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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-11-06
Republican Persecution in Virginia.

The Virginia Democratic State Execu-
tive Committee has felt called upon to
issue an address to the Democratic
voters of the State, warning them to be
prepared for the sensational devices of
their political opponents. This warning
has been ELECTED by the arrest of a num-
Der of Democratic judges of election
and the probable arrest of others. The
assurance is given that all judges, clerks
and registrars who may be arrested are
to be properly defended in the discharge
of their duties. Three more citizens OF
Pittsylvania County were arraigned be-
fore a United States Commissioner at
Danville Thursday, for alleged intimi-
dation of Republican voters last fall.
They demanded a prompt trial, but the
Commissioner postponed the hearing
until after the election, after placing
the accused under bonds. This business
has very bad look, and is in the high
est degree diScreditable to the men in
stigatingit
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-11-06
THE DRUMMER's LATEST TRICK.
Don't Pick the Stray Thread from His
Coat Unless You Want to be Laughed

Don't Pick the Stray Thread from His
Coat Unless You Want to be Laughed
At.
! The drummer always brings the latest
trick Here is is:
Take spool Of white basting cotton.
Drop II into yolr inside coat pocket and,
threading a needle with it, pass it up
through the shoulder of your coat.
Leave the end an inch or so long on the
outside of your coat and take off the
needle Four men out of FIVE will try TO
pick that whole thread off your shoulder
and will pull on the spool until it
actually does seem as though yo1i
clothes are all hastings and that they
were unravelling not cnly your clothes,
but yourself
II was in to see Wilson Barrett in
'Claudian' in Boston last week." said
the travelling man. 1T was the most
interesting and pathetic portion of the
play. Everybody was rapt. | was sit
ting bolt upright, and didn't know or
care to know a SOUL around me, when
suddenly l fel. some one tugging at
that basting cotton that I myself had
clear forgotten. I didn't say a word
and did not move Foot by foot it un-
rolled. Half glanciug around, l saw a
mana total stranser-yanking at that
thread. His face was scarlet. He had
pulled out about ten yards and was now
hauling it hand over hand. He didn't
dare to stop because he had decorated
my back and the whole aisle with bast-
ing cotton. He hardly dared to go
ahead, for he didn't know what portion
of my domestic interior economy he was
trifiing with. Hand over hand he
yanked it in. The aisle was full
of it. For heavens sake! will
it never end1 said he above his
breath. sat perfectly still and ran the
spool while he pulled. How | wanted
to yell. never saw anything in my life
half so funny. The whole section of
the house got onto it. They didn't know
whether 10 laugh at me or him, and
some looked on amazed at the spectacle.
At last the stranger behind me gave one
frantic rip and yanked out about eleven
yards on one bunch, and as the cotton
got twisted around his watch chain,
over his eyeglasses, in his very hair
and filed his lap, l turned around, and,
producing the spool from my pocket,
said: 4 am very much obliged for your
interest and very sorry that missed
you. ~You see I have about one hun
dred and twenty four yards left. but |
presume that you don't care for any
more tonight. Il am honestly sorry, but
l can't help smiling
''The man was a modest sort of Il
gentleman in appearance. His face was
as red as fire even to his ears. He looked
at me and then at the spool. He changed
color once or twice, and then as the
crowd caught on big laugh went up
right in one of the painful passages of
'Claudian, and the gentleman who had
intended to pull that thread off joined
in the laugh and said: 4 will square
that up on my wife when get home;
but, my friend, swear to heaven that l
did think at one time that l was going
to undress you where you sat
ut catches every time, and my own
wife has been fooled twice on it."-Lew-
iSton Journal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-11-06
Grover Cleveland.

As time wears on the name Of Grover
Cleveland grows brighter, and as the
present administration becomes fully
established. that broad, honest and clean
administration which was guided by his
hand stands out the more prominently
by the contrast His hame awakenS an
enthusiasm wherever mentioned, which
no other name can awaken. To-day,
while other mcu prominent in the party
councils are aspiring TO party leader
ship, plain Grover Cleyeland, practic-
ing his profession in the city of New
York, is nearer tie great Democratic
ncart than any other living American.
Whether he VIII be the Democratic
nominee IN 1882, or whether, indeed, he
will accept a nomination if rendered, we
do not know. But this We do know,
that as impartial history, laying aside
all partisan bitterness, writes down the
record Of his administration, it will be
one of the purcst and cleaneSt the Ameri-
can nation has ever known.-SheltyciUc
Guzelie.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-11-06
MEN NOT EQUAL.
Rev. DR.. Holland Sees No Equality Any
where.

Rev. DR.. Holland Sees No Equality Any
where.
A st. Louis Republic reporter recently
had the following interview with the
Rev. DR.. z. A. Holland:
"Dr. Holland" said the reporter,
"lhe reports of your speech before one
Of the Episcopal societies in New York
have you say that all men are not born
free and equal, as the declaration Of in
dependence reads, and as every youth
of the land is taught along with the
rudiments of their education
DR.. Holland was sitting on an easy
settee, leaning back on the upholstered
arm, and as the reporter spoke he half
raised in his seat, and, with eyes fairly
blazing in the conviction of his belief,
he said: "Well, are they? Can any
thing be more absurd than to say that
men are born free and equal? l assert
again, and think no man can gainsay
it, that men are not born equal in any
way, physically, mentally or morally,
except in the fact that all men are born
men. You might as well say that
all men are equal from a physical
standpoint, that the man who is
weak physically is the match, from
physical point of view, with the giant.
Theoretic democracy is absurd. 1t never
did and never can exist on earth or in
heaven. Men are not equals anywhere
NOT in governmental rights, any more
than in physical strength, wealth or
talent. Nor are men equal in any sense
before the law. They are not enlisted
into the army equally, cannot so to
West Point or Annapolis equally; may
not pass competitive examinations for
civil service equally. nor equally become
public school teachers nor pay equal
taxes, nor stand with equal severity be-
fore the criminal courts. Equality before
the law means simply that law is law,
and men are men-a tautology not quite
aphorismic on the part of those who by
acute distinctions would save the Decla-
ration of Independence and democracy
from nonsense. Law is equal inaSmuch
rs its distinctions act uniformly These
are the views in nutshell which | gave
before the society, and l am free to
maintain that the theory is true@,ne.
There was no excitement over these
among the members of the
society or the convention, and WAS
surprised to find thar so much had been
said on the subject by the people and
the press Of the country
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-11-06
Evnnotism in Court.

In one of the law courts of lIelsin
borg, Sweden, a queer case of hypnotlsm
has puzzled the judges. \ young mcdi-
cal student brought suit against a prac-
ticing physician in tue town FOR having
hypnotized him several times against his
will, with the result that his nervous
system was injured and his mini some
what enfeebled. Several witnesses ap-
peared for the plaintiff, and, to the
establishment of the court, they all ap-
,,eared to be crazy and gave the most
contradictory and astounding testimony.
Hereupon medical gentleman came upon
the stand and still further astoniShed
the court with the announcement that
his confrcrc, the defendant. had hypno
tized the witnesses and made them say
lust what he liked. Finally the court
adjourned the case and appointed a
commission to see if the entire crowd
were not crazy.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-11-06
OFFICIAL LIFE IN CHICAGO.
Little Duties Which the Mayor Of that
Village Must Perform,

Mayor Cregier had a late caller last
evening. 1t was past II o'clock, and
the Mayor was just on the point of re-
firing. His door bell rang, and it was
answered by one Of the family.
SIS the Mayor in?' asked We'll
dressed man of perhaps 35 years of age.
HE is just retiring. Is your business
of an urgent nature?'
1T is.
''Well, just step in and l will call
him"
The Mayor had partially disrobed, but
asked the fellow his business.
well, Mr.. Mayor he began, Il
called here tonight in the interest of a
friend of mine who is locked up at the
Chicago avenue station. My friend is
in beastly state of intoxication and |
wish TO take him down town and give
him bath and take him home. ! can
bail him out, all right enough, but l
have not money enough to pay his hack
fare home. In fact I have only S5
cents, and if you would be kind enough
to lend me IS until morning I can get
along nicely"
"Iou say your friend is in need of Il
bath!' the Mayor asked. "Wait II
minute and he sat down at his desk
and wrote an order on the Palmer House
bath rooms.
"Here," the Mayor said, "is your or
der for bath
''But, Mr. Mayor, l need S. to take
him home in hackn'
You say you have S5 cents. Well, it
will cost you only 20 cents street car
f,re to take your friend home, and that
will leave you G5 cents to start you on
another drunk tomorrow. Good night. :"
and the Mayor bounced him out of the
house. Cticayo Mail.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-11-06
Murder in Barnwell.

BARNwEL, October 3O.-TSpecial to
The Register. l-JohnJ. Heffernan, form
erly of Augusta, but for several years a
young merchant of this place, was shot
and instantly killed at , o'clock this
afternoon by a negro named Ripley
Johnson. Mr.. Hefernan entered a negro
restaurant to reprimand the negro about
some loose talk, and as he entered the
door the negro, who was sitting down,
rose up and shot him, putting the pistol
so close to Heffernan's head that the
powder burned his face. The murderer
escaped by the back door, and the Sher-
if and {; large posse of men are securing
the country for him. Mr.. Hetfernan
never spoke after being shot. If the ne
gro is caught it is. doubtful if he ever
gets to jail.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-11-06
CRUELTY h 4 CHILD.
An Inhuman Uncle Brutally Beats His
Nephew-The Miscreant Committed to

Nephew-The Miscreant Committed to
Jail.
4 case came before Trial Justice Null
Ter Yesterday in which the evidence pre-
sented stamped it as one of the worst
cases of brutality that has lately come to
public cognizance in this community.
John Kennedy, Il full grown coored
man, was charged with assault upon his
nephew, Joseph S. Kecfc, a lad only 9
years of age The assault consisted in
a terrible beating administered to the
boy. who was tied to fence for the pur-
pose, with a strap which had a buckle
upon the end of it.
With this implement Of castigation, a
vcritable instrument of torture IN the
hands of so heartless Il wretch, as Ken
ncdy is proven to be by the facts adj
duced, the boy was beaten until his back
was lined with welts and the flesh so cut
and bruised as to almost hang in shreds.
Though the beating took place two
weeks ago, those who saw the boy yes
tcrday, and DR.. Frank Y. Ray who ex-
amincd him, unite in saying that the
evidences of the brutal treatment the lad
received are still horrible to look at.
The reason assigned for the infiction
of the punishment is that the boy, who
is the son of kennedy's sister, failed TO
perform the whole of a task set him by
bis uncle in cutting some hay. The child
himself says that it Was impossible Tor
him to accomplish the task set.
Kennedy was held for trial by Trial
Justice Muller, and, in default oil bail,
was committed to iall.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-11-06
A WOMAN CONDUCTOR.
She Net Her Fate in Man Who Didn't
Pay.
tFrom tie .NemliiS dppeal. }

tfr0m tie .UeMl |,'$ 4 ppeaI.
Talk about woman suffrage" said {
veteran railroad conductor Il can relate
TO YOU 4 phase of woman that few people
have seen in this country.
a few days ago was going out IRON
Denver, Col. on the Denver and Rio
Grande Railroad, when l was thrown ir
company with Il lady who opened my
ewes. conductor as | was. she was q
petite brunette. who had the vim and
manner of what would term a manly
woman. Not impul>ive and given tc
erratic spells, bat purely woman given
bv nature to manhood $ ways.
"Thi> lady was a conductor on a
branch train tapping our linc, and she
was the first female ever knew acting
in that capacity.
But You must not think that she WAS
at all Slow iii meeting all demands, for
while she had hcr range and could 60
Just so far to that extent she did her
work superbly. She collected fares and
punched tickets like 4 man, but when
it came to putting some fellow off be-
cause Of his failure to comply with the
requirements of the railroad company
il vas her custom to call on a man to
do the work. The brakeman on .hc
train wa, usually present TO do her com
mands but have known cases where
passengers were called on to put other
passengers off the train.
Will Ynl.,tn rulnr. ,,ccD "a
that took place alta certain point in The
Northwest. The lady conductor had
charge of the train, and a buriy, sruff
passenger from Iowa was on hoa.3 He
mad not a ceat to pay his fare to her
knowledge. and when the ticket collector
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-11-06
Even the Dead are Hated Still.

The intensely bitter feeling which
prevails in so many quarters in the
North against the Confederate soldiers
has again manifested itself, and in so
offensive u form that it is difficult to
conceive of such undying and devilish
hate as seems to prompt it. Abe Pat
terson Post OF Pittsburg, part of the
Grand Army Of the Republic, mas unan
imouslv passed resolutions stating that
the Second Maryland rebel Regiment
have erected on the Gettysburg battle
field, within four feet of the monument
erected by a loyal Maryland regiment,
monument commerlorating the dis
lovai deeds of said rebel regiment, thus
undertaking ''to make treason honor
able" Therefore they resolve that the
"Abe Patterson POST ''enter their
solemn protest against this sacrilege,
and most emphatically denounce such
intrusion by traitors upon sacred soil,
and ask that the Gettysburg Battlefield
Association, of which Governor Beaver
rs ciiaii man, cause the rebel monument
to be removed and express orders givea
that more OF that lie.uTc be erected" "
GoSszH5r 8ei12r-haS said, in response,
rat '.thcsa resolutions show the right
spirit He further states for himself,
Il ain, and always viii De, opposed to
auy rebel organization erecting its own
monuments wi,hin the grounds of the
association" Governor Beaver, how
ever, thinks "the government should
erect markers on the position occu
pied by the Confederates as a mat
ter of history and to give a perfect
idea of the fight So that the
poor Confederate entom5ed at Get.
tysburg, while his mouldering clay
may be valuable as a ''marHer" to show
where bis more heroic brother of the
North fought and died, shall have no
stone placed above him to tell that he
too fel! on the field of honor. We have
hitherto been told that those who par
ticipated in the struggle have long ago
forgotten its bitter memories, and had
'sclaSped hands across the bloody
chasm;" that only the politicians coz
tinue TO fen the emberS of the strife,
which every suggestion of patriotism
and manhood required should be buried
with thr mast But here we have an
s,.,nv most l.omncSed of veteran soldiers
and the Governor e a State. who is also
nyrs;dent Of the Batrlc- field Association.
op;ring r. ,,tto,.ancn 70 sentiments which
o,,nhf n crimson hc cbneL of Co
v rnsncbn or . Znln Not lon@ aoo . nnm.
Der Of old Confederate officers met those
who faced them in fine thioE of battle at
r,n4+,,,.b,,,.c, - Ion,.o no;nts of interest
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-11-06
The Last Gun of the War.

When and where was the last gun Of the
war fired in Georgia. A number of answers
were given at the time, but The one that
strikes me as most probably the correct one
was given me in Savannah day or two ago.
I was walking up Broughton street with
friend when he stopped and pointed across
the street to plain two story brick resi-
dence. THAT" said he, was tie home Of
Charles 4, +. Lamar. as gallant q soldisry as
killed by tho last gun Of the war fired in
Georgia" "Where was that?" asked him.
"At Columbus Evan Howell, OF The Con-
stir ;on, was near him at the time It was
tho esy last shot fired on Georgia soiL"-
Atlanta Constitution.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-11-06
SHOT HIS OWN SHADOW.
Duel Between Chicago Burglar and His
Double in a Mirror.


CHICAGO, October 30.-A burglar Sc.
cured an entrance to the residence Of
George N. High, No GG Bellevue Place,
Monday night, and seeing his image in
a large plate glass mirror became so
badly ratified that be drew his revolver.
The man in the mirror did likewise, and
in a moment the burglar was blazing
away with precision that was hard on
the mirror
Mr.. High and his family were at din
ner on the floor below, and when the
shooting was heard, together with the
noise of breaking glass, there was a
sudden loss of appetite on the part OF
every one at the table. Mr.. High
grabbed a poker and headed n process
sion up the stairway, and when the
large rear bedroom on the second floor
was reached, nothing was found but the
broken mirror and an open window.
BY this time the whole nelghborhood,
one of the most fashionable on the
North side, was in an uproar. Private
telephones were set at work, and the
Z st Chicago avenue patrol wagon, with
a load of officers, was summoned. The
arrival of the police added to the cx-
.:tnment, and there were rumors that a
double murder had been committed.
An investigation showed that some
one had placed ladder against the rear
wall of Mr.. Highs house and had ef.
fcctcd an entrance by forcing the win
dow. The room door was open, and the
light from the hall fell upon the mirror
in such a way as to give the impression
that some one was approaching through
the door. 1t Was not the fault of the
burglar that he did not commit murder.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-11-06
Monsignor O'Connell.

Monsignor D. j. O'Connell, rector of
the American College in Rome. Italy,
Spenr several hours IN Rock Hill last
Friday, in company WIN MS rrotner.
it will be remembered that Nonsignor
OColnell was raised in Fort Mill town
ship. this County, where his father died
and his mother still has her residence.
He has risen TO great ecclesiastical dis
tlnction, being esteemed as one Of the
most brilliant young theologians in the
Church of Rome. He came to America
several weeks ago bearing 4 special mes
sage from the Pope, and will not return
to Rome until after the Catholic centcn-
NAL in Baltimore on the 10th Of No
vembcr
Monsignor O'Connell was one of the
friends and companions of our boy
hood. While in Rock Hill last week he
called to see US, but being out of town
we were deprived of meeting him, much
to our regret.
While on this visit MouSignor O'Con-
nell gave his mother and a Catholic
lady in our town each Il fine silver me-
dallion, in which is enclosed Il small cross
shaped splinter of wood, which is said
to be part OF the cross on which our
Saviour was crucifed According to
Catholic archaeology there can be but
little doubt that the true cross is in the
possession of that church. Indeed, it is
claimed that in a vault in the AK la
Chappelle at Rome there is one of the
garments worn by our Saviour before
the crucifxion, the sponge which, soaked
with vinegar, was placed to the Savlour's
mouth while He was extended on the
cross, and piece of the bamboo rod on
which the sponge was placed. These
have been reverentiy preserved for
years and are said to be properly au-
thenticated. Hill Herald.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-11-06
A Fugitive From Justice.

It now looks like Maj. E. A. Burke
had admitted the trufh of the accusa-
tions against him. He has left London
ANONYMOUSLY for Belgium to avoid ex-
tradition proceedings, and stands in
dicted by the laws of his State with for
gerry and embezzlement. Maj. Burke's
action must be accepted as confirmation
of all charges preferred. He has fraud.
ulently hypothecated over S373, 600 OF
the bonds of his State which he held IN
his keeping while State Treasurer Like
Vincent, of Alabama, and Tate, OF Ken
lucky. he was tried and trusted agent,
whose name was believed to be 1.-THE
theme of l:un0rs tongue.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-11-06
The Australian System.

At the club one evening last week sew
cral members were expressing their
opinion as to the probable effect of the
Australian system of voting. One
thought it would help one party and an
other thought it would have the oppo-
site efet. Another thought it would
decrease the total vote, while another
expressed that it would have no appre.
ciable effect in that direction. 81 will
tell you what it is, fellows. " said one
who had been listening, ''you don't
know anything about it. When a man
is alone with his God and his lead pen
ell YOU can't tell what he'll do. "-Boston
BMInet.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-11-06
narrowing on the Graphophone.

There is now being perfected at
Schenectady, n. y, machine to more
than cover the present field of the
eraphophone. For some seven months
a wellknown machinist has been bring
ing his ideas to tangible form, and the
ingenious contriyance is nearly ready to
test. Partial tests have already been
made. and the results have aroused con-
1idencc in the work of the inventor. 1t
is claimed that besides reproducing
speech this invention will also at the
same time print the matter in type.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-11-06
Killed the Dog and Shot Himself.

On Sunday morning last, few miles
North of town, a mad dog created quite
an excitement. a number Of men We're
pursuing it with murderous intent,
among them colored man named Ben
Mcconnell, he being armed with mus
ket. In the chase after the beast the
dog got so close to this man that he was
unable to shoot it. He did the next best
thing, however, and turned and hit 1t
with the butt of his gun. AS ne did so
the gun was discharged. the whole load
taking effect in one of bis thighs. Ii was
simply Il flesh wound and no serious re-
suits are feared. The dog was killed by
Tie blow.-lIoi% Enterprise.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-11-06
The Federal Treasury Balance Sheet.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-The debt state
ment issued to-day shows the decrease
of the debt during the month Of October:
to have been $9,l04,S5a.72;; decrease
since June 80, $15.695, ,944.21: total M
terest-bearing debt, 1889, 9,o62, 81. 80;
total debt of all kinds, 81 ,6s3, ,3sl'
1868; debt less available credits, ST.
O6O. $50, ,617.24: cash in the treasury
$62. 167, 1876; legal tender notes OUT
stanulng, s346, ,6si, ,O16; certificates oi;
deposit outstanding, Sl2.5lO, 600; gotdI
certificates outstanding, 1920. OBJ 229;;
silver certificates, $2T,319,944; trac-
tional currency, Sc, ,915. .69O.47.