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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-02-01

Nature has assumed her spring.
garb again. 1t betokens of an early
season for farmers, some of whom
have already commenced the break
ing up Of the soil preparatory to the
planting of the seed.
IF g. A. Burke has a desirJ 10
return 10 Louisiana, he should, by
all means, procure a change Of venue
to this parish, where if be employs a
few Of our native rappcrs, the jury
will aequit him without leaving
their seats.
Bro. Watts has been exceedingly
lucky the past few weeks, in the
line of vegetable presents. We
hereby give notice that we are fond
Of vegetables also, and that the
rumor that we shot a man for Of
fering Q big cabbage is utterly with
out foundation.
X
"A good many Of our town folks
have had their garden ploWed and
planted during this last week. We
have noticed that there is considera
able interest taken in garden culture
this year. There is no doubt that
vegetables are q great assistance in
families. The winter is about over
now, and our gardeners could risk
a few plants as a test.
]
Now is the proper time to set ont
trees OF oil discription-an easy
task. Pull up the trees which have
sprouted and make a hole on the
bottom of which put a certain guam
THY OF bones and oyster shells, put
your young trees into this hole,
pressn ne it down gently, out more
bones and AelIs around the stem
again, fill with dirt taken from the
surface Of the soil, press the dirt
firmly with your feet at foot Of the
tree and, in course Of time you will
have o tree which will bear good
Cor the past few weeks the wealth
er has been as balmy as spring
is growing luxariahsiy, trees
ire budding and a thin spread is all
cover one needs for acomforta
nights sleep. Fires have not
1een needed at all, Victims of the
blizzard stricken northwest, come
o louisiana Come TO its Eden
pot Vermilion parish, where lands
ire cheap and fertile, the climate
aid and saiubrious and schools
open ten month during the
ear! Come to Vermilioal
~-
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-02-01

Nature has assumed her spring
garb again. 1t betokens Of an early
season for farmers, some Of whom
have already commenced the break
ing up Of the soil preparatory to the
planting of the seed.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-02-01

New Orleans this week.
The Methodist church steeple is
undergoing REPAIRS.
Buy your lottery ticket from j.
N. Greece. at Baurque's store:
Ur. and Mrs. Sol. Wise, returned
home from New Orleans Monday.
\
Mr.. Emile Romero, made . bust.
ness trip to The Crescent City this
week.
a very severe epidemic of cholera
i prevailing in this and Acadia
parishes.
The names are being ia ken at the
Catholic church, for ohildreh who
wish to make their first communion.
\
Mr.. ]. p. Gueydan, Of Shell
Beach, honored our sarctun with a
pleasant call yesterday.
There are several patches Of oats
IN several sections Of the towo, which
are growing very fast.
Isidore. the little son Of judge
Gilbert Iabaage, has returned from
J~eannerette.
Information Wanted Concern
ing some stray horses, branded
thus /: . B. Call at this Office.
We acknowledge a pleasant call
from Mr.. j. !. AbShirc, of Absaire
Settlement, last Tuesday
Don't forget that Bourque is The
place to buy yonr barb wire, Saple,
PSws, Cutti*ators, harroWs etc
Mr.. Loais Laporle, Of Glleniere
al Tigre, was in town this week,
visiting friends and relatives.
Four boys Of our place made en-.
cagement 10 follow the Clarks cir
Gus, but soon returned home. :
The editor has been away on I
business this week. and our kind !
readers sill please excuse short
coaliugs aiis week.
For fSif and square dealing, call
at @. BourQue, Stere, you will get /
good weight and full measure for
your money.
I
Madeleiae square presents quite .
business Ike appearancetlis week :
free show, wheel Of fortune, knife j
table, etc.
Clark Bros.' Royal Circus, per
formed here last Saturday and Sun !
day, to q very large audience. They
are fakes, and only fit for canibal p
bash.
F. Ciaverie, matchmaker and
%isWeIer, Rayne, La, repairs sewing
machines, jewelry, musical instru
nents, ETC., etc, and guarantees bic a
york. Try him. Y
The members Of the X. Of a. !;
lodge, gavo d Dig dinner at the /
French Hall, Thursday. Everybody ],
enjoyed themselves aplendidly. !,
Thanks for a IBID" :
L
O. Bourque is to receive by our D
Steam Boat next week o large and ,
dne assortment Of shoes for men, t
women & childrea. IL you need any 6,
thing in that line it will pay you u
to SEQ before buying else we're: {,
Ia
n, III
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-02-01

It is reported by newspapers that
the Asiatic cholera is following in
the wake Of la grippe. i has
reached the frontier Of Turkey.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-02-01

The grand jdries either half do
aieIF work, or the witnesses perjure
themselves in a great many cases, by
swearing TO one tiGng before the
s'snd jury an another entirely diff
aHsnt one before the court.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-02-01

The grand juries should know
mat q negro twenty three years old
y not q minor. twill save expenses
to the parish to chalk this down 10
heir hats the next time they
Investigate the saloon keepers.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-02-01

WANTED.-An energetic man
who understands Clothing to repre-.
sent US as Sales Agent in Abbeville.
Superb new Spring line now ready.
WANAMAKER e Brown,
PHILADELPHIA
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-29
BILL ARP.
A New Era Agriculture.


There are hints that a revolution is
about to come in agriculture through
the discovery that the free nitrogen OF
the atmosphere is absorbed and "ixed"
by the soil itself under suitable conci-
tions. Plants need phosphoric acid,
potash and nitrogen. The first two
are in reach, but the third has been
supposed to be elusive. It has been
the general teaching that the nitrogen
of the atmosphere plays no part in
vegetation. Now ~. Berthelot and
others affirm that it does. They have
demonstrated, they say, that the free
nitrogen of the atmosphere is liked"
and made available as fertilizer ..'by
the cooperation ofmineral matter and
of living organisms in the SOIL" The
fact explsins, it is said, why it is "(D
that spade husbandry is much more
productive than plowing; ~ that land
can be enriched by simply plowing
under its own product, and 81 that
summer following, with frequent stir
ring, actually enriches the SOIL" Pull
verization of the soil increases, it
seems, its capacity to absorb nitrogen.
The method of centrifugal tillage now
being developed in tho West supplies,
it is claimed, an ideal modus operandi
for the new fertilization. 1t pulverizes
the soil and aerates it in the manipu-
lation, and then confines mass OF air
in it's midst for the slower process ot
absorption and digestion by earth and
plants. baltimore Sun.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-29
BLOWN INTO ETERNITY,
THE TERRIBLE FATE OF FIVE
RAILROAD LABCRERS.

i. Cigarette CareIsss,J Hnnclcd Explode.
charge. Kills Five Men and Wounds {.
Dozan Othcrs-TerriEc Effects OF tho ~.
plosion.
CHARLOTTE, \. c., jan, 23.-NewS
sis received here today Of fatal ex
plcsion il Wilkes county, yesterday,
in which Eve men were killed and a
dozen wounded. 4 squad of railroa&
hands were "orking on al extension
Of the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley
railroad, in the lower portion Of hat
county. They were preparing to L axe
a heavy blast, which vas expected to
tear up q big rock IN q twenty foot
out. \ tremendous hole had JeeD
driven in the rcck, and two kegs o.
dynamite had beer packed into it.
George Hendly : laboses, was pre-
pairing to adjust tie fuse, at the same
time smoking g cigarette from which .
spark accidentally dropped in aud
fired Of" the powder It was all done
in 81 instant and no one lad time to
escape. The explosion roareG like
dozen calno2s ard not only burst UP
the big rock but also tore up fifteen
feet Of the deep cut.
Five unfortunate workmen were
sent whirling into the air, riding on
large pieces of the broken rock. |
Among the flying earth, n dozen others
were knocked about and partially |
buried under the falling dirt.
When the smoke of the blast cleared |
away it was found that five had been
killed. as follows: George Hendly,
Samuel Culls, Thomas Emery, Joseph
Falls and Eugene Moore. Twelve
others were more or less wounded but
only three very seriously.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-29
Raw Oysters SsIr-Dieestive.

"Forthergill on Indigestion" in
speaking of the oyster being essen hao-
itually and by reference in the raw or
uncocked state says: ''It is interesting
to kdow that there is sound physi-
illogical reason at the bottom CT this
preference. The fawn-colored mass
which constitutes the dainty OF the oys-
ter is its liver, and this is little less than
a mass of glycogen associated with the
glycogen, but withheld from actual
contact with it during life, is its ap-
propriate digestive ferment-the hePs-
tic diastaee. The mere crushing be-
tween the teeth brings these two bodies
together, and the glycogen 10 at once
digested, without other help, by its own
diastsce. The oyster in the uncooked
state, are merely warned, is, IN faes,
self-Gigestive. But the advantage OF
this provision is wholly lost by cooking,
for the heat employed Immediately de-
stroys the associated fermcnt, and
cooked oyster has to be digested like
any other food, by the eaters own d.
gestive powers.-H.ll's Journal O.
Health.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-29
! Split in the ". c, Z. L.

PHILADELPHIA, January s4.-At last
there is break in the ranks Of the
Womea's Christian Temperance Union
of Pennsylvania, and the seceders have
formed an independent organization.
The split was determined upon at con-
ference of the body today. The break
was brought about by the frequent en-
dorsement of the Prohibition party anc
| its methods By a number OF the member:
of the Wonen's Christian Temperance
Union.
Immediately after the devotional ez-
ercises the Presidents address was read,
which began By stating that differences
of opinion IN methods Of work aDc th%
best manner of accomplishing practice
results have, during the last fewgears i.
this State, grown rapidly, sud are nov
50 conspicuous that harmonious co,ope;
| alton, among those who have sincerel1 J
and conscientiously differed, is nau:
fest!y impossible. An actual separation
eeens to be practical, wise necesstl3
if the l.bors OF very many good Wome-
are to be continued and used eIscslyel!
against the common enemy.
Mrs. Shepard presented the secreta
rvs report, which spoke in bitter term
Of partisan methods. Il charged thS
the operations Of the politicians weF
concealed behind it.
| Mrs Weeks offered resolution TIA
the meeting proceed 20 organize q nor
scctarian and Eonpar:!san Wo5aeh
Christian Temperance Union This ws
agreed to. A committee en- const;tt
tion vas appointed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-29
A Sad Experience In Arkansas.

ASnGVlIlS CltlSeu
A sad case, nee ling immediate as
sistance, has come to our notice Of two
young men, one eighteen, the other
twenty, who reached town last even
ing in a most destitute condition, hav-
ing walked from Arkansas to this
point, being twenty-one days on the
road from Memphis here. One of
them had during that time severe
case Of pneumonia from which he is
just recovering. 1t seems thsy left
their home in Wayne county. n. c.,
| some time ago with their parents and
two younger sisters and small broth
er for Arkansas. Soon after their ar
rival, their parents died, leaving them
without resources. Some friends sent
the younger children home and the
brothers started to walk the long dis
| tance; being unable to raise the money
in any way to defay their e1pen.
ses. 1t is proposed to laise an amount
sufficient to pay their way to Raleigh
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-29

can oxygen be supp!icd?' "Give him ;
tonic, sir" said a young man with
e bad cold, an iron DON'T" Then the
} book-keeper wrote prescription.
Good gracious, thought l, has that
darkey got to eat a whole donic. a
donic is lump of iron as big as wa
ter pail. But maybe he is not to eat
it, but is to handle it. Maybe he is to
dig in the mines. It does make g. man
strong to dig up donics in the mines.
tits like swinging pair of dunn bbells
to get strong. But our boy told me
afterwards that it was not donic but
a tonic. Iwish that I knew as much
about the human frame as Dr.. Ken
drick knows, He put & little glass
quill in the other darkey's mouth, and
when hetook it out and looked at it,
he told the young doctors all about his
disease and how it came and what
must be done for him; and then he
began on the white man and asked
him what was the matter, and the
man pulled up the leg OF his pants
and showed an awful case of big leg,
and the DR.. said something about an
elephant, and told him that he had
come the wrong day, and belonged to
DR.. Westmoreland's clinik. Poor tel-
low, thought I, you are gone up. Or.
Westmoreland will cut that leg ott IN
ten minutes and smile. Next I was |
invited into the dissecting room.
Yes, I was invited, and the big fat,
black janitor who steals all the stltts
opened the door, but I didn't go IN.
I saw enough, and one Whit OF the
odoriferous atmosphere satisfied me,
and I departed those coasts. The
young doctors laughed at me tumul-
tuously. There were ten tables IN
there, and q cadaver on every table,
and some ofthem were split in two,
and some dismembered, and there
were arms and legs hanging about on
the walls, and from some all the
nerves had been taken out like a bun
die ofstling, and from some all the
muscles had been taken out. AND
there were backbones, and haslets, and
spare ribs, just like you see at hog
killing time. And all this is to teach
the doctors anatomy, and it is all right,
and ifa man has any genius at all it
does look like he ought to know low
to treat disease, and what to do for t
every wound that humanity is liable
to. Those 125 doctors seem to be IN {
earnest, and some Of them will make {
heir mark. Our boy came home the
other day and had darkey's esr /,
wrapped up in his pocket, and wanted S
to tell his mother all about it's anato-
my. For minute she didn't under
stand what it was, and asked him in
if he had got to chewing
He said, "Why no; this is
not tobacco, this is darkey's ear. She
rose forward and then backward and {
vas more indignant than when | had
hat mole IN the sugar dish. Ralph I
lad to leave the room and hide out 5
he ear, and she wouldn't let him eat .
Inner until he had washed his hands
With lye soap and cologne two or three e
lines. But still she is proud of that I
10Y, and tells how he used to speak
peech, and say: Friends, Romans, I
lend me your ears. 'Lit- /
lie did I think" said she, that he !
would some day go about cutting them t
If from dead negroes" Il
BILL ARP. !
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-29
a Youthful Burglar.

CHARLoTTF, \. c., Jan. 25.-Johnny
Little. lad fifteen years old, has been
arrested at Beaver Dam, Union County
charged with burglary, and the little
fellow Che is small for his sge) confessed
to having rsided SO few houses" with
pistol and bowie knife in hand. When
arrested, these swo articles were found
on his person, as vas also g bunch OF
false KEYS. johnny had recently been
on visit to S,anly County, and while
thera the residence and store Of David
Foreman wac burglarlzed and some S2oV
in cash disappeared: Johnny confessed
that he made the raid. BE IS now IN
iail at A!bemarle. The lad is al orphan
and on this account much sympathy j
expressed for hin, He comes from
good family.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-29
THEY MADE IT WARM FOR HIM.
The Hough Experience of Claiman
for l,rorrIn Inuds.

The Tough Experience of Claimant
for Georgia Lauds.
Atlanta Journal.
The Journal has already published
the fact that Western men are lay &c
claim to large tracts of land il Cam.
den County, and had gone there to To-
cate their property.
Mr.. Pecs, one Of the claimants, ha2
returned from his jaunt. He Tss
seen by a Brunswick Times revorter
last uight, and the old gentleman 4as
looking exceedingly wan and pa :,
When questioned about his trip tU
Camden, Mr.. Peck said:
"Oh, never let me hear the name OF
Camden again. l feel as if I had es-
caoed most horrible death and if |
live to board the train tonight and
ride safely out of Southern Georgia i
shall feel exceedingly thankful and
greatly relieved"
"Why, did you have a tough expert
ence in Camden?" questioned the re-
porter.
Tough doesn't express it. Why
man, if I had even intimated that l
had come to claim my land those pee
pie would have cut me up and fed rs
to tie hogs. Yon dcn't know how
bitter they feel against anybody who
visits the county With even the >shad-
ow of claim. They have been trou-
bled so much they suspect strangers
the first timethey lay eyes on them"
"What did they do to you when you
went over"
"Well, it was ike this: Rr. Brown
and I reached Camden about neon
last Monday. In the meantime | show-
ed Alr. Brown my claims to about
$500 acres IL the County, and told
him I expected him to point out those
lands and resurvey them. We took
dinner with good old substantial
farmer, and induced him to go along
with Us. Pretty soon he discovered
what we were up TO AID the OLD :ei-
low got TOO wrathy 20 see. He lmme-
diately left US and carried the news to
several nsighbors, aad il less time
than an hour Mr.. Blown and l were
surrounded By at least Il half dozen
citizens, and one OF thems wanted to
know who l was and what I had come
for.
81 gave him my name and told him
I had merely come to find some land,
which I owned in the county. and
that I intended to sell my claira ss
soon as a survey could be made. No
sooner did finish making this exrla-
nation than the spokesman for the
crowd cried out: That's brother to
old Primrose, who came here about
forty years ago to cheat US out Of house
and home I insisted that they were
mistaken and that I intended them no
harm. At that juncture the crowd
drew of to one side and held a whis-
pered consultation. Pretty soon
they came back and told me it wasn't
healthy for me in Camden and advised
me to take the nearest route out OF the
County limits.
"And you took their advice?"
''Well, I thought they meant every
word of it, and l made haste to
take the first boat for Brunswick. [
tell YOU, it won't 90 to fool with these
Camden County people. | wouldn'
90 lack there for half the County"
"What became Of Mr.. Brown, the
Surveyor"
"He was in jeopardy wheo I last
saw him. They thought he was IN
league with me to defraud them, ard
wouldn't be at all surprised II Re pays
the penalty with his neck"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-29
Epltal Boiler Explosion.

SCRANTON, Pa, Jan. 22.-The en-
qines and boiler houses of the Mount
Jessup Coal Company, were blown TO
pieces this morning by the explosion
of our of the boilers. Flremen Mun'
lev, OF Archibald, was instantly killed,
and several German laborers fatally
injured. The buildings caught tire
and were totally destroyed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-29
The succcss G 4 the Alliance

AlIau Ia JOulaei-
The farmers are deriving great
benefit from the Alliance. 1t has saved
them in Georgia alone 100000 in a
single year on the purchase Of fertili-
zers. It has lowered the cost of almost
every article they use, food, clothing,
farm implements, wagons, busgles,
and even the few luxuries that Geor-
gia farmers have been able to enjoy.
It has taught the farmers the use Of
the most powerful weapon in the
struggles of peace or war-co- opera
ton. Divided, they were the easy
prey ofthe monopolists and trusts; but
united in phalanx 100000 strong
with one wing resting on the shores
of Maine, the other on the Pacific coast
the farmers have become a power
They are The people, and they must
rule. The memberships is steadily in
creasing, ana its field of usefulnes:
steadily broadening, Our reports from
the South Carolina Alliance are par
ticularly encouraging. The order is
| making rapid progress in that State
| and has, as the Georgia Alliance, ;
settled policy of uplifting the peopl
and protecting them from the design
of the monopolies and trusts: Th
Alliance has a good work before it. l
has accomplished much, but it ha
much more to accomplish. FortI
nately for the people, it has the esur
age and the ability to wage waE sue
! cessfully and to fulfill its mlssisG,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-29
MANNING, S. c.. WEDNESDAY,, JANUARY 30 1896
TALMAGE'S PILGRIMAGE.
The Noted Divine Tell of His Trip 10 the
Holy Land.

PARIS, Jan. 21.-Rev. T. De Wit
Talmage, of the Brooklyn Tabernacle
has quite recovered from the attack
ofinfuenza which seized him here ant
isin excellent health and spirits. Wher
l called on him the American Min.
ister's carriage was waiting to convey
the ciergyman's family to the Bois de
Boulonge. He was entertained at
dinner on Wednesday night by White
law Reid.
II am in Paris" said Mr.. Talmage,
"for the first time since 1885, but nev-
er before during this winter was Paris
so charming, and I regret that I must
sail on the Aurania on the 25th to re-
sumo my duties.
''I have rsturned from the most en-
joyable trip Of my life. I have been
all over the Holy Land and into parts
Of Italy, Rome for instance, which I
had not seen before, although l have
been abroad many times. Every
place in Palestine has had great inter-,
est for me. Just before I reached
and Jerusalem I could not
sleep. I was as excited as boy, for
it was the realization of a life dream.
"At Jericho met an American,
whose name I have forgotten, who
asked me to baptize him in the River
Jordan. So one fine Sunday morning.
when the sun shone gloricusly BRIGHT
We assembled together on the banks
# the great river. l was clad in the
white robes of an Arab shiek. Al
small crowd of interested people
stood about me, some Of whom were
Americans, who sang together "On
Jordan's stormy banks
stand" which my daughter had copi-
ID from hymn book. After this the |
was performed and we dis
landed.
"My trip was replete with Biblical
interest. Ifeel doubly repaid for it.
every book in the Bible seemed to
peak more forcibly and l could trace
II the important places in Bible his
ory in every journey made"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-29

clans choose him, or shall we, casting
about amng the amouy honorable, pstrl-
otic lawyers of the State. make the selec-
ton ourselves?
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-29
lie Cant Sc Too Careful.


Il heai Harrison won't invite Reed
and Rusl 20 the White House at the
same tim :" !"
Why pot?'
':lhcy zay he's afraid the Prohlol-
t,or.s.s aid jump on him for having
t,..'or end Jsrry at White House re-
ceptior.''
"a ra,ori is now current on what
= regarded as trustworthy authority,
that the Prince Of Wales is to revisit
Alnerica :iext spring, accompanied by
tla oriu r-ss of Wales, and perhaps his
ecn, Prince George. The journey, 1t
is sid. vii be taken by advice of his
physicians FOR the benefit OF his health,
nd viii include New York State and
c. .1ada. The party will travel incog-
niso.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-29

ALL the miDista:s OF the new SPANS:
cabinet are free traders.