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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-01
SLAIN BY NEGROES.
4 Whole Community of Blacks |roba-
bly, Implicated in the discrimination oil
White Merchant.

4 Whole Community of Blacks |robn-
bIy Implicated in the Assassinntion of
White Merchant.
News of a w1etcned murder at Mar
tins Station, S. c., on the Port Royal
railroad, has been received. The vic.
tim was MIR. Robert Martin, twenty-five
years old, the son of Major William A.
Martin, of Martins S. C. Young Mar
tin kept store at Martins and ran a
farm near by. AS he was going from
his store home Saturday night, he was
shot in the back by an unknown par
ty. Suspicion points to q negro, Peter
Bell, who, together with Harrison
Johnson and two others, is under ar
rest. at the inquest, which was held
Sunday, Harrison Johnson and his
wife testified to having passed young
Martin in the read on his way home.
He wss on horseback and Bell riding
behind him on an OK. They were
talking together as they passed. A
few minutes later they heard the re-
port ola guu in the direction they had
gone, and heard some one cry out,
"My God, you have killed me-" John
sons wife testified that she started in
the direction to see what was the mat
ter, but her husband said it was some
drunken negro kicking up a fuss, and
for her to 60 on in the house. A negro
told on nelghboring plantation that
they had Bell arrested for killing Mr.
Martin, and had him guarded at Mr.
Martins place. He told this an hour
CT two before anybody suspected Bell,
or knew any of the circumstances.
this with other facts, pointed to knoWl-
edge among the negroes of the assass-
inatioa, and several are under arrest.
At the inquest several parties testified
to having heard the shot, and the cry
of young Martin, but nobody, strange
ly enoug gh, went to investigate. AS a
consequence, it was not until Sunday
morning that his body was discovered,
or anything was kno"n of the muir
der. He was shot'in the back with
slugs, four or FIVE entering the body
and probably causing death almost
instantly. The remains were taken to
Charleston and inferred there.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-01
nhe NJ. case in Charleston.

CHARLESTON, S. c., December IS The
arrest Of merchant J. T. Nix IN Green
vile is the subject of some talk in mer-
camille and banking circles here. II Is
known that the lady who was referred to
in the assignment proceedings is Mrs: A.
D. Fleming, of this city, Mr.. Nlxs
mother-jp-Iaw. Mrs. Fleming is the
widow of the late A. D. Fleming, prom
inent candy manufacturer, and is gerer,
ally credited with being wealthy. Sne
owns several stores on the business por,
ton of King street. 1t is also rum"fed
that Mr.. Nix has large deposits IN some
of the banks of this city, anc Will have
no trouble in securing good bond ny
putting up collateras: Mr.; Nix has
since been released on $2l, 600 bail. lie
is charged with fraud in the purchase OF
goods.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-01
German School Life.

In the course of lecture on "A
Visit to German Schools, recently
delivered in Bradford by Mr.. 7. G..
Rooper, British inspector of schools,
president of the local branch of the
teachers guild, he gave a description
of a higher board school for girls
Burgerschulc) as drawn by German
schoolmaster. Next he described a
typical school inspection, first in the
words Of a German school inspector
and then in the words of one of the
head teachers, and finally in the words
of the scholastic newspapers.
In one place teacher got only s45
for teaching 10 children. In Anhalt
town teachers begin with $50, and
rise in twenty-five years to s1O5; in
the country they get 96 to 910 less.
AS natural result the applications
for admission to training colleges are
failing off. The work required of tho
teachers, too, was excessive. In Silesia,
Fellhanlmer, four teachers have to
teach $50 children IN nine classes. In
Salzbrunn, Head Teacher Bohm has
220 children to teach by himself. In
Dittersbach, four teachers have zoe
children in seven classes, and Of these
two classes only get six hours week.
The number of children legally al
lowed in one class is 120, but it is often
exceeded This is the dark side of the
picture Looking at the other side,
in the very best schools (as in Berlin)
the teachers are well paid, and there is
a large number Of applications for
posts; the classes are smaller. and III
some cases the teachers are special
lists" and take, say, all the arithmetic
or all the drawing IN the school. But
generally not only were the teachers
overworked, but the routine for the
children was overcrowded. The dis
content Of the Prussian teachers hav-
ing eliminated in joint movement,
they were few weeks ago forbidden
to make mass petition" One dis
trict inspector has gone so far as to IS
sue an order that ''eXpressions in
teachers unions statutes which set up
as the task Of the union the further
ing of the interests Of the elementary
schools and Of te:chers in them are
not permissible. The social position
of tie German teacher has evidently
declined. In 1870 Bismarck claimed
them as his stanchest allies, and the
public extollcd them highly. Now
change has set in. The comic press
and reactionaries in and out of parlia-
ment combine to ilout the unhappy
pedagogue.-St. James Gazette.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-01
ACOLD-BLOODED MURDER.
One Charleston Negro Shoots Anethe'

One Charleston Negro Shoots Another
by Way of Celebrating Christmas.
CHARLESTON S. c., Dec. 2S.-An-
other fatal outcome of the miscarriage
of Justice in South Carolina was de-
yeloped on Christmas night at negro
settlement in the. suburbs. James
Anderson shot and killed Cupid Small
and then escaped. There was no quars
rel. After hailing his victim, he simply
pulled his pistol and shot him dead:
He was captured by some negroes and
was sent to Jail. The negroes of the
neighborhood tried to lynch him, but
the police who had him in charge were
in a patrol wagon and the lynchers
were distanced.
/ After being put in jail to-day the muir.
derer was interviewed. He admitted
having slain his victim, but denied that
he had tried to conceal his body and
50 conceal the crime. Asked why he
killed Small he said because he thought
that Small might kill him. ae had
never had quarrel with his victim.
The colored people in the suburbs ale
very much excited over the murder.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-01
THE BIGGEST EARTHQUAKES.
How they ~wallowet; p Large Cities and
Host. Of People.

How they Swallowed Up large Citie, and
Hosts Of People.
BosecwitZ on Earthquakes.
One Of the most remarkable earth
quakes OF antiquity ovcrtnrew many
cities Of Italy, bu, uld not interrupt the
battle of rhrasmipe, which was raging
at the time. This was III the year PIT
3. =. Byron sings Of the event in "Chllde
Harold"
And such the storm of battle on this
dag,
And such the frenzy whose convul.
sion blinds
To sil save carnage, that beneath the
An earthquake rolled unheedingly
away!
None felt sterb nature rocking at bis
feet
And yawning forth grave for those
wholayl
Upon their eucklers for winding
sheet;
Such is the absorbing hate when war
ring nations meet.
In 365 4. D., the greatest part of the
Roman world Was convulsed by an earth
quake, which was followed by tidal
waves For long time afterward the
city Of Alexandria annually commemor-
ated the fatal day when $4,000 citizens
lost their lives in an inundation. Two
centuries later the Roman empire again
was shaken, and credulity is stagger-
ed BY the statement that $50, 900 lives
were lost.
One shrinks from enumerating many
of the great earthquakes of history, for
to attempt the task is to sup full Of hor-
rors In the early history of America
the disappearance of whole cities was
not unusual. In 1855, $4,000 persons
were killed in Naples. In 1895 there
were destructive shocks in Syrie, and at
Aalbec 20, 900 perishe6. In 1888 Guate-
mala, with all its riches and 5000 faml-
lies, was swallowed up. In Stella and
Calabria, from 1888 to 1856, the victim:
reached total of $4,000. Cbina's capi.
lsal was destroyed in 1889, and multitude:
- ere killed in serious OF shocks thai
We're distributed through ten years
And so on until the statistics become
sickuing.
The great Lisbon earthquake of IT'S;
will be remembered as the one IN which
the good DR.. johnson refused to believe
although he pinned his faith to the stor.
| of the Cock lane ghost. This shock ex
tended ever surface of the globe fou
| times greater than that of aEurope, de
stroyipg the cities of Fee and Mesvuine
in Morocco, with $4,000 persons; ane
affecting the coasts of Greenland, IN
Isle of Madeira, and the West Indies
nearly 1000 miles away. In Lisbon !
was All Saints Day, the hour of higl
| mass, and the churches were crowded
There were three shocks, and then tn
city was in RUINS The earthquake wa
followed by the horrors of confiagra
ton.
In the Caracas earthquake in 1912 th
people were praying, like those Of Lis
| bon, when desolation came upon them
1t was Thursday of Holy Week and grea
plumbers were in the churches. At leas
1000 people persisted in the downfall o
| the sacred edifces. One cathedral bel;
out.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-01
Tanners East Outdoue.

A Bristol dog which was found IN a
deserted barn on Thursday had sur,
vived six weeks without food. The
dog is valuable setter, belonging to
Robert Bruden, and was lost SIX weeks
ago, after Mr.. Bruden had been at a
furniture sale. The furniture dealer
had locked the dog in his barn, and
left the town. People in the neigh
borhood heard the dog barking for
two weeks, and then heard him no
more. After o fruitless search in every
other direction Mr.. Bruden thought
of the furniture dealers barn, and
looked in there as last chance Here
he found the setter as thin as shin
gle and too weak to stand up. He,
however, soon revived under the
stimulating effects Of three pound
beefsteak, and is now well.-Philadel'
phia Record.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-01
4 Musical Murder in Lexington.

COLUMBIA. S. c., December 26:-LaSt
night in Lexington County, about twelve '
miles from Columbia, the inevitable
Christmas murder occurred. A negro
dance was in progress At plantation
house: and the colored beaux and bellies
were enjoying themselves. AS the eve
ming wore on, the musical ear Of William
Glass was offended By the inharmonions
manner in which Henry Saxon was pick
ing the banjo, and he criticised the per.
foTmance, and called the musical expert
out into the piazza. When they had
reached it's section and passed te"
rough expressions, the srieved mus! musician II n
drew pistol and shot Gloss, kiltt?s MN am
instantly, and thereby ,putting him be-
vond the misery of hearing false note.
and jinglirg discords. He then retired
from the scene-whether with OF without
bis banjo is not stated by the person who
brought the news to Columbia to-day
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-01
BURIED ALIVE.
4 Horrible Accident in n California Mine
Sixteeu Men Under the Dcbfis.


a Horrible Accident in a California Mine
...sIxteeu Men Under the Dcbri-.
San ANDRES, CAL, December ga
disastrous cavein occurred Sunday eve
ning iu the Lane mine. Owned by How
ard & Habert, located on the "esl edge
of Angelo, by which sixteen men were
buried. They were supposed 20 be dead.
Nineteen men were sent into dritt on
the 400 foot level to repair tlmoerlng
which had become looseued. They had
not worked over an hour when the sup
ports of timbers suddenly broke to the
right. and roofing, earth and rocks lell,
burying sixteen men underneath the dc
br;s, Thomas Corwin and two Italians
were working near the mouth OF the
drift, aad managed to escape, although %
Corwin was badly injured. Corw!n SAID
the partitions were ieanirg badly, "hen
he went into Inc drift, :1u. 10 one sus-
pected there was danger ot cavern
When it came they were al uuprepareo.
He and the Italians cscaprG as snon as
thev heard the timbers CRACK. Others
also started to run, but were 100 Jar IN
the drift to be able 10 re.ch place OF
safety. Immediately after me accident
men we're let down The shaft, and enter
mo the mouth of the dtiit, commenced
digging 10 the DEBRIS They found the
attempt almost useless. rs The tlmoers
seemed to have been woven together, as
though the sides of the drift bad fallen
toward each other and had been covered
by the roofing. By last evening the res
cuiug party bad succeeded iu getting
eight feet into the pile of earth and tim
Der and none of .he victims had been
reached There is no prospect Of get
tag them out alive.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-01
TIE FUNERAL OF Mr.. GRADY.

5 Great Demonstration in :lis Rouor mt
Misunderstanding Funds for II Monu-
ment---Thc Largest Funeral Process
sion Ever seen in t;sorgin.
All th.5 wa. mortal of Henry Woodfio
Grady was LAID To rest in Oakland Gene
terry, Atlanta, on Christmas. There was
no ostentstion, no display, no glittering
pageant-all WAS slmpliclty-but the tu-
neral procession was the largest that
this State has ever seen, and in the hearts
of Georgia's people was sorrow deeper
than human minds can measure. 1t was
9 O'Clock when the honorary pa!l-hearers
and committees from each Of the organl-
cations to which Mr.. Grady belonged ar
rived at the house. ln the honorary es'
cort there were, besides men prominent
in affairs in Georgia and the South, 4
number of Northern friends. The body
lay IN beautiful casket 10 the large par
lor, and here these friends took last
look at the beloved face.
At 10 o'clock sol.mn procession
wended its way to the First Methodist
Church, where the body was to lie IN
state. Here the local members OF tbe
Chi Phi Fraternity, of which Mr.. Grady
was the highest officer in the State, took
charge. Then for four hours the pubhc
were allowed to pass the casket in double
lines and look upon the face. Floral de-
signs, which came from friends every
| where, were most beautiful. OF these,
that given by the Constitution employees
| niotl b,I 4
ed because it was MADE after design e.
lected for another purpose ty MIR. Grady
himself. 1t was in the shape of Geor
gia's coat of arms, with the simple ""rd:
"Georgia's Son" on top of the arch, and
"Our Friend" at the base.
The scenes during these four hours
were most touching. Old and young
great and small, white and black, passec
BY the casket, and there was not DIR.
eye as people realized that their hes
friend had gone. The employees OF 'h'
Constitution. headed by President How
ell and Business Manager Henphi!l, cam
10 q body. Then TINY went |" tbe h"us
and acted as escort OF Eonor 20 the tam
lily to the church.
The services were the simplest p"ssl
Bile, at the request of the widow. DR.
Morrison, DR.. Lee, Dr. Barnett, DR.
Glenn, Gen. Evans ami D.. Ho2kin
we're the officiating ministers. Reading
of selections from the Scriptures, sing
ing of hymns and prayers by DR.. Morr!
son, Methodist, and Dr.. Barnett, Presby
teriap, completed the services. Tn
singing of Mr. Grady's favoElc hymn
''Shall We Gather at the River" was c:
pecially touching.
The long procession wended its VA
to Oakland, and 10 the family vault "
W. D. Grant the BODY Of Henry W Grad
found temporary r0sting-pI"cc. On
short prayer at the vault ard all VA
over. He is gone, but his words fpeac
and good will for the North aud Sour
will keep him alive in the hearts of a
the people.
The people of Atlanta have determine
to erect monument to the memory
Henry W. Grady. A meeting of y"np
men resolved on this. and raised $500
within an hour.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-01
Murder III Georgia.

MACON, Ga, Dec. 2S.-The report
of q riot at Barnesville is erroneous.
It arose from the unprovoked murder
on Christmas, of a negro man ofexcel-
lent character by four drunken white
men who met him on railroad track.
The authorities are doing their best to
arrest the murderers, who were stran-
gers in the community.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-01
A ,Iummouth Entcrprise.

The purchase of the santee Swami ?
lands in Clarendon county has been
consummated e,cu by the Michigan com.
pany. The purchase comprises 2'9oO
A'. The plant will cost s25o,o0o and
the enterprise will employ the labor OF
six hundred operatives. Theagent says
that the advent of this enterprise at
Sumter will increase the population
Of the city by fifteen hundred white
people. Cottages will have to be pro-
yided for this number by the company,
making s. little city in themselves:
Work will begin as soon as suita-
bic place can be ATTAINED.
This mammouth enterprise, 1t IS
proposed shall be in active life anu I'd.
operation by next sumner.-sumter
Watchnau
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-01
A fight between gorilla aud a bull

A fight between gorilla aud a bull
dog. for a purse of $500, occurred at
Fort Wayne, Ind, on Monday morning.
The dog was fine thoroughbred Eng
lish bull dog weighing forty pounds,
while the gorilla pulled sown nearly
eiohtv poonds. They were put into an
enclosure twelve feet square and eight
feet high, built of three irch oak strips.
4 large crowd was present and betting
was spirited, with the odds greatly in
favor of the brute from Africa. The
doc was killed in two minutes. The
Gorilla was unhurt.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-01

Vegetable flannel is textile mate.
rial now being largely manufactured
in Germany out Of pine leaves. The
fiber is spun, knitted and woven into
undergarments and clothing OF van
Gus kinds.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-01

john w. Harper, white, has oeen
arrested under bench warrant from Ee
last court and lodged in the count al,
charged with being common Ea's"o'e'
and for loud use Of profene T.. "uHs" :"
nea. to dying woman as TO hGs'en htr
death. h.-Marion Index,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-01
UUIy APPRECIATED.

is this the postoffice?' he qucried,
as he stepped inside the storm doors
with letter in his hand.
1T is" replied the man addressed.
''Could mail letter herc?'
Yes, sir.
and it'll 60 right out, will it,"
No doubt of it."
Thanks! I like this town. Things
are business here. 1t is evident that
YOU people like to see i man get
along, and you won't lose anything
by it. I'll speak a good word for your
postoifice wherever I GO, and II | can
help it any I shall be only TOO glad to
do so."-Detroit Free Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-01

The United Sta es Senate has confirm
ed the appointment of '. P. Clayton as
postmaster at Columbia.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-01

3 Great characterization in :lis Rouor mt
Misunderstanding Funds for IL niOnu-
mtnt---Thc Largest Funeral Process
Ainn Eyer Srrn in tssoruin.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-01

frost the flowers. What is Christian
ity2 I take it to be simply procla-
nation from the throne OF God OF
emancipation for all the enslaved; and
if a man accepts the terms Of that proc
lamation, and becomes free, has he not
right to be merry? Suppose a IA
ther has an elegant mansion and large
grounds. To whom will he give the
first privilege of these grounds? Will
he say: MY children, you must not
walk through these paths, or sit
down under these trees, or pluck
this fruit. These are for outsiders.
They may walk in them. No
father would say anything like
that. He would say: 1.-The first priv
ileges in all the grounds, and all
of my house, shall. be for my own
children" And yet men try to make
US believe that Gods children are on
the limits, and the chief refreshments
and enjoyments OF life arc for outsid-
ers, and not for his own children. Il is
stark atheism There is no innocent
beverage too rich for Gods child to
drink; there is no robe 100 costly for
him to wear; there is 40 hilaritv too
great for him to indulge in, and no
house too splendid r.him to live in.
He has right to the joys Of earth; he
shall have right to the joys Of hcav-
en-. Though tribulation, and trial,
and hardship may come unto him, let
him rejoice. Rejoice in the Lord, ye
righteous, and again [ say, rejoice.
I remark again that Christ comes
to us in the hour of our extremity.
He knew the wine was giving out be-
fore there was any embarrassment or
modification. Why did he not per-
form the miracle sooner2 Why wait
until it was all gone, and 10 help
could come from any source, and then
come in and perform the miracle2
This is Christ's way; and when he did
come in, at the hour Of extremity, he
made first rate wine, SO that they cried
out: Thou hast kept the good VINE
until now" Jesus in the hour Of eN-
tremity! he seems to prefer that
hour.
In a Christian home in Poland
great poverty had come, and on the
week day the man was obliged to
move out of the house with his whole
family. That night he knelt with his
family and prayed to God. While
they We're knecling in prayer there
was tap on the window pane. They
opened the window, and there was q
raven that the family had fed and
trained. and it had in lbs bill ring all
set with precious stones, which was
found out to be a ring belonging to
the royal family. Itwas taken up to
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-03-02
CRISP CONVERSATIONS.

The first railway sleeping car OF which
there is amy authentic information was
used ou the Cumberland Valley railroad
between Harrisburg and Chambersburg,
i'm 1896.
Eight varieties of leprosy are recog-
nizol in China. and the disease is re-
garlcd as contagious, infectious and he-
rcditary, lui is said to disappear in four
generations.
The historic lime tree at Munchen-
wylcr in Freibnrg under which The
Swiss Fedcrlls assembled before the bat
tie of Murien, iu 1875. bias been uprooicd
by a storm.
Tie whole cost Of the Great Forth
bridge is estimated 90 $4,000, 600. l.has
been calculated that the chief struts OF
tine bridge would stand thrust Of more
than $1,000 tons before showing signs Of
giving way.
"Peat" candles are not made Of peat,
but of the parafine that is distilled from
peat in Brazil. where it Is more plentiful
even than in Ireland. According % The
Comorcio DIES Amazonas, a valuable lubri-
eating oil is being extracted from the
turf.
At Buenn, Austria, burglars have cir
cumventel the use of iron shutters for
store windows by cutting hole in tie
glass through the little round hole lefi in
Che shutter for ventilation. and then fish
ing for the valuabies inside with a hook
and line.
The Pal0zzo Rczz0nico, one Of them
imposing palaces ON the Grand canal AID
the scene of Irowning's death, was built
partly in the Seventeenth and partly IN
the Eighteenth centuries The great
stairways arc among tine finest Ia Venice.
and All the rooms and halls are Of srand
proportions Tn the poets lofty chant
ber Is the painting by bis sonof an eagle
struggling with serpent, illustrative OF
a passage in Shclley's Revolt Of ISLAM. %
To ctch brass for signs, paint the sign
with asphalt yaraish. leaving the parts
TO be etched implanted, raise q border
around the outside. made Of soft hess
wax OF asphalt, to hold the acid. Use
nitric acid diluted with five times the
quantity OF water. Pour the dilute acid
on the sign about one-quarter of an inch
deep. When the letters are cut deep
enough, which must be found by trial,
the acid may be poured off and the plate
rleaned by heating and wiping, and final
ly with turpentine.
There are 10 Paris ABOUT o,vUv arusts,
who may be divided into two classes, it
is eaid-those who live for art and those
who live by art.