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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-09-19
Bad showing.

LANSING, Sept. 1.-The Michigan
crop report for September says. The
average rainfall ln the State in August
did not exceed three -fourths of al inch.
With drouth practically ucbroSen
during the two principal crop gso Ilug
months of July and August it is not
difficult to estimate the condition OF
crops. They are dried up. Corn, pota-
toes and garden truck are damaged be-
yond recovery. the yield will be but 4
small per cent. Of an average, and pas
tnres ctf5r little OF no feed ror stock.
Tnere is little douot that wheat will be
largely fed TO stock the coming winter.
ThresherS returns Of more thar 6S 900
acres Of wheat threShed saC" that the
average yield per acre il the State IS IL
$40 bushels.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-09-19
CONDITION OF TIE CROPS
Dlrec,or Bsuers Weekly Report on the
Weather snd Field Produc,s-

COLUMBIA, S. c., Sept. 12.-The
week ending September l0Sh was a
very hot one with an average daily
excess over the normal, Of from 4 to {
degrees. The highest temperature re-
ported was 96 at various places; The
lowest IS at Longshore on the 4.h and
9Th.
There was about so degrees of tbs
possible sunshine; the sky having been
almost clear during the four last days
Of the week and partly cloudy on The
previous days.
There were light showers. quite gen
eral over the State, Oh the 4t'l and 5th
scattering showers OH the 9Th and in
the extreme Northwestern counties on
the 8sn. The weeks rainfall was less
than the usual amount in all sections
and a general rain would be benef cial
Spartaaburg and Ulion Counties have
especial need Of it.
High winds are reported from ker-
shaw County with some dam age to cot.
ton and corn.
Cotton picking has become general
over the entire State, and was favored
by the hot, dry weather which permit.
ted uninterrupted labor, as well as
causing the boils to open rapidly. The
yield continues to appear disappoinJ.
| ing and the general opinion of CORE,
spondents is, for causes already stated,
the crop will no. come up to the early
estim ates In addition to the reports
of shedding and rust previously given,
boil worms have appeared in Newberry
and Eigefeld Counties. There will be
no top crop on sandy land; at other
places small middle CROP, while in
general the crop is from one week tc
ten days late. The hot sunshine seems
to have effectuaIly checked rotting.
The corn crop is all made and is be-
ing housed in places; the new corn is
nov used generally for feeding. The
heat IS favorable, as it thoroughly
ripens and hardens the grain on t1e
stalk. The fodder has about al been
secured in tine condition and is an
abundant supply. Other forage crops,
such as pea-Vine hay and grasses, are
also heavy crops and are being cut
| under favorable weather conditions.
The rice harvest is said to be well in
hand now, and IN some counties the
largest crop ever known is being har-
vested, while the yield in general is
very satisfactory. So far the weather
has been all that could be desired for
securing the crop and it Will soon be
beyond danger of injury from unfayor-
able weather.
Early peas are ripeaing and being
picked. The pea crop will be large
one in acreage and prospective yield.
The tUrnip crop has, generally, attain
ed good stand and is growing of
nicely. Sweet potstoes are not uniform
ID regard to condition, being an abund.
ant crop in sections while other places
report a plenty OF vine, but lack of
tuber growth. Garden products con.
tinue plentiful, except caobages which
are rotting badly.
The track farming industry, in the
coast counties, was affected favorably
by the past weeks weather and the fall
crop of vegetables, fruits and berries
are doing very well.
Sorghum is being gathered and made
into syrup, the yield, as reported, is
from fair &c very good, running au
average of 90 ga!!cns to the acre in
Fairfield County. J, W. BAUER,
Director.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-09-19
Wilson's Hard FIGHT.

Representative William L. Wilson OF
West Virginia will have the hardest
fight he has ever had to retain his seat
in Congress. Just as Governor McKln-
ley was locked upon as the special
champion of protection and the ener>
gies of tie Democrats of the whole
nation were concentrated to accom- :
plish bis defeat, so Mr.. Wilson is re-
garded as the champion Of tariff re-
form anG the Republicans will bring
their heaviest guns TO bear to compass
his defeat this fa!i. The action of the
Republicans in pressing exPresident
Harrison into service to open the cam
patgn for them recently at the con-
vention which nominated Mr.. Dayton
as Mr. Wilson's opponent, and Mr.. Har-
r;son's declaration that the contest was
not to be local but national IN its sig
nifcance, show the estimate the Re
publicaas put on the I'M portance of the
fight, aud the extraordinary efforts
they will make to win. The Rapubli-
can committee will have all the money
it can spend in the district, and the
heaviest guns of the party. including
ex-Speaker Reed, vii! be cs!lsd upon to
make campaign tours IL the counties.
The Democrats will make a hard Eight
to reelect Mr.. Wilson. They, too, will
concentrate money and able speakers
in the district, and, though Mr.. Wilson
has been com PEELED to leave the coun-
try for a short time there will be no
tagging in the fight. A pian IS on foot
to iaduce President Cleveland to take
al altogether unprecedented step for a
President and go on the stump IN Mr..
Wilson's behalf. Senator Faulkner,
chairman of the Democratic Congress
sional committe, says he would not
be surprised if the President would do
this. He said the fact that Mr.. Wilson
stood as the special representative of
the Democratic idea of tariff reform
and the national character Of the con-
test would justify the President in his
reelection. Senator Faulkner, who
resides in the district does not think the
Republicans have nominated their
strongest man against Mr. Wilson, and
be is getting some consolation OUT OF
that opinion.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-09-19
L.2Atutog's Work,

The weather bureau gather ssatis-
tics from all available sources Of the
damage done by Tightening, and from
the report of Alex McAdie, who has
the matter in charge, 1t IS learned that
in the United States, during May, 1891,
forty-fva persons were killed by light
ming; thirty-four persons were struck
and several injureG; twelve barns were
set on fire, with an estimated loss of
$4,000; thirtY-seven dwellings, four
churches and one school house were
struck and damaged to greater extent
ifty-eight horses and twenty-five COWS
were killed. Daring JuLe, 1894, ninety.
six perscos were killed and lO2 severe
ly Injured ;sixty-nine barns We're struck
with an estimated loss of $40 900; forty
nine horses, thirty COWS aod fifteen
sheep were killed; eighty dwellings
were struck and more or less dam3ged !;
twenty-five churches. one railroad de-
pot, one oil tank, enc grain elevator,
and six mills and factories were struck,
the damage in the case of the eight
last named being not less than $751;
5n0
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-09-19
DESERTED MORMON WIVES.
Effects Of the Anti-Polygamy Law In
Utah Territory.

Utah territory.
Many Of the former polygamists OF
the territory have abandoned their for
mcr wives and children, pleading as an
excuse their desire to obey the law and
conform to the new order. Many OF
these plural wives, with their children,
are now living in state Of extreme
wrctchedness, unable to support them
selves and their children, while the
husbands. in the majority Of cases, are
financially comfortable.
The mistaken idea prevails, writes
Salt Lake correspondent of the Chicago
Tribune, that the maintaining-of plu-
rality of wives was q heavy expense
upon the unfortunate man who obeyed
his church and encountered his house
hold. This may have been the case in
many instances, but in the large ma
iority of cases the additional wives
proved to be many sources OF addition
al incomes, especially on the farms,
having aided their husbands in i'm
proving the property occupied and
having assisted materially in heaping
up bank accounts after the tithes had
been paid to the church. The law
against unlawful relations is made an
excuse to cast off these workers in
their later years, and also to throw
upon them the burden of large fam
lies, which it had been religious
duty to raise.
The church and the Gentiles are
united in appealing to these men, who
are numbered by the hundr eds, to full
fill the obligations of manhood and to
secure the peace and comfort Of these
women who were led into polygamy,
as well as to aid in the culture and edu-
cation of the children born by authori-
ty of the church, if not under the sane
ton of the laws of the land.
But these men say: eve must not
violate the laws" While they do not
pose as martyrs, they lay all the blame
upon the general public for interfering
with the social relations that prevailed
here under inspirational teachings.
In this city there are women seeking
in every honorable way to maintain
themselves and children, whose efforts
are many times poorly rewarded. They
see the men whom they once called
husbands indulging in every luxury,
but no longer recognizing them, even
if they are pinched or OLD. The desire
to obey the law is not SO observable
where the wives are still young and
attractive, as many secret visits might
bear testimony.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-09-19
STORY OF A LOST GEM.
With a Moral for Ioung Men OF the I'm
chivalric Sort.


chivalric Sort.
On State street, Chicago, a few days
ago, Samuel w Allerton, the rich
packer. lost an eight thousand five hun
dred-dollar diamond. He hunted high
and low. gnashed his teeth and dashed
ton.
The next day Miss Celine Seeleman
was standing on State street corner
waiting for car. She had been on a
shopping tour and her arms were filed
with bundles. One of the packages fell
out of Miss Seeleman's hands and rolled
into the gutter.
4 young man was also waiting for
car on the same corner, but he did not
offer to pick up the package. Miss
Seeleman saw the car coming and,
STOPPING, made a grab for the parcel,
which again slipped from her hands
and rolled still further along. The
young lady made another grab, and as
she did so caught sight of diamond
in the gutter. The young man looked
at the diamond till his eyes bulged,
and when be had swung himself on the
car he very likely began to debate
within himself the question: Does
politeness pay?'
Miss Seeler.an looked over the lost
and-tound as" in the newspapers
and, sending for Mr.. Allerton. restored
his gem.
Later in the day a messenger boy
handed Miss Seeleman an envelope in
which was very sweet little spring
bonnet check for two hundred dollars.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-09-19
IN THE GRIP OF AN OCTOPUS.
The Terrible Experience Of Woman on
an Island In the Pacific.

an Island In the Pacific.
There is woman in San Francisco
who recently lost nights sleep
through reading how citizens of Mon
terey captured an octopus there. The
incident recalled an experience she had
while in the South Pacific ycors ago,
and for that night she never c4vsed her
eyes in sleep. Her husband was super
intendent of gang of laborers who
were working guano beds, and his wife
and child were with him. One day the
woman was walking along the beach
when she saw in a pool a particularly
beautiful shell. Barring her arm She
reached down into the water for the
prize when suddenly there was splash
and two snake-like objects entwined
themselves around the limb submerged
in the water. 1t was devil-fsh, and
in a moment the pressure on her arm
was such as to cause her terrible pain.
Struggle as she might she was unable
to release herself, and finding that all
her efforts in that direction were in
vain. she told her little boy to run
home for help. The child sped away,
but by this time the mother began to
feel her strength failing. She also
realized with horror that the tide was
rapidly rising. Wave after wave
dashed over her body, which had by
this time been seized by all the arms
of the octopus. Fortunately the mon
ster was q small one; otherwise it
would undoubtedly have dragged her
into the water to death. The water
rose higher and higher. and it was only
with the greatest difficulty that she
managed to breathe. Finally a wave
bigger than any of the others rolled
over her, and her desperate efforts to
regain her breath left her without anv
strength. Her senses gave way just as
she heard q shou. and rush of feet.
The next moment half dozen men
had rushed into the water and seized
her unconscious form. The woman
was dragged ashore, the octopus still
clinging to her arms and neck, and in
few minutes regained consciousness.
The octopus, which was promptly
killed, was one of the smaller kinds,
measuring only seven feet from the
body to the end of the longest arm.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-09-19
Willul Murd ere.

LoNDoN, Sept. IA dispatch IRON
Parts says: MonteVideo adYices OF
September II say that fifty-eight Bra
ztlians were executed last spring at
President Peixoto's orders without the
ssmblance of q trial They were ar
rested on April 2l, aDd were executed
on the morning of April % a5 the for
tress of Santa Cruz, harbor of s.. Cath
arina. An even larger number OF re-
spectacle citizens had been shot under
similar circumstances in Curlty Bay
Throughout the month OF May the
volleys were heard nightly IN the cerl-
etery, where the bodies were lmneol'
atelY buried.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-09-19
Robbed byOm GERS

New YORK, Sept. i2.-At to.day's
session of the LexoW police inVestiga'
tion committee the most impor tant
witness was Mrs. Gala Urchittel, who
came to this country from Russia SIX
years ago. She had $500 and opened
small cigar store and cried as she toll
how detective she thought his name
was Forgan, had said she made
what money she had by i'm.
proper means and demanded that
be be paid SO. She gave hin
S25. He arrested her after that.
He didn't take me to hesitation tOuSe.'
she said. The station house was in At
torney street. Her store was on the
corner of Ridge and Broome streets
Continuing, the witness said: IA
walked with me around the streets
until 3 o'clock in the morning. Then
he pulled down my stocking to see If L
had any money. l saw tue policeman
divide the money with another man.
He took me to Essex Market and let
me go there. The next morning he
told me must raise the other S2o
He told me that my children would be
taken from me unless I give him the
$50. l was locked up four days and
was then taken to court" Mrs. Urch.
title did not know what was going on
in court. The complaint was that Of
keeping disorderly house. The charge
vas untrue. She was fued $50, sent
to Jail and her children were sent TO an
orphan asylum. Sle has been trying to
get her children back, but has not sue
ceeded.
Mr.. Moss told the com nittee he had
investigated the case thoroughly and
was convinced ofits entire truth. Mr..
Golf thought it would be g gracious
act on the part of the majority to ad-
journ until after the Democratic con-
vention and so an adjournment WAS
had until Monday, October 4.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-09-19

SAM JONES says "the tTou0ls with the
Populist party is that it can'c deli7e
the goods. The rank and ile OF the
party are clever fellows, but the Demo.
cratic party can run a mile while they
are putting on their boots, aud they Will
have the rabbit twisted out Of the hole
before the Populist dogs are On the
ground"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-09-19

A ioint circular has been issued by
all the railroads in the State instructing
agents not to handle packages of in.
toyicating liquors for shipment either
from point to point in this State or
from outside points into this State ex-
ceDt such as bear the permit label of
the State d;spensary. The express COM
pany is also operating under the same
ms tructionS,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-09-19

The Rev. E. p. Blodgett, of Green
which, Mass, is said to have been 40.
sent only once from his pulpit in a
D astorate of 43 years.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-09-19
One army of the living God,
TO his command we bow.
Part OF the host have crossed the food
And part are crossing now

Aud I expect to see the day when all
denominations of Christians shall Din
hands around the cross Of Christ and re-
cite the creed: II believe in God, the
Father Almighty, Maker Of heaven and
earth, and N Jesus Christ, and IN the
communion Of SAINTS, and in lie ever
lasting. Amen!"
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rOaC.
Francis so hated the Lutherans that
he SAID that if he thought there was one
drop of Lutheran blood in his veins he
would puncture them and let that drop
out. Just IS long as there is 80 much
hostility between denomination, and
denomination or between one
professed Christian and another, or
between one church and another, so
long men will he disgusted with the
Christian religion and say, '1fthat is re-
ligion, I want none Of it."
Again, blgotry and sectarianism do
great damage in the fact that they him
der the triumph of the gospel Oh, how
much wasted ammunition, how many
menof splendid intellect have given their
whole life to controversial disputes when
if they had given their life to somethin g
practical, they might have been vastly
useful! Suppose, while 1 speak there
were a common enemy commg up the
bay, and all the forts around the harbor
begsn to fire into each other-you would
cry cut: National suicide! Why don't
those fort blazs away in one direction,
and that against the Common enemY?'
And yet I sometimes see in
the church of the Lord Jesus
Christ a strange thing going on
church against church, minister against
minister, denomination against denoml-
nation, firing away into their own fort or
the fort which ought to be on the same
siGe instead of concentrating their energy
and giving one mighty and everlasting
volley against the navies Of darkness
riding up through the bay!
I 90 out sometimes in The summer,
and find two beehives, and these two
hives a,e in a quarrel. l come near
enough, not to be stung, but I come
Just near enough to hear the controversy
and one beehive says, "That field Of clo-
yer is the sweetest" and another bee
hive says, That field of clover is the
sweetest I come in between them,
and say: "Stop this quarrel. If you
Ike that field Of clover best, 60 there.
Ii-you Ike that field of clover best, go
there, out let me tell you that that hive
which gels the most honey is the best
hiys." SO I come out between the
churches Of the Lord Jesus Christ. One
denomination Of Christians says, ''That
field OF Christian doctrine is best, and
another says, "This field of Christian
dsctri1e Is best" Well, l say, go
where you get the most honey" That
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-09-25
NEWS BY STEAMER
Chinese Reports Have Been
Wild and Unreliable.
PLANS FOR THE CAMPAIGN
Two Missionaries and a French Custom
OmciaI Were Killed at TOnequIn,
China.

SAN Francisco, Sept. 24.-The steam
ship Rio de Janerio arrived in San Fran
cisco this morning from Asiatic ports,
bringing Associated Press advices of the
Corean war one day later than that re-
ceived per steamer which arrived in
Victoria, B. G. on Saturday last.
The war reports brought by steamer
Rio de Janerio are dated at Yokohama
on September 9, and they say: "Wildly
exaggerated reports of events in and
around Corea have been received from
Europe and America, the majority of
which we're evidently telegraphed from
China. With regard to operations near
Phyong Yang it is certain that nothing
more serious than undecided skirmishes
have taken place. Less than forty
Europeans and Americans remain in
Corea apart from the guards at the for
eign legations in Seoul. Before the war
1000, small Japanese merchants and
about 700 Chinese resided at open ports.
The Chinese have mostly disappeared
and the Japanese have waited develop
ments. The foreign department of Jap
an has given notice that duly accredited
newspaper correspondents may here
after accompany the military forces of
the empire and they will receive all the
consideration that can reasonably be
given by the commands of troops
''The murder of two missionaries by
Chinese soldiers has been followed by
the assassination of French customs
officer on the frontier of Tonequin.
These acts of violence are greatly en-
barrassing to Pekin authorities at the
present time, and it is announced that
reparation will be offered.
'The work of strengthening defenses
at Ong, on the Chinese coast continues.
Japanese newspapers announce, ap-
parently by authority, that applications
for war bonds exceed the total amount
of the loan required.
"Recent surveys lead to the belief
that the coal supply of Japan, hitherto
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-09-25
The Inter-state Fair.

TACOMA, Wash, Sept 24.-Cassassa' g
famous Midwinter fair band is now the
Interstate fair band. It arrived from
San Francisco in accordance with con-
tract made by telegraph, and opened its
engagement Saturday night, Sept. %.
Two regular concerts will be rendered
daily, and on special days other music
will be given also. The band numbers
SO pieces and has been pronounced by
Sousa second to none in the United
States. It contains seven noted soloists
and a famous female cornet soloist.
Saturday, the day on which the band
opened, was British Columbia day, one
of the most notable occasions of the
whole season. A better day for the
opening could not have been had. The
fair was crowded with visitors not only
from British Columbia, but from all
over the Northwest. They gave the
band the most enthusiastic of receptions.
Cassassa and his men have already
played themselves into the hearts of the
regular visitors at the fair, and their en-
gagement has had the effect of greatly
increasing the daily attendance.
British Columbia day proved the
greatest special day of the fair season so
! far. The arrangements were carried
out perfectly, and about three thousand
subjects of the queen returned to their
homes after the celebration was over,
pleased with the fair, pleased with
Tacoma, and profound admirers of the
energy, push and perseverance shown
by the people who conceived and car
red out the fair project. Two large ex-
cursions were run from British Colum-
bia to the fair. One from Vancouver,
left Friday night on the steamer Yose-
mite, which had 1900 people aboard.
The steamer arrived here early Saturday
morning, and left for home Sunday
morning at o'clock. With the excur-
sion came number of city officials and
prominent people of the Canadian Paci-
fic terminus.
The steamer Islander from Victoria
brought even larger party. On her
came Lieutenant-G Governor Dewdney,
the chief executive of the province,
Mrs. Dewdnev, the mayor and city Off
cials, the president of tie British Colum-
bia Agricultural Society, the president
of the Nanaimo Board of Trade, Lieut..
Col. Edward Lawler Prior, M. P, COM
manding the British Columbia Garrison
Artillery, and other distinguished per-
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-09-25
The Glasscock Divorce.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.-The attorneys
on behalf of Charles Glasscock in his
suite for divorce naming Sen. Stewart as
correspondent, have asked leave to in
clude afidavits offered by Senator
Stewart as evidence of intimay of Mrs,
Glasscock with w. B. Abel and James
S. Cobb, these two persons thus being
brought into the case as additional CO.
respondents.