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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-25
Water From the River Jordan.

The Rev. Dr.. A. Toomer Porter,
occupied the pulpit Of the Holy Com
munion Church, Charleston, last Sun
day for the first time i'll year. The
doctor has just returned from a year,
trip to Europe and the East, and lie
was warmly greeted by his congregl-
ton on his return to them again. A
baptism was performed before the
morning service. The subject was
an infant of one q the prominent
members CT the congregation, who
was spliukled with water from the
River Jordan, of which supply
has been brought on by DR.. Porter
from the scriptural stream for these
ceremonies.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-25
Co;u.nbia's Campaign Ciwb.

Co1UMD1A. S. c., June ia large
meeting was held in the court house
here tonight, and q campaign club
for 1890 formed. It's objects arc to
oppose Tillman, and refute his char
ges against the State government.
Judge 4. c. Haskell, who has not
been in politics since 1876, when he
did noble work il redecming the
State. was elected president OF the
club. He addressed the assc12blage
and aroused the greatest enthusiasm.
Colonel John c. Haskell and Gencr-
ii johnson HagooI. ex-governor OF
the State, We're present, and &C.
nounced Tillman's mode OF conduct
ing HE campaign. The club viii at
tempt to organize the opposition to
Tiilman ii every county IN the State.
Atlanta Constitution.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-25
SuT ITary e o. Bride

LONDON, June l7.-Aiss Mary An
derson was married this morning to
Antonio Navarro il the Roman
Catholic Chapel Of st. Mary's. in
Hampstead. the Wedding was
strictly private.
Mss Anderson was driven from the
house Of her sterfathes, Dr. Griffin,
to the church il 4 close carriage. The
curtains were drawn so that 70
glimpse was caught Of the bride until
she left the carriage to enter the
sanctuary The marriage ceremony
was performed ii as quiet and simple
q manner as possible. There was no
choir, the only accompanying music
being that Of The organ. Only the
intimate friends of the bride and
groom were present.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-25
SHE HAS SLEPT OVER so DAYS.

The Strange Case of Pretty G.ace Gridley.
AMBoy, Ill, June 17.-ln a quiet
room on the shady side of one OF
Amboy's pleasant homes stands a
dainty bed, upon which, with rosy
cheeks, a lightly closed eyes and half
smiling lips, slumbers pretty Grace
Gridley, the daughter of one OF Am
boys prominent merchants, the
Sleeping Beauty. az she has come
to be known.
On the night Of March 18th, 1890,
she retired to rest as usual IN perfect
health. so far as her parents know.
The next morning she did notappear
at the breakfast table at her usual
hou:. Her mother went up to call
her, and found her sleeping so
soundly that she decided not to
awaken her. saying: 1T will do her
good" So Grace slept al that day,
and when supper time came she was
still sleeping, and her mother found
it impossible to arouse Le1. Becom-
ING alarmed the family called IN
physicians, but every method known
to them was applied unsuccessfully.
Medical gentlemen came from other
| cities, and q consultation was held,
but they could not solve the puzzle:
They had all had cases Of trance and
had read of cases similar to Grace S,
but never in their experience had they
encountered case like this.
Only once since falling into her
long sleep has Miss Grace shown the
slightest consciousness. When she
had been" asleep for about a week
| the nurse left the room few mo:
ments. Upon her return she found
| that Grace had arisen from her bed
and left the room. In another apart,
ment, not far away, she was found
where she had apparently gone fol
the purpose of reading Bible, as the
look lay in front of her, where she
had apparently dropped it after read
ing awhile, and had again returned
to her strange slumber. She was
placed in her bed again and has not
since shown the slightest signs o:
awakening.
| The younglady has, strange to say
lost but little flesh during her long
sleep, and appears to rest as calmly
and easily as a child in gentle slum
Der. The beating Of her heart an(
| her respiration are natural, her fesl
is warm and natural in tint, and tht
sleep appears to be perfectly normal
Food is given in Il liquid form, bu
not in very large quantities. Ate
being placed in her mouth she foot
passes into the stomach without an.
| apparent effort at swallowing.
I There are many surmises as to tn
cause Of her strange condition, bu
only one that meets any favor. Dun
ing the winter there was rehgisu
revival in Amboy. Among the mos
enthusiastic was Grace GridleJ
Every night saw her present, tahn
part in the exercises with ever IL
creasing fervor. On the night of tn
18th Of March the meeting was al
tended by more than usual religion
excitement, and, it is thought, Gu
minatedin complete prostration OF tn
young lady's nervous system.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-25
,Shc SpankcG Her Debtor.

New YORK, June IL Mrs. Kate
Ostrich, muscular trade swoman OF
376 One Hundred and Twenty-Fith
street, was in the Harlem police
court yesterday charged with spank
ing Charles ". Butler. jIrs. Ostrich
claimed that Butler owed her $40
for painters supplies,but Butler con-
tended the amount was only 50,
hence the claim remained unsettled.
On Monday the lady and her debtor
met in Hundred and Twenty-Fifth
street and renewed that dispute,
which ended in the former placing
the latter. who is q little man, across
her knees and publicly spanking him
for the editication OF the small boys
Of the neighborhood In the court
the matter was amicably adjusted by
Buffers agreeing to pay the bill
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-25
SILVER TRlUMPHS.
The West and the South Come Together on
Common Ground

Common Ground.
WASHINGTON, June l!.-Har1ison,
Reed and Sherman were turned
down by the Senate this afternoon,
when that body passed a free coinage
bill, by a vote Of i3 to24, and they
made the silver certificates legal
tender.
Indeed, the administration was
defeated on every turn, and the
predictions made in this correspon-
dence, two weeks ago, have come true
to the letter.
There was no..nincinc matters by
the Southern and Western Senators.
They came out squarely for the free
coinage Of both gold and silver, and
although the president, Window,
Reed, Sherman, and all the other
gold bugs, made the greatest effort
to force sthe Western Republicans
into line, they We're unsuccessful.
and Plumb free coinage amendment
to the House bill Went through with
q whoop.
Now the bill viii so to a conference
committee, where Tom Reed expects
to get the Senate to agree to a COM
promise under the threat that Han
rison will veto q free coinage bill, but
it is hardly probable that the Senator:
will allow themselves to be bulldozed
by Reed, especially as they know
that a free coinage bill would now
pass the Gous. By a very large ma,
io,ity. The Senate's action has plae,
cd the free coinage Republicans II
the House in o position where they
can now vote with their convictions
and even Reed could not now hold
them In line if the matter was before
the House.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-25
canta;n T:,lman ON the Tariff.

The following is sent the Green
vile News as an authorized express
sion of Captain B. R. Tillmans tariff
views:
y know free trade or anything ap.
proximating i5is a barren ideahty
utterly impossible while we have
thrre and four millions of dollars to
raise to carry on the Government. /
favor tariff reduction as much as any
man on the necessaries of life, and
wouldput on free list every commodity
which is owed by a trust or monopoly
like jute bagglng for instance. he
curing so much money for the Gov
eminent and to pay pensions, | would
favor such tariff as would raise 1t
without running the American manu-
facturer out of the business or CIV
ing him a monopoly so he could rob
the consumer. II other words q
tariff. tariff. for revenue with Incidental pro
lection.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-25
The Coming Congressional Elections


Nominating conventions are be-
ing held OF prepared for just now all
over the country, and some members
Of Congress are being renominated
and some are being selected to stay
athome. The feeling in the House
is that there is going to be q change
this fall-that the next House will
be Democratic. The only trouble
the Democrats are having in their
Congressional Districts is in sections
where the Farmers Alliance is going
into politics, but where Alliance men
are elected they Will, it is thought,
generally be good Democrats. The
Republicans are having the same
trouble, only more of it, the Alliance
movement being generally inimical
to Republican policy. The main fight
of the campaign this fall will be on
the tariff, and it promises to be hot
beyond precedent. In some States
the Democrats expect large gains.
Ohio, Missouri, Maryland, Virginia,
Illinois and New York are named as
among the States that will add to the
Democratic strength in the next
House. The Northwest promises
surprises, but they may not be, per-
haps, Just as the Democrats expect.
VII a Federal election law make
much difference in results? Careful
students OF the situation are of opin-
ion that it viii disappoint its inyen-
tors, and viii show that Southern
elections have in the past been fair.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-25
The Corn Crop and its Prices.

In 1867 the corn crop OF the United
States covered 32.520.249 acres and
amounted to 769,32O,O00 bushels, OF q
total yaluo Of S6l0,9A9,39O. Corn
averaged 50 cents per bushel II that
wear and the average value OF the
crop per acre WAS $IS.S7. In 1887
the acreage had increased to 75,672,-
.63 acres and the crop to- l 1887, 79O,-
600 bushels, while the aggregate val
ne has only risen to S677,5Gl $50.
During this period the value OF corn
had sh,'unk from so cents per bushel,
and the acre that canned S1S.S7 in
1867 yielded only $50 in 1887. Like
wise with wheat. In 1867 the area
devoted to wheat was lS,32l,561
acres, and the crop amounted to
2l2,441, 1000 bushels, valued ct
S421, ,7S6,46O. The acreage in 1887
was S7.641,7S3 acres, and, although
the crop had more than doubled, TO
456.329,O 900 bushels, its value was
only S3S5,24S,030, OF S2G,54s,430 less
than the crop OF not half the size IN
1867. The average value OF the
wheat crop fell from S1.9S per bushel
in 1867 to S7.3 cents in 1887, and the
value of the crop per acre decreased
in the same period from S23.05 to
$1,000. Rye, oats, barley and buck
wheat make similar, though even
worse, showing, but corn and wheat,
as the largest crops, are sufficient TO
show that the American farmer has
been going down-hill, in spite OF his
tariff protection, alta more rapid pace
than the most rabid protectionist
would care to predict IS the result of
q partial removal Of onerous tariff
taxes.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-25
RED HOT ALABAMA POLITICS.
The Farmers Alliance Stirring Things u
at :. Greet Rate.

aL 1re1t kate. NJ
MONTGOMERY, Ala, June l9.-Thds
nominations by the recent State Con s
ventions have not settled the poliS
teal contests in Alabama for 1S90x
even in the ranks of the Democracy.
The State officers viii be elected
without opposition, except from the
Republicans, but the Democrats will
have lively fight among themselves
and the Farmers Alliance in at least
two Of the Congressional districts.
William Oates, OF the Third District,
and Hillary A. Herbert. Of the Second
District, will have strong opposition,
headed by the Alliance They VIII
be opposed by the Alliance because
they have openly and boldly declined
to support the Sub Treasury bllnov
pending IN Congress. a. s. Wiley
o: Montgomery, viii oppose He,.
bert The opposition to Mr.. Oates
has not decided upon its candidate
as yet.
The Legislature which will assem-
ole next fall Will elect a United States
Senator, and James Z. Pagh viii
have q strong opposition to fight. Ae
| viii be opposed by Governor Seay,
| Ex-Governor Thomas II. Watts and
| probably E. E. Kolb, who was recent
ly defeated as the Alliance candi-
date for Governor. Kolb has not en-
tered the race, but it is generally eb-
lieved that he viii. end if he does the
Alliance will support him. Leading
Alliance men say they are low in
politics and VIII be heard from again.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-25
The Orchard and Vineyard.

Do not let anxiety about field crops
cause neglect of orchard and vine
yard. These are very important parts
Of a farm, bearing upon both the
health and pleasure Of the family.
As a rule, city people are better sup
pied with fruit than the farmers, al
though the latter have such abundant
opportunities to have it in greatest
abundance and finest quality. Neg
lected orchards are visible at every
trun-tha land grown up in weeds,
brairs, etc, which are choking and
killing thestrees. Or else, if cultiva-
ted, planted in cotton on some other
crop which is starving the trees to
death by taking food from the soil
Almost every farmer feels called upon
TO put out some fruit trees: but when
this is done he seems to think that
he has done all that is needful Or
necessary. Cotton and corn cannot
take care of themselves, but fruit
trees can. We insist that fruit treee
require just as much attention and
manu1ing as any crop grown on tbs
iarm. The land they occupy should
be broken every winter, not so deep
as to injure the roots of the trees
materially. but deep enough to rem
der summer planting possible. Then
beginning with spring surface cult
vation should be given every three
Or four weeks until, say, August. At
the last plowing it is well to SOW the
orchard in peas. These will keep
down other growth and serve to en-
rich the soil. It is the only crop ad-
missible in an orchard.
Ceasing to plow in August and
sowing in peas will check the growth
OF the trees somewhat, and cause
them to mature the last formed wood,
so it viii not be hurt by the winters
cold, and develope strong buds to
to make 4 good growth the next
year. One should so over his orch
ard frequently dming.spring and sum-
1uer, and rub Of all buds where limbs
are not desired, and pinch off the
ends of all limbs that are growing
disproportionately fast. This will
bring the head of 4 tree into proper
shape, leave no scars Oh wounds, and
do away with necessity Of knife OF
saw. If one begins with a young
tree it can be shaped entirely with
the finger nails. It is desirable un-
der our very not sun to have rather
low, spreading heads, with interior
pretty well opened up to admit light
aud air
The killing of the bark Of the trunk
by the afternoon sun is fruitful
source Of destruction to fruit trees.
Peaches and plums should have
then stems well hilled up to prevent.
the borer tiy from depositingits eggs,
which ii does on the soft bark just at
surface OF fground.
Where grape vines are trained to
stakes, go over them frcqucetly and
tic up the advancing ends Of the
young vines SO as to get one strong
MAN vine as Il foundation. II allow
ed to fall over the laterals will appro-
pirate zoo much Of the sap and dwarf
the main vine. A little pinchin@ here
and there of TOO rampant shoots is
also oropc:.. but heavy summer prun-
inc is not advisable Like the orch |
ard. the vineyard should be cultiva-
ted late summer-W. L Jones IN At
I.nto Con StiiutiOn.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-25
How MaEy the Grippe" Gi:!csl.

according to a report submitted At
the recent meeting of the Acturial
Society of America, tNanty-ninc life
insurance companies paid out $751;
600 in death losses over and above
the amount paid out by them during
the corresponding quarter OF the pre-
ccding year. The increase Of deaths
due to influenza FOR this periodrcach-
ed one to every 2,00G policy holders,
and this, it IS calculated, would make
a total Of 40 losses for al the in
surance companies in the country.
The insurance rctur?Is snow that %
per cent. of their death losses for
the three months are from either
the grippe OF some OF lis compllca
tions.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-25
HAY WHILE The SUN SHINES.
President Harrison Said tn be Getting
Ready for the Return Trip to Indiana.

Ready for the Return Trip:to Indiana.
WASHINGTON. D. c.. June 1S.-The
present Of a seaside cottage 10 Mrs,
Harrison by Post Master General
"anamaker and other wealthy men
OF Philadelphia has been the sub
jcct OF much unfavorable comment
an;i criticism here. it was believed
the gift enterprise business had
played out IN Presidential families
since Grant was 50 much criticised
Tor accepting valuable presents, and
Nepub!lcGns ere much annoyed that
tie Harrison should be the first to
revive it. They say that while there
IS nothing disgraceful OF corrupt
about accepting such presents, it is
IL bad taste and has been condemn
ed by public sentiment.
This is not the first time the Har-
aisons have offended in this respect.
It IS well known that when the Pres
idcnt came to Washington he accep-
eda gift Of several fine carriages
from & Western manufacturing fir1a.
The Ha:1isons are making u valiant
| effort to save 4 big lot of money out
Of their salary They live economi-
cally at the White House, DO their
| shopping at Baltimore. New York,
and Philadelphia, where prices arc
| lower than III Washington, and i'm
port many OF their household neces-
sllles III bulk from the country. II
IS said Mrs. Harrison has made her
boast that Benjamin will leave the
| White House 100000 richer than
| when he came into it, and it appears
| that a free summer at Deer Park, a
present from the Davises and Elhn
ses, and free cottage by the sea, 9
gift from Wanamaker and othcrs.
are part Of the programme of econ
omy.
Never before, it is said, was the
! White House run so economically
The staff OF servants is unusually
small. and Mrs. Harrison watches
every item Of expense as carefully as
was her wont in private life. One o1
the official staff at the White House Is
authority for the statement that ever
Rutherford B. Hayes spent two dol
lars IN the White House where Ben
janlin Harrison spends one. Haye:
set up 10 wines or liquors, but h
! did not spare expenses in other dl
rections. Single entertainments givel
| by him cost $4,000. President Hal1i
son serves wines at State dinners
but they are not Of expensive vint
ages. Some Of the Senatorial and di
plomatic connoisseurs say unpleas
ant and ungraciors things about tn
wines which they have tasted at th
White House.
4 queer story has been broush
out by the gossip about the gift cot
tage. It is to the etfct that q ney
bank, started by a coterie OF Wash
ington spectators and fnanciers, i
using as an advertisement the fac
that President Harrison is one Q
its depositors. One Of the director
of this bank saysa deposit was pla
ccd to the Presidents credit by III
known parties, and the belief is tina
the directors have made the deposi
| and sent the bank book to the Pres
dent for advertising purposes.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-25
Gu, Pension Outlay Next Year.

The pension appropriations made
so far by the present House, accord,
ing to Representative Henderson OF
iowa, aggregate S167,4l9,73l. This
is handsome, certainly, and not too
niggardly in view of the degree Of
prosperity enjoyed by the farmers OF
The ,eouatry- -Theiite are these:
Regular pension bill, S9s,427,46l;
Urgent deficiency, S21,6l3,0OS; sol
,,dier's homes (de6ciency) S61,6C9;
artificial limbs deficiency 100000;
pay and bounty claims, S1,123, ,62e;
soldiers homes, S2,601,765 AID for
State homes, S4Oo,OO0; artificial limbs,
S4O2,OO0; expenses pension office,
s., ,439, 100; records and pension dlvls-
ion, War Department, SS37,27o; Act
for total helplessness, $4,000; gen
eral pension Act passed Wednesday,
S35,0OO,OOO; urgent deficiency, S3,-
7OS,S3S; total, S167,419,73l. An IN
come tax OF pensions will be re-
CURED by and by for the support OF
the ordinary taxpayers.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-25
Re Stole q Parrot.

Several days ago q thief entered
the house of Dr. D. Morrow, at 30S
Jefferson avenue. St. Louis, q dis
patch from that city says, and, choos-
ing between sideboard full of silver
ware and a red-tailed gray parrot in
& silded cage, took the latter. The
error of his preference was soon made
manifest to him when the burglar
reached the street. for the parrot set
up vociferous cries Of stop thief"
and whistled up all the dogs in the
ncighborhood.Ss The thief stood it as
long as there seemed the faintest
show Of escaping in spite Of it, but at
last, as men, boys and dogs closed
around him, he threw down the cage
and nimbly sped away. Daniel
Shaughnessy was subsequently az,
rested by the police, When the trial
comes off in few days the police
will introduce the parrot as the main
prosecuting witness. The arrested
man, who was at first Indifferent, has
been aroused to employ q lawyer, and
declares that he will cheerfuly face
Judge, jury and police, but never the
tell-tale bird
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-25
GAMBLING IN WASHINGTON.
Compared with the Past it is Almost 4
Lost Art.


Lost Art.
s.Wen,'' replied Martin, drawing his
words out as if each weighed a pound,
gambling in Washington is lost
art. You know when President Ar
thur caught treasury clerk steal
ing $4,000 and found out that he
played it on the green baiZe in Par
ker's faro bank, he sent for the five
commissioners who run the city of
Washington under theD DistrictActand
drove every faro bank out of Wash
ington, and they stayed out too.
There isn't a faro bank in Wash
ington, but the youth of Washington
go across the river, over the long
bridge, and copper the ace there.
But there is nothing but poker games
running in Washington now. How
different things are since Old Prindle
used to run game without a limit.
Prindle ante-dated Pendleton and the
other big gamesters, and I have seen
Green, a Senator from Missouri, lay
down thousand dollar bill in the
pot between the SIX, seven and eight
spot with as much GOODNESS as mod
Elm sport would play S25 on a case
card. Those were great days. I
have seen some Of the Southern Sen
ators of ante-bellum days play $1,000
on single card without tiinching.
George Prindle was the boss
gambler Of those days, He was the
only one of the sports before the war
who died and LETT any money. he
left S50,OOO in hard cash, and left it
to his negro servant, who had nursed
him in Washington for twenty-five
years.
There were no club houses in
those days, and the Congressman
and Senators with sporting procivl-
ties met at Prindle's for social time,
and they had it. There was an old
planter in those days, when every
thing 'went'-Buchanan was Presl-
dent-that came up from Arkansas,
who, as soon as he had sent his first
boatload of cotton to New Orleans,
drew on his cotton factor for $4,000,
and, as matter of principle, he
came to Prindlc's faro bank to spend
the money. When not at Prindle's
he was at Johnny Coyle's, then as ia
NOUS 4 restaurant as John Cham
berlain' is now. This old planter
painted Washington q carmine hue
from the day he got there till his
money was all gone. Then he drew
on his cotton in New Orleans for
$1,000 more and did not show up till
next session.
The Arkansas planters name is
well remembered, but he is dead, and
it is not worth while to give it.