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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-08-20
They were Tired.

In order to prevent being "stuck"
on his papers yesterday newsboy cried
out: ''All about the war with England"'
A young man sitting in front Of a Girls
wold street hotel heard the cry, slapped
his leg, and exclaimed:
':That's the stuff! Pm ready to SO
again!''
stWere you in the war Of l77G:'
asked stranger who sat near.
''N-no,I don't suppose I was"
SIN the war Of 1872"
ssPerhas not.''
''In the Mexican war ?"
ssNo."
severe you even able to toddle around
as baby during our civil war;"
'sI-I was only a year DID,"
''But you spoke about going again.
What did you mean:"
ssNone o'your business, sir. There's
always some old shell-back like you
sitting around to throw cold water on a
young mans patriotism, and it makes
me tired"
'sDoes, eh? See where that finger
went to- Observe this wooden leg.
Want to feel this scar on my head:
Twas there. l am also tired. l am
tired Of hearing squirts like you talk
about war. Go home, bub-go home
and have your mother change your
bib and wipe your nose" ."-Detroit
Free Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-08-20
A Riot in Alabama,

New ORLEANS, La, August IA
special to the Picayune from Birming.
ham. Ala, says: Late last night
Deputy Sheriff c. H. Hanson, Of Shelby
County, came to town in quest ofspeci-
al officers, and reports a terrible state
of affairs in the nighboring Counties and
the Shelby Iron Works. He says a
great riot has been going on all the week
at the iron works, and that three men
and one woman had been killed in the
melee. The negro laborers about the
camp are in a fearful state of anarchy,
and the presence Of a full posse ofoficers
is necessary. The riot grew out OF the
presence Of dissolute women who haunt
these camps. a body Of special Of
dcers left last night for the scene of riot.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-08-20
A Coffin Trust.

And now there is to be a coffin trust.
A vast combination called the NationaJ
Caskct Company has been formed by
the three greatest manufacturers of cas-
kets in the country. Just what the COM
binc portends to the manufacturers and
iobbcrs of the great cities is not certain.
1t is believed in some quarters that a
complete monopoly will be the final
result of the movement. The big firms
in the combination already have sales
men stepping over the local jobbers'
heads, and they may establish offices in
every city when the proper time arrives.
Even the grave, it seems, provides no
refuge from trusts. They preside over
the inaugural howl of the infant Ameri-
csn as he is deposited in his trust cardle,
and ride with the remains ofthe centen-
arian as he makes his last journey.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-08-20
WORTH WHILE.
easy enough to be pleasant

II is easy enough to be pleasant
While life flows by like 4 song,
But the man worth whIle is the one who
will smile
When everything goes dead wrong.
For the test of the heart is trouble,
And it always comes with the years,
And the smile that is worth the praises of
earth
Is the smile that shines through tears.
1t is easy enough to be prudent
When nothing tempts you to stray,
When without or within no voice Of sin
Is Turing your soul away.
But it. only a negative virtue
Until it is tried by fire,
And the life that is worth the honor Of
earth
Is the one that resists desire.
BY the cynic, the sad, the fallen,
Who had no strength for the strife,
The worlds highway is numbered to-day;
They make up the items of life.
But the virtue that conquers passion,
And the sorrow that hides in smile.
1t is these that are worth the homage OF
earth,
For we find them but once in while.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-08-20
s Peculiar Accident.

YoRKv1LLE, August "A very pecu-
liar accident occurred about half mile
from town yesterday evening, in which
Taylor Cornwell, a negro, lost his life.
lie had been sent out with team by J..
O. Walker to do some hauling, and
when he did not make his appearance as
usual at night, Mr.. Walker went in
search of him. He was found crushed
between one ofhis wagon wheels and a
tree and dead. The mules were still
standing where they stopped when the
tree was. struck. It is supposed that
the team ran away and he was thrown
from the wagon. The coroner's jury
rendered a verdict in accordance with
the above facts. Charlestsn World.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-08-20
Rotten Borough States.

The wrong perpetrated upon the older
States by the admission ofsiN new States
for party reasons is made clearer by the
result Of the new census. Dakota was
credited with a population Of 5S6,000
IN 1888. when its admission was urged,
but now the two States made of it have
together but SIS. SIP inhabitants. Mon
tana. which before admission was credl-
ted with $4,000 inhbaitants, is now
found to have but 12S, ,163. The reason
why a reapportlonment is not to be eN-
pected from Congress at the present
session can be gatherer from the result
in New York. The State is found to
have 5.99S. .993 inhabitants. On the basis
Of ca, 100000 for the Union and Isl, 600
for Congressional disarict, New York
would lose one member OF Congress.
This loss would cause the entire delega-
ton from that State to be elected on one
ticket. ifthe reapportionment were made
before the next Congressional elections.
Thus elected they woule probably all
be Democrats. Hence no reapportion-
mcut till after November.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-08-20
Breckenridge dust Go.

WASHINGTON, Aug. Sit took just
ten minutes this morning for the House
committee on elections to adopt the re-
port drawn up by Lacey, declaring that
Representative Breckenridge was not
electedin the second district of Arkansas.
This would have been done last week.
but the Democratic members did not
attend the called meetings, and no quo
rum was obtained. BY means of telc-
graphic notices, however, a full attend
ance of Republican members was obtain
ed this morning and the report was adop-
ted, with but single dissenting vote
against it that of Representative Maist,
the only Democrat present.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-08-20
Lesson for School Bows.

We were sitting on the veranda of a
hotel at Niagara Falls when I noticed
the man on my right look sharply at the
man on my left, and presently he got
up in an excited way and walked about.
After bit he halted before the other
man and asked:
''Isn't your name Graham?"
Eyes. SIR" was the prompt reply.
"Didn'tyou use to teach school at
Elmira?"
Eyes, sir"
I'm 1862"
''Yes, SIR"
do you remeber a boy named God,
kin?''
Every distinctly, sir"
"Do you remember that he put q
package Of firecrackers under his desk
and touched then off,"
ASST it happend only yesterday"
"And you basted him for it"
II did. I licked him until he could
hardly stand, and I've always been
glad Of it,"
'sYou have, eh'' said the other
breathing fast and hard. do you know
that that boy swore terrible oath?"
II presume he did, as lie was thor.
ough young william"
sHe swore an oath that he would
grow up and hunt for you and pound
YOU in an inch ofyour life"
:sBnt haven't heard from him YETI
You hear from him now! He stands
before you! I am that boy!"
'Well?"
"Prepare to be licked! My time has
come al lastn'
He made a dive at the old pedagogue.
but the latter evaded him, made hall
turn and hit him on the jaw, and Godkir
went over chair in aheap. Then the
whilom schoolmaster piled on to him
until he cried'' enough" and it didn't
take him over three minutes to do it
Then he retired to get on another collar
and replace some buttons, and 1 helped
Godkin up and observed:
you didn't wait quite fong enough.
I guess'
Say! That's where 1 made mis-.
cue!" he replied. II see now that ]
ought to held off until he had got to be
about $50 years old. The old devil is
all Of 10 now. but he licked me right of
the reel, and I'll never have the SAND
to stand up to him again. Here's
thirty years Of waiting for vengeance
knocked into cooked hat IN three min
I,tesiD
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-08-20
A Democratic Victory in Alabama.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, August 5.-Re-
turns from all over the State indicate
large Democratic majority. In
Jefferson County few negroes came to
the polls, stating that they did not care
to vote. A special to the Ase-Herald
from Selma says there was danger of
serious trouble in Dallas Country at one
time Yesterday afternoon. The negroes
had planned to capture the ballot box at
Stafford when the polls closed. and few
armed men from Selma, under orders
from the Sheriff, went out and dispersed
the mob and brought in the box. The
NEGROES dispersed quietly.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-08-20
AN ANGEL OF MERCY.
Miss Fannie Gary's Noble act Of Self Sac


riice.
CHICAGO, ILL, Aug 6.-Mlss
Fannie Gary. the talented daughter
of Judge Joseph E. Gary, has worked
for two weeks il Division street tailor
shop and has proved herself q worthy
member Of the Girls Friendly Society OF
St. James Chirch.
It was several years ago that Jens
Anderson deserted his wife and ceildren,
leaving them penniless in the worst
quarter Of Milton Avenue. The day
soon came when there was no food IN
the house and starvation stared the in
mates in the face. Death was lowering
near when q knock came at the door
and Miss Gary entered. With the aud
other associates she soon saw that there
was plenty to eat and to wear for the IN
mates OF the little home. The two girls
Mathilde and Mary were secured posi-
ton in tailor shop, and work was also
provided for the mother. Miss Gary
never lost sight other charges, and three
weeks ago she noticed that the hard
work and long hours. were telling on
Mary Anderson. So she offered to
send her to pretty resort on Lake Wis
consin,
'sI can't CO." sobbed the girl, who
is only fifteen years Of age, when she
called at Miss Gary's home a few days
later. The boss tailor will not allow
me to leave unless lind some one to
take my place and can't find nybody.'
Miss Gary thought a moment, then
said:" You go and enjoy yourself, and l
will sec that your place is taken"
Mary left, and the next morning as
the train was speeding the little worker
westward, Miss Gary, clad il plain
black gown, entered the tailor shop and
announced that she had come TO take
Mary Anderson's place. All that dly
she stitched way at the coarse oth.and
on every morning for two "eeks she was
at her self-appointed task. Leaving her
fathers home at 6 in the morning she
did not return until /, and it was not
until Mary Anderson returned that 1t
was learned that Judge Gary's daughter
had worked for two weeks in a tailor
shop.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-08-20
The MIGHTY Fallen.

BUENos AYREs, Aug. ia mob
to-day attacked the residence ofcX-Prcsi-
dent Celman and threatened to burn it
to the gronnd. The government has
placed i Gordon Of troops around the
house for its protection. The cabinet
will meet to discuss measures to be
taken in the event Of any provinces re-
sisting the new government. The new
president of the national bank refuses to
take his post without formal verification
of the alleged securities in the bank.
Great uneasiness has been caused
here by the report tat the government
Of Province of Cordovais mobilizing
a national guard.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-08-20
North CaroIina's Consressm en-.

y correspondent ofthe Richmond D IS
patch says that the North Carolina Con-
gressional delegation will be made up as
follows: lst district, w. \. Branch; Cd.
J. NJ. Newborn; Sd, B. F. Gady: 18th. B.
II. Bum; 5th, II. \. Williams; 9th,
S B. Alexander; 7th, John S. Berdison;
Sth, W. \. Graham; 9th,R. B. Vance. y.
Of them, excepting Henderson and
Bum. are Farmers Alliane men, and
with the same exception holding, the
delegation well be made up Of men who
have never been in Congress.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-08-20
The Pistol Was Not Loaded.

Charley Napier, aged abont 6 6years,
was shot and killed on Sunday afternoon
bv his brother Earnest. aged about IN
wears. The ball took effect IN the neck
serering the carotied artery, causing
death almost instantly, Earnest -nast
gone out from home and his little BROTH
er wanted to follow him. Earnest didn't
want him to go, and TO frighten him
drew back an old pistol (Which ne
thought was unloaded) on him. The pIs-
tol had no main spring. but happendto
have cartridge in it and fired with above
results. .-Lancaster Ledger.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-08-20
What TiIlman Says About 1t.

COLUMBIA, S. c., Aug. l5.--The
Augusta Chronicle OF to-day. has the
following from its special correspondent
who came over to report the convention.
had a brief interview with Capt.
3. r. Tillman before he left Tor home
at G o'clock this morning. and he did not
seem at all disturbed by the turn things
had taken. When asked him ifhc had
attended the all-night session. he said:
NO; sir; 1 was IN my bed at the hotel,
but when they told me about the wran-
Gle Of the constitution. l did go up there
and try to get them to let the matter go
over till the September convention, and
compromise on q new executive COM
mittee. There was no cause in the
world for the withdrawal OF those dele
cations, but they wanted an excuse to
split"
'INhat will be the result"
''Why, l will go to the September con-
vention stronger than ever. and in the
new elections will be certain to carry
the Fairfield, Georgetown and Beaufort
delegates. 1t is all right. and they can't
beatmc to save their lives"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-08-20
HOW LAST FIRE MAY COME
\ Terrible State of Affairs in the Vicinity
of Shelbyvil1c.

of SheIbyvillc.
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. l4.--A Sentinel
special from Shclbyyille says that much
excitement prevale over the recent gas
explosion. 1t is now discovered that
the whole neighborhood in the vicinity
of the young volcano is saturated with
natural gas. and the soil is iull oft. One
can rnn crow bar into tie ground at
any place and then light the gas, which
proceeds from the soil in various guam
titles. This would indicate that gas from
agas we'll has found its way up, and in
many places fractures in the stones permit
it to escape. This bear out the theory
that gas for some time has been escaping
from the sides Of gas wells and dittusing
itself in the sand and gravel below the
limestone. In Vanburen township,
twenty four miles north of the late erup-
ton. where water wells have been sunk
twenty to thirty feet, a few feet below
the superetructure Of stone, gas from
wells three miles away has broken into
them, and people have abandoned the
use Of the water, have cased the wells
and are now using the gas for fuel. The
whole township seems to be filled with
the combustible, and the inhabitants are
threatened with disaster. There is no
telling but the lighting ct match may
blow two or three township into smith
Greens. 1t is altogether probable that
the diffusion of gas into the soil more or
less affects the growing crops.
\ great question may yet be raised as
to the adyisbility of sinking gas wells, or,
if they are sunk at all, whether other
methods should not be used to case and
confine the explosive material. Pockets
of gas are no doubt forming beneath the
limestone all over the region OF the gas
belt, ant 1t is only a question Of time
when 1t vii! break forth in terrific force.
1t is reported to-day that boys were
roasting corn by gas jets produced by
sticking canes down in the soil few
feet in the vicinity ofthe volcano. Such
being the case, the citizens will soon have
to abandon their homes and firesides.
The fssures Of the ground blown to
atoms on Monday are now filling with
water, throug which gas occasionally
forces it's way.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-08-20
Negroes Worrying Republicans.

SAINSA, KANSAS. August IA
convention offour hundred negroes from
all pats of the State met here to day to
decide upon colored man as candidate
for State auditor at the coming Republi-
can State Conveptioo. 3. X. Bruce,
of Leavenworth. presided. John L.
Waller, of Kansas City. Kansas was
the chosen candidate. and committee
of fifty was appointed to press his claims
before the Convention. Resolutions
were adopted demanding representation
on the State ticket.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-08-20
Wholesale Desertion of Sailors.

NEW YORK, August THE acting
superintendent Of the police sent out a
general alarm to all the police precincts
to-day announcing the desertion of30O
sailors and marines from the mcn-ot-war
Chicago aud atlanta, ahd ordering their
arrest. BY 10 O'Clock tonight fifty OF
the desertcrs had been captured and
lodgedin the Eldrige aud Elizabeth street
Ooilcn stations
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-08-20
Excellent Advice.

Miss Kittenish: Il wish to select a
nccktic."
Mr. Smilax: For Your husband"
Miss kittenish: No; the gentleman
1 am engagcdto."
Mr. Smilax: well. guess you'd better
let him come around and pick it out nm,
self. You might break OIL tie match.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-08-20
The Western Cora Crop.

KANSAS produced last year 240, 000,-
900 bushels OF corn, about one-tenth the
production in the entire country. If the
Kansas crop this year proves to be'only
90 per cent. of last year. as is now an
nounced, say As, 100000 bushels, and the
loss in adjoining states, of which Ne
braska produced l50,000,000 and MIS-
souri, 2lS,000,000, is proportionately as
great, the shortage on the entire crop
will reach 400, 200. bushels for these
states alone. CT one-ffth Of the total
cron in the Tinted STATES
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-08-20
Heavy Storm in Connecticut

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, August IL
The most terrific thunder storm that has
visited this scctionin twenty years swept
up Long Island Sound yesterday after
noon, and created havoc all along the
shore. Hail stones as large as walnuts
fell for half an hour. The crops. es-
pccially corn and tobacco in Southern
and Southeastern Connecticut, arc
rllinc,l.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-08-20
A Rabid Dog in King Street

CHARLESTON. S. c., Aug. 6.-The
whole Of King Street. the maih thorugh-
fare Of this city, was terrorizcd this alter
noon by huge mastitf which was sui
fering from rabies and which ran a muck
from the upper to the lower end OF the
street. The dog started out at TWO
@ clock. an hour when the street IS
crowded whith women and children.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-08-20
Texas Cotton Crop.

GALVESTON, Aug. S.-The News
will publish the last Of its series OF crop
reports tomorrow morning. While not
so favorable as those published during
the latter part Of June they are most en-
couraglng. They indicate that the pres
ent crop of cotton will be one OF the
largest. if not the largest ever raised IN
tho state
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-08-20
No Truth in the Report.

WASHINGTON. August 5.-lnlmedi-
atcly upon the announcement OF the re- re-
port Of the Wholesale expulsion OF the
Jews from Russia. the Department OF
State cabled to the American Legatlon III
st. Petersbers asking if there was any
foundation for the same and has been
informed that there was no toundauonlof
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-08-20
Dashed Over Nia.:lra.

NIAGARA FALLS. August 1.-Two
men in boat were caught in the Rapids
on the Canadian side CT the river to day,
and were swept over the Falls. 1t is
not known who they were. The; made
desperate attempts to save themselves.
One jumped from the boat and at
tempted to swim ashore but failed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-08-20
A Thief'S Awful Fate

ANNA, IL, August 81. L. Green
boarded a train at a station about twelve
miles from here, and with the aid of
skeleton keys got into the mail car. He
threw out several pouches, then gave the
signal to stop. As the train slowed up
he jumped, but fell under the wheels
and was fatally crushed He lived just
long enough to say that he was trying
to rob the car. He was the son of the
Rev. J. W. Green, a very prominent
preacher at Centralia, III.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-08-20
Killed the Whole Family.

ABBEvILLE, Aug. l0-Friday night
in the Diamond He'll section Ned Bur-
ton. colored. killed his wife. Julia. and
then killed himself by hanging himself
with trace chain from a ijoist ofhis cabin.
Domestic trouble was the cause.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-08-20
New Specics of Cotton.

\ planter in Alpharetta, Ga, has an
acre Of cotton every stalk Of which is OF a
deep red color, leaf, boil and bloom.
This novel crop is the product Of seed
derived three years ago from two stalks
of red cotton found III 4 cotton field.
There Is fortune in this new variety if
It can be Ocrpctuatcd.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-08-20
1t Was Well Guarded.

P.lRKERSBURG, W. Va, August IL
Four express cars containing silver bul,
lion to the amount Of Sl5,0OO,OOO passed
through here on Saturday night Ell route
from Washington to the New Orleans
Mint
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-08-20

In speaking of his letter tonight
Colonel Tillman said: My letter tells
it all. No one that reads it can fail to
understand my position, Augusta
Chronicle.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-11-27
Looking Forward.

At all the register Offices in Paris.
young married couples are provided
with very handy little memorandum
book in which to enter the certificates
of any marriage, birth or death that
may occur in the family, thus avoiding
the necessity OF obtaining copies from
the public registers. which entails
trouble and expense. The little book
contains twelve spaces for possible
births. The other dny.a young BRIDE
groom in dismay asked the clerk at
the register Office:
''Have l got to fill in the whole OF
the twelve blank spaces?'
''Just as you please" replied the
clerk; "only when you arrive at the
thirteenth you had better call again,
and VIC will give you supplement- -
La France.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-11-27
A Preachers History.

High-salaried ministers will be in
terested in the life-story OF Rev.
Joseph G. Wells, n noted Baptist
preacher. who attended the Clinch
Valley association in Wise county,
Va. which has just adjourned. He
furnished this outline OF his minister
ial career: Il have never been TO
Bristol. the nearest town 10 me, nor
did ! ever see steam Car until few
months ago, when a South Atlantic &
Ohio train began TO run in front Of
my house. but had seen and Travelled
almost every hog path in four adjoin-
ing counties. For thirty-five years /
have been roaming over these noun
tain counties pleading for my Savior.
have never received $50 a year, all