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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-08-29
Crushed by a Monster S make.

MACON, Ga, Aug, I7.-Tobe Wes-
lev, OF Twiggs county, came to Macon
today to buy coflia for his 7-Ye"r.old
son who was crushed to death by a huge
snake late Thursday afternoon. The
boy had gone to the field with his father
and while his father was at work wan
dered of short distance and climbed q
muscadine vine as was his habit. On
being unable TO find the boy when he
had finished his work about sundoWn
the father went to the house expecting
to 6ad him there but Yves informed by
his wife that the boy had not been home
since be left the house with his father.
Feeling no uneaslness Wesley, knowing
the habit of his boy, went back to the
field which was on the edge OF dense
swamp bordered with muscadlne vines,
and began searching the vines were be
had last seen the boy. By looking up
in the vines he was not long in finding
him, cut when he called the boy failed to
answer. After calling two or three
times and receiving no answer the father
shook the vine and 10 bis horror saw
what he had supposed to be one Of the
branches of the vine that was support
his son, begin to uncoil. Realizing that
his son was ID the coil Of huge snake
Wesley stood like rooted to the spot
and before he could recover his sense the
snake completely uncoiled and the boy
fell to the ground, distance of nine or
ten feet. Wesley picked the child up
and ran fcom under the vines 10 The
clearing. There his worst fears were re-
alizsd as the child was dead. Oa being
carried to The house and further exeaml.
nation made it was found that the chIld's
breast had bsen crushed and that Its
tongue and eyes were protruding as
though it had been choked to death.
Wesley is Of the opinion that the boy
was asleep when the snake coiled about
him anc gradually crushed his life out.
Wesley does not know what kind OF
snake it was as he did not see it after
his son fell
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-08-29
Fired by Light atny,

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Aug. 2l.-A
terrible electric storm ragged here about
/ o'clock this morning.. The Western
Union wires were fused and for several
hours the city was cut off from COM
munication with the outside world.
During the storm lightning struck the
warehouse of the Standard Oil Com.
pany, situated on the river front and
set it on fire. There were about two
thousand barrels Of oil in the ware
house and not one was saved. The
warehouse, which had been recently
completed and the pier were also total
ly destroyed. After becoming ignitsd
manv of the barrels o. oil rolled lotto
the river and lloated past the city il
flames, causing no little danger to ship.
ping. At intervals, the barrels would
explode with a tremendous report that
awakened every person within FIVE
miles of the scene. The total loss Is
placed at S30, 900, with 10 insurance.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-08-29
Hog and Eomioy Farm eIs.

The Augusta Chronicle says "all the
indications are that the hog and homi-
ny farmers will be on top this year.
The outlook IS for short crop in
several Western States, and when corn
is scarce the farmers cannot afford to
feed it plentifully to hogs. With corn
and meat scarce and high in the West,
Southern farmers who have raised q
plenty for their own use, and with
some to sell, will find themselves in a
very enYiaole condition. In good times,
or hard times, the farmer who raises
his own provisions is better OFF than
the one who does not, but when there
comes year in which Western farm
ers have failed in their provision crops
then the commanding position of the
hog aud hominy farmer Of the South
is shown not only in his own inde-
pendence of bad crops elsewhere, but
In substantial profits realized from the
sale of his extra corn and meat. South.
ern farmers are learning wisdom, and
the lesson of few years like the pres
ent will leave no farm in the South
without sufficient supply of hog and
hOminY for it's own support.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-08-29
DlsPENsARY UNCONSTITUTIONAL:
Judge Aldrlch Renders Such Decision
at Aiken.

AIKEN, Aug. 1S.-Judge Aldrlch this
afternoon aud his decision IN the case Of
theSsate ex rel. George and holley vs..
the City Council of Aiken. The docu'
ment contain 5000 words, citing numer-
Gus autho !itiss. Judge Aldrich decides
that the Dispensary Act Of 1893 Is un-
constitutional in so far as it relates to
the sale Of liquors by the State. The
decision is based on the Supreme Court
decision in the case Of Mccullough vs..
Brown under the Act of 1892. Regard
ing the writ Of prohibition applied for
by Dispenser George TO restrain the city
from entertering with the D!spensary,
the Judge decides that as far as the Dis.
pensary Act relate to the granting Of
licenses bv municipalities it is constltu.
t.onal. He declares the city has no
right to grant any licenses whatever
to dealers in any malt or in
tox,csting liquors. The deciswn is
regarded by the lawyers here
as an application of the Supreme Court
decision in Brown vs.. Mccullough. The
decision deals entirely with these two
points, VIZ:
First. That the State has no right to
form monopoly.
Second. That the prohibition clause
OF both Acts are valid, therefore that no
person. corporation, municipality or any
other power has the right to engage IN
or sanction the sale Of liquors in any
form.
Under his decision Judge Aldrich is
subject to applications for iniunc!ions
to close the Dispensaries IL his juri i!c-
ton. It IS thought he will have several.
The Judge holds that the Act OF 1898
is only an amendment or explanation OF
the Act of 1892; that his duty is panty
to declare the points involved in each
materially the same. Mayor Chat will
act solely on the advice of the cltY's at
torney. The points raised by MI. w.
@. Davis that under it's charter the city
had no right TO issue liquor licenses, the
chief polot in the States case was sustain
ed by bis honor. The case was conducted
py Assistant Attorney General Barber,
Mr.. o. c. Jordan aud Mr.. Davis. The
city was represented by Mayor Cnatee
Col. G.. W. Croft and NJ. B. Woodward.
The Aiken case came up when Cover.
nor Tillman reopened the DispensarIes,
Mayor Chafee, acting under the decision
of the Supreme Court declaring the law
unconstitutional, attempted to prevent
the Dlspensary from opening. An in
junction was asked and one was given
temporarily. The final arguments and
decision wers rendered as above stated.
-Reoister.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-08-29
Fort Smith Sha k an,

FORTH SMITH, ARK Aug. 10
Last night. tour powder houses OF The
Spsel Hardware Company, located two
miles from here on the Poteau River,
exploded. The powder houses are total
wrecks. A small cabin Daar by The
home Of Ms. Cook. was blown to spin
ters. Mrs. Cox, her daugh:e-: aHd an
inialt, neto hurled lnto eterni.y. The
powder house contained l 200 pounds OF
dynamite aud 300 kegs OF powder. Tns
shock was felt at Van Bu'eu, Alma,
Greenwood, Jenny Ind. Hackett,
Kayaaaug1 aad many places nearly
twenty miles away. Ia Fort Smith
thousands of dollars worth OF property
was destroyed. The opara house. B>s-
store, Arcade, }. j. Lite, Meyer S Co.,
Vaughn hard dHare store, Fagan, B.uc-
laud and Western Uusn bl!tl!ng: were
severel; damaged, while along SXth
street and Garrison avenue is con:il-
ued story of wrecks. No explanation can
be given for the explosion. Il cou'd not
have been al accident and many rumors
are ll7no about. One is to the effect,
that a remnant OF the Dalton gang IS
abont TO rob the bank hera.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-08-29
LADIES SHOULD Be CAREFUL.
Two white Trsnps Attack, a Yonng Lady
Over 10 Georg;a.

MACON, Ge., Aug. lS.--Two ua-
known tramps attempted criminal as.
sault on Miss Mary Ida Yates in the
Warrior district, fifteen miles from M
COP, in Bibb county, yesterday at noop,
but were frightened cf' by a shot fired at
ccvey OF BIRDS in the nelghborhood by
hunter who knew nothing OF The crime.
Miss Yates, who belongs TO one OF the
most prominent families IN the county
aad who is NEST estimable young lady,
went into the garden of the residence of
her brother n-lag, J. T. Williams, with
whom she lives, to look after some
yeast she had put 10 the sun. While in
The yard she hesrd f):k CT gulneas
cackling IN ielc grown up with weeds,
and with view to finding their nest
went to the spot where the 2ulneas were
csckling. While prodding about in the
weeds with suck to locate the nest,
she was suddenly seized by two white
tramps, one of whom clapped his hand
OF her mouth to prevent an outcry.
S e was at frst too badly frightened
to offer resistance, but in few minutes
partially recovered herself and dlYinlng
the object Of the men struggled despes.
ately. They overpowered her, however,
tu. as she fell TO the ground exhausted
and the sccurdreles were in the very act
Of carrying out their intention gun vas
fred few hundred years away and re-
leasing her, they ran cff' AS soon as
MISS Yates could recover sufficiently
she ran to the house and informed her
sister CT what had ha"oaaat Word vas
sent to Mr.. William III tle ield and he
FASTENED to the house where be vas told
the particulars and given a DESCRIPTION
OF the men. Mr.. Williams sezsd his qua,
saddled his horse and fastened after the
scoundreles bu. after riding for STU .ine
was unable to fad any trace Of Jnem.
In the meantime the neighbors had
been Informed aud in an nour aud half
after The crime was committed thirty
armed men wec, in the saddle, securing
the courtry:,' TIE tralnps and had they
been found thsy would never have re.
ceived The b,asit of a trial. The search
ing party remalsd out uotli late at
night, aud are ,u, again today, but no
trace of the tramps as yet has been
found.
Mr.. Williams vas 10 the city today
and notified the officers Of the STAIR,
and telegrsms giving a description OF
the men have been sent in all directions
b7 Sheriff Westcott. Mr.. Williams car
ried a shot gun WITH him. and notified
the officers If be come across the tramps
he intended to shoot them like d)g>.
The whole county is stirred up over the
affair, aud if the TIA nps are caught they
will be dealt with sunmar.ly.-Chronl'
Gle.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-08-29
The J1.e Trust Again.

The National Cordage Company,
otherwise the Jute Bagging Trust, Is
playing a great game to keep the mar
ket cornered for the present year and
pull the farmer for all it can on the bag
ging needed this season. Thetrust has
been keeping only a small stock of bag
ging on hand in anticipation of the
tariff bill, which has taken OF the duty.
It has been selling it, too, in small lots.
The supply now on hand is hardly sutfl
Gent to take care of this years cotton
crop, and It is too late under the pre-
sent conditions for the farmers and cot
ton men to talk about importing bag
ging from England. The facts in the
case from Southern standoint are that
MANY of the cotton factors and farmers
have laid in supply of baggins with
which to handle large part OF their
crop, having bought it at a time when
the low freight rates from New York
and other Northern points were IN
force, because they got 1t laid down
cheaper than they could haVa done had
the regular freight rates remained ID
force. Tley will not therefore, need
full supply with which to handle their
crops, and the trust knows this. Ihe
farmers and factors would not, there
fore. be so ready to begin importing.
1t is a fact, too, that owing to the fall
ing Of in the demand the foreign mills
have been inactive, and if orders were
given now they could not be filed In
time for etGe crop. The bagging trust
appreciates this situation, and is going
to push the market for all it Is worth.
The Senate bill takes off the duty OF
2,22. cents, which was kept up by the
Mckinley Act, and consequently makes
the bagging j1st that much cheaper.
AS an example Of the fact that the
trust is going to squeeze the farmer for
all it is worth, it may be stared Chat not
week ago bagging was advanced
three. quarters of a cent. q yard within
four or five days time. The trust re-
aliZes that this is its last chance. Tne
consequence is bagging is advancing IN
price every day or two. Unless some
thing can be done the chances are that
bagging will go much higher than 1t
has ever been since the Alliance tackled
the Jute Trust. Ole of the managers
of the Cordage Company Is quoted as
follows:
"Bagging will be baggiog before the
season is over and we expect TO recoup
our losses on this season and look to the
Repu blicaa5 to put US back under their
protecting wing in the future. '
This not only bears out the indlca-
ttons, but shows they boast Of the fact
that they will attempt to squeeze out
every dollar they can. If the trust per.
sist in trying to force up the prices OF
Iute basging the farmers should use
sugar SACKS or any other covering for
cotton in order to defeat it.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-08-29
Starving.

ST. PAUL. Aug. 22.-DIspatches from
several South Dakota points indicate
that the farmers have an unusually
large number Of hogs, bat, owing to
the failure Of both the wheat and corn
crop, they have nothing to feed them
with. The porkers are not lit for the
market and their owners must get help
or allow them to starve by the thOuS.
aDds. A plan Of action being engine
cred By County Commissioner Lecocq,
of Douglas county, meets with general
favor. The plan is that the county pur-
chase 30 900 bushels of wheat and dis
tribute it among the farmers, taking a
note and bill of sale Of the hogs intend
ed to be fattened in payment for the
wheat
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-08-29
Met an Awful Fate.

CHEDE, COL, Aug 24.-Four miners
in the Amethis5 mine this morning
were literally bruised, burned and boil
ed to death. They were Tom Egersol
and Hugh Fay Of Colorado, Archie Nc
Dowell of Halifax, n. s, and Charles
Proctor OF PottaWattomle, Is ss., the
latter three being single men. The
shaft house caught fire from candle at
5 a. rn., and so great was the heat that
the wire cable, holding the skip, melted,
and the huge iron cage, heated to red
heat, fell to the bottom of the shaft,
carrying with it the four mon above
named, who were on the ladders. 1t
will take a day or two to recover the
bodies. Tas loss on the mills and
machinery will be about $4,000. The
damage to the mine property cannot
vet be determined. The Amethyst was
owned by Senator Wolcott, D. FL. Mof-
fatt and other Denver men.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-08-29
AT TaE BABY's BEDTIME.

This is baby's bedtime;
My little one comes tome
In her snowy little neightgown,
And kneelS down at my knee.
And Ifancya sweet child angel
Is for time my guest,
AS she says her little prayer oyer,
With her hands upon her breast.
stNow Law me-" she whispers
In a low voice, down to sleep;
pray the Lord"-and the pIue eyes
Half ciose-'tmy soul to keep;
IF 7 should die"--Oh. the shiyer
Atmv heart.--"before wake.
Inray The Lord"--and the eyelidS
Droop low--''my soul to take
Then lift up the little one, claSping
Her close to my loving heart,
And give her warm, goodnight kisses
Till the closed lids break apart
AS the leaves do folding flower;
And the violetS Of her eyes
Look up in their drowSy fashion,
And smile at me aDsel.wiSe.
sDood night" she whispers me softly
And sleepily, with a kiss
That fingers with me in slumber
And Stirs my heart with bliss
AS think of the little one dreaming
With her head against my breast,
Till my sleep is full of rapture
AS her dreaming is of rest!
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-08-29
IucepdiarY Fire.

CHARLESTON. S. c., Aug. l8.-The
two.story building on Front street, late
~ occupied b; the Florence Messenger,
used as a store room aud owned by
LOUIS Cohen OF Charleston, was partly
blrncd a. Ii O'Clock last night. The
lire was incend:ary. While that tu lding
wss burning d st,rs room on Evans
strest owned b: 5. a. Gtegy, Jf.. OF
Bfysan CITY, n. T.. WAS set on lie.
Both li:cs were pa, oua. Al 3 a. N. a
dwelling il use owneI by r. p. Byrd OF
Eas. florence was set on tire; John w.
NJ M)o1e's resi- !enc: ali >inlng also burned.
No Insurance on any except Moore's.
All the fires were inceallary and thought
to be ii q gang.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-08-29
Committed Sufcide

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 15.-Capt.
E. w. Nicholson, superintendent Of the
United States Treasury stables, COM
mitted suicide here this afternoon by
shooting himself IN the breast. The
only cause that can be assigned for the
act was dependency. 1t is said that
Capt. Nicholson, who was Republican,
was very anxious to visit his family IN
Indiana but feared that if he let his
duties to make the visit he would lose
his position. lie became depressed il
spirit and ended his life. Deceased was
about SO years old and a veteran Of the
late war.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-08-29
Eaidei :.

CHARLESTON. S. c., AI,. S.-The
DispensalY ralds were resumed hare to
night. Two blind tigers were raidrG
aud about twenty gallons OF l;qlD: CAP.
turei. The raids were cDlducla.i d..
Gently aud DOT after the ra amer Of those
conducted by the prev.ous constan5.e<. I.
a crowd collected, but Chief Constable
Holly, who seems 10 be o. different
stripe from the desperadoes employed
fom erly, made a aconctliatory snse:h aud
the crowd dispersed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-08-29
A Narrow + cape,

MADIsoNvILLE, Tex, Aug. 19.-At
Midway in this county Mrs. Lucinda
Allen was seized with collie. Physic-
ians and nurses after six hours of at
tention pronounced her dead. She was
dressed and placed in her coffin and
just as the coltege was about to start
to the grave a neighbor asked for a
last look at her. She (the neighbor), },
thought she discovered signs of anima:
ton. The supposed corpse was taken
from the coffin, placed in tub of
water and soon revived. She thus es-
caped being buried alive.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-08-29
Three Drow oed.

BATON ROUGE, La, Aug. 23.-News
reached the city this morning OF a dis
tressing accident near Baton Rouge,
which resulted in the death of three
estimable young ladies, and which has
cast a gloom over the entire capital
city. The unfortunates were Miss
Mary Lee Read, Miss Belle Chambers
and Miss Etenore Garland. The young
ladies were bathing in the Amite River,
when one of their number got beyond
her depth. She screamed and the other
two went to her assistance and all three
were drowned,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-08-29

alytic arm was thrust out well, and the
devils crouched, and the lepers dropped
their scales, and the tempests folded
their wings, and the boys satchel Of q
few loavss made banquet for 5000,
and the sad procession of my text broke
10 in congratulation and hosana!
Again, learn from this subject that
Christ was svmpathizer. Mark you,
this was city funeral. In the country,
when the bell tolls, they know all about
it for five miles around, and they know
what was the matter with the man, how
old he was and what were his last expe-
riences. They know with what tempo
raj prospects he has LEFT his family.
There Is no haste, there ls no indecencY
in the obsecuies. There is nothing done
as mere matter ofbuslness. Even the
children come Gu. es the procession
passes and look sympathetic, and the
tree shadows seem to deepen, end the
brooks weep in sympathy as the process
sion goes BY. Bu., mark you, this that
| was speaking Of was city funeral. In
great cities the cart jostles the hearse,
and there sre mirth and gladness and
indifference as the weeping procession
goes by. In the city Of Main it was a
common thing 10 lave trouble aud be-
reavement and death. Christ saw 1t cv-
cry day there. Perhaps that very hour
there were others being carried out, but
this frequency Of trouble did rot harden
Christ's heart at all. He stepped right
out, and he saw this nourner, and he
had compassion on her, and he said,
weep not"
Now, have to tell you, oh, bruised
souls, and there are many everywhere
have ycu ever looked over any great au-
6ience and noticed how many shadows
of sorrow there are? l come to all such
and say, "Christ meets you, and he has
compassion on you, and he says, Weep
! not" Perhaps with some it is tiian-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-04-04

The Deutsche Orden Schwartz Ritter was
organized in Philadelphia in 1867 and
spread from there to all the eastern cities
quite rapidly, the objects of the order being
of the most unoDjectionable character pos
sible and appearing especially attractive to
young men everywhere Of the original
founders but one is still living
The order is purely benevolent one,
having no other object in view than to as
sist its members in need by procuring suit
able employment, supporting them in sick
ness or. relieving their families in case of
distress. 1t has numerous branches in the
various large cities, each being designated
as ..bund'' (bond or union).
The name of the order is derived from an
ancient German body of knights whose ex-
istence Is traced back as far as the time of
King Artus, and who, in the absence of a
strict and impartial administration of jus
tice, had banded together to help the OPP
pressed, aid the distressed and correct
wrongs done. Their device was, Charity,
Generosity, Justice
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-04-04
order of the Golden Cross.

The supreme commandery recently levied
an expense assessment which is to be used
for fhe extension of the order. This is the
first under the new law, and the only one
that can be called during the year. The
per capita tax from the Communicates is
abolished. This will relieve the weak COM
manderies and be of value in increasing the
membership and in the organization of
new Communicates
Seven new communicates were instituted
in February
Supreme Medical Director DR.. J. D.
Young reports having received over 600 APP
plications in February.
Supreme Commander Day of Lewiston
Me-. is hard and conscientious worker
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-04-04

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