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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-11
ONE OF ECYPT'5 PLAQUES.
An Epidemic of Crawfish Making Nississip
pi Planters Miserable
E. T. STACKHoUsE,
Pres't S. G. S. T. A.

nj Planters Miserable
Farming operations in the vicinity
o. Egypt, Hiss. are greatly retarded
by the crawfsh. which bulrow III the
feds ard keep tie surface broken
and wet. They bore under ground
to tie depth OF two or three feet, so
that the hogs can not get az them,
else they would not live to dc any
damage. At the bottom OF then
holes they have CONSPICUOUS nesting
place. where hundreds OF them nest
together and whence they bore tothe
surface in every direction. So great
u pest have they become, thata plant
er of the vicinity, Mr.. Adam Carlisle,
conceived the idea OF enlisting the
negroes to exterminate them. He
offered 10 cents a hundred. The ne
groes took lanterns and hunted the
crawfsh at night, when they would
be promenading around the mouths
of their holes Mr. Charlisle paid
out $50 for two nights, catch, and
abandoned the plan. He thinks OF
establishing colony of raccoons on
his place, as last desperate resort.
The Choctaw Indians used to set up
poles with crosses on them for the
convenience Of the owls, which are
famous crawfsh hunters, and thus
their little crops were fairly protect
ed; but owls are too scarce to be en-
ployed on large plantations, and the
planters are therefore debarred from
this means of protection. The craw-
fish question is a serious one to them,
however ludicrous it may appear to
people at q distance.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-11
A Murt,crous Deputy Marshal.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. June 3.-Re-
ports received here last night state
that Bud Lindsay, Deputy United
States marshal, SHOT and killed Kits,
a distiller, in Campbell county. Lind
say wished a gallon OF whlskey.
Kits told him he eould not sell less
than ten gallons under his license.
Lindsay got mad and abused kits.
The distiller's fomtecn-year-old son
thought his father III danger and
threw g rock at Lindsay. Lindsay
attempted to shoot Kits, but his
party took his pistols from him. They
LETT, and when Il mile away Lindsay
asked for his pistols, saying he would
40 no harm. He got his pistols:
wheeled his horse and rode back tc
kits house. The latter saw hun
coming and locked his door. but
Lindsay broke it down and shot
Kits twice, killing him instantly. He
then attempted to shoot tie boy, but
missed him and hit s litt'" girl serl
ously wounding her. It IS reported
that Lindsays party arrested him
and gave him over to the sheriff Of
the county. Lindsay is a desperate
character, having murdered a prom
inent citizen of Campbell county i've
years ago and escaped because OF lacS
of evidence, claiming sef-defence
and thcre were no witnesses. Iht
place of the recent killing IS twenty
five miles from telegraph station
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-11
"Sl OYD"
system OF Manual Training Now Being
Taught. in This Country.

The word ''sloyd'' has been seen in
pript more or less of late rears in
magazines as well as newspapers, says
the Boston Transcript, and always in
connection with the vital question OF
manual training aud its introduction
into the public schools. 1t is an
anelicized form of the Swedish slojd.
meaning dexterity or manual skill
Compare Morse word slogd, cunning
English sly.) OF late. however, the
word has been restricted in its use to
denote a system of manual training,
of which the best known is the So
called Mas system, adopted some
fifteen wears ago in Sweden.
When this system was adopted at
Mas it was new only as whole. Ihe
details had been worked out and
proved TO be beneficial by different
persons at different times and in differ.
ent countries, but not until then had
they been collected and made into q
systematic whole. The material used
is wood, found, by experiment, to be
the cleanest and easiest to work.
most profitable selectlon, as VIII
proper tools it can be worked into any
Shape and form. g.
Ehe purpose of the sloyd instruction
is by no means only to give genera
skill to the hand, but also to stimulate
and broaden the mind and to excite -;
love and respect for all honest work; i
is to be looked upon as educational,
thing which will help us all and gcner
ations to come to be more fully ant
evenly developed.
On the value OF the various system:
there is much dissent; but all be-
levers in manual training agree to tsC
following principles. The work must
l. Interest the pupil. 2. Give use
sui articles as a product. 3. Promote
general dexserity. 4. Develop the
sense and love of order and cXactncSs
5. Encourage cleanliness and neatness
6. Take into consideration the ability
and strength of the pupil. 7. Cultivate
the esthetic sense. 8. Develop ant
strengthen the body. 8. Countcrac
sedentary occupations. 10. Progress
methodically. II. Train the percep
ton and develop the constructive ant
inventive faculties. y. Cultivate ut
tention. diligence, and perseverance,
These qualities the sloyd will be toun'
! to supply more fully than any otne
system, while it is better calculated T.
secure symmetrical development Q
I mind and BODY,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-11
Railroad Up the Juagfrau.

French engineers are planning for an
attack upon that hitherto virgin peak
Of the Alps the Jungfrau. They
propose to continue the present line Of
railroad from Interlaleu to Lauter-
bruruen as far as Stockelbcrg, at the
foot of the Jungfrau, and thence to
mount up by a succession of slanting
cable roads, forming zig-zag, to q
height of some $4,000 feet. Landing
nearly at the summit of the mountain.
where there will be hotel for the eX-
cursionists who are expected to make
the trip by thousands daily. There
will have to be five steps to the great
staircase, and a separate railroad for
each step, making tive changes OF cars
necessary to reach the summit.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-11
Afraid ofService Pension.

WASHINGTON, D. c., June 3.-After
a talk yesterday beteen Senator
Davis and Representative Merrill,
chairman of the two committees on
pensions, it was believed tni.sS an
agreement would be finally and for
mally reached to-day by the confe:ees
Oh the general pension bill. But
when the House conferees came up
this morning with the instructions
of the Republican caucus OF last
night to maintain the principle OF
service pensions. it was manifest that
agreement could not be secured un-
der those conditions, and the vote to
report disagreement to the respec-
tive houses was adopted. The ser
vice pension feature was the only
one of Importance upon which the
conferees could not agree.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-11
HOMICIDE IN PlCKENS.
Col. John c. Griffin Stabbed to Doatl, b.
S. Stephens.

P1cKES:, June 2.-The first murder
for the town of Pickens was COM
mitted Saturday. David S. Stephens
stabbed John C. Griffin in the left
breast, inficting a mortal wound, Of
which Griffin died two hours after
the blow was struck. Stephens had
been employed by Griffin to
attend to his mills on Town creek,
near Pickens, andlived with his fam
lily in Pickens, next door to Griffin.
The contract for saving the lumber
for Clemson college had been award
ed to Griffin and r. ". Gillespie.
On May 26 Griffin removed the saw
part of his mill from Pickens to Fort
Hill, and had been absent all that
week. He returned little afserzsun
down and called at the postofhce for
his mail. Stephens was waiting for
linn at I. NJ. Morriss store, near by,
had been using some pretty
strong language about what he was
boing to do>Gor Griffin. if he did not
gring the saw nill back. But no one
had any idea Of violence: As soon as
he saw Mr. Griffin he called him, and
meeting up with him he 1Stelehensl
began to say how he understood the
contract. Griffin did not agree with
him, and they walked on down the
street talking together until they
reached the house of Nh. Stephens.
At this place a negro, who says he
was near by, testified that the lie was
mutually passed, and Griffin struck
Stephens blow with his fist, when
Stephens struck him back, and. as
Griffin advanced again Stephens
stabbed him with a knife. GriEn
then TUNED back up the street, cry
ing Help! help! Tn murdered. "and
called to John P. Boggs, the nearest
one to mm, to come quick.
Boggs, thinkinghe had been disem-
bowelled, ran ard met him after he
had walked about twenty-five steps,
and eased him down on the street.
On examination he found the wound
as above described by the blood gush-
ing out. Drs. Williams and Earle
were soon on the scene and had him
carried to his house. An examina-
ton convinced them that the wound
was mortal
The remains were buried yesterday
afternoon with Masonic honors, at
the Hagood burying ground ncrth OF
pickenS.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-11
GEN. EARLE WILL BE A CANDIDATE.
The General Defers to the Wishes of His
Friends.
Sam Small Changes Again

The Rev. Sam W. Small is man
of many minds. Several years ago he
joined the Episcopal church and was
confirmed at ST. Philips, Atlanta. A
few months later he made his re-
markable speech on the head Of bar
rel in the streets Of Atlanta, announe-
ing his conversion. He then connect
ed himself with the Methodist church
and loomed up as an evangelist, be
ing in partnership with Sam Jones for
u year OF two. When the partner
ship dissolved, Small went it alone for
a while in the evangelical work. In
1883 he darted back to Atlanta and
ran as an independent candidate for
the State Senate. Being defeated, he
again took up the business Of tray
cling evangelist, subject to nobodys
direction but his own. Several months
ago it was announced that he would
withdraw from the Methodist Church
and become an Episcopal clergyman.
He undertook some missionary work
in Boston in connection with the
Episcopal Church and pursued it
vigorously for several weeks. Then
be suddenly reappeared in Atlanta
and proclaimed that he would be a
candidate for the Legislature. His
f;uends have been, zealously working
up his political prospects ever since
and were confident Of his election:
He left Atlanta a few days ago and
Saturday a telegram was received
from him dated Ogden, Utah, III
which he stated that he had been
elected president Of the Utah Unlver-
sity Of the Methodist Church and had
accepted the position. This ind-
Gates that Nh. Small will renounce
political ambition and the Episcopal
Church, at least for the present. He
is a rarely gifted man and is capable
of success in almost any line he may
choose. What his line will be in a
few months hence it is always i'm
possible to predict. But whatever he
may do and wherever he may so, Mr..
Small is sure to attract attention
Macon Telegraph.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-11
OUR ELECTION L.. WIS
cEcLARED BY THEdREPUSLlGANS TO
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

A laundering synopsis of Provisions-Ne
.,roesWho Sell Out-NilIcr's Election De
creed.
WASHINGTON, D. c., June 3.-The
majorityreportin the case OF Alllerys.
Elliott from the seventh South Caro-
lima district was submitted to the
House Committee on Elections this
morning. The report IS somewhat
sensational in that at tie very begin
ming it declares that the entire South
Carolina registration and election
laws are unconstitutional. The ba-
sis for this declaration as stated ID
the report is that the State law I'M
poses number Of restrictions upon
the exercise OF the right OF suffrage
which are in conflict with the State
Constitution. The Constitution de-
prives person Of the rights Of su-f
frage only upon conviction for mur-
der, felony, duelling and treason.
The State laws prohibit the exercise
of the right of suffrage by persons
who were entitled TO register III
1881 and neglected to do so, also
those who moved into the State and
neglected to register at the first reg
istration and on those who sold their
registration certificates for a valua-
BILE consideration. The report says
thata number of negroes have been
compelled by poverty while waiting
the maturity OF the cotton crop TO
negotiate their certificates to traders
who Immediately send them to politi-
c;,l headquarters with the result that
the negroes are permanently dis
franchised. After laying down this
proposition the report proceeds to
discuss the legal aspects OF the cleo
ton from the usual standpoint and
recites the fact that in certain pre-
cincts what amounted to an educa-
tional test (and therefore an illegal
test) was imposed by lettering the
ballot boxes, which were separate III
the case of each office, and that voters
were deceived by an Intentional shift
inc of boxes, so that the judges OF
election were able to throw out all
ballots cast in the wrong boxes. There
was also. says the report, evidence
Of ballot box stuffing, Summing up,
it is found that, taking the position
most favorable to the sitting member,
the contestant, Miller, had a majority
Of 757, while, if the law was strictly
followed, his majority will reach
1,44s. Wilson, of Missouri, will pre-
pare the minority report.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-11
Without Tongue or Palate

Geo. Watson. u Texas rancher,
reached New York the latter part OF
November with u consignment OF
polo ponies from Grason county.
They were Il part OF purchase by
James Gordon Bennett and Lord
Lonedale, and were to be shipped to
England. Watson had cancer OF the
tongue Il, d went TO the Charity Hos
pital. It was decided to remove hls
tongue, lower palate and hmgual
glands beneath the tongue. On the
afternoon of December , the opera
ton was performed by DIS. J. t.
Kelly and Cuthbcrt Gillian. For
several months Watson took noulsh-
ment through silver tube inserted
il his cpsophagus just below the
right aar. He was unable 10 artlcu-
late ut al for Il month following the
operation. and the first words he ut
tered were shouted at Il troublesome
CIT in his ward in tie hospital. His
Language was idiomatic and emphatic.
There :,1e no outward indications to
show that Watson Is tongueless and
pal;lteless. His speech IS hampered
a great deal. however, his artlcha-
ton being defective. He will always
speak somewhat inarticulately. The
greatest loss to him is the loss OF all
sense of taste and smell. Swallow,
ING solid is very difficult task fol
him. as he has lost the power to
culp food. which the tongue gives
Watson was official Interpreter toi
Indians at Washington twelve years
ago. He speaks OF spoke, the
Comanche, Priste, Ute, Shosnone
and A,apahoe lingo. Il was IN tn:
ranks of the Texas Rangers anc
fought on the Confederate side dur
! INC, tho civil war
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-11
WAR TO THE DEATH.
Col. John j. Dargan VIII Fight Col. Earle
'.to the Bitter Eud.''

Some wears ago an acrimonious
quarrel occurred between Col. Earle
anG: Col. Dargan Of Sumter. It cul-
minated IL a challenge from Dargan
to fight. The challenge was prompt
ly accepted, but friends interfered,
the matter was left to board of ar
bitration. and the difficulty adjusted.
Dargan never forgave. Recently he
said that if Earle came out for Gov
ernor he would do all in his power to
defeat him. The utterance seemed
so ungenerous that many admirers Of
both men refused to believe it. Col
Dargan places thematter beyond dis
pute by the following letter to the
World Budget:
Editor OF the Budget: 1t is to be
regretted that what l said Of my op-
position to Col. Earle should have
gotten prematurely into print. It
was said at a picnic, it is true, but IN
private conversion, and was not IN
tended for the press.
When Col. Earle announces HIM
self regularly as a candidate for gov
ernor, I shall conceive it to be my
duty to oppose his election, and shall
give to the public the grounds Of my
opposition:
l am trying to do my part towards
securing a good State government,
and I am not to be restrained IN this
work by any personal considerations
whatever. [ am not Of those who are
for anything to beat Iillman," but
Of those others who are for anything
to advance the cause of the people in
our State and National administra
tons.
I can be depended upon to fight
vigorously against both Tillman and
Earle ':to the bitter end" and against
anyone else who may come out for an
office that I Iconsider unfit for proper
discharge Of its duties.
Respectfully,
JOHN J. DARGAN,.
Stateburg, S. c., May 81, 1890.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-11
A vocalist in a local theatre be-

"A vocalist in local theatre be-
gan to sing the song, ':For goodness
sake don't say I told you, few
nights ago, and was promptly hit
with arotten egg by one Of the au-
dience. Who threw that" he
howled. 1T was Inc" clied a voice
in the gallery. ''but for goodness sake
don't say 7 told you" This brought
down the house and the singer re-
tired.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-11
RETURNS FROM OREGON.

4 Republican Representative and Legisla-
ture and Democratic Governor
PORTLAND. OREGON. June 3.-Re-
turns from the State are very incon2-
plete. The election OF Herman (Ee-
publican) for Congress is assured.
The Governor is il doubt with the
chances in favor OF Pennoyel' dem
ocrati. The Republicans elect the
remainder of the State ticket and u
majority in both branches Of the
Legislature.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-11

Senator Stanford, who wants the
government to so into the business
OF lending money at q low rate Of
interest on real estate mortgages,
owes his first step to great wealth to
o fire that burned his law library,
while he was practicing in Wiscon-
sin, and drove him out to California
at time when he struck tide that
led on toiunnense fortune.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-11
Mr.. PORTER AND HIS CENSUS.
The Supervisor Takes Water rs TO ms
Objectionable Questions, Except in their
application to .he Criminal Glasses.

Inc supervisor ldsSS htttFi 90 =" ''
Objectionable Questions, Except in their
application to she Criminal Glasses.
WASHINGTON. June Robert Z.
Porter, superintendent of the census,
has received kilograms from about
one hundred supervisors stating that
they were thoroughly prepared to en-
ter upon the work OF taking the cen
sus on Monday last, and that every
thingis inreadiness to push the work
forward with accuracy and rapldlty.
The kilograms were IN response to
message sent out from Washington
yesterday. All the supervisors heard
from reported that no trouble had
yet occurred, and that no serious diff
culties were apprehended.
Porter intimated very plainly this
evening that so far as the ''chronlc
diseases questions were concerned,
it was not the intention Of the office
to endeavor to bring to punishment
those who were reluctant to make
answers, but as to the mortgage
question he held language not quite
so cheering for those who have de-
termined not to answer this part OF
the schedule, though the probability
is strong that nothing will be done
with recalcitrants in this matter. He
expressed himself very earnestly,
however, with regard to bringing the
law to bear upon those who willfully
refuse to answer any and al questions
put to them by the enumerators.
They will be compelled to answer. he
said, or to take the consequences OF
their refusal. He thought there was
a possibility that members of the
criminal classes might take advan-
tage of the fight made against the
diseases and mortage questions to
refuse any information whatever to
the enumerators, and he stated that
this would not be tolerated under
any circumstances.
GEN EARLE WILL BE CANDIDATE.
The General Defers to the Wishes of His
Friends.
SUMTER, June 3.-Your correspon-
dent has been credibly informed by
a friend of Gen. Earle that he has
decided to enter the race for COVER
nor. Letters and petitions have
been pouring in upon him from all
parts of the State for several weeks
past, and he has at last decided to
yield to their demands and enter
upon the canvass of the State. Gen
Earle, himself, is absent from the
city attending to his official duties IN
Columbia and it was impossible to
see him; but in a few days he will de-
clare himself through the press
Charleston World
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-11

Abbot's East India Corn Paint re-
moves quickly all corns, bunions and
warts without pain,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-11

The Republicans Of the first dis
trict nominated Hon Thos. B. Reed
for Congress by acclimation.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-11

The Grand Army of the Repub-
Lie has bought the land where the ne
Andersonrille prison stood, and WILL
t.1ln it into a pleasure park.
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The Lottery people seem to be
gaining ground, and are very conf
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-11
He Remored the Flag.

WASHINGTON. D. G.. June 3.-Char-
man Cooley of the Inter State Com
mercc Commission noticed this after
neon that one of the clerks
of the commission was wearing a
Confederate flag in his buttonhole
and directed Secretary Mosely to re-
move the flag or the clerk. Secretary
Iosely removed the flag.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-11
Is rhis . olty or ! oow Town


The cows have taken Madison
street. They are strung out every
day along the payements from Sec
ond to Tenth street-full half mile.
and ladies passing have to fight their
way for the sidewalks. There is an
Id brindle, crumpIey-hurned COW in
the lot that can open any gate on
Madison street with her horns. She
TOOK them as they came yesterday,
entering the front lawns, committing
the COW act on the pavement between
the gate and steps, swapping all the
rase bushes she could get her mouth
on and other mischief, amounting to
more damage than she is worth.
Why yy people want to pasture cows on
the streets. where there is nothing
but dry, falling leaves, is strange,
and it is still more strange that live
city board, putting on city airs, will
allow a marauding band of cows TO
take the streets when every one is
complaining. Those who keep cows
have lots, and why not keep the pes
tilential bovines up during the day
as well as night. The writer was
walking closely behind two stran-
gers along Madison street one re.
marked: "This is a real pretty
little city, and more fine houses than
/ expected to see, but they do have
such nasty streets. My town would
not allow all OF these cows on the
street the police would run them in
mighty quick" This is the way
strangers look at it. Men spend &c.,
GOO building and ornamenting b au'
tiful home and grounds and then
spoil it all with a twenty-five dollar
COW, which should ornament the
back instead of the front lot. Lei
the board reinforce the cow law anG
put a stop to the nuisance.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-11
The sum and Substance,

Harry Ware, of Clarksville, is in
the city on business to-day. Harry
is one of the Hopkinsville boys, who
has won name in the business cir
Giles of a neighboring city. 1t is al
ways a source Of pleasure to the New
Era to chronicle the success of those
young men of our city, who have the
courage and bravery to face difficult
ties and overcome obstacles in their
own behalf.--Nea0 Era.
1t is a notorious fact that any man
who can make a respectable living in
Hopkinsville can make a fortune in
Clarksville if he will apply himself.
Every man who ever came from
Hopkinsville to this city and applied
himself has made money.
<. The sum of substance of it,
is the fact that there is a great differ
ence between a progressive city and
a country village.