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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-09-30
Condition OF the Crops.
WASHINGTON, Sept. l9.-Ihe weekly
" Gather crop bulletin, issued this even

WASHINGTON, Sept. l9.-Ihe weekly
weather crop bulletin, issued this even
ing, says:
South Carolina-The high tempera-
ture and excessive sunshine Scalded
and rusted cotton, aud caused immature
bolls to open. The damage is believed
to be more than formerly reported.
Alabama-The rains OF last week
greatly benefited ali crops. There is no
material change in the condition OF
cotton since last reported.
Mississippl-Growlng crops are suf-
feriug froul the dry, hot weather. Cot
ton harvesting is in progress. The
staple IS good, but the sunshine is open
ing immature bolls. Rain could not
materially benefit cotton.
Louislanna--rhew weather was gener-
ally favorable, aud there is d slight inl-
provsment III prospects, though all
especially cane, need rain. Excellent
harvest weather prevails. Cotton is
opening rapidly, and picking Is well
under way.
TeXas-The weather was favorable
for cotton picking, which has pro-
gressed rapidly, the staple is unusually
long and clean. Showers have I'M
proved late cotton, and the top crop IN
Central and Eastern Texas. The pros
pects continue fair over North Texas.
TeDnessee-Late crops are suffering
from drought, and plowing has been
suspended Hay making and fodder
have progressed finely. Cotton picking
is under way. The crop is short.
Warmth and sunshine are required to
matur. late corn.
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Admitting LIldC IL NcHef HAS Cetil
formally decided that the ductrl!le VI
LOlley's Case Is the laW vi the Cour.S
Of South CarUliua, the question IS pres
epteG, shall our Courts FOLLOW the COM
mon law as declared III the case, or
shall they follow the dlcta or Lords
Wtstbury, PcnZance and others: l
have nO hesitation III saying that the
public policy OF the State demands that
The Coufts should be influenced - the
views OF our own Judges to adopt as "
the settled law Of this State the doctrine
OF Lolley's case, as declared by The
twelve Judges OF England. In Duke
vs. Fulmel. QS52,) Chancellor Ward, ,
law said: The common law rs declared
by the Judges OF England IS clear
against the recognition OF forelgu dl-
vorces DIS diSsolylng marriages con-
trdcted in England.
therefore hold, III the language OF
Judge OAeall in Boyce VS.. Owens,
that "the marriage contract III THIS
Stale is regarded aS lndlSSOlubie Dy any
human means. Nothing short Vt the
actual or presumed deatn Of one of the
parties can have the effect OF ulScnarg-
Ing It's obligations OF preventing Its
legal effects" The decree OF divorce
pronounced BY the Circuit Court Of
Florida does not. III my opinion, effe1t
tide status of Caroliue. who, at all times,
had been All inhabit OF South Cal DINA,
and when Thomas NJ. Peopes returned
to this State permanently 10 reside Tue
shield which the decree OIL divorce Jhre"
around him in the State OF FlorlGa Was
withdrawn, and ne became subject to
the laws OF South Carolina, by which
neither his matrimonial Status III
Florida nor his subsequent marriage
can be recognized. Cnder the laws OF
South Carolina the Florida divorce DID
not operate to dissolve the South Caro-
lima marriage; therefore, the second
marriage must be held Invalid aud the
children of said marriage illegit!luate
in South Carolina.
The law of this Court is, as We have
seen, that no foreign tribunal Is com-
pelent to pronounce u decree OF divorce
q yinculo Of South Carolina marriage
or pronounce any other decree than
such as would be allowed by The lex
loci contractus. In this connection l
would call special attention to al article
10 be fuUnu in the Carolina Law y ourn-
al entitled Foreign Divorces OF Caro-
lima Marriages." page 377. l am fully
aware that III the United States, out
side Of Soutn Carolina, the Courts IN
matters of divorce are governed gen
orally by the lex domocihl, and not by
lex loci contracsus, but South Carolina
occupies a unique position III respect
to marriage and divorce. Hele the lex
loci contractus governs. Here the
marriage contract Is regarded aS lndlS-
soluble, either by consent Of the par
ties or by the Judgment or statute OF
any foreign tribunal or Leg lsiature.
1t is therefore ordered a0Judged that
the decree Of the Prostate Court III this
case be, and the sameis hereby, revers-
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they DIDN'T Lick LiDsc0m b.

HAMPTON, Va, Sept. 18.-Immedi-
ately after the adjournment OF the
Ha ns-Hannegan ind;gna'ion meeting
here last night, mother meeting was
held. 1t was called ~ the jury who
had been go severely denounced. They
declare I'd that Prosecuting Attorney
LipscoEb was the iEs'igator nf the
meeting. and should be- punished; so
they Started at once for Old Point 10
give HIM 2 sound thrash!ug. Lipscomb
was found at the lIysria House, but he
had prepared warm reception for
them. just as the men walked III the
corridor Mrs. Lipsconsh called for and
obtained a gun, Saying she was better
shot than her husband. Her action
Was loudly applarted, and she forced
the crowd OF jurors to retire to the
street. More trouble is expected.
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A Elshy Story.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Sept. 2l.-A
thrilling story OF ths experience of two
Coney Island bathers, supposed to have
been drowned, was :old to-day by Sam
uel W. Thornton Of Brooklyn. n. y,
to an Associated Press reporter. On
the afternoon Of August p, Thornton
and his sister-ln-l&w, Miss Ada Jewell,
went into the surf near the iron pier.
The undertow look them out to sea.
They caught floating log and dritted
about till nearly dark when a Spanish
bark bouod for South American ports
picked them up.
Miss Jewell was unconscious and con.
tinueG L, high fever and delirious for
five days. None OF the crew could speak
English. On September 9th the casta-
ways were transferred TO another Span
!sh vessel bound Tor Yucatan. through
the Straits Of Florida, and on the morn
ing OF Sunday, September Goth, they
were set ashore on a barren beach twen-
" miles from thi, City. They walked
here and are at ST. Johu's House await.
:ny the arrival OF money from Brooklyn
with which to take passage home.
Thorntou's BROTHER in Brooklyn sup
posed him and his slster-in-law dead,
and he now fears that some lmposter is
trying to extort money from him. Both
castaSayS have been identified, how
ever. and 1sopsy is expected in the
morning. Both have stood their hard
ships remarkably well. but strange to
say neither can remember the names of
the vessels or those of their captains.
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Iucent,iary Miller.

CHICAGO, Sept. 22.-Emancipat;on
day was cele brated today by the colored
people with a mass meeting aud picnic
at Osgood grove Thomas +. Miller, of
Beaufort county, South Carolina, was
the orator OF The day. lie eulo2ized
Abraham Lincoln. and speaking OF the
South said: 1.-The new south is fact.
The child, is however, Uniformed. It's
blood /, tainted: 1t IS strong, but lacks
endurance. 1t is as much your duty to-
day u assist the nation in training aud
developing this partly spoiled youth,
as it was your duty late in the tltUleS TO
educlt.. through your patron saint, the
nation up to the pJint Of the emanci-
patton uf the slave aud tn" preser7a-
tloL of the Union. Omit If, and the
work will have to be done over again
in the same way as it was finished at
4
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FOREST FIRES.
Reports OF Towns and Camps DESTROYED
Continue 90 Come In.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Sept. PA great
COOL wave swept over The State this at
Lernoon from Lht west, bringing rei'et
from the terrible heat OF the past ten
days; but it has no effect on tie forest
allu prairie fires hear here. The forest
at Eermillou and across the Wisconsin
border towards Ashland are still raging
fires, without hope OF change untll a
urenchlng rain shall come.
Hon. }. a. Westby, who has contracts
for government Surveying, has just
coIle from the upper Mississippi and
reports terrible devastation along the
line. He says hundreds ot cattle are
burned and many homeSteads de-
stroyed. The train Oh which he came
down Oh stopped and took III seventeen
meu, women and children, settlers who
hilrely escaped with their lives. Unless
le;iyy rains fall at once, all the little
villages and homeSteadS along the ST..
Paul and Duluth for sixty miles will
certainly be burned.
There is no apparent diminution in
the terrible heat; rain still holds off and
the forest fires III Northern Minnesota
and Northwestern Wisconsin continue
to rage with unabated fury. Lammer'S
lumber camps, near Hinckley, nave
been destroyed, ;.nd Louis Mo and
wife, living IN The camp. were forced
to lie in the river ell night 10 escape
cremation, while Daniel Salllyan and
Thomas johnson fell prey TO the lire.
All along the Eastern Minnesota roads
blacKened ruins mark spots where set
Tiers have lost their all.
The town Of FinIaysOn escaped de-
struction by heroic labor of citlzenS
uninterruptedly for thirty-slx hours.
From Duluth to Ashland Vast stretches
OF pine forests are a continuous Sea OF
flames. Two school houses near Fine
City were burned yesterday, the pupils
escaping with difficulty. The villages
Of Perry and Constock have been
burned. Lum bermen are the heaviest
losers. but the amount is as yet lncal-
culaDle, reaching far into the hundreds
Of thousands.
PINE CITY, Minn, Sept. 24.-At last
the fierce forest fires have resulted IN a
fatality. This morning five farm hands
engaged in lighting the flames several
miles from here were surrounded by
tire and before they could escape, were
burned to death.
CUMBERLAND. Wis, Sept. A.-Forest
fires have been raging throughout
Barron, Polk, Washburn and Burnett
counties for the past seven days, eE-
dangering all kinds OF property, and IN
several cases endangerlng lives. The
villages of Comstock ana Perley have
been purned; also the saw mill. shops,
barns, lumber, etc., OF 0. A. Ritan Il Co.,
Of this city, located in Burnett county;
loss $4,000.
st. PETER, Mimi, Sept. 24.-The
Union depot, hotel, the American Ex
press office and three small buildings
were burned this afternoon. Loss
$4,000.
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Mr.. Poik'o Denial.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 22.-Col. l.. L.
Polk, the high priest OF the Alliance
order, is back in Washington from his
Western trip. To the inquiry as to
what foundation there was to the re-
port that he was threatened with tar
and feathers by Kansas veterans. he
said there WAS nothing whatever II the
story as to the dispatches charging
that he apoioglZed in his speech for
having gone into the Confederate ser
vice and spoke approViDgly OF a strike
among the cotton pickers Of the South,
Polk said: 1T is absolutely and un-
Qualiiedly false in every particular. l
uttered no sentiment in Kansas or else
where, which by any forced construc-
ton could have been contorted into
any such expression. 1t is lie out of
whole cloth. have never uttered q
sentiment in Northern state would
not willingly repeat in any Southern
state. AS to the strike OF the cotton
pickers I had heard nothing about it
until my return to this office.-Augus-
IA Chronicle.
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A Romantic Marriage,

CYPRESS, s. c., Sept. pa very
romantic marriage took place here on
last Monday. About one year ago Mrs.
Lydia E. WitherspooD, a dashing young
widow Of this place, received a matri-
mouial paper and sa an advertisement
in it from DR.. Windthrop. Of New Mex
leo, aud answered the advertisement.
Since that time they have kept up reg
ular correspondence. On last Friday.
the llth inst, the young widow received
a telegram saying the doctor was on his
way from New Mexico to Cypress. He
arrived here Sunday morning and on
Monday they we're married They had
never met before Sunday. Mrs. Milher-
spoon has tine plantation. good cot.
tol crop, and is clear OF debt. The doc
tor wants her to sell out aud return with
him to New Mexco.-The State.
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holding Train.

ST. LOUIS, Sept. ia dispatch from
Muskogee, 1. T., says: The Missouri,
Kansas and Texas south-bound passen-
ger train was held up and the express
car robbed at 9 30 last night four miles
north Of Wagner. The robbers GOV
cred the train officials with pistols, and
two of them entered the express car.
They ordered the expressman to open
the large steel safe, which he was una
ble to DO, and it took considerable ar
guing before he could convince the rob-
bers of his utter inability to comply.
They, therefore, dumped the small iron
chest, which contained $500, out OF the
car door and, breaking it open, took the
entire amount. They made no attempt
to rob the passengers and there was but
one shot fired. The robbers wore masks
of red flannel, and after completing the
Job took to the woods with their booty.
Officers have left Musko2ee in pursuit
0f th O rAhherS
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FuLLY AREETHOusAND PERISH.
Appalling Loss OF Life by The Floods
IN Spain.

MADRID. Sept. l6.-News slowly
coming in from the South Of Spain re-
rorts the damage Dy reason OF the eX-
traordinary floods in that section as be-
ing general. The loss OF property Is
something enormous, and everywhere
railway trains have been deralled and
the roads blocked. The meagre details
thus far received from the Province OF
Toledo give narrowing accounts OF the
extent and phenomena OF the overWhelm-
,ny catastrophe which has betallen the
province. SO sudden was the breaking
forth CT the waters that 10 numbsrless
instances the unfortunate people were
drowned before they could leave their
beds.
Strong bodies Of laborers, assisted by
troops, are Iorkin. night and day to re-
cover the bodies Of those drowned or
crushed to death, but up to the present
time only 400 OF the bodies Of the miss
iny thousands have 5een secured. The
viatage and the corn crops OF the dis
tressed district have been totally de-
stroyed, 80 that poverty and hunger
must follow in the wake of this lrlshttul
visitation. Tmo-thirds OF the town ot
Consuegra, in Toledo, with a population
OF 1000, has been DESTROYED by the
floods. Five hundred houses have been
destroyed at Almeria. 1t is certain that
lully 1000 people have lost their lives
BY the floods. Hosts OF corpses remain
unburled, and, because OF the great heat,
an epidemic IS feared. Famine is caus-
ing many to engage in plunder, Ihe
government is striving to iced the des-
litute.
The town of Consuesra is ruined and
the police are preventing plllase. The
burials of the victims are proceeding
amid scenes or mourning and misery.
It is thought that 5000 head OF horses
and cattle were drowned. The town OF
Almeria is in absolute darkness, the
foods having covered the electric light
and gas works. Throughout the whole
flooded region there are reports OF IL
creasing misery, destitutlon and waste.
The mayor of Consuesra estimates the
number of people destroyed there at
5000. In many places limbs were found
separated from bodies. The officers have
telesraphsd for lime 10 prevent disease.
The Queen Regent has started sub
scriptlon on large scale for the benefit
of the sufferers, and many subscribers,
including the Bank ofSpain, have joined
her in large donations. The scenes dur
ing the food at Consuesra were awful.
Pi.eous cries came from the drowning,
ior whom there was no assistance. Sixty
corpses were found in public hall,
where the victims, in the midst OF
wedding feast had been overtsken by
the flood.
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Horrible I:ailrosd Butchery.

NEWCASTLE, Pa. Sept. pa ter
rible wreck occurred on the Pittsburg
aud Western Railroad at Mckim's sid
ing, a station a short distance on the
other side OF Zelienople, Butler County.
At this point work train with force
Of fifty men was engaged at the time III
putting down new track. About S
O'Clock this morning the work train got
out OF the way of a freight train going
west. but the crew did not know that a
second section Of the same number was
following i've minutes later.
The work train again pulled out on
the main track, and the men were en-.
gagged in throwing off dirt when the
second section struck the work train
with great force. Cars were piled up
in a shapeless mass. The engines were
mass 0: broken iron and wood, and
the hot steam and The boiling water
poured over the unfortunate ones caught
in the jam.
For moment after the collision there
was silence. Then the air was broken
by the shrieks OF the dying, making the
scene 80 terrible that one of the train
men who had escaped injury tainted
with horror. The trainmen and labor
ers who were not injured began at once
to assist those imprisoned in the debris.
Several arms and legs were found in
several different places, and the head Of
an Italian was found twenty feet away
from the body. The engineer, John
Houghton, who had bravely done his
best to stop his engine attached to The
freight tr lin, was found weGged in the
broken and shapeless iron.
By ii O'Clock the bodies Of eigh. Isal-
ian laborers had been taken from the
wreck, and, with the killing of Engineer
HoughtDn, this swells the number to
lime. There were at least twenty men
injured, several Of whom cannot recov-
er. All the bodies were terribly man
gled and dlsfgured. Engineer Hough-
ton was the only American killed.
Assistance was telegraphed for to
Zelieuople, and in short time phYsi-
clans and citizens were at ths scene,
rendering all the assistance in their
power.
The exact cause OF the disaster cam
not be learned as vet, but. as usual, it
is said mistake was made by trainmen
who did not correctly interpret signal.
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Eamtzan Awful FACE.

ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 24.-ReportS
received here from Tambotf and its ad-
j2cent provinces announce that the
ZemstyoS have provided for the resoW.
ing OF land and TO furnish supplies OF
grain until January next. After that
there viii be the greatest difficulty to
ensure feod for the people. As the col
lection Of taxes Is impossible, the salar-
les OF local administrative bodies have
Deen suerendad- Even il funds to sup
ply grain are obtained the distribution,
which will be over wide famine tracts,
will be difficult. and the maintenance
Of hospitals, schools and asy!ums is
doubtful.
The scarcity Of oats and hay is COM
pelling farmers to sell live stock at
mock prices. For instance, horse for
9 roubles, cow for roubles ana colts
from 20 to so copecks After a recent
county fair in one district the skeletons
Of forty horses were found by the road
side. The animals had been killed for
their skins.
Destitution Is also staring in the face
large number Of people who have
been employed Oh the public works, as
the work on the latter must stop when
frost set in. The masses of the people
rely entirely on the Government to help
them. This being the state OF affairs in
the psessnt mild weather, the gloomy
prospects held out by coming winter
can be readily imagined.
An analysis of the bread sold in many
places by unscrupulous merchants re-
peaIed the fact that absolutely poison
us mixtures are sold. Several mer-
chants have been arrested at Morshauck,
and will be summarily tried, Many
specimens Of such bread consist Of 20
per cent of earth and sand aad 80 per
cent of refuse farinaceous products.
Among many conjectures regarding
the causes OF the failure Of the crops it
is suggested that the drainage Of hun
dreds OF vsrss Of the ysst swamp of
Pinsk resulted in flooding the Dnieper
in the spring and in the lowness of the
water late IN summer, thus causing
diminution in the rainfall in the east
ern provinces. Almost all Of the Coy
eminent officials have voluntarily con-
tributea a portion of their salaries to
the famine fund The public talk of
bringing bread from America and
Egypt
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A Naughty Noted Esvivalf.t.

LEXINGTON, n. c., Sept. 19-On the
18th OF last December Rev. Zachari.rs
Bell, one of the most noted reylvali,ts
in North Carolina, living here, kissed
his wife and five children goodbye. At
the same time he look leave OF Miss
Katie Washburn, Il visitor at his house,
who left the next day for her home.
Since that time the preacher has not
been heard from and his wife has
mourned him as dead. She has just
learned that on the day after his depart
ure Bell WAS joined at Salisbury by Il
young womau, whom he passed off as
his wife The pair lett Oh the train for
Geol gia, il Which State Bell said he had
important revival engagements. Mrs.
Bell thereupoD wrote to Randolph
County and learned that Miss Wash
burn had never returned home. 1t is
supposed she was the young lady WHO
joined Bell at Salisbury. and that the
pair are passing themselves OIL as bus
baud and wife IN Georgia.
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"Didu,t Know 1t Waa Loaded

WILIMANTIC, Conn. Sept. ia Ia
tai accident occurred here yesterday at
the practice shoot Of Company G, of
Putnam. and Company E, of Whitman
tic, Third Regiment s. n. G. John
Peterson, OF Company &, picked up a
rifle and pointed at different members
of both companies. He was told to put
it down, but refused, saying it was not
loaded. He pointed 1t at Richard Bah
plngton, aged twenty-five, private in
his company, and pulled the trigger.
a report followed aud the next instant
Babbington and William Malone Of
Company Z fell to the ground. Bah
bington was instantly killed. while Ma
lone was fatally wounded. The bullet.
4S calibre, had passed through Bah
blngtou's heart and OuLat his back, and
struck Malone. who stood ten PAGES in
the rear of him. Malone was also shot
through and through, the bullet being
found in hoard fence thirty PAGES to
the rear. Peterson was Immediately
arrested. lie claims that he did not
know the gun was loaded.
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Farther Outbreaks in China.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 23.-fhe
steamer Empress Of China, has arrived
at Vancouver, Is. g., with the news that
ia. Leonard, United States consul gen
eral at Shanghai, telegraphed Admiral
Belknap on September 3 as follows: "a
Shanghai morning paper has telegram
received last night, of riot at Tehang
at noon on september ,. The mission
and all the property of foreigners was
turned. No lives lost. Admiral Belknap
immediately sent the Alliance and the
Palos to Tehang. Another riot occur
red ut Tehang on september 3. All
the foreign property at the port was
burned. but no lives were lost. Inc
foreign residents were under arms at
the latest accounts.
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A Diabolical Deed.

PROSPERITY, S. G., Sept. IL This
morning a negro named Sam Young,
belonging to the construction train on
the c. & 6. Railroad, was found on the
railroad track about one mile and half
from here, with his head badly beaten.
The deed was evidently the result OF
gambling spree and was committed
with murderous intent. Young was
partially conscious, but coulc or would
only tell that he was struck by a yellow
negro. He was robbed OF hat, shoes
and whatever was in his left pocket,
it being cut open. In the other pocket
was found 80 in silver and set OF dice,
one being false one, having four lives
on it. The instrument with which ne
was struck was new pick handle. He
was struck three different times, and
then he was placed on the railroad at
point in which there was sharp curve.
where he could not have been seen by
the engineer of a train approaching
from either direction in time to stop
before crushing his head. The negro
was cared for by DIS. Langford and
sent home. The doctors DO not think
that he will die.