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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-07-31
The hIurtlerer Smiled.

TRENTON, n. j., July 24.-John S.
Collins, the negro who shot and killed
Frederick OIL, the Princeton student,
and who was last week found guilty
of murder in the second degree, was
sentenced this morning to twenty
years at hard labor in the State prison.
He pleaded non vult contendere to the
indictment for atrocious assault upon
Garret Cochran, the student who was
with Oil in the fracas and got ten
years more, but the sentences are to
run concurrently and therefore, the
first one only counts. In pronounc-
ing the sentence. Judge Gunner said
that had the jurys verdict been muir
der II the first degree, the court would
have considered it proper judgment.
Collins smiled as he stood up to re-
ceive his sentence. His council hay
ing saved his life, had nothing further
to say for him.
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Five Negroes Killed.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 20.-A special
to the Chronicle from Waco, Texas,
states that frightful tragedy occur
red this morning at Mart, small
village in this county, twenty miles
distant. Five negroes were killed and
one seriously wounded. Two months
ago dispute arose between \. Phil
lips, negro, and Phil Arnold, white,
both farmers, in which the latter shot
and killed the former and was in turn
killed by Phillips's young son. The
tragedy of this morning is the sequel.
Since Arnold and Phillips were killed
feeling has been bitter between their
friends, and they have recently been
threatened with determination. This
morning the entire town was aroused
by loud report, and people found the
the house of Mrs. Phillips, widow Of
the negro killed by Arnold, in flames.
A stick of dynamite had been thrown
into the building, blowing it to pieces
and setting fire to the wreck. There
were six negroes in the building at
the time, five being killed. But one
person escaped, and it is thought he
will die. Officers have gone to the
scene
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-07-31
Silver City Inundated.

Ell PAso, Texas, July 23.-Silver
City, New Mexico, was visited on Sat
urday night by one of the most disas-
trous washouts in its history. The
town is located on the side OF a hill
and in gulch. \ cloud burst above
it, and almost without warning an
avalanche of water swept over the
town from several points. Probably
half the business part was washed
away and in the main street the sand
and debris was piled up to the Win
dows of the houses. The postoliice
building was destroyed and the Ire
mont, Thinner and Broadway hotels
were wrecked; in fact houses tumbled
down all over town. Gillette & Son
lost $12, coo worth OF stock. Bridges
were washed away and five miles Of
Santa F'e track was torn mp. The
weather is still threatening. The loss
is estimated at $50, 900 Silver City
has 3. 900 inhabitants.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-07-31
s Great Rice Cr0n.

The latest circular from Dan Tai
mages Sons has this to say about the
coming rice crop: We hand herewith
the present condition of and the pros
pect for the rice crop in the respective
States. 1t cannot as yet be said to be
assured as contingencies may arise
which would curtail the promised out
come. If, however, there should be
continuation of previous favorable
circumstances, it will give a result
fractionally in excess OF 1892. Estl-
mated yield 100000 bushels-treble
the amount grown prior to the war
and double that Of any other since.
The yield by states is: North Carroll
na, 100000 bushels; South Carolina
1000; Georgia, 45O, 600; Louisiana,
100000; Texas, Florida, Alabama
and Mississippi, estimated yield for
III
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-07-31
MYLITTLE PLAYMATE.

Pm thinking Of playmate.
Who made my childhood blest,
Within the quiet churchyard,
She lies at peaceful rest.
Light as the winged zephyr,
Free as the birds Of air,
We roamed the hills and valleys
When summer skies were TAR.
Sweet little brown-eyed Efie,
With heart so full OF love,
She seemed to live for others
An angel from ABOVE.
q friend so true and faithful,
O PLAYMATE kind and dear,
Blest with thy sunny presence,
1t seemed as heaven were here.
tlast, her feet grew weary,
Along life'S rugged way;
She sank in gentle slumber
One lovely autumn day.
A strange unearthly beauty
Across her features spread,
Then up the golden gateway
On snowy wings she sped.
Where the night winds softly whisper,
And stars their vigil keep,
And streamlets gently murmur.
We laid her down to sleep.
While life'S storm breasted
Through all these weary years,
Ny PLAYMATE dear has rested
Secure from grief and fears.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-07-31
: Double Murder.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, July 25.-A
special to the Times Union from West
Palm Beach, Fla, says: Sam Lewis,
at Lemon City, shot and killed John
L. Higsnlith, ex-tax collector Of Dade
county, and George \. Davis, Hig-
smiths nephew, yesterday. Lewis
had been insulted in a drunken row
the night before. He armed himself
with Winchester, and meeting Hig-
smith, commanded him to kneel and
apologize. Higsmith refused, where
upon Lewis shot him through the heart
and then shot his nephew through the
heart. Lewis fled to the woods, VOW
ing he would not be taken alive.
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deaf and dumb girl wrote upon the
blackboard, This isa faithful saying
and worthy Of all acceptation, that
Christ Jesus came into the world TO
save sinners. The examiner said to
her, Why were you born deaf and
dumb, while l hear and speak" She
wrote upon the blackboard, Even so,
Father, for so it seemcth good in thy
sight Oh, that We might be baptized
with contented spirit, The spider
draws poison out OF a ilower, the bee
gets honey out of a thistle, but happi-
ness is heavenly elixir, and content
ed spirit extracts is not from the rhod-
odendron Of the hills, but from the
lily OF the valley.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-07-31
Shot With His Ovid Weapon.

BRANDESBURG, Ky, July 25.-Geo.
Robinson, the keeper of the work house
in this place, was shot and killed this
morning by Bland Shacklett, one OF
the commissioners of the institution.
Shacklett and another gentleman were
riding into town in a buggy, and when
within three miles of town, Robinson
rode out of a cross road and, it is said,
began cursing Shacklett. Robinson
soon began firing and one bullet hit
Shacklett in the mouth, lodging just
beyond the ear Three others missed
him. Shacklett, although wounded.
took Robinsons pistol away from him
and fired one bullet in Robinson's right
breast. The man fell and died in a
moment
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-07-31
Three Boys Killed.
NaterS

BALTIMORE, July 2S.-J. Waters
Blundon. aged thirteen years, J. Guy
Brown, fifteen years old, and Charles
Z. Lynch, fifteen years old, were killed
last night near Riverdale Park station,
several miles from Washington on
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The
youngsters were walking on the north
bound track. To avoid an approach
ing train the boys stepped on to the
south-bomd track, directly in front of
a fast moving Royal Blue" express
trim. All three were instantly killed,
their bodies being frightfully man
galed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-07-31
Afraid to Stand Trial.

WINSTON, n. c., July 25.-News
was received here today Of the suicide
Yesterday in Nash county of DR.. W:
T. Spruill, a prominent citizen and
practicing physician of that county.
lie stood charged with attempting a
criminal assault on arespectable mar
ried lady Of his neighborhood. When
he saw the officers coming to arrest him
he drew his pistol and fired 4 ball IN
his head, which produced death almost
instantly.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-07-31
.iDpallin. Disaster.

KOBE, Japan, July 2S.-A frightful
accident, in which 40 soldiers perished
has occurred on the railroad running
from this place to Osaka. A train of
twenty-three cars was conveyed to this
city with 400 japanese soldiers, who
were returning from China, where
they had taken part in the military
operations. \ heavy storm was rag
ing, and as the train was running
along the sea wall, on which the
tracks as they approach the city are
laid, an immense sea leaped over the
wall, separating the train and derail-
ting the engine and eleven cars. which
plunged Off the wall into the bay.
Mostof the men in them were drowned
like rats in a trap The accident oc-
CURED at about L o'clock in the morn
ing and the night was pitch dark.
The sea was running so high that it
was impossible to render any assist
ance to the men in the cars that had
gone overheard, even had means been
at hand to do so. Some of the men
who managed to get out of the cars
while they were in the accident were
dashed to death against the wall.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-07-31
Two Children CrcnateL

NORWICH, n. Y, July 24.-A disas
trous fire which caused the loss OF two
lives broke out here this everlng, the
Coneregationalist parsonage occupied
by Rev. W. NJ. Scudder, and family,
consisting of wife and seven children,
being totally destroyed. The cildren,
who occupied back room, we're just
retiring, when coal gas in a chimney
exploded and instantl Y the house was
abiaze. All the children escaped with
the exception of Charlse and Mary,
both bodies being burned to crisp.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-07-31
ILemiin Was Not Killed.

1Ilc L TcSS anu .DLttllutIl, VA w si4tCi
boro, says it is probable that Henry
Barnes, who was incarcerated in the
county jail a week ago. on the charge
of numbering John kemlin, will be
liberated from prison this week under
a writ of habeas corpus. 1t now ap-
pears that kemlin was not killed.
Messrs. Howell & Gruber, attorneys
for Barnes, have in their possession
several aliidavits from reliable men
of Hampton, setting forth the fact
that kemlin has been working in
Hampton county ever since he mysteri-
ouslv disappeared from the communl-
ty in which he was supposed to have
been murdered. These aifidavits will
be supplemented by the testimony of
the train hands on Mauldin S railroad,
who will swear that Kemlin rode on
their train to Hampton on the 9th of
last February, the day after the sup
posed homicide Itappears from the
facts as they have been developed in
this remarkable case that kemlin LETT
Hampton for his home in Atlanta the
day Barnes was imprisoned. It is un-
derstood that the people of the COM
munity in which Barnes lived became
intensely excited when he was arrested
and would have lynched him at the
dropping of hat, so confident were
they that he had committed foul and
brutal murder. Subsequent develop
ments have shown, however, that an
innocent man would have been hung
had they yielded to the impulse OF their
passions.
1t also appears that the articles of
clothing which were found on the
scene OF the supposed murder, and
identified as belonging to Kemlln,
were some that had been discarded by
Henry's elder brother, Joe Barnes,
the story of whose career for the past
three years is not uninteresting. One
day about three years ago, it IS said,
Joe left home and for several weeks
his whereabouts were not known.
Then his family discovered that ne
visited the house in the dead hours of
the night for the evident purpose of
getting something to eat. Upon max
ing this discovery they placed within
his reach plate of provisions every
night for six months, which he as Of
/ ten devoured. He was never seen IN
the day time, the neighboring woods
and swamps atfording means for his
etfectual concealment. Finally, his
father summoned to his assistance
several of his neighbors and together
they laid wait for and captured him
one night when he came for food.
Around his waist he had tied pieces OF
rope from which dangled scraps of
leather. Otherwise his body was
nude. He was examined for lunacy,
pronounced insane and sent to the
State Lunatic Asylum Sometime af-
ter being confined in that institution
he escaped and wandered off to the
Blue Ridge Mountains. There he was
taken and carried back to the asylum,
but escaped. Again he was captured,
but for the third time he was success
full in etfecting his escape from the
surveillance of the authorities. Since
then he has been living at home. He
is not violent, but is unfit for work of
any kind Latterly, however, he has
| acquired d fondness for fishing and in
| this pursuit is quite successful.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-07-31

Marie p. From Naples For the River
Plate, Struck and Sunk in Pitchy Dark
ness by the Ortisia, and lis Passengers
Perish.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-07-31

Then remember, if you have only
what is called an ordinary home, that
the great deliverers of the world have
all come from such home. And
there may be seated, reading at your
evening stand, child who shall be
potent for the ages. Just unroll the
scroll of men mighty in church and
state, and you Will find they nearly
all came from log cabin or poor
homes. Genius almost always runs
out in the third or fourth generation.
You cannot find in all history an in
stance where the fourth generation
of extraordinary people amount to
anything. Columbus from weavers
hut, Demosthenes from a cutters Gel
lar, Bloomfield and Missionary
Carey from shoemaker's bench,
Arkwright from barber shop,
and he whose name is high
over all in earth and air and sky from
a manger.
Let us all becontent with such
things as we have. God is just as good
in what he keeps away for us as IN
what he givs us. Even a knot may
be useful if it is at theend of a thread.
At an anniversary Of deaf and
dumb asylum a child wrote upon the
blackboard words as sublime as the
"Iliad," the Odyssey" and the
''Divina Commedia" all compressed
in one paragraph. The examiner, IN
the signs of the mute language, deaf
and dumb girl wrote upon the black,
board, I'm the beginning God created
the heavea and the earth. The examiner
asked her, For what purposte did
Christ come into the world The
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and after he got through the dictator
ship in 81 days went back again to the
plow. What encouragement is that
to ordinary farmers? The vast MAORI
ty of them, none of them, will be pat
rlcians. Perhaps none of them will
be senators. If any of them have
dictatorships, it will be over 40 or 50
or 100 acres of the old homestead.
What those men want is grace to keep
their patience while plowing with
balky oxen, and to keep cheerful amid
the drought that destroys the corn
crop, and that enables them to restore
the garden the day after the neigh
bor's cattle have broken in and tram
pied out the strawberry bed and gone
through the lima bean patch ard eaten
up the sweet corn in such large qunti-
ties that they must be kept from the
water lest they swellup and die; grace
in catching weather that enables them
without inprecation. to spread out the
hav the third time, although again
and again it has been almost ready for
the NOV; a grace to doctor the COW
with hollow horn, and the sheep
with the foot rot, and the horse with
the distemper, and to compel the un-
willing acres to yield livelihood for
the family, and schooling for the chill
dren, and lite extras to help the older
boy in business, and something for the
daughters wedding outfit, and a little
surplus for the time when the ankles
will get stiff with age, and the breath
will be little short, and the swing
ing of the cradle through the hot har-
vest field will bring on the old man S
vertigo. Better close up about Gin
cinnatus. I know 500 farmers just as
noble as he was.
What they want is to know that
they have the friendship of that Christ
who often drew his smiles from the
farmers life, as when he said, "A
sower went forth to SOW" as when he
built his best parable out of the scene
of a farmers boy coming back from
his wanderings, and the old farm
house shook that night with rural iu-
bilee, and who compared himself 10 Il
lamb in the pasture field, and who
said the eternal God is farmer, de-
claring, My father is the husband
man.
Those stonemasons DO not want to
hear about Christopher Wren, the ar
chitect, who built st. Paul's cathedral.
1t would be better to tell them how to
carry the hod of brick up the ladder
without slipping and how on cold
Arizona republican., 1895-02-16
INVESTMENTS.

Are lost every year in risky and foolish investments. Put your money in lots in Churchill Addition and make 25 per cent.
 No risk Easy terms.
 CLARK CHI Office Commercial Hotel Block.
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LEGISLATURE.
Continued from first page.l

copa county wants to hog everything, The fact of it is that MarIcopa county has no more interest in this school than any other county in this territory. While the school is located in Maricopa county yet you gentlemen from Apache, Yuma or Cochise know that your coun- ties have just as much interest as we of Maricopa county. Where else could you locate an institution of so much benefit to the whole territory where It could be as easily reached? No gentle men, our interests in this matter are yours-and yours are ours. While Maricopa county pays 15 of the taxation and has the bulk of the population yet in this Normal school it recognizes the truth that it is an institution of which our territory as whole should be proud of.
 There are many arguments that could be brought forward in favor of this proposition. It is not my desire to weary this house by any lengthy re- marks. The question of education is one that appeals to each and every one < of us. We can be economical in some things, but in the matter of education, hOCi anu JGbbiCC Auo1 OC cuOW II we thus conduct ourselves; if we thus place ourselves upon record n favor of education, then the new star oi eOate, Arizona, will rise with it's vast undo veloped resources into star of the first magnitude in the sisterhood of states.
 1 understand that notice of a bill has been introduced to remove this institu- tion to Tucson. Gentlemen, I ask you as honorable men; I ask you in the name of all there is in morality; I ask you in the name of Him who controls the destiny of man, to place yourselves above trickery, above manipulation, and meet this question as only honest men can and will do.
 MT. Barnes further insisted on the continuance of the bill tor one week and his motion prevailed.
Arizona republican., 1895-02-16
Other House Business.

When the assembly convened in the morning session the committee on agri. culture reported that it had had under consideration that part of the govern OTIS message relating to "arid lands'' and it recommended the passage of house memorial No. on that subject. The memorial was introduced and passed.
 The following committee reports were submitted to the judiciary committee House bill No. 59, relating to the sale of real estate under execution, favor. ably house bill No. 65, for the i'm. pounding and sale of animals for tres pass and damage, favorably; house bill No. 6I, for the creation of the office of district court reporter, favorablv as amended.
 Ways and means committee-House bill No. 46, for the creation of road dis tricts and the assessment and collec- tion of taxes for their support, un. favorably; house bill No. 60, to encour- age the construction of railroads, unfavorably; house bill No. 57, to regulate the sale of liquor, without recommendation; house bill No. 56, to prevent gaming in places where spurious liquors are sold, without recommendation; house bill No. 55, to regulate the license and sale of spirit. out, vinous and malt liquors, without recommendation.
 The committee on federal relations reported that the recommendation in the governors report on the subject oi statehood had been concurred in.
 MT. Martin presented house joint resolution No. 5, providing members oi the legislature with daily papers.
 House bill No. 73 was introduced by
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usual, until all important matters had been settled.
 WASHINGTON. The Senate Finally DeScendS
 to Business. The Naval Appropriation Bill Car rying S3l.ooo,ooo Is Passed
 by the House.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-The senate confined itself strictly to business to. day and as result passed the postofice appropriation bill and got half through the agricultural appropriation bill. Efforts were resumed to cut down the rentals for postal cars and for the east. ern fast mail service north and south, but all these amendments were defeated by decisive majority.
 Secretary Morton was present during the debate on the agricultural bill. Il brought on an animated discussion of g proposition to amend the meat inspec tion system in order to get American meats into foreign countries.
 During the day the pooling bill was taken up long enough to permit z speech in it's support by MT. Butler, il charge of the bill.
 The finance committee reported ia vorably a bill repeating one-tenth O the discriminating duty on sugar from countries paying a sugar bounty anC MT. Aldrich submitted motion te recommend the bill to the committed with instructions to add provisions fol reciprocity bounty on domestic sugar and for meeting treasury deficiencies No action was taken on the report O the motion to recommit.
Arizona republican., 1895-02-16

the speaker, an act to amend act 21 of the Sixteenth legislature.
 House bill No. "A was introduced by MT. Fish, in relation to roads and high ways.
 Then followed the second reading of bills after which MT. Hunt moved to take from the table council joint resolu- ton No. 8, providing for the publica- tion in THE REPUBLICAN and the Ga zette of the proceedings of the legisla- ture. This was interrupted by a message from the council announcing the passage of council bills Noe. 16. P and 30.
 Mir. Hinton presented house concur rent resolution No. 10, which was laid on the able.
 House bills Nos. AS, 55. 56 and 60 were referred to the committee of the whole and council joint resolutions 5, 16 and Il and council bills IA, 2i, 22, 26 and 30 were given first reading.
 Council bill No. 31. under a series Of suspensions of rules, wss placed on final passage and passed by vote of 22 to1.
 Council joint resolution No. 3 was then taken up. Mir. Gaddis moved its amendment by an insertion of the words proceedings of the house and council shall be published in full" In this form the resolution was passed. Ayes IS, nays 4.
 The greater part of the afternoon was spent Tn the committee of the whole, which returned reports on several measures, after which the assembly adjourned.