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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-11-20
SIGN THE CLEMSON BILL!
A Call on the Governor to Respect the
Wishes of the People.

A Call on the Governor to Respect the
Wishes of the People.
=. The News and Courier
The Cotton Plant, the organ of the
Farmers Alliance in South Carolina, is
Of the opinion that when the General
Assembly meets, Governor Richardson
will veto the bill providing for the es-
tablishment of the Clemson College.
The Greenville News is Uniformed that
Governor Richardson during last summer
positively declared his purpose to sign
the Clemson BILL" We do not know
what course Governor Richards intends
D to pursue, but in our opinion he should
sign the bill withou: hesitation.
, The State has accepted the Clemson
beauest, the contest of the Will has been
determined by the courts in favor Of the
State, q bill has been passed by the Legis-
lsture providing for the establishment of
the college under the terms of the will,
the people of the State have declared
themselves to be in favor of the fouuda-
tion of a separate agricultural college
for the education ot the sons OF farmers,
and Governor Richardson should not
hesitate to give his approval TO a meas
ure which is deserving of his favorable
consideration upon every ground of pub
lie policy. The governor will have three
days after the Legislature meets with
which to return the bill with his veto.
If he declines to approve the bill, the
probability is that the Legislature will
not be able to pass it over his veto. and
the case will then be carried to the court
of final resors--the ballot box. It is
easy to see that more dangerous issue
could not be injected Tito the politics of
this State. As the Gre-av lie New, says:
Decided and united sct.,u by A::lsnce
men for their own Interests rouii secure
the election of ClenS"n Co!eg2 men
from nearly every c"uncy ii &c State,
and governor who wcaid @GG yeto
bill directly il the r,.sesi gj zoe tanners
and the farmers sons"
The farmers of tie S.&C, desiIe that
the Clemson College s!aI: ao.ishad.
They have right i".S ec' 'E.s their
wishes will be ccwp"eo ~,h. Their
numbers, their weain, =, ue support
(which they give to the g,vec1me2t will
&2sitle them toAaecognitiou. There may
q bees of opinion in re-
z'2l1! g azss# Il I'm for an agricultural
gard to the recess Szasss,, eesgsa.
college, but the farmers that pro7is.
ION shall be made for the education OF
their sons, and the very just and proper
request should be granted: Governor
richardson's veto of the Clemson Col
: lege bill would be fatal political blum
der, that could not be excused upon any
ground of public policy or OF economy;
We do not believe that he will "itnho!o
his approval -g45sea Nasaea. s:s net think that, z
gss upon this question, he can refuse
to comply with the reasonable expecta-
tons of the farmers OF the STATE. Fail
ure to establish the Clemson College will
jeopardize the future success and useful
ness of every other educational iosti:u-
$ tion under State control in South Caro-
lima, and will cause widespread dissen-
ton and dissatisfaction among the
people.
The farmers want the college, and they
onhgt to have it.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-11-20

The New York Tribune. which has
been a Malone organ of the deepest
dye, now remarks that Billy is back
number" Truly, Malone is in bad
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-11-20
WHAT DIR. GEORGE SAYS

DR.. Joseph George, of Augusta county,
near the Rockbridge line, who is attend
ing all the surviving victims of the
dreadful butchery, and made the post
mo1tem for the coroner, says the knife
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-11-20
MRS. WALKER KILLED.


Mrs. Walker, who had been in the ex-
treme corner opposite, went to her hus-
bands side, and taking bottle Of sal
volatile from hand bag she carried,
bent over her husband and administered
the restorative. While she was doing
this wifely and womanly act she received
a fatal pistol shot, and slipping down
beside the bench where her husband lay,
died in sitting position. DR.. Waller,
in his solicitude for his wife, managed to
get down from the bench to the floor,
and was lying there beside her when be
received the pistol shots which caused
his death. Justice Boswell says he saw
William Miller, 90 years of age, son of
Henry Miller, go to DR.. Walker as he
Law beside his dead wife, and shoot him.
Some witnesses say William Miller stood
over the PROSTATE pair and poured three
or four shots right into DR.. Walker as
he lay on the floor helpless beside his
wife. Mr.. Gould corroborates the state
ment and says he interposed and tried to
shame William Miller, begging him not
to shoot dying man, and that he
walked away after discharging his
weapon three times. Henry Mccormick
and John B. Lavelle both say that James
Miller, one of the brothers present with
their father, killed Mrs Walker. These
witnesses state that James Miller said ::
you caused the death OF my father,
and you shall all die together"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-27
A NOVELTY IN RAILROAD POLICY.

The railroad idea of deciding, or trying
to decide, disputes about rights of way by
acts of riot seems to have reached novel
development at GAINESVILLE, O., Friday.
One railroad, because connecting road
was throwing its coal traffic to third and
competing line, sent out gang of men,
who bound and gagged an engineer, cap
tured his engine, carried it off to the round
house of the aggressive road, and when the
police came to look for the engine locked
them in the round-house also. The idea of
securing traffic by an act of highway rob-
berry may be awarded the palm for original
ity in the line of corporate lawlessness.
Such remarkable proceeding seems prin-
cipally useful as means of removing any
doubt that may heretofore have existed as
to the corporations furnishing an element of
ungoverned and lswless force similar in its
relation to the commercial system Of to-day
to that furnished by the feudal barons in
their day.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-27
THE LOCAL STIR IN POLITICS.

The personal movements of distinguished
Western Pennsylvania Republicans were a
wind-fall to the reporters during the week
just ended. Where they iourneyed, what
they said, and what they denied saying
this latter item the most important-was
told picturesquely and minutely. To gather
a clear view of the future programme from
the amusing jetsam and flotsam of inter-
view, rumor, assertion, intimation and de-
nial would be as difficult as to understand
the plan of battle by watching the skirmish-
ing reconnoissances that precede it. But
where there is so much movement, so many
evolutions of fact and fancy about coming
important conflict is pending.
Without doubt, there is. The division of
interests among the former colleagues, Quay,
Magee, Beaver, Finn, Hastings and others,
which has been felt hitherto only in the
struggle over Federal appointments or at
local primaries, must very soon be trans
ferred to the larger arena of the State. The
election of the next Legislature and the
choice for Governor is at stake. Victory or
defeat in the nominations next spring means
an ascendancy or effectual Limitation of
power and influence for period of years.
In this state of things it is not surprising
that the leaders are making careful observa-
tion of the field before announcing their line
of action. The situation at present indicates
Delamater as Senator Quay's first choice for
Governor, and Colonel Montooth as Mr..
Magee's, with General Hastings making
lively canvass on his own account, and
cuitivating a reserve of acceptability to the
following of both the other candidates.
Meanwhile, but a secondary interest is
exhibited in the State election this year
probably because Boyer is felt to be sure of
election. Neither is there, SO far, evident
either much activity or enthusiasm in this
county, though it is evident that Rowand
will have the hardest sort of a pull in the
District Attorneyship race, faced by the op-
position which the reunited factions of the
Democracy have set up on behalf of their
candidate, Johnston, and supplemented by
the scarcely concealed antagonisms from
various quarters within the Republican
ranks
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-27
EVADING CTSTOMS LAWS.
A shrewd Swindle Practiced Against the
Canadian Government.

A shrewd swindIe Practiced Against the
Canadian Government.
WINNIPEG, October 26-An extensive game
of swindling the customs has just come to
light. and an investigation threatens to expose
a number of prominent Winnipeggers,
among whom are an Alderman and
Sunday School Superintendent. 1t
appears that they have for years been
importing from the States Eastwood
which they had invoiced as whitewood The
reason for the little ruse seems to have
been that whitewood was on the free list, while
there is considerable duty on Eastwood. The
two woods so closely resemble each other that
it is almost impossible for any one but an ex-
pert to detect the difference. As result bass
wood has been coming in in large quantities
invoiced as whitewood, which was
frequently mixed in small quantities
with the more expensive material 1t is said
the suspicious OF the customs people were
aroused by the large quantity of Eastwood be-
ing sold in the city, and as none had been re-
ported at the customs an investigation was
started.
The customs people have in their possession
a letter from one dealer to a manufacturer in
the States, where he asks to have shipment
made to him, to be invoiced as white wood.
said that large quantities of dressed lum-
ber were brought into the city and were got
through the customs by fraud, invoices being
merely sawn lumber, upon which there is no
duty. The dressed lumber would be packed in
the center of a car and tier or SO of sawn
lumber piled about it SO as to deceive the ap-
Draiser.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-27
DAvITT AND THE COMMISSION.

Mr.. Michael Davitt's speech to the Par
nell Commission, in which he referred to his
old connection with the Fenians, is regarded
by the Philadelphia Inquirer as IAN unfor-
tunste utterance at a particularly un-
fortunate time" Since Mr.. Davitt was bent
on making full argument before the Com
mission. it is difficult to see how he could
have said less than he did on the Fenian
branch of the subject. His old connection
with the revolutionary organization was in
evidence before the Commission, and he
could hardly make an extended address
without stating the principles on which he
acted with the organization years ago, and
showing what changes in the situation have
brought him into unison with the constitu-
tional methods of Mr.. Parnell. 1t is
doubtful whether any amount of speechiiy-
ing before the Commission will do any good;
and it seems still more questionable whether
Mr.. Davitt's long effort is particularly
effective; but it hardly appears that his e1-
PLANTATION of his Fenian record will either
mend or mar matters,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-27
wF IMPORTANT POINT.

While it seems as if more than one manu-
featuring interest might be represented al
the reception to the Pan-American delegates,
we take it that the most important point
will be secured, if all the manufacturing
interests are adequately represented in the
display Of industrial products at the Expo
sition buildings.
The vital object that we wish to attain
with our Southern visitors is to show them
what Pittsburg can produce in the line OF
articles that they wish to buy. No more
convincing way of doing that can be chosen
than the display of the articles themselves.
Nothing can be done in that line at recep-
ton of which the delegates will probably
have had repletion before they reach Pitts
burg.
While it would be pleasant for all inter
ests to participate in the fashionable cere-
monv, it is not worth disputing about, the
real work of the visit of the Congress will
be done at the industrial exhibit 1t is
there that ambitious manufacturers should
make their efforts.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-27
A DEMONSTRATION OF STRENGTH.

One of Mr.. D. Christy Murray's latest
and best novels is entitled "The Weaker
Vessel" and the whole novel gives the title a
sarcastic bearing on the application of that
phrase to women, by making all the women
show the qualities of tortitude, bravery and
patience to degree which excites the ad-
miration and surpssses the emulation of the
men. Even the female villain of the novel
has determination and will which sets at
naught adversely and weakness, so that the
conclusion of the book is that the weaker
vessel should be considered masculine rath-
er than feminine.
1t is obviously an easy task to write a
novel in support of given theory and to
make the events of the novel bear out the
theory to a triumphant conclusion. That
this way of proving what the author wishes
TO prove has been worn threadbare, may
have occurred to a young woman out
in Missouri, who sets herself to the task
affording in real life demonstration that
woman is not the weaker vessel, if she is ac-
quainted with herself. This member of the
tender and clinging sex took an appropriate
subject for her demonstration in the shape
of man who had presumptuously proposed
an elopement Armed with her innocence and
horsewhip, this soft creature thrashed her
enemy and the Justice of the Peace who tried
to interfere, SO as to utterly demonstrate the
unftness of theterm. The Missouri method
is more convincing than Mr.. Murray's One
10 IMAGINATIVE but the other conveys esneci
ally to the persons who were whipped, the
conviction that attaches to practical demon
stration.
1t is easy to imagine the facts that prove
the appropriateness of the term; but the
woman who performs the deeds, and con-
quers both the term and her enemies with
vigor and horsewhip, has left in the shade
the efforts of the novelist TO revise the Lam
puape.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-27
BOTHERED By FEATHER DEVILS.
The People of n Michigan Village Greatly
Annoyed by Evil Spirits.

Annoyed by Evil spirits.
HOLLAND, MICH, October 26.-The little
Dutch village of Graafschap, near here. occu-
pied by about 200 industrious, contented but
superstirlous Dutch people,i is in a state of mind
concerning witches There are two churches
and school in the hamlet, but they have not
prevailed against belief in the black art
which possesses the minds of old and young.
Where witchcraft is suspected the pillows Of
the bewitched people are searched for
'feathered DEVILS which are punches
of feathers that, to the superstitious
mind, bear the shape Of crowns
and chickens. These are burned with great cere-
mony to break the charm. Recent cases Of sick.
ness there were attributed to these devils"
and the pillows of the invalids were searched.
Several Feather devils' were found and the
people built roaring fire and tried to burn
them. The feathers resisted the flames until
suddenly they disappeared. Two black chick
ems were then put into pot and slowly roasted
to death. Two men then drove in post-haste to
an old physician living about 10 miles away,
procured some medicine, administered 1t, and
the spell was broken.
One day farmers wife tried to churn butter,
and for all her churning not an ounce OF butter
would come. Finally her husband took red
hot poker and thrust 1t into the churn. In
few moments the butter was made and no
further trouble was had. Afterward they
learned that aneighbor had. in some mysterious
1ame was seSesea pTn ST small Saek
dog which invaded the house. 1t was often
chased, and they tried to scald it with boiling
water, but it could not be touched. Sometimes
the furniture seemed to be suspended from the
ceiling. These prosecutions finally ceased.
A woman one day received a very fine apple
from neighbor, which she placed upon shelf.
A short time afterward she was horritied to see
on the shelf large toad in place of the apple.
A man who has found crowns in his pillows
and bed has ever since slept in wagon-box,
being afraid to sleep upon feather bed again.
These are only few of the cases. Great ex-
citement prevails. and last Sunday the village
minister preached sermon upon the subject.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-27
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA In POLITICS.

Governor Hills allusion to the fact that
he was travelling in the South without his
encyclopedias" has been taken pretty gen.
orally to have been uttered as q
sneer at President Cleveland. This he de-
mics, and his friends have offered sundry
excuses for the peculiar remark. The latest
explanation, as stated by the Atlanta Con-
Stitutioa, is that Governor Hill intended it
as joke at the expense of Mr.. Roswell P.
Flower, that stalk of Democracy that buds
but never blooms, who accompanied the
New York Governor and made short
speeches full of statistics. This may be 80,
although we think the correct reading of the
sneer will be shown by the shrinkage in
the vote for Governor Hills ticket this
fall.
But aside from their personal bearing is
there not a good deal of humbug in these
sneers at the practice Of obtaining statistics
and other information from the encyclo-
pedia? We do rot see that it matters where
Mr.. Cleveland or any other public man gets
mis- facts or his figures provided they are
correct. One of the prevailing defects of q
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-27

great deal of oratory inflicted upon the
American people by so-callej statesmen is
their inaccuracy in matters Of fact. Many
a man who has the gift of eloquence trusts
to italmost alone to carry his speech through.
More who have only a loud voice and
brazen front fling to the winds all thought
of precision and answering truth in their
statements They do not look into an en-
cyclopedia once year. More's the pity.
They are the first to sneer at the man who
draws from the wondrous collections of facts
which constitute the encyclopedias of these
days. And these brave rattlepates are to be
found in the halls of Congress, in State
Legislatures and in the highest Offices the
nation has in its gift.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-27
THE REPREsENrAT1YE LOCATION.

The progress of events with reference to
the location of the Worlds Fair project for
1892 makes it more evident daily that the way
to give it the dignity of national character
is to locate it at the capital of the nation
and to conduct it under Government aus.
pices.
The gradual strengthening OF this con.
viction arises from the development of the
objections to other places which become EN-.
phasized as discussion goes on. New York.
having made an effort to raise q guarantee
fund of 5000, 900. has got subscriptions Of
$3.50, 900 from the Vanderbilt interests
and $4,000 from Joseph Pulitzer.
There the project sticks in the
mire Of the metropolitan lack Of public
spirit. Chicago, notwithstanding her en-.
terprise, has the drawbacks of an interior
city representing only a part, though q
leading part, of the whole country. Wash.
ington, on the contrary, is easily accessible
to foreign visitors, is the typical seat of gov.
ernment for the New World, and offers q
location for great exposition which shall
be under the direct auspices of the United
States and represent the whole nation.
1t is understood that the District Govern.
ment will ask Congress for authority to
: issue loan to raise funds for the Exposi.
tion. As the cost will be more than repaid
to the property holders Of the District, the
proposition seems very proper one. How.
ever the details may be settled, the capital
of the nation is steadily rising into promi
nence as the place for the Exposition.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-27
PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE.

GENERAL MALONE does not weigh more
than los pounds. Mrs. Malone tips the beam
at full 225.
Miss MARIA RAUM, daughter of the Com.
missioner of Pensions, was married few days
ago to Lieutenant Frank Moses, of the Marine
Corps.
OTIS SKINNER, who is pronounced by leading
critics the best actor in the Booth-Modjesk
combination, is the son Of a Hartford Conn.,
clergyman.
THE widow of the late King Luis, of Portu-
gal will receive yearly allowance of S64. 900,
which will be reduced one-half if she lives
abroad. OF course she has decided to remain in
Lisbon.
JOHN THOMSON, the oldest Freemason in
Philadelphia. died recently. He was born in
Philadelphia in 1799, and in the course of his
Masonic career held all the elective offices in
the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania.
IT may be that the reports of the serious ILL
ness of the Prince Of Wales are due to the fact
that he has become extremely studious of late
He has always been fond of reading history
and during the past year has covered a good
deal of ground. He has been reading Ameri-
can historians, and has gone through nearly all
the works of Motley and Prescott. He consid-
ers the latter the most fascinating historian of
modern times. The Prince is now reading Nc
Masters History Of the American People"
THE oldest Commodore in the United States
navy is Joseph B. Hull. he was born in 1899,
and was appointed midshipman in 1873 He
is o nephew of the Captain Hull who COM
manded the frigate Constitution when she
captured the Guerriere. Commodore Hull per-
formed gallant service during the Mexican
War and the War of the Rebellion. He was in
command of the Philadelphia navy yard from
1884 to 1865. Although 90 years of age, he is
hale and vigorous and enjoys meeting old
friends,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-27
COMIC cULLIsGs.

The dignity Of labor is all right, but it is
the dig hight and day labor that many people
complain of.-Ts-as strings.
YabsIey-This is q pretty fair trotter.
What's his name2 WickWire-I haven't named
him yet but as my wife can't hold him think
III call him Secret TsrTs Haufs E-prsss.
ssPatience on q monument, smiling at
grief, - Is wholesome enough; butPatisnce would
never have had q monument II she had waited for
New York TO build it.-Hsp Orleans FtcayEns.
Theater-goer-Ths love scene In your play
Isn't half 20 natural as Il used to be. The ssns
people do It, too.n Manager-Yes; bat the lovers
were married during their last vacation. "-Ldp-
renee Amsrtcan.
81 hear your husband has been out shoot
ing. Did be have any luck2'' asked Mrs. fitzroy
Of Mrs Shiftiess. 20, yes; be had luck, II y,l
please TO call It So He saved two fingers OF hit>
right hand. '-Hartord Posf.
"Joe, You were up with Miss jenkins IN
III II O'Clock last night" s'Yes. Ivss trying %
outsit another fellow" 20. that was II chr
I've been there myself. Who was the other fel-
lows 'sHer father. 'i-BpocA.
Poor Diet-Nhat do you live on down
here, anywaygp asked q hungry Northerner In
FLORIDA OF . native the other day.
ssWsal,n - drswled the Floridlsn, TN TIE sum-
mer we 1--we on h9n ana JANA ana IN me Ulnlcr
we live on sick Yankees. "-Harpe's Bosar.
Depressing Quiet-Isn't 1t lonely here,
Georgs3 Did you ever know anything 80 stinf
son, yes. Once"
ssWhen was thst9'
II hired plumber once to DO days work fsf
me, and he never moved from morning tonight"
Ha5per's Bazdr.
The Honest Grocer.-'1 noticed Mrs
Browns little girl pick = nice sppls ont Of ne
barrel while she was here with her mother, ~
Mrs. Troubleraiser to the grocer. II don't -
how some people can bring their children up -.
You must loss . great deal By this petty pi
ing.n
'sNot at all, ma'sm, '' replied the grocer.
saw her take the apple and charged her m0'A~
for quart. "-Hrrpsr's Basar.
Willing to Throw Him In.-Wiie tln
sudden alarm)-Johnl Johni Do wake upl n1>-
somebody moving about In the housel
Husband lin greater alarm)-Wh-Wnas. e--- oo.--
body in the house2 II didn'thave tne rnsan,-
tism 50 blamed bad, Maria, I'd
Wife ldisgusted)-ssyl You burglar aoFa-
stsirsi When you've got all TIE other planeer y21
want wish you wouid come NJ hsre ana 1rII %
fnis thing that calls Itself = msnl-ch'cag' <r'e-
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