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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-04
SOOTriS SHOT RECALLED.
4 Curious and New story from IL Montrea.
Man.

| y tlSp2tHn No;N H%tloit ~ '.t,
Newlork Times say An echo O: :thc
| shot fired by J. Wilkes Booth II
For6,s Theatre, Washington. about
Twenty-Five years ago last Mond ~
bv which Abraham Lincon receiveC
his mortal wound, was heard Thurs
day in Detroit. ! :omas Casey, /;
typical Irishman Of sixty years O.
more stood in front of the ope1::
house intentlv study;u:; the show BIZ
that bore the name 0! a;lwln Booth,
who is playing IN eng a:GHment here.
He asked q man STANDING near HIM
If Edwin Booth was any relation to
IT. Wilkes Booth Beng assured
that he was, Mr. Casey repaired to
the hotel 10 tell Nh. Booth the follow
ing remarkable story, now Tepeatco
;or tthe first time:
s.In June, 1863, while NJ. Casey
was an auctioner IN Quebeca schoon-
er called the Emm& loaded at Mon
treal loaded with oil for Nassau In
the cargo were seven large trun Ks
marked J. v. B. Nassau; to be callc>'
for The schooner passed Quebec,
but q short distance below that city y
storm struck her and she was wrecked.
The crew and officers were seen, but
the dcrelic: was picked up by some
Quebec sailor, who claimed salvage.
The goods recovered were put into
the Admiralty Court to be sold, and
Thomas Casey WAS the auctioncer to
whom the sale was intrusted. He
opened the seven t,uss and found
them filed with rich velvet suits,
jeweled tlacgers, ar1nors> helmets.
plumes and various otke,' theatrical
accessories. Old letters bearing the
address j. Wilkes Booth, and nun
t}reds OF tickets with initials j. ".
B. were also found.
The goods were much damaged
by water. For some ci them there
was no call, and Mr.. Casey kept
them. The sailors rs-ealized $500, and
$500 wss deposited to the credit OF
J. Wilkes Booth or lis heirs. Mr..
Casey had never heard OF J. Wik
Booth. Away down IN Quebec
took but little interest in the afa
that were then interesting the Am
lean mind, and be made nc effort
find the owner, who, he then suppos-
ed, was drowned on the Emma, nor
had he any interest in inquiring for
Booths relatives. In the lapse
Of time the affair escaped LIS memo
", and he did not think Of 1t again
until today.
Casey's endeaYor 70 see Edwin
Booth was futile. Ele WAS not IN his
room and no reply was deigned to o
note IN which the writer intimated
that he might be able to impart some
information ofintcrest about J. Wilkes
Booth. \ subsequent interview
with Mr.. Arthur Chase, Mr.. Booth S
manager, was equally fruitless, Nj.
Chase informing Casey that the great
trasedian would tolcrateno illusions
e, or conversations about his broth
e from any source whatever. The
fact that the trunks were consigned
to Nassau, leads to the belief that J.
Wilkes Booth evidently hoped to es-
cape to the Bahama Islands and
there resume his profession, believ-
nc, no doubt, that lis offense would
be considered a political one and that
he would be safe in q foreign coun
,r.y. Casey is . resident Of Montreal
VINO happens 70 be visiting this
city.
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In = ys.r,ooa Over EioEion.

LONDON. May 29-Dmins the past
week the Spencer war balloon has
made several nsccnts from the
grounds OF the Royal Military EIhl-
bition at Chelsea. On each Of these
occasions the company included a
New York Herald correspondent.
and his experiences 5000 feet il the
clouds have attracted great attcn-
ton. Today tic famous balloon
made another ascent and again the
correspondent had . seat II The bas-
ket. Leaflets had been prepared
with reprints of the Herald nian 5 ex-
peliencc. and these were today taken
up instead OF the usual sand ballast,
and when the balloon was far up IL
the clouds the strings Of tie packa-
ces were cut and the contents sent
living ali over London. These many
thousands Of sheets OF paper il tie
ali created great curiosity. and Us
they fell they were eagerly caught
ut BY PERSONS on The street. When
the balloon started out :. high wind
was Blowing. AMI sitter tlaTel!ng
several miles the whole concern be
cane ;lrnanage;:ble, alj was finally
driven against D stupend0us tee 1T
Henley. Oh the thames, where the
balloon was torn TO pieces Aat the
occlparts narrowly escaped &t,ddc2
DEATH. They had to slide down the
trail rope 1T a distance Of eighty feet
from the ground. after having been
Knocked and tossed about III space
for several minutes.
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4 BAPTIST UNIVERSITY ASSURED.
The Money Necessary to Recute Mr.Kocke-
fcllcr's Gift now TaiSed.


CHICAGO, May 29.-Chicago is to
have a great million dollar university.
About one year ago John D. Rocke-
fellcr, the standard oil magnate, Of
fered to give S600,0OO toward uni
vcrsity projected by the Baptists Of
Chicago provided the latter would
raise the 100000 necessary to com
pleto an endowment OF 100000. He
named June as the date by which
the total sum must be subscribed.
Tais meant that an average OF over
So. 1000 must be subscribed during
each one of the twelve months in
which the work waa to be accom-
plished
The task was 81 hcrculean one. par
ticularly as the people OF this city
and IL fact ali over the country, had
lost faith in any educational enter
prise which the Baptists OF Chicago
might put forth, on accornt OF the
insiorious failure Of the Chicago Uni
versity. Three-fourths OF le amount,
S3O0.000, was raised by e business
men of this city irrespective OF creed
or denomination. A board OF 0rec-
tors. twenty-one ii number, Will be
chosen on or about June 1st; four
teen Of them will be Baptists and
seven Of them viii belong to other
denominations.
While the institution will be under
Baptist control, it is intended 70
have it conducted on road, liberal
basis. and students Of all creeds can
obtain thorough educate: therein.
For buildings, S250,000 will be eI-
pended within the nexs four or five
years. Other buildings will be al,
dcd rs they are needed. Marshall
Field has given to the university a
tract OF ten acres Of land on Ellis
Avenue, south OF Eitfieth Street. II
addition to this be has given the pro-
;ectors OF the university IN option OF
l. ten acre tract OF land adjoining.
This property viii bepcuchas2d, thus
1naking splenled campus, twenty
acres II extent.
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G.ian;i t,3ta! S;S5,io0 i
TIE Co>rMIssioNEE'3 REPORT.

.E3 COEGiS-iCNEE : REPORT.
IN ;ho comm: ss;oncr's report fol
lew ter pages o. disbursements III
detail. with nn:2ner o. voucher ana
amount, covering the above exponli-
tUrGS.
I call especial attention 70 receipts
2oiia litigation. since the attempt las
been made 20 throw tiscredit upon
The board because nobody Was ever
prosecuted. Ever since I have been
comectcd with the board il has been
in constant litigation, and besides the
above large stHn which has been
turned over to the State Treasurer,
only last yearanother important qucs-
ton Was settled, which VIII be worth
thousands, if not hundreds of thous-
ands, to the State The point in this
case was, whether the State owned
to high OF low mark in the tidal
swamps, some r:>rt,cs claiming the
right to mine 10 !.iyl-w;.t>r mark.
Is regards Tie paE 81 chemists and
clerks, about which tic department
has beer criticised, (and ii does seem
that the salaries ne very large ones,'
I have this to say. that the late
chemist, Dr. ?. E. Chazal, demanded
higher wages, which the board de-
clined to grant, and that therefore he
resigned and accepted another posi-
tion which paied him better.
And so, too, with Mr.. L. 4. Ran
som, who had been connected with
the department for years as its
efficient clerk.
The pay Of the ten members Of the
board OF agriculture is So per day
and 10 cents mileage They can only
charge for fifteen days service each.
I do not suppose that any member OF
the board has ever becnpaid for that
number of days. The usual custom
has been to put il less number OF
days than is actually served. Two
days has been the average, but some
times three We're actually served il
going and coming. Ar.Tillman and his
croakers nay DO it more efficiently
and economically, but I have great
doubts about it. Having shown all
that was proposed, that is, how the
department expended its funds, [
remain, yours truly, I. J. MOORE
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A Rich South Carolina Baby.

New YORK, May 29.-Two lawyers,
three laymcn and g referee appointed
by the Supreme Court put their
heads together to-day TO find out
whether an allowance OF $4,000 a
year should be granted to q 2-year-
old baby for his proper support. me
little chap is heir to S60o,o00, but,
oddly enough, his father IS poor
man. unable, through business re-
verses, to look after his sons man
tenancc. The boy IS Francis Marion
Whaley, only son Of Lawyer William
Whaley and Louisine AcCready
Whaley OF Edisto, S. c. His grand
father was Nathaniel L. l1cCreacy.
He left q large fortune to !1is dargh-
ter with power to use the income
from it during her Etc, ard to ap-
point any OF her children as hcir to it
upon her death, and she made baby
Francis her heir.
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FIGURES FOR FARMERS S
TEE EXPENDITURES ~ TIE DEPART
MENT Cr AGRICULTURE.
4 1!cmbcc Of the Board Collects Some I:.,

4 l.cmDer Of the i,oart, Collects Some I;Gl
| 2a-t:ta: Hst.: from tho ruJlic Records.
! TO TIC Editor Ct The News md
Courier: There may be some earnest
seekers after Tie truth, to whom the
! figures rclating to :::.c -oenditurc Of
its funds by the depaltlncA. 6: acIi-
culture, as given by Capt. TiLlA,..,
II his speech at Anderson Court
House, may need explanation. Ac-
coriGng to yotir report in The News
and Courier, he said:
The board of agriculture had spent
S325,O00 since 1880, ana this yc;lr
they Will receive $4,000 from the
privilege tax On fertilizers.
A Voice: "Ifhat do they spend It
for, beer or champagne
Capt. Tillman: well, You vii
have to ask Col. Dutler.
The privilege tax Was a special tax
On the farmers and ought to be used
for their benctit, etc.
This means to charge extravaganza,
corruption and ,niseppropriation OF
this fund.
! report, itemizel. with vouchers,
is made annually to tie Legislature.
There is, therefore, no excuse iol'
Capt. Tiliman to plead ignorance and
say 7 don't know" Aspirants for
public favor shculd not make charges
they cannot prove, nor plead ignor-
ance. To say the least, it has the
look OF insincelity. FOR where the fg-
ures were obtained there follows the
full information of expenditures.
70 understand this seemingly
large expenditure one must know with
what the department of agriculture
is charged
It pays the salaries Of the commits
sioncr OF agriculture, chemists and
clerks: it prints privilege tax tags,
monthly reports and other matter; it
draws samples Of guanos, buys chemi-
Gals and fixtures, and analyses the
fertilizers, issuing bulletins of re-
ceipts; it has charge of the weather
service, State exhibits, as at Now
Orleans. Augusta and at Spartan
burg, Of the veterinary department,
farmers Institutes, experimental sta
tons, the fish commission, the collec-
ton Of the phosphate royalty, and OF
agricultural affairs generally. It also
has charge of immigration, and pays
the State Agricultural and Mechari-
cal Society $4,000 per year by lcgis-
lative enactment.
Now, to do all this requires q good
large sum; how much will be best
seen by reference to the commission
er's report for 1889, the last one, by
way Of Illustration, the collections
and disbursements being as follows,
VIZ:
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Stunx 70 Death by Bees.

The death Of Samuel Salter 90
CURED at his home near Trenton. 5.
c., on Monday night, after brief IL
ness. He died from the effects OF
the sting Of bees inflicted two weeks
ago. His horse had knocked over a
gum. when the beescovercd him, and
Mr.. Salter, IN attempting to rescue
the horse. was fatally stung himself.
The horse died day OF two after
wards, Dir. Saiter vas seyenty-t"o o
years old and good man,-Aken
Recorder.
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The Methodist Conference.

Sr. LIou1s, Lay 22---Tle General
Conference O. the Methodist Episco
pal Church. South. at lis session last
night. cleared CI jle calendar, closed
v,p all It's business aad attteG three
weeks continuous an; art:Uot'; labor,
adjourned sire i;e. Tie r@xt gene2
al conference vii convened on the
first Tuesday In May, 1sS4, the place
Of meeting to be determined by a
committee appointed for that pur-
pose.
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asr. Eikins's Ninety-Rooln Housc.


The ninetyroom house that Stcph-
en- B. EIkins is building near the
town Of Ell1ins, Randolph county,
". Va, will be finished the first of
June. It is one Of the finest country
residences IN the South. aIi IS at the
top of q high hill-aboutten minutes
walk from the railroad station. In
front is an extensive iawn- Around
the building is 3 wall three feet high
CT than the first floor At distance
the house, with It's towers. does not
look unlike European castle. It IS
au extensive three-story structure,
with shirsled sides and slate roof.
On the first floor is q large hall, that
VIII be lighted with six ornamental
torches, which will cost about 5000
apiece The parlor, Gn;ng-rooan.
and library NJ about same size. are
on the same floor and will be fitted
ND luxuriously. The children sroonl
is also or the same floor, but it is
smaller than tie other !hreo. Ali
the rooms are finished II hard woou
TIE irc-placcs Nre massive. IAc
walls Of some Of the rooN:s arc ado?n-
ed with handsome paintings. On The
second floor are the sleeping apart
merts ana about half 4 dozen bath,
rooms. The bathtubs are OF solid
porcelain. The kitchen extension i
u two-story building. The first 100:
contains the kitchen proper ano
servants dining room, and the tloct
above their sleeping ana bath rooms
Ex-senator Il. G. Davis is preparing
10 build g house seventy-fve yard:
from that OF Mr. Elkins. The town O
Elkins is the terminus Of the Nes
Virginia Central Railway.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-04
Sa;cidc orau Insane lfsn.

GREzSv1LIE, S. c., May 27.-Infor-
nation reached here to-day OF the
suicide Of James Raybun, at Green
wood, S. c., yesterday morning. He
Was in his room, and about O'Clock
snot himself through the head. His
mind had been affected for some
time, and lie had recently been pro-
nounced insane, and was waiting TO
be sent to the asylum at Columbia.
He was about thirty-fve years OF age
and unmarried
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be had. Gov. Mckinney os Pres
! dent OF the MonumeH: Association
! arose and called the asscmblaee to
crd"r.AEE5e2' 4 brief invoc&tion by Rev.
! Cnas. 1Einuegerodc. OF the Episcopal
church, Gov. Mckinney introduced
Gen. Early us chairman OF tle meet
ING. He was greeted with prolonged
applause and cheering Taking the
gavel from Gov. Mckinrey's hand,
Gen. Early announced IL a few well
chosen words The orator OF the occa-
sion, Col. Archer Anderson.
Every point ii Col. Anderson S ad-
dress was greeted with warm ap
plause, and several times he was Oh
iged to suspend his remarks while
the crowd cheered again and again
At the conclusion of his address, &
wave OF applause swept otcr the
crowd and rippled out again and
again, until hands were tired and
throats were noarse.
THE STATUE UNVEILED.
When IN & measure silence had
been restored, Gen. Joseph L. John
ston arose from his seat behind the
orators stand, and, leaving the plat
form, walked toward the monument.
On the other side walked Il 7eteran
ex-Confedera5c IRON the Soldiers
Home, Joe Marion White, and J. j:
O'Neal. His progress WAS slceted
with continuous cheering. Reaching
tie foot Of the monument, be took
in his han! the end Of the rope
which held the great white veil about
the statue. A gentle pressure and
the ven parted, and falling or either
side disclosed the beautiful
OUTLINES CT THE sT.TIE
As they came into view g shout
went up from the assemplage IL vol
ume SO great that it almost drowned
the boon Of the cannon. In min
ute. the whole asselnbiage Lad bro-
ken from the rauls, and was 1lociing
to the base Of the statue, cheering
and tossing hats: s:canes-anythlng-
into the all. The crowd on the plat
form responded with cheers and waT
ing OF handkercniefs and flags.
It was long time before the
crowd quieted down, and allowed
Gov. Mckinney aud the other distn
guished people On the platform to re-
gain their seats in the carriages which
were TO bear them back to the city.
AT NIGHT.
Tonight the city IS celebrating the
unyeiling OF the Lee monument with
banquets, receptions and pyrotechnic
displays. At the Governors Man
sion reception is being giTcn to dis
tinguished guests from other States.
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Dsstroyc;. hy an Earthquake.

CoysrAsrISoeLg. 3E!as 23.-Tho vi.
lage Of RcpGhie. IN .ArIaeaia. has been
destroyed %: az earthquake. I mum
Der Of mineral springs sDou:ed from
tho cre?icos made IN the Garth by the
shocks. and the :iow OF water was so
great tha. adjacent fields we're food
Cd. The earthquake was preceded
by rumbliDgs. which caused tie IL
Labitants to fee trGm tle village,
and thcy thus escaped death from the
falling houses NO lives were lost.
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PHYSICIANS NOnp!usc<t.

: dispatch cf Wednesday, frola
Hamilton. O.. reports: Henry In
ciehart. Il Cincinnati, Hamilton 4
DAYTON conductor, fell dead, appar-
rently. Yesterday. Hew put onice.
Something suggested be was alive,
but the physicians declared he was
dead. and to convincethe family they
opened a vein at the back of his neck.
The man instantly got up and ap-
pears to be as well as usual. The
physicians are astonished and say
they never heard of anything like it. :"
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Superintendent a'ortcr has IL
structed the census cnumerators not
to proceed against persons who de
cline to answer questions, but simply
report such persons to the depart
rsent at Washington.
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lFprCccci for His Money.

JACKSON, Mss, May 29.-A. NJ
kimball, and old and highly respect
II citizen, was murdered while Oh
his way homefrom the midnight train,
where lie hGd been to meet bis son.
last night. Itc was found this nom
ing with ms s}ull crushed, g short
distance from his residence, which IS
iust beyond tie city limits There
IS no clue 10 the murderer It is
supposed the cr;mo was committed
fcl, tie purpose Of robbery. AimDsll
was receiver Of public money.
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'.All eraiu must be shown il qrlan-
titles not less than one half bushel.
The judges making the award IN this
contest, will consider first quality;
second. quantity; third, variety; and
fourth, arrangement. Articles for
the county display will not count IN
the individual premium.
q beg that you call special atten-
ton to this feature, and urge your
county to be 8 competitor N the con
test. Aside from the money invol-
we'd, county pride should stimulate
our farmers to enter heartily into the
matter, snd thus show the progress
of agriculture in our State. 4 take
it that the most effective plan would
be for the several County Alliances
from the sub-Alliances to canvass
the matter at an early Gay, and thus
become organized, so that by the
first OF November each county will
be able to know what will be shown
and at what r.ilroad station ship
ment viii be made.
Railroads require tic prepayment
CT freight, but upon its return to the
original point CT shipment, with the
certificate OF the secretary that the
same lad been on exhibition the
amount paid viii be refunded.
i will be pleased 10 furnish a
copy Of the Premium List to al who
may apply.
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JV,n D.r I rlayo1oDl fJo11 lott

Tho Rev. j. Cleveland Hall, late
pastor OF lie Presbyterian church at
Manchester, Va, was one Of the class
confirmed by Bishop Whittle on bis
recent visit to that city Mr.. Hall
will probably enter the Episcopal
ministry.
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Collections

Privilege tax on CONNER
cial fertilizer .S32,9s8sO5
Reed from o. II. McBrydc,
proceeds sale OF farm
products, Spartanburg
Station. ISL GS
Balance in State treasury,
department funds. 1855 II
Balance il State treasury.
Station funds. ......... 313 56
Reed from 4. T. Smythe,
the amount disbrused by
tie department. OF agri-
culture in phosphate liti-
cation, being part Of dam
ages recovered. ...... l2,lG2 %
Reed from A. 7. Smytle,
damages recovered IL
phosphate litigation. bal
ance after dcducting
amount paid out by the
department Of aglierll-
truc 31,39S 10
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TIE MEMORY OF LEE.
TIE CEREMONIES AT THE UNWILLING
OF THE MONUMENT.

St:s:S .s..G Bars and Stars and stripes over
the St-scts-I,ic!:lnond's Seven iii!l-
Shi.i.cn Dy ts,c Tramp of Thousands.
RccawoSD, Va, 1Lay 29.-NitE
Llare Of trumpet, beat Of drum, and
the booming OF cannon, the monu-
2nent to Gen. Robt. =. Lee, erected
bv the ladies OF the South, was un-
| veiled to-day in the presence Of great
multitude Of people.
The early trains from North and
South brought many additions to the
enormous crowd which filed the city
last night.
The streets OF the city had been
decorated very elaborltcly and taste
iiully for the occasion. From al the
business buildings were swung stream
ors in which the colors Of the Con
fcdc:acr blended With the national
clnbleln. The State colors Of Mary
land and Virginia were liberally dis
played.
THE GATHERING OF MILITIA.
The gathering Of the militia began
at an early hour in preparation for
the parade. The head Of the process
sion formed on Broad street, facing
north, the left resting OF Adams
street. First came squad OF
mounted police, then the StonewaI
Band, and following was the Chief
Marshal, Ex-Gov Fitzhugh Lee,
wearing & broad yellow sash es his
badge OF office; his Chief Of staff.
Gen. Jno r. Cooke, wearing 4 white
sash, and The chief marshal's $ aids.
among whom We're Senator Bate. of
Tennessee, Senator Colquitt. OF Geor-
gia, Senator Hampton, OF South
Carolina, Senator Ransom, Of North
Carolina, Col. Basil W.Duke, OF Ken
tucky, Gov Eppa Hunton, Of Virginia.
Ex-Gov. Scales, Of North Carolina,
Gen. Joe Wheeler, Of Alabama, and
many ether distinguished Southern
soldiers.
Following the marshals were the
carriages containing the invited
guests. in charge of Capt. A. ".
CARRIER; the Veteran cavalry, under
command Of Gen. Wade Hampton,
and the Farmers Alliance mounted.
On the other side of Broad street
under command of Gen. Heath, were
the Veterans of North Carolina, fol-
lowed by the Society OF the Army
and Navy in Maryland: the Freder-
ick county, Maryland, Veterans Of
the District of Columbia. Before
them and on the side streets were
formed the other militia, and civil
organizations, which were 10 follow
in the parade. Among them were
veterans from Louisiana and Virginia,
and other Southern States; militia
companies from every State il the
so,,th, students from the universities
of Virginia; Catholic Union societies;
the city fire department OF Rich
lnond, and the fremen from New
Bcrne,N. G.
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TIL PROCESSION MOVES

It was nearly 1:3O when the word
was brought General Lee that the
parade was ready to move. Turning
to marshals, he gave the command to
move, and tie head of the procession
moved down Broad street.
Is the veteran cavalry passed, the
volunteer troops, infantry, artillery
and cavalry, fell into line behind
them, followed by the Farmers ALI
ance. The State stroops were az
ranged