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Additional Particulars of the Burton
Poisoning.

Sheriff league returned Friday
from Burton and from him the Ban,
NER learns that Mr.. A. Walter, the
groceryman, charged with poisoning
the family of Mr.. Brown recently,
and who was arrested Thursday,
waived an examination and had his
bail fixed at $4,000, which he gave.
The sample of the syrup with
which they were poisoned that was
sent to State Health officer Swear
ingen, at Austin, for analysis was
returned with letter saying that
it contained large quantities of
arsenic. Miss Payne, of Houston,
the visiting young lady who was
poisoned at the same time has not
fully recovered yet.
Mr.. Walter denies the charge Of
course, and there are some few who
believe him innocent, believing that
the crime was too atrocious for him
to have committed, but the public
opinion is against him.
Mr.. Brown, while indignant at the
wholesale attempt at the slaughter
of his family, takes sensible view
of the matter and will let the law
take its course without any attempt
to appease his Indignation by resort
ing to violence and making a bad
thing worse.
The circumstances of the purchase
of the syrup with which it had al
ready been established that they
were poisoned, were as follows:
Mrs. Brown sent her little girl,
about u years old, after the syrup
with a Jug that had been tightly
corked. No poison had ever been
about the house. The little girl
says Mr.. Walters and his wife held
consultation in German and then
said they would have to go in the
back room after a funnel, and that
the Jug was carried back with them.
Returning in a short time the
syrup was drawn and that she car
ried it directly home, when it was
put in the safe to which no one had
had access save the cook and the
family. None of them partook of
the syrup at supper, but Mrs. Brown,
one of the children, Miss Payne,
and the cook all partook of it at
breakfast with the result heretofore
stated, though the child and the
cook neither were very sick for the
reason that they ate very little of
the syrup.
These statements, while not at
all conclusive, make out a pretty
bad case.
LATER.
A gentleman who came in from
Burton Friday evening says that a
great many good men in Burton,
among them the leading citizens,
were of the opinion that Mr.. Wal
ter should never have been arrested.
They did not think there was any
case against him and did not believe
that the grand jury would ever find
a bill against him. In justice to him
the BANNER has appended the above !
statement of a travelling man to
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-07-23

WILL ROBINSON was tried in Jus
tice Curry's court yesterday on a
charge of using profane and abusive
language, and fined, including
cost S11.95. He paid fine in the
mayors court on the same charge
the day before. An average of So
or $40 per day is perhaps more
than VIII can stand for this amuse
ment many more DAYS.
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IT IS said that there are very few
visitors at Austin save those ordered
there.
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Bur few marriage license have
been issued from the county clerks
Office during the past week, ending
Wednesday evening, they are: Jim
Hughes to Josephine Shaw; Tincen
Stephan to Rosa Balnsek and Ed
mund Callahan to Matte Taylor.
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Do YOU attend the Getting?
If not, why not,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-04-22
Whose Fault Was It.

New YORK, April 9.-The agents OF
the Fabre Line Of steamships, which
bring most of the Italian immigrants to
this port, have involved themselves in
serious complications with the United
States authorities because of the viola
ton Of the immigration laws.
The superintendent Of the immigrant
station, Col Weber, several days ago
ordered that twenty-four Italians, who
arrived on the steamer Burgundla should
be taken back to Italy as they were
deemed to have come here IN violation
of the laws. The steamer agents pro-
tested against this action, and yesterday
Col. Weber sent an inspector to the
steamer to see If the barred immigrants
were on board, as the vessel was to sail
at O'Clock this morning. The lnspec-
tor found only three of the immigrants
there, but he was told by the officers
of the steamer that the others were
lounging around somewhere and would
turn up in time for the steamers Sailing.
The inspector renamed aboard till the
Burgundia sailed and then reported to
Col. Weber that theimissing twenty-one
immigrants had not turned up and their
whereabouts is unknown. Col. Weber
will report the matter to the Secretary
of the Treasury.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-04-22
Death of q Young Groom.

WILMINGTON, Del, April 13.-Connt
Reidhold A. Lewenbaupt died sudden
ly at his home, No. iO11 Adams street,
in this city shortly after 6 o'clock this
morning of typhoid fever. His illness
was short and no one outSlce or ms
immeniate family was aware that his
life was in peril until the sad news OF
bis death was announced: He was
married April ? to Miss Ellen, young
est daughter OF ex-Secretary Bayard.
He was attached to the Swedish Lega-
ton during Cleveland's administra-
ton, but came to Wilmington some
time ago to learn practical shipbuild.
ing and iron working IN the shop OF
Harlan & Hollingsworth. He was
titled, wealthy and handsome and a
society favorjte, but he was employed
as a mechanic and had his bench
among the rest of the employees. He
had become an excellent workman.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-04-22

1t VIII Be Located in the Town of CIR een-
wood.
COLUMBIA, S. c., April l0.-Green-
wood is to be the home Of the Baptist
orphans of South Carolina, and the lit
tie ones will soon be gathered into an ln-
stltution where they can be clothed, ed
ucated and raised to become citizens
that the State will be proud to own.
Yesterday morning the committee OF
twenty-five, appointed by the last Bap-
tist Association met in the First Baptist
| Church and began the consideration OF
the offers of location they had opened
the night before. A session lasting until
2 O'Clock in the afternoon was held.
After full consideration it was decided
to accept the offer ofproperty at Green
wood.
This offer embraces $1,000 in cash,
ten acres OF valuable land, mortuary
title to 40 acres, six acres on which
is located the handsome residence Of DR..
Maxwell and beauest Of other valuable
property. This offer is by far the best
presented, and the property is consider
ed some of the most valuable IN the
State.
A subcommittee consisting Of j. L..
Vass, W. H. Lyles, R. NJ. Pratt, n. n.
Burton and J. D. Pitts was appointed to
meet at Greenwood on Monday for the
purpose of receiving the deeds to the
property.
An afternoon session was held and
further details of the establishment Of
the institution were discussed and ar
ranged.
Last night the final session was held
and thereat the organization of the in
stitution was completed.
The following were elected trustees of
the orphanage: J. G. Maxwell, j, X.
burst, J. w. Sprowles, S. 2. Brooks,
Greenwood; Ed Lipscomb, Ninety-Slx;
II. P. McGhee. Due West; Rev. J. D.
Pitts, Laurcns: Rev. W. T. Hundly,
Johnston; Rev. J. L. Vass, Darlington;
w. H. Lyles, Columbia; B. 2. Smith,
Charleston; w. f. Cox, Anderson.
The officers of the institution were
elected as follews: President J. G. Max
well; vice-president, W. D. Hundley;
secretary and treasurer, J. X. burst.
The Rev. J. L. Vass was elected sup
erintendent, and his salary fixed at ST.
500 per annum. Its not known whether
he will accept or not.
A resolution was passed calling on
the Baptist denomination in the State
for $4,000 as building fund. The
home will consist OF a number OF small
airy, convenient and carefully arranged
cottages, which will be erected from time
to time as required.
The executive or main committee then
adjourned to meet again al Green wood
on next Tuesday, for the purpose OF ar
ranging for the early opening Of the or
phanage.-The State.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-04-22
Negroes as Lynchers.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, April GA crowd
of five hundred negroes astnlght attack.
ed the county jail with the intention OF
lvnchino William Mccoy, who brutally
murdered Nellie McGruder last Sunday
NIGHT. by beating her to jelly with
stones. An attempt to lynch Mccoy
was made last Monday, at the time OF
his preliminary trial, but the prisoner
was so well guarded that the attempt
was abandoned. The sheriff concluded
that the excitement, amot g the negro
population had subsidized sufficiently to
warrant the withdrawal ,f the extra
guards, and when the attack was made
last night it was wholly unexpected.
The negroes gathered quietly about
the building and at 1915 twenty OF their
number, masked and otherwise disguised,
broke in the outer door and Immediately
proceeded 10 that part Of the building
which was partitioned Oft for a jail. This
is separated from the rest of the build
inc by stout iron door. Only one guard
was on duty. He drew his revolver and
threatened to shoot the first man who
approached the door. The committee
Of twenty after some parleying, with
drew and joined their comrades outside.
After further parleying the entire mob
dispersed. The guards have been
doubled IN anticipation of a further at
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-04-22
HANGED AT SUMTER.
The Assassins Of Capt. Maxcy Pay the
Penalty.

SUMTER, S. c., April 10.-At 1880
o'clock this morning Gentry Butler and
Hampton Nelson paid the penalty of
their crime upon the gallows. At 10
o'clock the representatives of the press
were admitted to the jail. Everything
was in readiness, and the prisoners
seemed prepared for their fate. Rev:
William Mood had been with them all
the morning, and Rev. J. B. Middleton
came in a little after 10 o'clock.
The sheriff told them that everything
was now ready, and if they wished it.,
they would be allowed few minutes
for PRAYER. Mr.. Mood accordingly gave
out the hymn, "Alas, and did my Saviour
bleed" and the prisoners in the neighbor-
ing cells sang it. During the singing
Butler was very restless and Nelson was
crying.
After the hymn they knelt together
and Mr.. Mood offered up prayer closing
with the Lords prayer, IN which both
prisoners Joined. Rev. Mr.. Middleton
taught them to say, upon the scaffold:
Lord Jesus, receive my soul. Into thy
hands, O, Lord, l commit my spirit:
at 1870 they were lead to the scattold,
which was erected in a shed in the back
lot of the jail. The roofs of the neigh
boring houses were crowded with spec
tators, but none could see the scaffold.
They ascended the steps together, Butler
on the right and Nelson on the lett.
When asked if they wished to make a
statement, Nelson said: Gas trnst IN
Cod T did not kill CAPTAIN Maxcy." He
then leaned against the post OF the
scaffold, and said nothing further.
Butler, in semi-theatrical style, spoke
for several minutes. He, two, dlsclalmed
all knowledge of the crime, thus giving
the lie tc all he had said during the trial.
He said he expected to 60 straight to
heaven, and asked forgiveness for all his
enemies. He thanked the jailor for his
kind treatment, and closedi by singing
the hymn, "NIy soul, it has been re-
deemed"
AS the rope went over Nelson's head,
he said. "Thank God, I never killed
Capt. Maxcy," while Butler, getting the
words little mixed, kept repeating:
90 Lord, into my hands l commit thy
spirit"
The black caps was then adjusted, the
condemned men were told to be ready
and the drop fell. Both kicked convul-
sively for few moments, and all was
over. They were pronounced dead al
ter eleven minutes and were cut down
in twenty-five. The bodies placed in
pine cotfins and taken to the potters
field, as their friend did not want them.
The State.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-04-22
A Lightning Shave.

LOUISVILLE, April 15.-During a
thunder storm, j. F. Robinson. a prom
inent merchant, was being shaved in
Tavlor's barbor shop in JefEersonville.
Direct over head was an incandescent
electric light. Suddenly there was a
flash of lightning, and the customers in
the shop were astonished to see flames
playing around the razor in Taylor's
hand. The barber dropped the instru-
ment, and in flash the lights were out
a lamp was lighted and Robinson was
found lying unconscious IN the oaroors
chair. He soon recovered, however,
and has experienced no i'll effects. The
electric light fixtures were found to
have been burned out. 1t is supposed
that lightning struck the electric light
wire and leaped from the carbon point
of the lamp to the steel razor on the
name fore
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-04-22
Horrible Death.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, April 12.-Joseph
Hammer, an employee in the Schlltz
brewery, met horrible death yesterday
bv falling into vat of boiling water.
When he was missed the water was
drawn off and mis- parboiled body found
in the bottom Of the vat. How the ac-
cident occurred is not known.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-04-22
Natural O. 8 Explosion.

BRADDocK, Pa, April 7.-Eieven men
were;seriously injured by an explosion IN
the row of front tenements on the cor
ner of Washington street at 3 o'clock
this morning. They were all Hunga-
rians. The houses have pipes of natur-
al gas but no fixtures. One Of the men
arose at 3 o'clock and Lit lamp, and an
explosion followed, setting the building
afire. Three men will certainly die.
The other eight have only fighting
chance for life. The Philadelphia Nat
uraI Gas Company has assumed the re-
sponsibilty of caring for the injured.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-04-22

TIE Coosaw affair will prove a rich
plum to the lawyers engaged IN the
tight.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-04-22
Manning Shaving Psa!r5lor.

TTAIR CUTTING ARTIsTICALLY EX-
Ill ecuted, and shaving done with best
razors. Special attention paid to shampoo
ing ladies heads. have had considerable
experience in several large cities, and guar
antee satisfaction to my customers. Parlor
next door to Manning Times.
E. D. HAMILTON.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-04-22

THE HOME FOR BAPTIST ORPHANS
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are the sores of the city, which bleed
perpetual corruption. They are the un-
deriving volcano that threatens US with
a Caracas earthquake. It rolls and
roars and surges and heaves' and rocks
and blasphemes and dies. And there
are only two outlets for it: the police
court and the potter's feled. In other
words, they must either 60 to prison or
to hell. Oh, you never saw 1t, you say.
You never will see it until on the day
when those staggering wretches shall
come up in the light Of the judment
throne, and while all hearts are being
revealed, God will ask you what you did
to help them.
There is another layer of poverty and
destitutlon, not so squalid but almost as
helpless. You hear the incesssant wall
inc for bread and clothes and FIRE, Their
ewes are sunken. Their cheek-bones
stand out. Their hands are damp with
slow consumption. Their feshis pulfed
up with dropsies. Their breath IS like
that of the charnel-house. They hear
the roar of the wheels If fashion over
head, and the gay laughter Of men and
maldens, wonder why God gave to others
so much and to them so little. Some Of
them trust into an inidelity like that OF
the poor German Girl who, when told IN
the midst of her wretchedness that God
was good, said: ''No, no good God. Just
look at me. No good God"
In this cluster Of cities, whose cry OF
want interpret, there are said to be, as
far as I can figure it up from the reports,
about 100000 honest poor who are de-
pendent upon individual, city, and state
charities. If all their voices could come
up at once, it would be a groan that
would shake the foundations of the city
and bring all earth and heaven to the
rescue. But, for the most part, 1t sui
fers unexpressed. 1t sits in silence,
gnashlng it, teeth, and sucking the blood
of its own arteries, waiting for the Judg-
ment day. Oh. l should not wonder If on
that day it would be found out that some
of US had some things that belonged to
them; some extra garment which might
have made them comfortable IN cold
DAYS; some bread thrust into the ash
barrel that might have appeased their
hunger tor little while; some wasted
candle or gas.iet that might have kindlsd
up their darkness some !resco on the
ceiling that would have given them
root; some jewel which, brought to that
orphan girl in time, might have kept her
from being GRO *ded off the precipices OF
an uclean life; some New Testimentthat
would have told them ofHim who came
to seek and save that which was lost"
On, this wave Of vagrancy and hunger
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C.. SSS~S~S
the trial was set down for the general
sessions, and then the trial never came,
and never anything more was heard Of
the case, the public officials were only
bidding higher for more crime. 1t is no
compliment to public authority when we
have in all the cities Of the country,
walking abroad, men and women motor
ious for crirninality, unwhipped Of JUS
tice. They are pointed out to you N
the street day by day.
There you find what are called the
ssfences,' the men who stand between
the thief and the honest man, shelterlng
the thief, and at great price handing,
over the goods to the owner to whom
they belonged. There you will find
those who are called the ''skinners," the
men who hover around Wall street. with
great sleight of hand in bonds and stocks.
There you find the funeral thieves, the
people who 60 and sit down and mourn
with families and pick their pockets.
And there you find the confidence
man." who borrow money Of you be-
cause they have dead child in the house
and want to bury it, when they never
had house or family; or they want to
90 to England and get large property
there, and they want you to pay their
way, and they will send the money back
by the very next mail. There are the
''harbor thieves, the 'sshoplifters," the
'spick-pockets," famous all over the
cities. Hundreds of them with their
faces in the ''Regues gallery,' yet doing
nothing for the last five or ten years but
defraud society to escape justice. When
these people 90 unarrested and unpun-
ished, it is putting high premium upon
vice, and saying to the young criminals
of this country, ''What safe thing it is
to be a great criminal" Let the law
swoop upon them. Let 1t be known IN
this country that crime will have no
quarter, that the detectives are after it,
the the police club is beng brandlshed,
that the iron door Of the cell is beng
opened, that the judge is ready to call
on the case. Toe great len:encY to
criminals is too great severity to socle-
ty. -.
Again: In your effort to arrest this
plague Of crime, you need to consider
the idle population. Ofcource, do not
refer to people who are getting Old, or
to the sick, or to those who cam OF get
work; but tell you to look out for those
athletic men and women who will not
work. When the French nobleman was
asked why he kept busy when he had so
large property, he said, Il keep on en-
craving so 1 may not hang myself" l
do not care who the man is, you cannot
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-04-22

0ESpG 70 say, W Ie al oueHoel
against the law, but we mean to give
you an opportunity to repent; we
mean to help you. Here are Bibles
and tracts and Christian influences.
Christ died for you. Look, and live"
Vast Improvements have been made
By introducing industries into the prison
but We want something more than ham
mers and shoe lasts to reclaim these peo-
pie. Aye, We want more than sermons
on the Sabbath day. Society must i'm
press these men with the fact that it
does not enjoy their suffering, and that
it is attempting to reform and elevate
them. The majority Of criminals sup
pose that society has a grudge against
them, and they In turn have a grudge
against society.
They are harder in heart and more
infur,ated when they come out of jail
than when they went in. Many Of the
people who 60 to prison go again and
again and again. Some years ago Of
fifteen hundred prisoners who during
the year had been in Sing Sing, four
hundred had been there before. In
house of correction in the country,
where during certain reach Of time
there had been Eve thousand people
more than three thousand had. been
Athere before. So, in one case the prison,
md in the other case the house of cor
setion, left them just as bad as they
were before. The secretary OF one Of
she benevolent societies of New York
saw a lad fifteen years of age who had
spent three years of his life IN prison,
and he sad to the lad, What have
they done for you to make you better:"
1sWeu," replied the lad, ''the first time
I was brought up before the judge he
said, sYeu ought to be ashamed Of your
SELF And then I committed crime
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-06-29
Family Ftnanciering.

..They tell me you work for dollar a day;
How is it you clothe six boys on such pay?'
Il know you will think it conceited and queer
But I do it because I'm good inancier.
There's Pete, John, Jim, and Joe, and Will
lam and Ned
A half dozen boys to be clothed up and fed.
..And buy for them all good, plain victuals
to eat;
But clothing-I only buy clothing for Pete.
..when Pete's clothes are too small for him to
get on,
Ny wife makes 'em over and gives 'em to John.
when for John, who is ten, they have grown
out of date,
She just makes 'em over for Jim, who is eight.
when for jim they've become too ragged to
fix,
She Just makes them over for Joe, who is six.
..And when little Joe can wear 'em no more,
She then makes 'em over for Bill who is four.
''And when for young Bill they no longer will
do,
so you see, if get enough clothing for Pete,
The family is furnished with clothing COM
pIete."
But when Ned has got through with the
clothing, and when
He has thrown it aside, what do you do with it
then?''
''why, once more we go round the circle com
plete,
And begin to use it for patches for Pete.o