The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-09-04
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Condensed Account of Important Events
From AL Over the World.
A holiness conven ton will be held at
Durham, N. c., beginning Sept II.
The Odd Fellows Of North Carolina
will erect a new orphanage at Colds
boro
Two North Carolina negro convicts
made q break for liberty and were shot
and killed by the guards.
Seab Wilson, of Gadsden. Ala, COM
mitsed suicide because his wife ran
away with another man.
Selma (Ala has new steamer which
will ply the river trade. The Josie W.
makes her first trip this week.
The Heflin (Ala.) Gold Mining com.
pany has been organized, with head.
quarters at Chattanooga, Tenn
DR.. R. L. Vaught Of Chattanooga,
Tenn, was drowned. accidentally, at
Point Pleasant, W. Va, Wednesday.
Dr.. Robert Bastey, the world re-
nowned surgeon and specialist, Of
Rome, Ga, is in low state Of health
The gas plant at St. Augustine, Fla,
Is being greatly enlarged to supply the
increased demand in that growing city.
William H Hanford, Georgian en-
ployed in the government printing Of
ice at Washington, has become insane
Near Mariana, Fla, tie little son Of
q. L. Smith killed his 19.year old sister
while playing with pistol supposed to
be unloaded.
Policeman Murphy of Augusta, Ga,
shot and killed an escaped negro con-
giot named Frank Maxwell, who was
resisting arrest.
A. Millen, Ga, the Millen and Still
more Telephone company opened their
S6-mile telephone line. which connects
Millen with Stillmore.
The governor Of South Carolina is
about to take steps to correct the viola
ton Of the law by cotton mills working
over II hours per day.
The Buckeye marble mills. at Nc.
Millan's Station, Tenn, nine miles
from Knoxville, were burned. Loss,
$4,000. Fully insured.
North Carolina negroes are holding
meetings all over the state in the In.
terest Of an exhibit for the Cotton
States and International exposition
The question Of the constitutionality
Of q city ordinance which prohibits
women from entering saloons at
Thomasville, Ga. is being agitated.
At Jacksonville, Fla, R. Y. Connerat
Of Savannah, broke the southern bi.
cycle record Of 40 l.2 George n.
Adams is the holder of the state cham.
pionship.
". Il Flowers of Boiling, Ala, one
Of the states oldest citizens, is dead.
He was the largest lumber manufact-
urer in the state. and had amassed q
large fortune.
Octavius Coke, secretary Of state,
died at his home In Raleigh Friday
afternoon after over FIVE weeks illness
Of typhoid fever, during nearly all Of
which time he was delirius.
The Georgia crop bulletin for the
week reports cotton mach damaged by
the recent heavy rains which have been
general Corn is, also, showing some
signs Of too much wet weather.
Jacksonville, (Fla.,) was the hottest
place in the Union last Sunday, Nth
a single exception; Bismarck, N. D.,
being degree higher. It was e5 IN
the former and SO in the latter.
Near Agate, Ga, Harvey Wilson,
white, stabbed his stepfather, Thomas
Montgomery, number Of times in the
chest and on the arms, indicting dan
gerous and possibly fatal wounds.
The Afro.American Press association
of Alabama meets in its first annual
session in the First African Methodist
Episcopal Zion church in Birmingham,
Thursday, aud will hold for three days.
A negro e1cursionist on his way to
Aiken, S. c., from Charleston, fell be-
tween the cars at Montmorenci, on the
South Carolina and Georgia railroad
and was killed The negro was drink
ing.
Governor Evans may take charge Of
the police force Of Columbia. S. G. Re.
cent raids on the clubrcolns Of the city
have caused trouble in the department
over the enforcement Of the dispensary
law.
"Georgia's new rate Of taxation has
been fixed at 4 sc mills. Last year it
was 4 81 mills The increase was ne.
cessitated by the shrinkage of values in
taxable property since the last rate was
fixed
A ballot is being conducted through
the columns Of Jacksonville, Fla, pa
per upon the Sunday closing of saloons.
TIE latest issue places the vote at 662
for closing and 664 against Sunday
closing.
David Click, proprietor Of Clicks ho.
tel OF Newport. Tenn, in attempting
to get out Of the way of slowly NOV.
ing freight train, fell under it. and re.
ceived injuries from which he died in
an hour.
At Luyerne, Ala, aegro was caught
in the quicksand at the bottom Of q
we'll and, for 4S hours was held fast in
spite Of all efforts to relieve him
When, at last. he was rescued, he was
almost dead.
President Diaz of Mexico, has de.
olined the invitation Of the Cotton
States and International exposition to
visit the show, on the ground that the
law forbids his leaving the country
during his term of Office.
The Florida pardoning board has
granted pardon to Henry Stephens OF
Madison county, who was convicted at
the spring term, 1895. Of the circuit
court of horse stealing and sentenced
to one year in the state psniten tiary.
Cnnerassmau Baukbead Of Alabama