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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-11-25
FIcbtiue the South Bound.

The Savannah News, of a recent date
SAYS: THE Richmond and Danville
seems to be adopting policy Of repres-
sion toward the South Bound. 1t has
notified the South Bound that it Will
rot receive freights from Savannah and
through points from it for any points
on its lines north of Columbia and west
Of Augusta. Naturally it does not turn
over any freight to the South Bound
that can be carried around by Its own
lines. This action Of the Richmond
and Danville practically limits the South
Bound to Its local territory. 1t pre-
vents Savannah from getting the bene-
fits of the decreased distance to points
north OF US" said a South Bound rail
road man yesterday, and compels them
to pay for shipping their goods over the
same old round about routes" The
quitting on of the new schedule between
Savannah and Charlotte to connect
with the Richmond and DanVille for
Washington and New York, giving
practically the same time as the Allan
tic Coast Line is regarded as an attempt
to foresta!l the anticipated short route
schedule by the South Bound. 1t IS
said now that the Richmond and Dan
Vile will not give the South Bound
yestibule train or a throughPulman
service between Savannah and Char
lotte to connect with the vestlbule on
The Richmond and Danville for Wash
ington and New York, as was confident
IL expected a short while ago.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-11-25
Rock Of ages cleft for me,
Let nae hide myself In thee.

wa 49,
Then, in that temple we're deposited
treasures from all the earth for safe
keeping. Chrysostom says II was the
treasure house of nations; they brought
gold and silver and precious stores ana
coronets from across the sea, and put
them under the care Of Diana o, the
Ephesians. But again and again where
treasures ranSacked. captured or GeS'
troyed. Nero robbed them. the Scythl4ns
scattered them, the Goths burned them.
Diana failed these who trusted Ger With
treasures, but our God, to him we may
intrust al our treasures for this world
and the next, and fail any ore VINO
puts confidencd in him he never Will.
After the last jasper column has fallen,
and the last temple oa earth has gone
into ruins, and the world Itself has SUI
fered demolition, the Lord will keep Tor
us our best treasures.
But notice what killed Ephesus and
what has killed most Of the cities that
lie buried in the cemetery Of nations.
Luxury, The costly baths, which had
been tie means of health 20 the city br-
came its ruin. Instead Of the ccid
baths that bad been the invigoratica ol
the people, the hot baths, which are
only intended for the intirm or the IN
valid, were substituted. In these hot
baths many lay most of the time. Az
thors wrote books while in these baths.
Business was neglected and hos BATH
taken four or five times a day. When
the keeper of the baths was Teprlmand-
ed for not having them warm enough
one of the rulers said, You blame him
for not making the bath warm enough;
/ blame you because you have 1t Warn
at ALL"
Gvmnasiums? Yes, but see that the
vicor gained in them be consecraset: to
God. Magnificent temples OF worship:
Yes. but see that in them instead OF
conyentlonalities and cold pomp OF ser
vice there he warmth Of devotion ana
the pure Gospel preached. Imposing
court houses? Yes, but in them let
Justice and mercy rule. Palaces Of
journalism? Yes, but let all of the
printing presses be narShaled for hap
piness aud truth. Great postotGce
buildings? Yes, but through them day
b7 day, may correspondence helpful,
eleyatiny and moral pass. Ornate
dwelling houses: Yes, but in them let
there be altars of devotion, and con-
jugal, fiisl, paternal and Christian tldel-
ity rule. London for magnitude. Berila
for universities, Paris for fashions,
Rome for cathedrals, Athens for elias.
sizes. Thebes for hieroglyphics, Mem
phis for tombs, Babylon for gardens,
Ephesus for idolatry, but what shall oe
the characteristics Of our American
cities when they shall have attained
their full stature? Would that "hoii.
ness to the Lord" might be inscribed
u Don all our municipalities. One thing
is certain, and that is that all iaolatry
must come down. When the greatest
goddess of the earth, Diana, enshrlnea
IN the greatest temple that ever stood,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-11-25
MircrS klllad.

BERLIN, Nov. 13-Eleven miners
have been killed and two injured by an
explosion of fire damp in mine near
Essex, the great German coalpToduc-
ing district.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-11-25
THE FARMERS ALLIANCE.
TIE SUPREME COUNCIL MEETS IN
ANNUAL SESSION.

Thc Delegates Welcomed b > the 9I:fFor--
Patriotic c ..nsuonse by Secretary Gil:man
Tariff ,EG Financial Reform the Is:us.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-11-06
WHICH WILL SHE TAKEP
A Mississippi Girl Who is Hard to
Please in the Choice Of
r. Husband

SHEBUTA, MIS-, Especial. This usu-
ally quiet little town is ovcrfowing in
sensational excitement the past twenty
four hours. The question in cverybody's
mouth is, (which lover will she acccpt?"
and the story runs in this wise: Miss
Mamie Bass, one of our prcttiest girls,
has more strings to her beau than the av.
erage Mississippi girl. She has two de-
voted lovers, and has promised to marry
both of them, first breaking with one and
accepting the other, and soon, for several
times, changing her mind within the
past few months Both young men are
highly respectable. They are James
Sha'man, of Shubuta, and Will Smith,
of Alexandria, La. Wedding tickets
were printed in favor of Sharman, but
withdrawn. Both rivals are hourly ex-
pected to arrive, each believing he will
prove the winner of the tickle fair ones
hand
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-11-06

Frank Leslie'a Weekly observes: "Mr.
Gladstone has written letter denounc-
ing gambling as formidable aud grow
ing national evil. He says he is ready
to aid any effort that aims at its extinc.
ton. The recent disclosures OF tho
baccarat scandal involving the Prince of
Wales resulted in sort of semi-apology
for gambling on the part Of the servile
followers of the Priuce. We quoted re-
Gently from the London Spectator, in
which gambling was openly defended.
At this juucture it is crc1itable to Mr..
Gladstone that he has publicly expressed
his views. Gambling is not only tho
national evil in Euglaud, but also lu this
country. The number of defalcations,
robberies, thefts, murders aud suicides
that car be laid at the gamblers door
would shock the mora scuse OF the peo-
pie il it were revealed. Occasionally
the news columns of the papers show tho
demoraliziug influence of the gambliu,
den and the race track. but if the facts
were marshaled in solid array, the u3.
rising against the evil would make itself
overwhelmingly felt"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-11-06
LADIES DRAW THE LINE.
Evangelist Fife Asks Too Much of
Them.
The Christian Ladies' Of Danville Win
Not Go Beyond the Saloons.

DANvILLE, Va, Especial. THE Fife
meetings here. have developed some
features strange to Danvillc.
The evangelist asked for meeting of
Christian ladies. The meeting was held
and he then asked that committees be ap-
pointed to do certain work. lie wanted
a female committee to visit the saloons
and ask the proprietors to close during
service hours so that their employees and
themselves could attend the meeting;
also that committee of ladies be appoint
sa e xisit selssa aa M sss
ings. The women drew the line at the
last proposition, but agreed to send out
n committee sec the saloon men. The
committee, composed Of about dozen
matrons and young men, started out at
5 p. m. to visit the saloons. They car
ried paper, which was an agreement to
close from II a. IN. to 2 p. m, and from
Up. m. to 0 p. m.-thc hours the Fife
meetings are in progress - and ask the sa-
loon men to sign it. The answer of the
most of them was: Gwen consider the
matter aud let you know"
Some agreed to comply with the request.
This proceeding does not strike ranvillc
with great deal of force, aud it is doubt
full if it will help the cause it purports
to support.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-11-06
''The Fiddle and the Bow"

ELIzABETHToN, TENN, Especial. l-Ex.
Governor Robert l.. Taylor, Of Tennessee,
has signed n contract to deliver az Sscturc
this season in the leading cities ~ the
South. The subject of the lecture will be
"The Fiddle and the Bow" The lee
ture is said to be written in the Ex. Gov
ernor's most brilliant and humorous style,
and will be apt to be.wcll received by the
public. 1t is related that Ex- Governor
Taylor is indebted to "Thc Fiddle and
the Bow" for his present political promi-
ncnce. The story is that he was deeply
in love with beautiful North Carolina
belle, who made it n condition Of the ac-
ccptancc Of his offer Of marriage that he
should secure seat in the Congress of
the United States. Mr.. Taylor was u
Democrat, and lived in an East Tcnncs.
see district which was strongly Rcpubli
can. But he secured the Democratic
nomination, and being an unusually good
violinst he combined music with politics
and actually "fiddlcd" himself into Con-
grcss AS a reward he secured as wife
the North Carolina belle, and the union
has been an exceedingly happy one.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-11-06
INTERSTATE COLLEGE CONTEST.
Representatives from Southern Col
leges Orate in Charleston.

CHARLESTON, S. c., Special. In re-
sponsc to call from the College of
Charleston for the Southern Inter Cole
giatc Oratorical contest, representatives
from the following institutions convened
here.
w. c James, Richmond College, Va
Thos. Pinckney, University of Virginia;
j. b. Whalcy and Geo. N Cornelson,
Jr Davidson College, n. c.; Fred Opp,
University of Texas; j. Talbot Jackson,
Central University, Ky; f. L. Mornger,
University of Mississippi; f. Mac Davis
and John Randolph Neal, Tennessee; j.
G. Blazengaun and Greene f. Johnson,
University of Georgia; B. w. Andrews
and A. 5. Thomas, South Carolina Mill
tary Academy; JAS. G.. Blasingamc, of the
University of Georgia; Isaac b. Brown,
Fleetwood Gruvcr, II. Swinton McGilivray
and j. w. Canty Johnson, of the College
Charleston.
After very spirited and crcditablc ef
forts from each representative, q gold
medal costing one hundred dollars was
awarded to j. Talbot Jackson, of the
University of Kentucky. His subject,
"Frccdom, our heritage; its conservation,
our trust y
The principal subject of oratons was
Confederate memorials and an association
for monument to Confederate soldiers
was organized.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-11-06
A MAMMOTH POTATO,
Which Twenty Persons Were Not
Able to Devour.

SyLvANIA, Ga, Especial. Mr.. George
w. Scott has brought into the The Tele-
phone Office a half dozen of the largest
sweet pototoes ever raised, perhaps, in
this country. They are "new issues"
and the six weighed fifty pounds. The
largest one WIS given by the editor to
family in which there were eighteen
members husband and wife and
sixteen children all of whom were great
lovers of potatoes. Sunday they decided
to have it for dinner 1t was fricd-a
part of 1T, at least and was amply
enough for all of the family, besides O
married daughter and her husband who
were spending the day there. The re-
mainder of this mammoth potato was
made up into potato ponc, and furnished
desert enough for the whole crowd and
to spare. Mr.. Scott is one Of our best
farmers, and will make about five hun.
drcd bushels of potatoes Oh his ora-acro
patch
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-11-06
A HONEYMOON IN THE CLOUDS.
An Unpleasant F~cer;cG:cc &C g e
dal Couple Who Went up in
Balloon.

BIRMINGHAM, ALA.-At midnight great
anxiety is felt i'm Birmingham over the
fate of young couple who were married
at the State Fair grounds and went on
bridal tour in balloon. The party in
the balloon consisted of the acronat,
Baldwin, H. S Hutchinson, the young
groom. and his bride, who was Miss Min
mic Conssion.
The balloon shot up like rocket to n
great height and then slowly driftcd
almost due north. 1t was last seen high
up it the air passing over Newcastle,
thirteen miles north Of Birmingham, on
the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
The balloon was going steadily toward
the remote mountain regions of North
Alabama, and directly away from railroad
and telegraph lines,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-11-06
yaE,
Sdnss. Washington. on che Canadian
Boundary line, is stupendous, aud smu-
. Cling is a leading industry there.

Says the New Yorl; M,rcury: The
English exchanges are just now busily
engaged in suggesting ways Of making
Village life attractive aud keeping rural
young mea AID women at home. There
Is here, the cities are drawing away
from home the sinew aud bloom of the
country aad agricultural life suffers b.
the change. This was the experience of
Italy after Rome became a great city,
end all France is suffering now because
Paris has world of amusements to offer.
It begins TO look as il the tendency of
population to tho towns were irresistible,
and as IL the world must prepare to ac-
cept the fact that far.n life is becoming
diserc1 c1itable in the eyes OF tie energetic
Of both sexe,.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-11-06
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One OF the most remarkable OF tn

One OF the most remarkable OF the re-
NHeAt American manas in the estimation
of tho New Orleans Picayuns, is the
desire for and practice of building inor-
dinary lofty houses for business and
residence purposes. This style of archi-
lecture on stills has been INDUCED in to
great excess in Nov YORK, and is now
-aging rs au epidemic in Chicago and
other Western cities. Houses fro n ten
TO twenty stories high have come into
fashion, aud there appear to be no limits
to the vagaries encouraged by architects
and engineers. In Europe there are no
lofty buildings, except towers and spires
attached to churches. People do not re-
side in tenth and twentieth stories ami
seem to have no taste for such high living,
but here in q htry where land is
abundant, sky-scarping structures are in
great demand. We note that house is
to be built in Chicago 200 feet high,
while houses of 100 feet arc common in
all the cities. In ancient Rome there was
law forbidding the building of houses
to greater height than eighty feet, and
it does not appear that any such height
was common. Does it never occur
to the architects who plan these lofty
piles that one day the earthquake will
shake them to ruins2 The United States
cannot claim any immunity from such
convulsions. Earthquakes arc common
in California. The earthquake at New
Madrid, Me, early in the century, was a
formidable one, making extraordinary
changes in the topography OF a large
= area Of country. The earthquake al
= Charleston, S. c.: is so fresh i'll memory
ahat it is not by any means to be ignored
1t would appear tnaS earthquake periods
cone in cycles. There is no reason tc
suppose that New York all Chicago ar,
any more SecIrG than are ClarleSton or
Saa FrsuclscO,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-11-06
SPURGEON'S SUPPLY.
Rev. DIR. Pierson Astonishes the
Great Preachers Congregation.

LONDON, [Cablegram Rev DR..
Pierson, the American divine, who has
stipulated to supply DIR. Surgeons pull
pit while the latter is taking u vacation,
preached his first sermon today aud start
led the congregation by bitter attack
upon ritualism. Tic went SO far as TO cx-
press the hope that calamity would bcfall
tho tabernacle here prostitutcd to secular
art. At this there were plain murmurs
of disapproval.
A number of the members of the
tabernacle, who were interviewed after
the service, expressed their astonishmcut
ut DR.. Persons criticism of what had
been approved by the man whose place
he was filling temporarily by courtesy.
The extravaganza OF language which tho
preacher had fallen into was excused on
the ground that it was doubtless unprc-
mcditated.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-11-06


While oysters are plentiful aud cheap
in New York, places farther from tho
sources Of supply are beginning to feel
the effect of consumption which has
outrun the productivencss of the old
oyster grounds, and drained them so that
it has become necessary to let then lie
fallow and rccup:ratc. According to
one of the largest oystcr-sh shipping firms
in Milwaukee, Wis, which is a chief
distributing point for the Northwest AMI
as Ear West az Oregon and Washington,
the beds in Chesapeake Bay, from which
nearly all the oysters shipped West have
been taken, have been almost completely
exhausted. TIE necessity Of a!lowiny tho
seed to recruit, curtailei the supply to q
great extent, and this year it is expected
that there will be greater shortage.
"rhe plain facts said representative
OF the firm mentioned, "are that tho
American people have come to using
oysters beyond the natural supply, and
the future gro With has thereby been i'm
periled, and the supply promises to be
less each succeeding year. We as ma
tion arc eating moro oysters now than ever
before, as many people who formerly re.
garded them with something Of disgust
have learned to relish them, and are now
among the largest consumers"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-11-06

A Doo'y County, Ala, man is expert
menting with wine making from the
juice Of the watermelon. He claims that
it makes most delicious wine, and he
is storing away quantities of it.
The syndicate that was formed in Ger
many last summer for the purpose of es-
tablishing colonies of German farmers in
Alabama has procured tract of land in
that State. The work of enrolling the
colonists is in progress in Germany, and
it is reported that body of them will be
ready to take their departure for Alabama
next month. II the first colony, which
is to be in Washington county, is sue
cessful other colonies will be rapidly or
ganized, so that within few years the
State may have large German popula-
ton.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-11-06
A STATUE OF JEB STUART.
Meeting of Veteran Cavalrymen to
Erect One.

RIcnMoNn, Va, Especial. IA meet
i - Of veteran cavalrymen of the Army
of Nor hcrn Virginia, was held here and
n movement started for the erection of
monument and statue to the memory of
General j. J.. B. Stuart. Charles A.
Taylor called the meeting to order md
introduced General Fitzhugh Lee as
chairman, who made a brief speech.
Short speeches were then made by Judge
Garnctt, Of Norfolk; General Thomas p.
Garnctt, of Lynchburg; General Thomas
l.. Rosscr, of Albcmarle; Judge Farrar,
OF Amelia.
Permanent officers were elected as fol-
lows President, General Ti;lnugu Ice !;
secretary Charles A. Taylor; treasurer,
T.. A. Catin. Among the vice preeidcnts
arc: Generals Wade Hampton, G. w.
Curtis Lee. l.. l.. Lomax, II. l.. Rosscr,
Nc hutlcr Thomas II. MnnfoId, William
III. Payne, Bradley T.. Johnson, Rev. DIR.
Randolph Mckee, Colonel John s. Mos.
by and others.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-11-06
CURSED OUT THE COURT.
A Railroad Employe Grows Esd Hot

ALBANY, GA, Especial. Tie mayors
court of this city was enlivcncd by gen
eral cussing out, which the entire city
government received at the hands of one
w. II. Moore, former cmploye of the
Central railroad, who was arraigned on
charge of disorderly conduct.
''Do with Inc just rs you please" said
Moore to his honor, Mayor Gilbert. 81
can't get justice in your d-n court"
He was sentenced to forty-iivc days at
hard labor on the city chaingang but,
being shacklcd and placed on the streets
to work, rcsolutely refused 10 do any
thing.
Moore was engaged in shooting
scrapc in this city some time since, and
was shot in the mouth. He halls from
Macon and is considered tough custo-
mer.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-11-06
The Georgia hoao congress.

The Georgia Road Congress, in session
g: Atlanta list week, adopted the follow
ing: 1t is the opinion of this Congress
that it is to the interest of the people
of tie State that the labor of
her convicts should be utilized upon her
public roads, and that no lease of con-
victs should be made after the expiration
Of the present lease. We further hold
that the present couvi force now used
in working the public roads can be and
should be greatly increased by lowering
the penalties for certain crimes.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-11-06

the reports IRON all over South Caro-
lima disclose continued healthy growth
Of the Order. The brethren of tho
State are firmly united and are making a
gallant fight for the principles of the Al
lance. South Carolina was the first
State to hold its election this year, and
cveay member of the Order remembers
with pride how nobly it stood by the de-
mands of the Alliance, and in spite of
desperate opposition unanimously adop.
ted the Ocala platform. This act set the
example which all the other States have
so far followed Its State officers are
conservative and fearless and able to de.
fend the doctrines of the Order against
oil comcrs. The State organ is ably and
intelligcntly managed. and is supplement
ted in it's good wark by many excellent
county papers. South Carolina can be
trusted to take good care of itself.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-11-06
.NIIMRERlks.
EIGHT TREsTLEs IN FLAMES.
Determined Efforts to Wreck Trains
ON q Georgia Railway.

on Georgia Railway.
MACON, Ga, Especial. ]-In the night
about o'clock tramp walking from
Oconce on the Central railroad, about
sixty miles from Macon, discovered tho
trcstle near Oconee to be on fire.
lie returned to Oconee and awakened
the agent Of the road. The alarm was
quickly given and efforts were made to
save the trcstlc. II was soon learned,
however. that eight other trrstlcs between
Davisboro and Wadley were also in
flames.
When sn attempt was made by tho
railroad officials to Telegraph to Macon
and Savannah, it was found that some
one had climbed telegraph pole two
miles from Oconce aud cut the telegraph
wires.
,xAs ,C,apsnasas sAAAss.s.-
alton az to tho flroJ reached Macon In
time to hold tho midnight train to Sa.
Vannah. The railroad officials think tho
trcstles were set on fire by friends of tho
men now in Jail for having robbed tho
express car near Forsyth about two
months ago
The Marshal of Tennillc pursued two
men on suspicion, and arrested them.
They proved to be the brothers of Hor-
ton, ono of tho express robbers,
One night last week the telegraph
wire was cut with hatchet near Davis.
boro, and the trcstle was fired. The
company has received an anonymous let.
ter threatening vengeance in case the
train robbers were not set free.