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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-28
JAPAN COULD NOT ENDURE ANY
ADDED BURDEN
TERRIFIC Income TAX
Letter from Consul General at Yoko-
hama Shows What Lengths Japan
ese Are Willing to Go to Support
Government, But the Taxes Are a
Great Burden.

Apropos of two questions Of pres
ent interest to the people of the Unit
ed States is communication just re-
ceived from Consul General Thomas
Sammons, stationed at Yokohama, on
the income tax In Japan.
The information from Consul Cen
eral Sammons is striking from two
points IF view. It indicates the as
tonishing lengths to which the people
Of Japan have been willing to go in
supporting their Government, and it
indicates that they could not well en-
dure any additional financial burden
at this time.
Mr.. Sammons says that a new in
come tax law has been adopted in
the Island Empire. Under the for
mer law the rate on private incomes
began with 2 per cent. on incomes
above $3.50 year, rising successive
ly to 21s per cent. on incomes be-
tween $3.50 and $500, to 3A per
cent. on incomes between $500 and
81, 900, to per cent. on incomes be-
tween $1,000 and s1,500, to AZ be-
tween $500 and $4,000, to s be-
tween $4,000 and $500, to 71a be-
tween $4,000 and $500, to 9k be
tween $500 and $4,000, to II Il
between $4,000 and $4,000, to II
between $4,000 and $4,000 and to
20 1-3 per cent. on all above $780,
006i
AS if the old rate were not heavy
enough, the new law provides for a
tax Of 21s per cent. on all private in
comes below $500 a year, for 8 II on
all between that figure and $4,000,
for AZ between $1,000 and s1,500,
for SIX between s1,5O0 and $4,000,
for between $4,000 and $500, for
S1k between $500 and $4,000, for
10 between $4,000 and $500, for
~ between $500 and $4,000, for
fourteen between $4,000 and s15,-
600, for Is between $4,000 and
SIS, 900, for Is between $4,000, and
$4,000, and $4,000, for 20 between
$4,000 and $4,000, and for % pier
cent. on all private incomes above
$4,000.
On commercial incomes the cid law
exacted ~ per cent. Below $4,000 a
year, whereas the new law reduces
this tax to 40 per cent. Between ST.
500 and $4,000, however, commercial
incomes have to pay per cent, an
increase over the former rate. Be-
tween $4,000 and $500 the rate is
now per cent, as compared to the
previous rate of 5. Between $500
and $4,000 the Japanese merchant
must pay now 8 per cent, instead Of
6Z, as formerly. Between $4,000
and 100000 this rate now runs
from 9 to 13 per cent, when it used
to run from 81 to 12k.
The puzzle is now the Japanese cit
izen manages to exist under such a
burden Of taxation, which would
cause the overthrow Of any Occiden-
tai Government. That any nation
struggling under such financial load
would venture on war with a country
like the United States over ques-
tion such as now agitates the Pacific
coast states is almost inconceivable.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-28
Goes With All-State Nine.

The Spartanburg Herald says: In
selecting an All-State team last week,
Frank Dooson, the coach of the Glenn
son baseball team, included the name
of Wallace Bethea, the Wofford
catcher. The local admirers of the
little receiver were not surprised at
the honor conferred upon Bethea, as
he has been one of the mainstays Of
the Wofford team during the past sea-
son. Though not spectacular play
er, be possesses few equals in college
circles as a receiver. His work has
been a feature Of all the games in
which he has participated and has
been a large factor in the excellent
showing of his team"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-28
THREE BICHLoRIDE TABLETS.
Wealthy Sioux City Man Takes Poi
son Purposely.

After swallowing three bichloride
of mercury tablets Wednesday night,
Robert Palmer, member of wealthy
family of Sioux City, Iowa, is await
ing slow death from the poison.
Palmer was in a hotel when he took
the tablets. He rushed into the streets
shoutings, eve done it, I've done it. "
A policeman overpowered him and he
was sent to hospital, where 1t was
reported that Palmer was resigned to
his fate. He will die in about ten
davs from the time he took the drug.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-28
Must Have Been Crazy.

At Sparta, Wis, William Hogue,
seventy years Of age, beat his aged
wife to death with a poker, fatally
shot his daughter, Mrs. Guy Wilson,
wounded his son-in-law Wilson, then
took his own life, by cutting his
throat. Hogue, angered at the turn
he fancied family affairs had taken,
first killed his wife, then attacked
the Wilson's in their home half a mile
distant. He returned to his dead
wife's side to commit suicide.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-28
DIARY or RESCUED NAN RECORD
TERRORS OF
COLD. ARTIC regions
Story of German Arctic Expedition
Which Met Disaster at Spitzbergen
Given by Artist Herr Raye-Suf-
ferred Dreadfully from Frozen
Limbs, Lack OF Food and Drink.

A description of the terrible suf-.
fering undergone by members Of the
German Arctic expedition, command.
ed by Lieut. Schroeder Stranz, which:
met disaster in Spitzbergen, is given
in the diary Of the artist Herr Rave,
one Of those rescued.
He telegraphed extracts Thursday
from Advent Bay, giving details Of.
the movements Of the expedition af-
ter its members had abandoned their
vessel, the Herzog Ernst, SEPTEMBER
21, 1912. The extracts in some;
places are incomplete and almost in
coherent. They say:
"The propoaal to abandon the ship;
came from Capt. Ritschel at the be-
ginning Of September. The vessel
then had provisions for four months,
besides large supply Of condensed
foods, and she was otherwise well
equipped.
"The party started for Advent Bay
and reached hut on Wide Bay on
October 4. DR.. Rudiger, the ocean;
ographer, was suffering then from a
half frozen foot, two of his toes be-
ing in bad condition. I offered to re-
main with him there until the others
could bring back help. The hut con-,
tanned a months provisions.
"Dr. Rudiger and I were without
tools, sleeping bags or lights. I melt
ed some fat and made lights and
fashioned some sleeping bags from
salted skins, which found In the
hut. DR.. Rudiger's foot became
worse and there was no more band
age material.
"The provisions ran out and we,
left the hut November %, hoping to
regain the ship. We suffered sever
ly, haring nothing to drink, but we
finally reached hut at Mossel Bay,
where we found some hard and
mouldy bread.
eve remained there three days
during a storm and then started
again for the ship, guiding ourselves
by the stars. We arrived at the ship
on December 1.
"Dr. Rudiger meanwhile had suf-
fered greatly, two more of his. toes
and four fingers having been frozen,
while his foot became SO bad that 1t
had to be amputated. The guides
and sailors of the expedition return
ed UNEXPECTEDLY to the ship Decenn-
Der "a, reporting the loss Of Eber-
hardt. The had no news Of DR.. Dett-
ners or DR.. Moeser, the botanist.
They said Sapt. Ritschel had gone
on alone to Advent Bay.
"Stave died February "a, and the,
Norwegian relief expedition, COM
manded by Capt Staxrud, appeared
April 21."
The expedition started last sum-
mer under the patronage of the Duke
of Altenburg with the object OF ind
ing the northeast passage.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-28
DANIEL TRIES AIRSHIP.
Secretary Of Navy Travels Eight
Miles Through Air.

Secretary of the Navy Josephus
Daniels Wednesday afternoon travel
led eight miles through the air in a
Aying boat. "It was delightful; I en-
joyed the sensation thoroughly" was
the Secretary's reply to an inquiry
lust after he alighted. The Secretary
went up with Lieut.. John H. Towers
senior officer Of the navy aviation
corps. whose camp is across the river
from the Naval Academy at Annap-
oils. The flight was made in the n.y.
ing boat CT. The air trip was begun
at four minutes to four o'clock. Eight
minutes later the trip was over and
the Secretary, after travelling about
eight miles at a height Of 500 feet,
was telling of his experience.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-28
HERO OF EPISODE GONE.
Cant. Frank Wilson, Master of the
Buckman, Missing,

Capt. Frank Wilson, who was for
merly in command Of the Alaska-Pa-
cifc passenger liner Buckman, has
been missing for more than three
months. On February 1 he left his
home at San Francisco, saying he
would return in a few hours. Three
days later he was seen in Los Ange-
les, but no trace Of him has been
found since. Wilson was the hero OF
the pirate episode on the Buckman
In 1910, when two robbers attempt
ed to seize gold treasure when the
vessel was off the coast OF Oregon.
Otter Capt. Wood had been shot, Will
son, then mate, overcane the two
pirates.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-28
LAWYER SOME FIGHTER.
Knocked Out Five Men at Once and
the Same Time.

At Atlanta Mr.. Burton Smith, well
known attorney and brother Of Sena-
tor Hoke Smith. on Tuesday after
noon thrashed five men who objected
to him conversing in the corridors OF
the court rooms in the Thrower
building with woman witness in the
famous Crawford WILL case. Two OF
the men, c. W. Walton, Of Buckheao'
and W. H. Byrd, II West Twelfth
Street, were badly beaten up, both
showing back eyes and conclusions
on their faces where Smith struck
them. The other three men also
we're given severe drubbings before
friends and policemen separated the
belligerents. Mr.. Smith has only one
arm,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-28
COLLISION OF MOTORCYCLES.
One Young Lady Killed and Three
Other Persons Are Hurt.

At Fort Pierce, Fla, Miss Ola Dan
iels is dead; her sister, Miss Ada Dan
iels, is at the point Of death, Fred
Jones has a broken leg and hip and
Raymond Saunders is badly cut about
the hip and is internally injured
from the effects of head-on COLI
sion, four miles north Of that town,
late Saturday night. The boys and
girls had been to party at the Dan
iels home, and the boys were riding
the girls over the fine rock
road when the accident occurred.
Both machines were going at rate
of sixty miles an hour when they met
in the shadow Of an orange packing
house on the road, head-on. The two
boys and Miss Ada are not expected
to live.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-28
Helms Charleston Out.

The Post says the pay roll of the
civilian employees at the Charles
ton navy yard continues to grow with
an increasing number Of mechanics
at work, pressing close to 900 men,
with an expenditure for salaries and
wages of nearly 100000 a month.
The yard continued to be one Of the
most active industrial establishments
of that section, with much work in
progress and more coming up, to
maintain the size Of the working
force and the amount Of the pay roll.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-28
MAKING SOME CHANGES
ELIMINATING NEGROES FROM
THE OFFICES.
Where They have Precedence Over
Hundreds Of White Men and Wo-
men Employees.

A Washington letter says as gen.
eral thing, this Administration is not
disposed to cater to the colored vote
by letting negroes hold offices which
carry authority. The Presidents
Cabinet may not be absolutely unit
in it's view of this matter, but 1t
comes nearer being unanimous about
the desirability Of observing the
racial line than any other Admins
tration since the war.
The colored Assistant Attorney
General of the United States, who
was appointed by President Taft, has
been eliminated by the simple process
Of abolishing his Office, and the same
plan is being considered with regard
to the $4,000 position of register Of
the treasury, now held by J. G. Ma
pier, of Mississippi.
This place has been considered the
special plum of "the colored brother"
for many years. Secretary Of the
Treasury McAdoo recently referred to
First Assistant Secretary John Skel-
ton Williams the question Of what to
do about Napier's place, and Mr.. Will
liams is believed to have reported
that it could be dispensed with with
out impairing the efficiency Of the
service in the least.
Secretary McAdoo and Assistant
Secretary Williams are both South
ern men and fully appreciate the un-
desirability Of having negroes in Of
fetal positions where they have prec-
edence over hundreds of white men
and women employees, to say nothing
Of the public.
An order has been promulgated by
Mr.. Williams requiring that the white
and colored clerks in the treasury
department shall not eat together at
lunch, but that separate places for
their recreation, shall be provided.
And not a murmur has been heard
against this change in Washington,
which is really very tired of the un-
due Swing" which has been hereto
fore allowed the negro for political
reasons.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-28
Vhy Not Paddle Him?

At Saluda Julian Warren, white,
was lodged IN jail Tuesday afternoon
by the rural policemen charged with
cursirg a young lady Of the McNary
Ferry vicinity on Monday. He man
aged to elude the policemen until
Tuesday morning, when it was learn
ed that he was in Batesburg, where
he was arrested and brought to
Saluda.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-28
'FERTILIZER KING" DROWNED.
f. o. Painter Falls From Ferry Boat
Into St. John River.

E. o. Painter, ''the Fertilizer
King, was drowned at $3.50 Thurs
day morning by falling from a ferry
boat into the St. Johns River. Mr..
Painter was seized with fit of
coughing and fell from the boat sink
ing Immediately. He was a million
aire and carried s500.00O insurance.
He had only applied Thursday morn
ing for an additional $4,000. He
was at the head Of the big fertilizer
plant of E. o. Painter and Company,
and half Of the insurance is in favor
of the firm, the remainder of the
family.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-28
Graduates of Naval Academy,

Senator Tillman's bill allowing the
Secretary OF the Navy to assign grad
yates from the Naval Academy to the
lowest commissioned grades in the
marine corps, or staff corps Of the
navy, was ordered favorably reported.
The bill would also nullify the Act Of
1903. reducing the allotment at the
Academy of each Congressman from
two to one and would give each the
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-28
This Patient Got Well.

A we'll known Wedgeheld physl-
clan, discussing the case OF B. San
ders Walker Of Macon surprised his
auditors by telling them that he had
a patient a few years ago who took,
through mistake, six consecutive sew
en-srain tablets Of bichloride of mer-
curry four hours apart. The patient
had a vomiting spell after taking
each tablet, which is all that saved
him
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-28
Murder of Girl a Mystery.

Although the police have five men
under arrest in connection with the
murder Of Grace Johnston, a school
girl, on Monday near Blackburn, Pa,
the detectives and State constabulary
continue the search for the guilty
party.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-28
South Carolina PIums.

The president sent the following
nominations of South Carolina post
masters to the Senate Thursday:
Joseph NJ. Poulnot, Charleston; ]. F.
Way, Holly Hill; S. NJ Ward, George
town; Louis Stackey, Kingstree; P.
&. Fike, Spartanburg.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-28
Great Loss From Fires.

A dispatch from Warren, Pa, says
the latest reports from the territory
swept by forest fires indicate loss
of half million. Flames swept from
Tidioute to Ludlow, burning over an
area of two hundred square miles.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-28
Gone to the Canal Zone.

Representatives Byrnes and Lever
of the South Carolina delegation, ac-
companied by their wives, left Wash
ington Friday for New York, whence
they will sail for the Canal Zone.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-28
Killed by Brother-in-law.

Mile Martin. for many years agent
Of the Central Of Georgia Railroad at
Dunlap, nine miles from Athens,
Ca. was shot to death Wednesday
afternoon by his brother-in-law.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-28
EXPLOSION kills Three.

Seventeen hundred pounds Of pow
der in a mine magizine at Sackhart,
Md, exploded recently. killing three
men and doing damage to nearby
houses estimated at thousands OF dol
lars.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-28
Crazy Man Kills Five.

A patient Of the Idaho State In
sane Asylum Wednesday ran anuck
and killed five other patients.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-28
Death Of H. NJ. Flagler.

Henry NJ. Flagler passed quietly
away at Ocean View cottage, Palm 4
Beach, Fla, at 10 o'clock Monday&
morning. Az
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-28

saloons and the saloons out of poll
tics. Every political party in Kan
sas now stands for prohibition, and
keeping joints, dives, and br@thels
out of cities as much the business
policy of the average city as keeping
the streets clean, water pure, and the
public parks attractive.
In answer to the question as to the
realtive value Of prohibition and high
license as a means Of abolishing the
evils of intoxicating liquors, Mr.. Daw-
son says: There is no relative value.
High license is not a means Of abol-
ishing the evils Of intoxicating IL
ouors. The only solution Of the IL
uuor business is bad business. 1t
IS a bad business, and tax upon a
bad business, a cruel, vicious, and
wicked business, means that the
State says to the rum seller: You
are corrupting the morals Of my peo-
pie, you are undermining the man
hood of my young men, you are rob-
bing the cheeks Of my young women
of their bloom, you are poisoning the
blood of my babes, you are wrecking
my homes, filling my jails, and FUR
nishing a spawn for the brothel.
You are at the back Of all the vii
lainies of the age, and are turning my
people into drunkards, lunatics, and
suicides, and you make very large
amount of money out this Infamous
business, and I shall require you to
stand and deliver to me very con-
siderable portion of this dirty money
which YOU are making in this villain
Gus fashion"
Does prohibition prohibit? "Of
course not" answers Mr.. Dawson
Neither does a gun shoot nor ship
sail nor piano make music or lts
own accord. It takes a man behind
the gun to make it shoot, a sailor to
to sail the ship, and an artist to play
the piano; 30, too, with the prohiol-
ton law. 1t will sleep away the
years in the musty tones OF a Ia"
book and never prohibit anything un-
less there are faithful executives be-
hind it, It has been shown in Kan
sas, he declares, that it can be enforc'
ed even in a community where pop
ular sentiments is against 1t. ut
takes just three men," he says, etc
do it, a judge, a sheriff, and a pros
ecuting attorney. These three ano
no more, who fear God and nobody
else, and determined to enforce the
law-not all the saloon keepers anc
brewers and all their followers ane
sympathizers can prevail agains'
them. Most important Of these three
is the judge, and that is the ot1icer tc
whom the liquor interests give the
most attention and the Temperance
people the least. You must have
Judge, or your law enforcement il
| hound to be inefficient.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-15
VICTIM
NOT ABLE TO EXPLAIN
FATAL CATASTROPHE
Speedometer Indicates Machine Travelled Turnpike at
73Me Clip When Accident Occurred-TroIey Car Is
Stopped Just Wheels Touch Unconscious Man,

From a cot in St. Michaels Hos
pital Richard Burns, civil engineer
protested feebly today that he could
not explain the mysterious auto
mobile accident in which he was
badly hurt and his wealthy COM
panion, William A. Kelly, of 8
berkeley Heights Park. Bloomfield,
was killed on the Kearny meadows
last night
Yet, If the jammed speedometer on
the wrecked machine tells the truth,
the two, men must have had one of
the most thrilling and daredevil rides
in the history of motoring.
The Indicator of the speedometer
shows speed of seventy-three miles
an hour. This. on a road like the
Turnpike was nothing short of
suicidal.
The machine was seen shooting
across the Hackensack bridge by
William Watson, a motorman on a
Turnpike trolley car, at . O'Clock last
night.
Fasses Car Like Meteoric Blur.
II passe his car like meteorc
blur Of light and dark and disap-
peared into the blackness ahead, the
fierce drumming of the engines
sounding loud above the clatter Of
the trolley.
Half mile farther west Watson
saw something ahead that made him
grind on the brakes and jam over
the reverse. The passengers were
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-15
HELD FOR MURDER
ON SUSPECTS WORD.
Giuseppe Longo Accused of
Staying Joseph Barreca, of
Oyster Bay, L. !.

ON information given by a suspect
under arrest in New York, Giuseppe
Longo, 26. of 1s Drift street was ar
rested early today by Lieutenants
CORDIALLY and Fagan and Chief OF Po-
lice j. Coughlan. of AcquackanonlS, N.
J., charged with the murder of Joseph
Barreca. of oyster Bay, l.. l., on the
night of April 6.
The prisoner was arraigned in the
First Criminal Court today and turned
over TO the authorities of Passaic
county, where the crime was come
mitted
According to the information given
by the authorities, Barreca was COM
paratively wealthy. His wife deserted
him about ten years ago and went
away with another man. During
these years the abandoned husband
has continually sought his spouse,
and it was on the pretext that he
would be given information as to her
whereabouts that he was lured to the
woods near Acquackanonk on Sunday
night. April 8. and slain.
James Baco. of sos East Twelfth
street. New York, who was arrested
in New York Monday on informa-
ton from the New Jersey authori-
ties, was arraigned before Magistrate
Appleton in the jefferson Market
Court. that city. today and held with
out bail Baco made a statement TO
the authorities in which he entered
a complete denial OF the murder and
implicated Longo.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-15
PeddIer'S w agon
Runs Over Child

While at play with several other
children at South Orange avenue and
south Eleventh street this afternoon,
William Weiss, ~ years old, was
run down by peddler's wagon and
had both legs broken. The child was
rushed TO the City Hospital He re-
sides at 1856 South Orange avenue.
The Identity of the driver of the
wagon is unknown, as he whipped
up his horse and escaped after strik-
ing the boy. The police are busy try
ing to locate the owner of the vehicle.
William Pennington, 10 years old, OF
26 South Eleventh street, was also
knocked down by a wagon The We
hlcle is owned by Hahne & Co. and
was driven by Lawrence Mallang, OF
of Bergen street. The boy was
bruised about the body, but was able
to be taken home. Young Pennington
was playing in front of 66 Roseville
avenue when he was struck.