the bill to it's final passage with
out amendment: Provided, however,
the banking and currency committee
may offer amendments in the House."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-09-03
Hot Weather Out West.

A Topeka, Kansas, dispatch says
late Thursday afternoon the govern
ment thermometer here again reach
ed 1G3. This was the end Of steady
climb from Sc at 9 o'clock Thursday
The nights are sitting.
There was not a cloud in the sky
Thursday, and the water problem is
getting more serious every day for
many Kansas towns.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-09-03
SNAPS PISTOL IN FACE
Columbia Manager Western Union
Has Narrow Escape.

Angered because Of the Western
Union Telegraph company's failure
to locate him and deliver telegram
announcing the illness OF his father,
Virgil Carver, an employee Of the
Richland cetton mills. went to the
offices Of the Western Union on Main
street Tuesday morning at Columbia
and attempted to shoot J. T. Gray,
the manager.
Failure Of the cartridges to explode
was possibly the means Of saving Mr..
Gray's life, as employees in the Of
fees claim that he snapped the pistol
twice at Mr.. Gray. After the man.
ager had darted through back door
to save himself, Carver rushed out
into the street and fired the pistol
once. A call was sent to the police
headquarters, but before officers ar
rived, Carver had been placed under
arrest by Constable Bruce Nettles.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-09-03
Negro Shot in Court

A moment after the jury at Mont
gomery, Ala, had acquitted him,
Will Smith, a negro, was shot twice
by Robert Sears, a constable. Smith
was being tried on the charge of
shooting at Sears while the latter
was trying to make an arrest. The
Judge and jury hid behind benches
while the fusillade Of shots was going
on, then arrested Sears.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-09-03
Jynchinp in Louisiana.

James Comeaux, colored, was
lynched by a mob at Jennings, Ga,
Thursday. Comeaux had been ar
rested for assaulting A. W. Joseph,
an Italian merchant, who had acci-
dentally swept dirt on the negro's
shoes while he was passing the Ital-
ian's store. Two Of Joseph's rela~
tives have been arrested in connec-
ton with the lynching.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-09-03
Sell Pre- e-Cancened Stamps.

Postmaster General Burleson sign
ed an order Thursday which pro-
vides that pre-cancelled postage
stamps may be sold to the public, on
and after September 16. Pre-can-
celled stamps have printed upon the
name Of the post Office before they
are sold. Such stamns will be valid
FOR hostage on second, third and
fourth class mail-newspapers and
nasazines mailed by the public.
hooks and other printed matter and
merchandise or parcel post matter.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-09-03
SWin1s to Safety.

Wounded in the left heel by a
stingray, whose sting is poisonous,
Jim Swanson slashed his heel to the
bone with a fish knife, leaped over
board from his boat and swan a mile
and half to Beach Haven, near At
lantic City, N. J. He was found un-
conscious on the shore and carried to
the Office Of Dr.. Herbert Willis, who
believes that the heroic treatment
and the cauterizing effects Of the salt
water will save the patients life.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-09-03
Spanish Girl Involves II Men.

Arrested because Of her extreme
youth, while talking to young man
on a street corner, Gladys Cartai, a
young Spanish girl, living in Pitts
burg, told the police of fourteen men
who have been entertaining her in
that city. Most Of them are promi-
nent men. and nearly all are married.
Arrests will follow.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-09-03
WILSON APPEARS In PERSON Be.
FORE CONGRESS
REMAINS "HANDS OFF,
President Received With Thunderous
Applause, As In Speech Breathing
Sympathy Towards Mexico He Out
lines United States Policy as One
of Peace

President Woodrow Wilson went to
congress Wednesday and revealed
how the Huerta provisional govern
ment in Mexico had rejected he
friendship of the United States and
it's efforts to aid in the establishment
of peace and a government which
could be recognized by this nation,
and which would be obeyed and re-
spected by Mexico's own people.
In a statement which breathed re-
gret and sympathy in every phrase,
the president clung tenaciously to op-
timism as to the ultimate result, not
wtthstanding the pessimistic facts
confronting the two nations. After
picturing the hopelessness for Mexico
if she maintained her present posi-
ton, "isolated and without friends
who can effectually aid her." the pres
ident announced the necessity Of a
firm neutral stand by this govern
ment, a policy of "hands Off" to await
the time of Mexico's awakening. He
also voiced an urgent appea! for all
Americans to leave Mexico and for
the United States to aid them in every
possible way but in emphatic Ian
guage served notice upon those who
assume to exercise authority in the
revolution torn country that they
would be held to definite reckoning
for loss and suffering to American
citizens.
The message was received with en-
thusiastic applause by members Of
the house and senate gathered in
joint session in the house chamber,
and by night the machinery Of the
government was in motion for max
ing effective the policy of neutrality,
and "hands off, while the warning
factions continue their struggle.
The president announced the posi-
tion Of the United States to be as fol-
lows:
No armed Intervention.
Strict neutrality forbidding The ex-
portation Of arms or munitions Of
war of any kind from the United
States to any part of the republic of
Mexico.
Under no circumstances to ''be the
partisan of either party to the con-
test that now distracts Mexico or con-
stitute ourselves the virtual umpire
between them"
To urge all Americans to leave
Mexico at once and assist them to get
away in every way possible.
To let every one in Mexico who as
sumes to exercise authority know
that this government shall vigilantly
watch the fortunes Of those Ameri-
cans who can not get away and shall
hold those responsible for their suf-
ferings and losses to definite reck-
oning."
THAT can and will be made plain
beyond the possibility Of misundei-
standing" declared the president.
Negotiations for the friendly nedi-
alton Of the United States are open
to resumption at any time upon the
initiative either Of this government
or of Mexico.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-09-03
Confesses to Robbery.

Harry Raines, with several aliases,
alleged to be a safe-blower, arrested
at Birmingham during the past week,
has confessed that he is one of the
men who held up and robbed the mail
car on the north-bound Louisville
and Nashville Railroad. between Cat
era and Birmingham on the night Of
August S.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-09-03
Tied Up for a Year.

An Atlanta dispatch says the
Frank case can not reach the su-
preme court on appeal before the
third Monday in December, according
to officials of that tribunal, and 1t is
hardly likely any disposition of it will
be made until some time next year.
In the meantime Frank will remain
in the Fulton County jail.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-09-03
Worlds Nayies May Pass Canal.

An invitation to all the navies OF
the world to meet in Hampton Roads,
in 1915, and follow the United States
navy through the canal will be issued
shortly by President Wilson. The
United States navy will start on its
Mediterranean tour in October and
will return in time for Christmas in
the states.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-09-03
TALKS OUT PLAN.
LaFonette Predicts Republican Gal
lnger's Retirement.

In a verbal tilt marked by intense
bitterness on both sides, Senator La
Toilette Thursday predicted the re-
tirement Of Senator Gallinger, Of New
Hampshire, the Republican leader,
and others OF "his type, because Of
their alleged failure to adjust them
selves to changing Industrial condi-
tons.
"The Republican party has been
put out Of power by the people Of this
country who sympathtze with the
views which I am now expressing y
cried Senator LaFollette, shaking his
hand, "and they will put more men
out of the Senate of the type Of the
Senator from New Hampshire before
we get through with the disposition
of these issues"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-09-03
Rifeman Killed.

The first fatal accident to happen
on the Ohio ranges in the National
Rife Association. shoot at Camp
Perry occurred Thursday when Fran
cisco Zerarra Ballon, of the Peruvian
team. was killed by one Of his fel-
low countrymen, Juan Ezguerra, who
accidentally pulled the trigger OF his
loaded rife.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-09-03
Fool Runs Auto.

Fearing evil luck would befall him
the rest Of his days, If he ran over a
cat that meardered leisurely across
the road in front Of his speeding au-
tomobile, E. C. Brown. Of Oakland.
ILL.,, ditched his car, containing five
persons near St. Mary. Ind. breaking
one persons arm, and severely shak-
ing up the others.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-09-03
Stabbed by Madman.

While working at his desk Monday
the American consular agent at Huel-
va, William J. Alcock, was stabbed In
the back by madman. Mr.. Alcock's
assailant was Spaniard named Beja-
rano, who apparently is suffering
from the delusion that Americans
have stolen patents Of an important
invention belonging to MIN.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-09-03
DYING HAN ATTEMPTS TO BLAME
his DEAD Wife
BUT BABY Tells truth
After Shooting His Wife Man Fatally
Wounds Himself-Tells Those Who
Rush in That She Shot Herself and
Then Him, But His Little Child
Tells Different Story.

Neighbors who heard half a dozen
pistol shots fired late Tuesday night
in the cottage of Thomas Furlong, a
Pennsylvania Railroad engineer, OF
Berwyn, Pa, ran to the place and
breaking open the door, found Fur
longs young wife, Mary, dead on the
dining room floor and the man lying
beside her, dying.
She had been shot in the abdomen,
the right side and the right eye- He
had wound in his right side and an
other through his brain Their son,
John, four years old, was sitting be-
side the bodies, weeping. A girl Of
twenty months was crawling about
the floor, entirely undisturbed.
Policemen and doctors were sum-
moned. The engineer was conscious,
but unable to move. "How did this
happen?" demanded the police. "Who
did this shooting?" "My wife shot
me-" Furlong was able to whisper.
''Then she shot herself. 7 could not
stop her. I fell when I was hit"
That explanation sounded rather
strange, in view of the three wounds
in the woman's body, any of which
would have been fatal. Then, too,
the revolver was lying much nearer
to the man than to the woman. Be
sides the neighbors and policemen all
knew that there had been several re-
cent Quarrels between the Furlongs.
On account of one Of these, Mrs. Fur
long had caused her husbands arrest
and he was to have appeared next
week at the county seat, West Ches-
ter, Pa, to stand trial for assault and
Pa, to stand trial for assault and
battery.
After his first statement, Furlong
lapsed into unconsciousness. The doc
tors said he would die within a few
hours and would not be able to speak
again. So the police decided to inter-
rogate little John, the four-year-old
boy, who might be able to tell them
something.
What happened, John?' they ask
ed. Papa came home and he was
cross" the little fellow said "He
and Mamma were talking loud. Papa
got his pistol and pointed it at man.
ma and she fell. Then papa pointed
it at himself and he fell too."
That settled it. The child was ap-
parently telling the truth. There was
corroborative evidence. In Furlong's
pocket was found a new box of cart
ridges, with six missing. He was
rushed over to the West Chester hos
pital, with a police guard. But there
is scarcely any likelihood that his son
will ever have to accuse him on the
witness stand for his recovery is now
deemed impossible.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-09-03
LOCKED in 4 CHEST
EXPRESS MESSENGER IS VICTIM
OF A hold Up
BANDIT GETS THE Cash
The Express Car on Train That Pass
ed Orangeburg Six O'Clock Thurs
day Afternoon is Entered and Rob
bed by Bandit Near Charleston.

The passenger train that passes
Orangeburg for Charleston at six
O'Clock every afternoon on the South
ern Railway met some wild western
doings on Thursday afternoon. When
near Charleston the express car was
entered by bandit, who locked the
messenger in a chest, took about a
thousand dollars or more and escap-
ed. Here is what The News and
Courier says about the robbery:
Locked in the chest OF the express
car, where he had been forced at the
muzzles Of two revolvers, Express
Messenger Coleman listened helpless
ly to masked bandit rifing his bags,
while No. IA Of the Southern Railway
headed on her way into the Union
Station at 9 o'clock Thursday night.
The robbery occurred somewhere be-
tween Charleston and Summerville,
assumably at Ten-Mile.
The express messenger was busliy
engaged with the usual work prepar-
atory to the arrival OF No. II at the
Union Station and did not notice the
bandit, who forced his way into the
car, until too late to reach for his
gun. Coleman realized that the ban
dit had the drop On him, and yielded
without the struggle that might have
borne fatal results.
At the point OF the revolvers he
was forced to retreat into the chest
of the car, and while the train pro-
ceeded forward at full speed he was
placed under lock and key, safely out
of the way Of the robber, who pro-
ceeded to leisurely and coolly calcu-
lating survey Of the premises.
Express Messenger Coleman was
missed when No. II rolled into the
Union Station at 9:15 O'Clock, and a
search was made at once. He was
discovered after some time locked in
the chest, and when released told his
story. Immediately an anxious In
vestigation was made to determine
the amount of booty which the rob-
Der had decamped with long before
the alarm for Coleman became gen.
eral.
It was ascertained at late hour
Thursday night that comparatively
small amount, probably not much in
excess of one thousand dollars, had
been taken. Nothing Of negotiable
value had been overlooked, however.
proving that the baRFt had made a
systematic search Of the car before
leaving it, either at the Union Sta
tion or somewhere along the route
when No. II slowed down temporari-
ly.
Much excitement was caused in the
Union Station by the rumor that
something was wrong in the express
car Of No. IA, and the amount that
had been taken was rapidly magnihed
until it had soon assumed proper
tions that the deeds Of the James
brothers dwindled into insignihcance.
This Is the first train robbery In
many moon, and it is the cause OF
a great amount Of comment In rail-
road circles. The boldness and neat
ness with which 1t was executed lead
many to believe that an old hand is
at work again.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-09-03
DIES OF HYDROPHOBIA.
Dillon Lass Succumbs to Malady
Caused by Dog Bite.

Beulah, a little 6-year-old girl Of
Ransom Bethea, living on W. T. Hug
gins place near Dillon was bitten by
a mad dog about four weeks ago She
was taken to Columbia for the Pas
teur treatment about IS hours after
she was bitten. She was brought
back home and took the treatment as
prescribed and seemed to be getting
along nicely. The usual time for
treatment was out on last Wednes-
day.
Friday afternoon the little girl be-
gan to show peculiar symptoms and
grew rapidly worse until she died
Tuesday night about II o'clock. She
had all the symptoms of hydropho-
bia. She sat up on her knees in bed
and talked necessarily at times grow
ing into rage. The sight of water
would throw her into spasms.