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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-07-10
Lend Your Aid.

TIE Augusta Chronicle OF yesterday
contained the following. Among
the excursioniSts to the city yesterday
was Mr. J. B. Ward of Phoenix, Ab-
beville county, S. c., who came to
Augusta in the hope of finding his
son and to get the Chronicles assist
ance in finding the young man. The
missing young man is James Luther
Ward. He left home Friday night,
June 2S. He is Is years old, nearly
six feet high and weighs about 14O
pounds, but he looks more like a
youth Of IS or 20. He has light COM
plexion. auburn hair and keen brown
eyes. lie has received good educa-
ton. but has been raised on the farm
ali his life, and has been particularly
anxious to embark in the railroad bus
ness. lie carried with him a gray and a
blue suit Of clothes. Mr.. Ward is very
anxious for news from his missing
boy. and requests the assistance Of
other papers in Georyia and South
Carolina il notifying the public. so
that anyone knowing his whereabouts
can communicate with him.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-07-10
A Terrible Story,

DUBLIN, July 5.-Michel Cleary, of
Ballinda, near Clonomel, was convict
ed of manslaughter today for causing
the death of his wife by burning and
otherwise maltreating her on the
ground that she was bewitched. The
case is the most remarkable on record.
The evidence showed that Mrs Cleary
".as suffering from nervousness, her
husband and brother having murder
ed the woman's father. Several cous-
ins were arrested forcomplicity in the
crime. They fearfully tortured the
woman and forced noxious decoction
of herbs down her throat for the pur-
pose of exercising the evil spirit.
Finally her husband knocked her
down and poured paratine over the
woman and set her atire.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-07-10
He ITDsat thu Boat.

PITTsBURG, June 30.-Molly Mason
and Isaac Adrian were drowned in the
Alleghaney rivernear Brilliant station
last night. Harry Mason, the hus.
band of the woman, is locked upin jail
charged with murder for upsetting the
boat causing his wife and Adrian to
fall out of and lose their lives. The
three persons mentioned, and young
man named Barber, were crossing the
river on their return from a picnic.
Mason and his wife, who had been
drinking and quarreling during the
day, kept it up on the skiff. The boat
was stopped and Barber threatened to
hit Mason with an oar if he didn't sit
down. In taking his seat, Mason threw
hisleg over the boat and upset it. Mrs.
Mason and Adrian were drowned.
The other two swan ashore.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-07-10
Followed her Husband.

JEFFERsoSv1LLE, Ind, July IA
horrifying sight met the eyes Of Mrs.
John Ganole at 10 o'clock this morn
ing when she visited the Bennett fami-
ly at 27S Maple street. In room on
the ground floor she found the lifeless
form of Ella Bennett, aged 10; Omer,
aged 5 and their mother, side by side,
the latter gasping for breath and un-
conscious. Mrs. Bennett had made
full preparations to kill her children
and herself. She carefully dressed
herself and chrildren in spotless linen
for their burial. The mother lay in
comatose state, while the bodies Of
the chrildren with distorted feat
ures were by her side. No motive
is assigned for the deed, and what pol
son she administered is not known.
Mrs. Bennett was the wife of Benson
Bennett, locomotive engineer, who
committed suicide at Indianapolis a
few month ago.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-07-10
MAN AT HER MERCY,
The Up-to Date Woman Making it Hot
for Him.


The new woman is getting in some
fine work nowadays all along the line
from Maine to Texas. She does not
hesitate to resort to drastic methods
whenever necessary to make her hus-
band obey, as did Mrs. Catherine
McIlwaine, of New York, the other
day when she forced her husband
with horsewhip to wash and iron the
clothes. Not content, however, with
making the poor fellow do all the
drudgery, while she sat up and ran a
stationary store, she yanked him up
before the Court last Friday for fail
ing to contribute to her support and
for getting tight. The New York Ad-
vertisers report of the trial is well
worth reading. After its Introductory
remarks, the Advertiser proceeds as
follows:
"Oh, why did I get married." ex-
claimed McIlwaine in sad tone, as he
stood at the bar listening to his wife's
charges.
Its too late TO answer that ques-
tion," remarked the Judge. Continu-
ing: What have you to say to your
wife's charges?"
Just this, Your Honor" " he piped !;
''she had me arrested because I was
man enough to refuse to do the wash
ing and ironing any longer"
What" exclaimed the Justice, be-
coming interested; you were asked
| to do the Washino?"
Asked, did you say7' Why, you
amt much acquainted with my wife, ="
retorted McIlwaine, with lugubrious
face. You really ought to know
Mrs. McIlwaine. She doesn't ask, she
commands, and backs up her order
with a horsewhip and -"
Mrs. McIlwaine happened to make a
motion with her hands about her skirt
just then, and he bounded out of
reach. Reassured by the Justice that
he was perfectly safe from being
horsewhipped in his presence, Nell
waine stepped forward but kept his
eyes on his wife.
Only last Thursday" he said, Il
did whole weeks washing, and she
stood over me on Friday and Saturday
with horsewhip and made me do all
the ironing, and this was only one Of
a good many times"
Eyes, Judge" becoming a little
bolder, ''she does not ask. She inst
sails in with that big snake whip of
hers and makes you do it. It gives
me pain when l think Of it."
"How about that, Mrs. Nell waine?"
asked the Judge as he turned TO her.
''Oh, that's so, what he says" shak-
ing her head as though to emphasize
her words. ''That's all he's good for.
On account of him I can't keep a SER
vant in the house, and I don't blame
him. AS would not have the wash
ing and ironing done outside and him
loafing about, I made him do it. He
first said he wouldn't. but soon made
him change his mind when got the
whip"
"Then he did ita'
"You.bet he did, but it costs more
than he's worth to keep him at it. /
want him sent to the Island. "
well, we'll try him with a
month"
McIlwaine was then led into the
prison, while she whisked out OF
| cO1rt
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-07-10
A Crazy Mans Crime.

CHICAGO, July 5.-Frederick He'll
man, mason contractor, Sc years old.
last night murdered his wife and four
children by asphyXiation, and died
with them. The victims were:
Ida Hell1nan, 81 years old.
Fritz Hellman, 10 years old.
Ida Hellman, II years old.
Willie Hellman, s years old.
Hedwig Hellman, years old.
The place of the tragedy YVES at the
Hellman cottage, COL Cornelia street.
The house is small, but it was their
own and the family was supposed to
be living happily together.
That the murder was deliberately
planned by the father of the family
during the past few weeks seems be-
yond doubt. Ever since Hellman built
his house, it has been supplied with gas
pipes, but there has been no connection
with the gas main, and there were no
fixtures in the house. Several weeks
ago he had his pipes connected and
fixtures put in the family bed room
only, the entire family sleeping in one
small room. 1t seems now certain that
Hellman had the gas put in for the
express purpose of using it in the MUIR
der of his family. The gas was turn
ed on after the family, excepting the
husband, had gone to sleep and none
regained consciousness. The body OF
Hellman showed evidence of strug-
gle. He first shut the door and
windows, then turned on the gas
and laid down to die with his family.
There is only one explanation and
that is that Hellman was crazy. He is
said to have been fairly well provided
with worldly goods and to have had
no family dissensions. Hewas natur-
ally of marose opposition, but no one
thought he would commit suicide or
murder. He left note for his broth
er, in which he gives instructions re-
garding the disposition of his proper
ty. He says that he will not he living
when the note is received, but says in
it nothing Of the premeditated death
of the rest OF the family.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-07-10
4 Lunatic's Fortune.

San FRANCISCO, July 5.-hate
Welsh. an inmate of the asylum al
Beno, New, has $40, ,291 deposited in
the Hibernia bank in this city which
has remained uncalled forfor II years.
In the meantime the bank officials
have traced every woman of that lame
on the Pacific sea and several eastern
states, only to find the real owner of
the tiny fortune in a feeble old wo-
man of shattered intellect confined in
a state intitlItiOn
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-07-10
AnemOne.

What have l done for thee,
Thou dear anemone,
That thou shouldst yield to NE
Thy whole years dover?
What cloudy days and-b!ue,
What nights of star and dew,
We both have Travelled through
To greet this hour!
After thv winters sleep
1Enow how thou didst creep
In stairwayS dark at steep
10 meet tho spring.
know how thou didSt go
Through Sodien leaves and snow
A way thou dldSt not know
UnQuestionins.
too have climbed an0 crept,
Up rugged paths have slept,
And on stone pillows slept
Many night;
Like thee, from cled to ciod
B!indfolded, l nave tr0d,
Often alone, save God
Seeking the light.
Brief too, like thine, my hour,
Poor amethystine dover.
For see! thy petals shower
The sunset air.
too shall fade, and then
My soul shall bloom again;
But, flower, know not When
l know not where.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-07-10
II reckon he has" said Charity, in
, tone that leftno room for doubt.

Il reckon he has. Sald Cnaflty, III
a tone that leftno room for doubt.
And so, the next afternoon, Rob
Redwood, smoking his pipe on the
porch of his ancestral halls, was
startled by the vision he had looked so
eagerly and so vainiy that day a year
ago-of Jimmy Tibbs, freckled and
tow-headed as of yore. scrambllng
over the fence and making toward
him. tlourishing note:
Good land::% quoth Mrs. Redwood,
as she looked ont Of the window,
shortly afterwa.d. "Whatevers the
matter with Rob: Hes a-dancin,
round there on the porch like as If he
was a plum iGit.
Charilvs quilting was a brilliant
success this time, rs fer as she and
Rob were concerned; and they never
fell out again--at least not before they
were married And of all her house
keeping outfit, Charity most prizes her
Calendar quilt. Saturday Night.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-07-10
a General Slaughter.

HoPKISsyELLE, Ky, July lit was
learned today that in Trigg county
Saturday night, Frank Closton, a des-
perate character, shot and severely
wounded neighbor farmer named
John Rhodes, after q aquarrel. Another
farmer named Hammond, attempted
to assist his friend, Rhodes, and was
killed by Closton. Several hours after
wards Colston went to the house of an
other farmer in company with wo.
man and was ordered to leave the pre-
mises. They refused and attacked the
farmer, who killed them.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-07-10
Hryan Welcomed.

ATLANTA, July 3.-Ex-Congressman
William J. Bryan made free silver
speech before the Atlanta Chautauqua
Assembly tonight. He had a great
audience, seven-eights Of which were
with him. Mr.. Bryan hadan ovation.
He stated that the silver sentiment is
growing steadily every day, and he
announced his belief in victory for
it at the next national election.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-07-10
Killed at the Bat.

PHILADELPHIA, June 30.-William
G.. Dewes, a young paper hanger, was
one of party of men who were play
ing scrub game of ball yesterday.
Dewes was at the bat facing the pitch
ing of policeman named Mcdonald,
when a speedy inshoot struck him on
the head telling him unconscious to
the ground. He was taken to the hos
pital, where he died today of hemor,
rhage of the brain caused by the blow
from the ball.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-07-10
He Wants to Hang.

!AsHv1LLE, n. c., July IA special
to the Citizen from Charlotte says:
John Sims, who murdered his wife
last Friday, wishes to waive trial and
be hanged next Friday, ITO be near
his wife" The grand jury has return
ed a true bill against him.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-07-10
WITH GREAT GUNS.
Correspondence Between Secretary Her
bert and -Adiutant General Watts.

Correspondence HetWeen secretary her-
bert and .ldiutant General Watts.
COLUMBIA, S. c., July 2.-The
State naval militia, that long neglected
arm of local defense, seems to be in
great demand and favor just now 1t
was recently inspected by the Assist
ant Secretary of the Navy, and now it
will have a chance to practice target
shooting with big naval guns.
The following correspondence will
explain itself and give all the neces-
sary information in the matter:
Navy Department.
Washington, D. c., June 2Sth.
His Excellencv. Governor John Gary
Evans. Columbia, 5. G.
Sir: The departmentintends if pos
Si5le to send a war vessel to Charles
ton, S. c., for the purpose OF atfording
the naval militia of your State an op-
portunity for target practice with
great guns. In order that the depart
ment may be able to carry ont this in
tention II the ships should be available
it is necessary to know definitely the
most convenient time for the State
forces to drill on board the ship for
two or three days. The dates should
be stated accurately When this in
formation is received instructions will
be sent 20 the rear admiral command
ing the naval forces on the North At
lantic station 10 confer with the State
authorities, and. Il possible, carry out
tie plans tor the instructions Of the
naval r,iti.;a !. being impossible TO
temporarily transfer 10 receiving
ship any OF tie regular crew Of the YES
81 the naval militia will be taken on
board for drill during the day only
al,d landed at n;c~c,.tfall.
III this connection the department
wishes to reoe2t that the forces will DC
expected 10 furnish their own mess
gear. RaslioDs will be issued ii de-
sired at tie usual cost, not to exceed
thirty cents per day per man. An i'm
mediate reply is requested.
Very respectfully,
II. \. HERBERT.
Secretary.
Hon. II. y. Herbert. Secretary Of
Navy. Washington, D. c.
Columbia, S. c., July 1st.
Sir: Your communication Of the 2Sth
to Governor Evans has just been re-
ferred to this Office In reply, l will
state that from 22nd to 9th Of July,
inclusive, will be time most suitable
for the naval militia to go on board
ship. Hoping you will be able to give
US these dates, am very respectfully,
your obedient servant.
J. GARY WATTS.
a and ]. G.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-07-10
GATES TO PERDITI0N.
HOW THEY SWING IN TO GIVE EN-
TRACED TO TREDOOMED.

Rev. DIR. Talmage on Impure Literature.
the Dissolute Dance. Indiscreet Attire
and Alcoholic cReverage--Great Evils of
>ociety--God's Infinite Mercy.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-07-10

''ROb IL be home tomorrow morn
ing, sure" said Tillie, who had run
over the day before the quilting tc
render Charity what assistance she
might. I'VE had telegram. Ua
cle's coming, too, to start an estab
lishment here and take Rob into part
nership. He'll be awful rich-Whv,
Charity Meadows, what are YOU rip.
ping up that lovely basket quilt for.,
Have to. answered Charity. ito
get the cotton for my new quilt. The
store was plum out, and wouldn't gel
any before next week ( and besides,
never could bear the sight of this
Guilt. I wanted to get rid of it--Look
a-here, Tillie, how do you reckon q
letter got inside Of it. Why, it's
sealed, and its for me, an-Oh, Tllie,
it from Rob, as sure as you live"
Charity tore it open with breath.less
eagerness, while Tillie looked on, scar,
let and apprehensive.
Charity said she, ''it must a fell
out Of my handkerchief that day
when we was putting on the top OF
lI1C u U4Al- HloU NlLSt SINC l. ~ -.lC iOI
you, but I lost it, and didn't want to
tell you nor him: and I didn't s'pose
it would make sight Of difference
Its kept Rob and me apart for a
whole year said Charity, almost
breaking into sob.
Oh" said Tillie, remorsfuily, Il
never ,sposed twas that. II thought
twas your flirting with Jake Hargood
did the harm, an dancin SO hard with
him that night. Rob was there. and
seen it: but he sayed afterward
shouldn't tell he was there. An !
just loved all along twas Jake made
him get mad an 60 Oft. I pose,
added TiIlie family, as Charity read
her note again. with dewy eyes and
flushed, dimpled cheeks, that Rob,s
got to know all about it now.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-06-27
HAD TOO MICH MONEY.

Yesterday morning four Bellaire boys
named John Cramer, Garfield Good,
William Love and Robert Ray were
found by the South Side police buying
beer and giving other evidences of hav-
ing a good deal of money. Officer
Shields arrested them and took them TO
the City Hall, where a search Of their
nersons disclosed $S0.62. They were
locked I'D and the Bellaire authorities
notified. The boys, all aged about fif-
teen or sixteen, are supposed to have
stolen the money, but the boys claim
tbey found it in Bellaire, early yester-
day morning.
Late yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Love,
mother of one of the boys, came up to
the city and saw her son at the City
Hall. After long conference, she was
Dermitted to take her son back to Bel
iaire with her, and as a result OF her
efforts and those Of Chief Bennett the
truth came out. The boys had entered
the paint store Of McGraw, Trow q
smith. of Bellaire, and robbed the till.
4 check for $3.50 which they found
among the money was torn up, and they
came on to Wheeling to have time.
Last evening a Bellaire officer came up
and took the boys back to the Glass
City,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-06-27
STEAMSHIP ARRIVALS.

Liverpool, June 26.-Arrived: MaJes-
tic from New York.
Genoa. June 26.-Arrived: Steamer
PENNSYLVANIA, Thomas, from Antwerp;
steamer Polaria, Gen. Meyer, from
Hamburg. via New York.
New York, June 26.-Arrived: Steam
ers Aurania, Liverpool; Havel BreAen.
St. Johns, n. F., June 26.-Arrived:
Steamer Carthagenian, Glasgow and
Liverpool for Halifax and Philadelphia.
London. June 26.-Arrived: Steamer
Borderer, Boston.
Liverpool, June 26.-Arrived: Steam
ers Norseman, Boston; Kensington,
Philadelphia; Laurentian, Montreal;
Pavonia, Boston.
southampton, June 26-1O a. m.-Ar-
rived: Steamer Lain, New York TO
Bremen.
Queenstown. June 26.-5 a. m.-Ar-
rived: Steamer Majestic, New York for
Liverpool.
New York, June 26.-Arrived: Steam
er Ems, Genoa.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-06-27
A SURPLUS.
Treasury Receipts Exceed Expendi-
lures for the First Time in Many
Months - Prosperity Under the
Wilson Tariff,

Washington, D. c., June 26.-For the
first time in many months, the Treasury
receipts for the current month will eX-
ceed the expenditures. To-day the
Treasury balance sheets for the month
show surplus instead of deficit, and
as the expenditures are usually light to-
wards the end of the month, it is re-
garded as certain that the surplus will
continue to grow from now until July
/. The Treasury is $46,623.211 behind
in the matter of receipts and eXpendit-
ures for the current fiscal year, and in
the intervening days between now and
July /, it is unlikely that more than a
million and a half of this deficiency
will be made up, so that the years bal
ance sheets probably will show that the
expenditures for the year We're about
S45, 100000 greater than the receipts.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-06-27
OIL NEWS.
special % The Register.

Special % the Register.
Sis-ersville. W. Va, June 26-The
Mahon well is down 800 feet and is ex-
pected i'm about the middle of next
week. This we'll is drilling for the
Cow Run sand
The Whisky Run we'll is making
quite a lot of OIL 1t has filled a 25O
barrel tank since it was rigged up a
few days ago. and now a 500 barrel
tank is being erected. From Whisky
run to- Shawnee run. in Ritchie and
Pleasants counties, is without doubt an
oil country. Mr. Nesbitt, Of the firm
of Nesbitt & Co.. who has some leases
in that country, and is buying more, for
the purpose of operating. In speaking
of that locality. Cffers to bet $500 that
there will be wells producing 1000 bar
rels of oil q day in the immediate VI
cinity wi,hin one year.
There is no report from the Brouse
we'll to-day. IL was reported yes,er-
day as making some oil
The Jackman well is beyond doubt
producer. but how large a producer is
not known.
The great desire among oil men,
since the Dve-BroOks strike, has been
to find out if possible in what direction
the belt extends Several opinions as
to- this have gained more or less favor,
but at present the one most generally
accepted by pathesis is that it goes to
Shawnee. i'm a southweS,erly direction.
It is given i'm support of this theory
that the oil iu the Dye-BrOOks is of tho
same quality and color as that IN the
we'll at the mouth of Shawnee.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-06-27
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS.
The Annual Meeting Of the State
Society in Session
At Martinsburg - Two Hundred
Delegates Present All Comfor-
tably Lodged by the Committees.
Yesterdays Exercises Topples
of Interest Discussed.
Special to the Register.

Special to the Register.
Martinsburg, w. Va, June 26.--The
annual meeting of the State Society Of
Christian Endeavor began last night in
ST. Johns Lutheran Church. The
usual interest is being taken in the
convention this year and delegates to
the number of two hundred are here
from different parts of the State. They
have all been given comfortable lodg-
ings by the local committee and are en-
joying the occasion very much.
AT a meeting last night Rev. C. S.
Trump, pastor of st. Johns Church,
welcomed the guests in cordial ad-
dress, and Miss Carrie Sigel spoke
words of greeting for the local society,
which were responded TO by Mr.. J. 7.
Pollard, of Parkersburg.
Rev. Mr.. Deck, of Hagerstown, gave
an interesting talk on citizenship.
This morning quite number gath
cred for the sunrise service, which was
conducted by Rev. G. L. owen, of Pal
atine. The regular morning devo-
tional service was conducted by Miss
Lucy King, Of Grafton. Rev. A. F.
Richardson, president Of the associa-
ton, delivered the annual address at
II o'clock. He spoke encouragingly Of
the growth of the association and says
it is doing a vast amount of good. A
discussion of the topic What do you
expect to get from the convention" was
participated in at some length by Prof.
J. S. Stewart, of Morgantown; Rev. F.
J. Pretyman, Mr.. McGreyer, Of Hun
tington, and Rev. S. f. Richardson.
Rev. Charles l.. White, of Clarks-
burg, ably handled the subject The
prayer that has power"
The afternoon session was full and
interesting Rev. S. NJ. Buchanan de-
liyered an address upon the endeavor
in praise, action and testimony. Rev.
DR.. Fogg, of Baltimore, delivered the
annual sermon before the convention
and it received many compliments.
Addresses upon different topics were de-
liyered by l.. 3. B. Hull, of Grafton; T..
S. Anderson, of Sistersville; U. S. Flem-
ing, Of Pittsburg; L. w. Barr, of Fair
mont, and w. B. McGregor, OF Hun
tingtOn