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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-02-04
WORKED SLICK TRICK.
Passed or as Another and Bought
Goods With Bogus Check.

Monday morning early g young
man of respectable appearance walk
ed into the Jones dry goods store at
Dillon, handed the proprietor list
and asked him if he could fill it, as
he would have to give a check for
the amount and, therefore, preferred
buying all the articles from the same
place. Mr.. Jones, upon making in
quiry as to the mans identity, etc.,
was promptly informed that he was
the son of Mr. A. C. Thompson Of
Conway and the check would be
drawn on the National Bank of Con-
way.
While the customer was being
waited on two long distance calls
were put in, one for the above-men-
toned bank, the other for Mr..
Thompson. The bill amounted to
about s45, and reply coming
promptly from the Conway bank that
any check from Mr.. Thompson's son
would be honored, young "Thomp-
SON. proceeded to pack the goods In
small suit case, except pair of
shoes and rain coat, which he failed
to get in with the rest of the articles
purchased. These, he stated, he
would call for later. He then strap
ped the suit case to the rear Of a
bicycle, which he mounted, and took
the side of the railroad towards
Hamer
Shortly after he had gone a mes
sage came from Mr.. Thompson, in
forming Mr.. Jones that he had two
sons. the one was with him and the
other off at school. Sheriff Lane Of
Dillon, being Immediately notified OF
the affair, boarded Atlantic Coast
Train No. so, which was just then
coming in, and got off at Hamer, feel
ing confident that he would get there
ahead of his man, which he did.
Soon the young man on the bicycle
with the suit case, just as he had
left Dillon, rode up. Mr.. Lane took
charge of him and brought him back
with q team he had sent on to Hamer
before leaving Dillon, lodging him in
Jail, where he awaits trial on se-
rious charge. The prisoners father.
a Mr.. Connor, was notified and he
arrived in Dillon Tuesday.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-02-04
SIX CoNIUTATIONS.
Fairfield County Convicts Have Their
Sentences Shortened.

Sentences ShOrCeueO.
Sentences of six prisoners serving
terms in the State penitentiary have
been committed by the governor to
terms on the Fairfield county chain
gang.
Daniel Bird, convicted in 1912 of
murder and sentenced to be electro
cuted, but later commuted to life,
was sent to the county chaingang for
20 years.
Jordan Stevenson, convicted in
1910 of burglary and larceny and
given II years, was sent to the
county chaingang for nine years.
The sentence Of John Erwin, con-
victed in 1909 of murder, was reduc-
ed for life term to 20 years.
The life sentence Of Jesse Murphy,
convicted in 1908 of murder, was re-
duced to 20 years.
The life sentence Of Jake Moore
convicted of murder in 1912, was re-
duced to 20 years. Moore was to
have been electrocuted last October,
but his sentence was then commuted
to life term.
The life term given Sam Farrow
for murder in 1901 was reduced to
20 years.
A parole has been issued by the
governor to Lillian Love, who was
convicted in Spartanburg, in January
of last year, of running house Of
i'll fame and sentenced to six months
or fine of 5000.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-02-04
SAYS LAWYERS RULE
CHIEF JUSTICE CLARK WARNS
THEM TO TAKE HEED.
North Carolina Supreme Court Judge
Fears Power VIII Prove Undoing
Of the Lawyers.

Declaring that all the powers OF
government, both the Federal and
State, lie at the feet Of judicial
oligarchy" composed of the lawyers
of the United States, Chief Justice
Walter Clark, of the North Carolina
supreme court, speaking at Cooper
Union in New York Tuesday night
warned his fellow jurists throughout
the country to take heed lest their
power prove their own undoing. Dis
cussing government by judges,
Justice Clark said:
cit has been said that contented
people have no annals. The present
unrest among the people, strange as
it may seem, is one of the best signs
of the times. When people are con-
tent they either are ignorant of bet
ter conditions or hopeless of attain
ing them. A divine discomfort is
the basis of civilization and Of all
progress in bettering the condition
Of humanity.
s'In this country, as in all coun-
tries, the control of the government
in the hands Of the few. In 1776,
we issued a declaration which pro-
claimed the rights of mankind, and
their equality and freedom. And
then the reactonary party, the cham
pions Of government of the many by
the few, quietly but effectively took
control of the government.
"The Importance, indeed the over
whelming preponderance Of the judi
ciary in the government was CT ted
in 1908 by a decision of the supreme
court of the United States, without a
line in the Constitution to authorize
it, when that body assumed the right
to veto any Act Of Congress they
chose to hold unconstitutional.
"The assertion Of this doctrine was
promptly seized upon as boon by
the special interests and by all who
believed at heart in the government
Of the many for the benefit of the
few. It has practically made the
court the dominant power in every
State in the union. Whenever any
progressive statute has not been in
accord with the economic views en-
tertained by the courts, they have
generally exercised their power to de-
clare such statute unconstitutional
because it was not due process Of
law"
Declaring that the constitution
does not authorize the assumption of
unlimited power by the courts, JUS
tice Clark said that if the constitution
had given the judges the right to set
aside a statute, it would have given
the legislative branch the same power
in the case Of an executive veto.
In warning his fellow jurists
against cverstepping their authority,
the speaker quoted Justice Harlan,
where he declared that when the peo-
pie believe the judiciary is usurping
legislative functions there will be
trouble.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-02-04
SCHOOLS FOR WORKERS
THE HOUSE PASSES BILL ESTAB-
LISTING THEM.
One School is Allowed Each County
Having Two Thousand Cotton Mill
Operatives.

Textile and industrial schools in
counties in which there are more
than 1000 mill operatives were pro-
yided for by the House Friday after
extended debate. The textile and in
dustrial school bill was introduced
by Mr.. Haynsworth. AS passed by
the House to third reading, the meas
ure says that the State shall appro.
pirate $1,000 fer the establishment
of the schools IN counties with the
required population of mill operatives
and not more than $4,000 each year
for the maintenance of the schools.
The Haynsworth bill was opposed
chiefly on the ground that it would
benefit only a few counties in the
Piedmont section. The advocates Of
the measure declared that the schools
would enable the mill operatives to
get an education and at the same
time earn their living by working in
the mills.
The school at Spartanburg, main
tanned at the Spartan mills by the
Methodist denomination, was cited as
an instance of successfully combining
the earning of a living with the learn
ing of the textile art.
After extended debate the measure
came to vote. The House refused
to strike out the enacting words by a
vote Of 67 to 40. On the motion to
strike out the enacting words Of the
Haynsworth bill the vote stood:
Ayes - Addy, Bolt, Burgess,
Charles, Courtney, Cross, Dantzler,
Delaughter, Epps. Gasque Hall, Har-
din, Harvey, Holley, Hunter, John
ston, Kelley, Kirk, Lilies, Lybrand,
Mcqueen, Malpass, Massey, Miley,
Murray, Nelson, Ready, Riley, Rob-
ertson, sapp, Sanders, Sherwood,
Smiley, Stanley, Strickland, sturkie,
White, Whitehead, zeigler-4O.
Nays-Speaker Smith J. W. Ash
ley, ". J. Ashley, Atkinson, Barnwell
Baskin, Rethea, Bowers. Boyd.
Browning. Brice, Busbee, Clement,
Creech, Dick, Evans, Fortner, Friday,
Fripp Goodwin, Gray, Greer, Halle,
II. F. Harrelson M. C. Harrelson,
Haynsworth, Hutchinson, Hutson,
Irby, James. Jones, Kennedy, Kirby,
Lee, Long, Lumpkin, Mcdonald, Nc
Master, Mcmillan, Means, Melfi, Mil
Ter, Mixson, Moore Moseley, Mower,
Nicholson, Odom, Pegues, Pratt, Rid
die, Rittenburg Robinson ". S. Rog-
ers, Jr., ". NJ. Scott, W. w. Scott,
senseney, Shirley, Stevenson, Sum-
mers, Thompson, Tindal, Wander
Horst, Welch, Wilburn, c. C: Wyche,
C. T. Wyche, Youmans-67.
After the insertion Of few amend
ments offered by Mr.. Haynsworth,
the bill was passed to the third read
ing.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-02-04

ton by tanners in the prices of hides,
which had come from tick-infested
cattle, at s126 per hide, amounting
to s25, 900; the loss in selling value
Of cattle from the tick-infested area,
estimated at s5 head, equalled
sl01.000: detah loss, the majority OF
which came from the ticks, $4,000.
an estimated loss yearly Of S1,0C0,-
900. FTe said this represented a loss
of 1-2 cents an acre: that it took an
average of is cents an acre to eradi-
cate the tick from the 216,0@0 square
miles, and the average cost in the
counties cleaned in South Carolina
was 2.S cents per acre. In Darling
ton and Marlboro counties, he stated,
the ticks were eradicated at costs OF
4 and 6 cents an acre, and that the
infested area in the State can be
cleaned at an outlay Of 2.S cents an
acre, or about 100000, and thus
save 81 cents an acre.
Boil Weevil Is Coming.
Telling how the boil weevil came
into Texas some fifteen years ago,
leaving ruin and desolation in its
wake, and how it had steadily crept
across the South until today it is on
the western border of Georgia, Mr.
Rawl estimated that it would reach
this State at the outside in five years.
He showed how cotton production
had been cut from 100000 bales
year in ouiLsiana to 100000 with the
coming of the boil weevil, and how
ten counties in Mississippi had drop
ped from 262,4S6 bales of cotton in
1905, the first year the weevil ap-
peared, to 3S,133 in 1912.
The weeyil, he said, had r..velled
from Western Texas to the Georgia
boundry, a distance of ESQ miles, in
fifteen years, and that it was certainly
coming to South Carolina, as it was
to kill it or stop its march.
He appealed to the General Assembly
to prepare for the dreaded boil weevil
by eradicating the cattle tick and
thus building up live stock indus
try, so when the weevil comes and
the farmers are no longer able to
raise cotton they can turn to cattle
and thus save them from ruin and
desolation. He painted vivid and
convincing picture and his earnest
ness clearly made its impress upon
the legislators.
The House passed a rising vote Of
thanks to the speakers. Congress-
man Lever held regular ievee after
the adjournment. Every legislator
and visitor pressing to shake his
hand. The other visitors were given
r cordial welcome and there is evil
dence in Columbia that the appro-
oriation for $4,000 for fighting the
cattle tick will likely so through.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-02-04
BRYAN PRAISES WILSON
SECRETARY OF STATE MAKES
SPEECH IN NEW YORK.
Says Administrators Efforts VIII
Result in Lower Cost OF Living and
Better Trade.

11c(IGr lTdSle.
President Wilson's policy towards
business and proposed legislation az
fecting trusts promise a lower cost Of
living at home and increased inter-
national trade, William J. Bryan,
secretary of state, Monday night de-
clared in an address before the
American Asiatic society at New
York. Secretary Bryan discussed
the Administrations attitude toward
foreign commerce, the tariff and cur
rency reform measures and its poll
cies toward private monopoly and
the Chinese loan. Abiding to the
government proposed regulation Of
trusts and the probable effect, Mr..
Bryan said:
THE president has outlined re-
form whose influence can not be
bounded by. national lines. He has
declared war on private monopoly,
and this means the investment OF
capital that has hitherto been fright
ened away from industrial fields. II
the new policy results in reduction
in the size of corporations that have
become overgroWn, it will mean q
large number of Independent and
competing enterprises and this COM
petition will mean better article at
a lower price.
'It is worth while to inquire
whether monopolization has not nee
essarily resulted in the restriction Of
exports: In proportion as industries
rest upon their own merits rather
than upon legislative favor, just In
that proportion will they be strength
ened for successful contest with COM
| petitive industries throughout the
| world"
The authorization Of international
banks under the currency law will
stimulate foreign trade in the Orient
and throughout South America, Sec
retary Bryan said, and the new tariff
means a larger international COM
merce, of which the "Orient will have
! her share.
The secretary's discussion Of the
Chinese loan. was made subsequent to
speech by Willard Straight, presi-
dent of the society, who said that
many merchants interpreted the
presidents policy to mean that the
American government would not ex-
tend to bankers the support which
those familiar with trade conditions
in China consider necessary.
In reply Secretary Bryan said:
"The new administration in with
drawing approval from the Chinese
loan did not question the good faith
or good intent Of those who had seen
in it a means Of increasing prestige
and commercial power in China. The
president believed that different
policy was more consistent with the
American position and that 1t would
in the long run be more advantage
Gus to our commerce. It would not
be fair to attribute a falling of In
trade, to which reference has been
made, to the change in policy, be-
cause the new policy has not yet had
time to bear fruit, even If political
conditions had been entirely favor
able"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-02-04
"CRAPS" ROW FATAL.
Alleged Cause of Killing on Beach
Island in Aiken County.

Sunday afternoon about 5 o'clock
Sheriff Howard, Of Aiken, received
word that negro had been killed at
Beach Island. Upon reaching the
scene it was found that Joree Bar
rett had killed A. B. Hart on the
place Of Mr.. Dawson Atkinson about
three o'clock. From all accounts 1t
seems that the killing was the result
of trouble which started during a
game Of craps. 1t was some time
after reaching Beech Island before
the negro was found.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-02-04
To Restrict Pardon Power.

4 Joint resolution has been intro
duced in the House. providing that
the governor may adopt or reject a
recommendation by the board Of par
dons but can not grant pardon or
parole unless recommended by the
board. .
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-02-04
FLEES BEFORE MOBS.
Oklahoma Sheriff Spirits Prisoner
From Two County Jails.

Forced to remove his prisoner
from two county jails Monday be-
cause Of threatened mob violence,
Sheriff Binion Of Oklahoma City,
Okla, Monday night hurried Ben
Dickerson, a negro, in an automobile
to a secret hiding place Dickerson
is charged with the murder Of W. A.
Chafin. sales manager in Oklahoma
for a cereal company, who was shot
10 death by highwayman after he
had been robbed Of his money and
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-02-04
Fire on Vessel for Four DAYS

The steamship Santa Cecilia, bound
from New York to San Francisco put
into Los Angeles, Saturday, reporting
the destruction Of 1000 tons Of her
merchandise, approximately 25 per
cent Of her cargo, IN a four day IRE,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-02-04
Feared Courts Verdict.

Morgan C. Hall, private at Fort
Leavenworth. Kan, Saturday shot
and killed himself rather than face
courtmartial on a perjury charge.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-02-04
Six Overcome BY Gas.

Daniel Sorahan, plasterer Of New
York, and Eve daughters were over
come by gas Saturday night. Three Of
the girls are dead.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-02-04

their SuperlorS. Mr. SarnWeil WlSheQ
It understood that he was always in
favor of white supremacy, but he re-
garded the pending bill unwise and
inexpedient.
DR.. Wyche Of Newberry said it was
a very easy matter to arouse race
prejudice. Some almost would make
It crime to speak to the negro. II
we have erred it has been in not
teaching the negro enough, particu-
larly of morality. Some wanted the
negro to go to the depths, and if he
does the white man will suffer. This
Is too serious matter to joke about.
II the issue is to be squarely met it
must be more serious-deportation.
The way to settle this question is
without law. Public sentiment will
regulate such matters. In his coun-
ty, for instance, there are no white
teachers in negro schools. The negro
lives in contentment in this tSate
and he, therefore. believed the white
men were able to handle the situa-
ton. This is a white mans country,
therefore, why fear? It looked to
him Hike an effort to use it as polit-
ical move. This was an inopportune
time to raise such questions. If the
situation must be met let it be By
race segregation. absolutely. Who
fears social equality in South Caro-
lima, except the thoughtless or the
man on very infrn foundation. He
believed in teaching negroes or any
one else to be good and respectable.
Ignorance is a basis OF evil and thstl
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-02-04


every shipping point should have a
set of these grades and the findings of
the department under these tests, as
it is that every buyer and seller
should be furnished with a yard stick
or standard set of scales.
$50 gratifying are these results
that / propose now to have stains
and tinses standardized and their rel
ative spinning values, too, determin-
ed, in order to encompass the entire
cotton business. The department, as
above stated, has demonstrated the
relative cost of converting each grade
into yarn, the relative cost Of bleach
ing each grade, and the amount Of
waste in each, thereby fixing the spin
ming value of each grade. This is
accomplished and done, and the only
thing now to do is to see that he
farmers of the country have this
knowledge in a practical way, which
I believe will be accomplished by hav-
ing a set of these samples placed at
each shipping point, and the relative
value of the different grades, as de-
termined by the department, furnish
ed each shipping point. hope that
each legislature in every cotton grow
ing state will pass law requiring |
every buyer to comfort his grading |
TO the government standardization, so
that there may be uniformity Of
grades and an ultimate uniformity OF
prices of each. # this be done. the
cotton farmers Of the South will be
the benefctaries-and benefciaries
n the sense that means the saving OF
CT dollars to them annually
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-01-31
RESCUED
DESPAIRING WIFI

i had gotten 50 weak / could not 81
and gave up in despair.
AT last, my husband got me q botfFs
cardui, the wonlan's tonic, and /
menced taking It. From the verb
dose, ! could ten It was helping
can now walk two miles wittitats
firing me, and am doing all my va
II you are all rim down from 0anly
troubles. don't give up in desps Iry
cardai, the worlan's tonic. II h1elped
more than a million won1en sits 5O
years Of continuous success, dshould
surely help you, too. Your dagist mas
sold cardui for years. He lpvs what
II viii do. Ask him. He recofa-
mend II. Begin taking cardIpday.
Write to-: Chattanooga MedicsCc.. Ladlsss
Advisory Dept. Chattanooga. Ter g, cRScs<se
Instructions on your case and 64-psoook. k9ms
Treataaent for Women" sent In plapHsappef' 10s
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-01-31
DANGER AFTER GRIPPE
Lies in Poor Blood, Cough and
Worn-O ut Condition.


Grippe, pleurisy, pneumonia are
greatly to be feared at this season.
To prevent grippe from being fol-
lowed by either pleurisy OF pneumo-
mia, it is important to drive the last
traces Of 1t out Of the system.
Our advice is to take Vinol, our
delicious cod liver and iron prepare
ton without oil, and get your
strength and vitality back quickly.
w. w. Lake Of Aberdeen, Miss.
says: Grippe left me weak, rundown
and with a severe cough from which
/ suffered for a long time. I tried
different remedies, but nothing SEEM
ed to do me any good until I took
Vinol from which I received great
benefit. My cough is almost entirely
gone and / am strong and well again."
Try Vinol with the certainty that
IL it does not benefit you we viii give
back your money.
P. S. For Eczema of Scalp try
u saxo Salve. We guarantee 1t.
sHUTE's DRUGSTORE. 0~peIousss. La.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-01-31

BE Ii ORDAINED by the Police Jury
of the Parish of St, Landry in regular
session convened:
Section 1. That special election be
held throughout the limits of the Sec
ond Road District of the Sixth Police
Jury Ward of this Parish, on the 21st
day Of February, 1914, at which shall be
submitted to the property tax payers Of
said road district who are entitled to
vote under the Constitution and laWso
this State, the questionof whether or
not a tax of three mills on the dollar
per annum In addition to the vehicle
and per capita tax now levied under ex-
listing ordinances, shall be levied on all
taxable property in said road district
for five years beginning with the year
1914, for the purpose OF constructing,
maintaining and repairing the public
roads bnd bridges in said road district.
Section 2. That said special election.
shall be held under the General Elec-
ton laws OF this State at the polling
established by law in said road
district. The ballots to be used at said
election shall be printed in the form
prescribed by the general election laws
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-01-31

UNI per annum, from the date hereof,
payable semi-annually On the first day
OF February and August in each year,
excepting that the first installment OF
interest is payable on February l, 1870
on presentation and surrender of the
annexed coupons bearing a fac-simile
of the signatures of the President and
CLERK of the Police Jury Of said Parish,
as they seyerally become due:
Both principal and interest of this
bond are payable at the National Park
Bank in the City of New York, State OF
New York, and the avails of the resi-
due of the ten mill tax for each of the
years 1914 to 1928 inclusive, authorized
by Article 232 of the Constitution OF
Louisiana, after the payment of all
Statutory and ordinary charges, have
been dedicated and appropriated and
are hereby pledged for the payment of
the principal and interest hereof at ma
turitv.
This bond is one of a series of 100
bonds of like date, tenor and effect, ex-
cept as to time of payment, issued by
the Police Jury of said Parish for the
purpose of constructing highways in
and for said Parish, under and by au-
thority of and in accordance and full
compliance with the Constitution and
laws Of the State of Louisiana, and es-
pecailly paragraph 4 of Article 281 of
said Constitution, and an ordinance
duly and regularly passed and adopted
by the Police Jury of said Parish on the
Fifth day of January, 1914.
And it is hereby Certified, Recited
and Declared that the residue of the
ten mill tax for the years 1914 to 1928
inclusive, authorized by Article 232 of
the Constitution of Louisiana, after
making provision for the payment of
all Statutory and ordinary charges, will
be amply-sufficient to pay the princi-
pal and interest of this bond and all
other bonds of said series at maturity;
that all acts, conditions and things re-
quired to be done precedent to and in
the issuance of said bonds have been
properly done, have happened, and
been performed, in regular and due
form, as required by law, and that said
Indebtedness does not exceed any stat
utory or constitutional limitation.
In Testimony Whereof, We, the I'M
d~ersigned officers of the Police Jury of
st. Landry Parish, State of Louisiana,
being duly authorized to execute this
obligation on behalf of said Parish, have
hereunto set our official signatures, as
of the First day of February, A. D.
1914.
President.