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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-12-16
| Fifteenth district, John y Kelly,

Fifteenth district, John \ Kelly,
Kingstree.
Darlington.
Seventeenth district, F. D. Bryant.
Marion.
Eighteenth district, W. L. Glaze,
Orangeburg-
Ali were installed except Bro. Ar
dreY.
The new Grand Master then return
ed thanks to the Grand Lodge for the
honor conferred in his election to the
Office, and made an earnest appeal to
the brethren to fully inform them
selves upon the secret work and con-
form strictly to It. He commended
'Tidings from the Graft to their con-
sideratlon, and advised them to be-
come subscribers to it.
NJ. w. Bro. White submitted the
following resolution:
Resolved, That a committee OF three
be appointed to confer with the busi.
ness Organizations of Charleston and
endeavor to induce them to select as a
Gala Week in 1897 the week of the
annual communication Of this Grand
Lodge.
Adopted. The following committee
was appointed: Zimmerman Davis, j:
Adger Snyth, Charles Inglesby and
w. NJ. Whitehead.
On motion it was resolved that a
committee be appointed to purchase a
suitable jewel or momento, to be pre-
sented al our next annual communl-
cation to our honored, respected and
beloved retiring Grand Master, Claude
E. Sawyer, etc. This was adopted and
the committee appointed as follows:
C. P. Quattlebaum, Joseph Book, 0.
Sheppard.
On motion Of Bro. Sawyer all otli,
GERS OF the Grand Lodge who have not
been installed were authorized to be
installediu any lodge which lhey may
respectively select.
Bro. Sawyer moved that the foreign
correspondence report of the Grand
Secretary be dispensed with for the
coming year. Adopted.
The Grand Lodge was then closed
| in ample form.
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Suicide Does Not yitiste.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Dec. lin the
superior court Judge Austin has rem
dered decision in favor of the plain
tiff in the case of Bertha Buggaber
against the Supreme Lodge Knights OF
Pythias of the World. This case was
made a test case in the settlement OF
nearly one hundred similar cases
pending in all parts of the United
States: from Maine to Mexico, and on
the Pacific slope. The amount IN.
volved is estimated to be upward OF
500, 900 in sums of from 500 to $500
each. In the present case suit was
brought to recover 81, 900 insurance on
the life OF the plaintiffs husband who
committed suicide in Noyember 1898,
while laboring under an attack of in
sanity. Payment Of the claim was
refused on the ground that by the
terms of the bylaws adopted by the
board of control Of the Endowment
Rank of the Knights of Pythias 1t was
provided that if a member committed
suicide, whether he be sane or insane,
or the act be voluntary or invoIunta-
ry, he shall forfeit ali bis right under
his certificate Of membership.
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a Gruescne Find.

SAVANNAH. Dec. 10.-A special from
Albany to the Morning News, says:
4 ferry flat containing the corpses OF
three negro men and two others near
" dead from cold and exposure was
discovered this morning on the bank
Of the Flint river, about 10 miles above
Albany. John W. Burke, a lumber
man, and is negroes were conveying
a ferry boat heavily laden 18th shin
giles across the river near Warwick
about s o'clock last night. The rear
guide rope of the fiat was drawn too
light, causing the flat to dip water and
break the guide ropes, Mr.. Burke and
six of the negroes clung to the ferry
and reached the shoe. The flat and
eight negroes drifted down the river.
Three of the negroes jumped oyer;
board. Only two Of them reehed
shore, while the third went dnGer.
The two surviving negroes state taat "a:
the negroes fund dead on tie nat !nis
morning froze to death aftei suTHlVthg nv y . 4
until sunrise this mornAg' Inc S nSe
had drifted down the flVer aoout %
miles.
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THE EVIL OF SMALL COUNTIES.
The State of Georgia Finds them Very
BurGenSome.

ATLANTA. Ga, Dec 9.-Olr Leels-
latuJe is now in session, aud 1t would
like to find some way to lesson the
burden imposed on the State treasury
by the great number of small counties
that draw more money from the State
than they pay in taxes. In long
statistical statement published TODAY
The Journal shows that the burden OF
government in Georgia is borne en-.
tirely by forty.seven counties. The
other ninety counties draw out for
schools and pensions more than they
paw iu taxes. This is the situation
with the present years disbursement.
When the school fund is increased TO
s4O0 900 as proposed, the number OF
small counties which will be
burden to the larger ones will be ln-
creased to over one hundred.
The following counties now pay less
than they draw out of the State treas
ury:
Baker. Baldwin, Banks, Barlow,
Brooks, Bryan, Burke, Butts, Calhoun,
Carroll, Camden, Campbell, Chatta-
hocchee, Cherokee, Chattooga, Clay.
Clayton, Colquitt. Columbia, Craw-
ford, Dawson, Decatur, Douglas,
Echols, Elbert, Fannin, Fayette,
Forsyth, Franklin, Gilmer, Glassccck,
Gordon. Greene, Gwinnett, uaber-
sham. Hall, Hancock. HARRISON, Har-
ris, Hart, Heard, Henry, Jackson,
Iasner Jefferson. Johnson, Jones,
Liberty, Lincoln, Lumpkin, Madison,
Marion, McDufIie, Mcintosh, Meri-
wether, Miller. Milton, Mitchell, Mon
roe, Murray, Newton, Oconee, Ogle-
thorpe, Paulding, Pickens, Pike, Pa
laski, Putnam, Quitman, Rabun, Ran
dolph, Rockdale, Schley, Screven,
Stewart, Talbot, Taliaferro, Taylor,
Telfair, Towns, Twiggs, Union, Up
son, Walton, Warren, Washington,
We bster, White, Wilkinson and
| Woth.
The following twcnty-eight small
counties get more from the State
school fund than they pay into the
State treasury for all purposes:
Baker, Baldwin, Burke, Calhoun,
Camden, Columbia, Crawford, Fan
min, Gilmer, Glasscock, Greene, Hen
ry, johnson, Jones, Liberty, Lump
kin, Madison, Mcintosh. Meriwether,
Oglethorpe, Paulding, Rabun, Screv
en-, Talbot, Taliaferro, Towns, Union
and Wilkinson.
The six counties OF Fulton, Chat
ham, Bibb, Richmond, Muscogee ant
Floyd pay 1896, 900 in tax this year
or more than a third of the levy. Ful
ton alone pays quarter OF a millior
or one eighth of the levy. The smal
counties are riding on the backs OF the
larger ones. They are a curse to th'
lState. But we have them and there l:
no way to get rid OF them.
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LEHPEO TO HIS DEATH.
Clerk OF Court for Lancaster County Takes
His Own Like.

Clerk OF Court for Lancaster County Takes
His Own Like.
LANCASTER, Dec. 9.-Clerk OF the
Court w. w. Perry committed suicide
this morning about 10 o'clock by
jumping into Bear creek from the
Ohio River and Charleston railroad
trestle, three fourths of a mile south
west OF town. The whole community
was shocked when the news came IN
that Bill Perry had drowned himself.
Mr.. Perry was great sufferer from
dyspepsia and since his defeat last
summer in the primaries for re.elec-
ton has been very much depressed.
He ate his breakfaft as usual this
morning and about 9 o'clock came into
his office and asked his deputy. MIR.
Jones, if he was busy. Mr.. Jones re
piled thai he had some work ahead.
Mr.. Perry then left the Office and went
to the creek, on the track Of the rail
road, but on reaching the trestle turn
ed and came back in the direction OF
town, but soon returned to the creek.
A school boy saw him walking hur-
riedy on the trestle with his hat OF.
9r~eachi&g the { middle 81 the sE!lc:
ture over the channel Of the creek, he
climbed down carefully to some plank
nailed about 10 feet from the top and
Jumped off into the swollen waters be-
low. The boy who saw him gave the
alarm and man oG the public road
ran down the creek to render help.
He succeeded in getting below Mr..
Perry, who by this time had on the
public road ran down the Geek. When
he saw Perry he was holding his
head above water with one hand grasp
ing bush and had his hat in the
other. The man called to him to hold
on and he would help. Mr.. Perry
turned his head, looked at him for
moment, turned loose the bush
and sank for the last time. Parties
with boats and hooks have been drag
ging for the body all day but up
to this time $3.50 p. n.y. the search has
been unsuccessful. His hat was found
300 yards below where he was seen 10
sink. The creek is very full and the
water swift. The search will be kept
up all night.
Mr.. Perry was As years OF age. He
was cadet at the Kings Mountain
Military Institute just after the war.
Several years ago he held the office
of county auditor and was elected clerk
of the court four years ago. Hemade
a model clerk. He was generous anc
kindhearted to fault and was held II
high esteem by all who knew him
He leaves a wife but no children. Mr.
W. L. Porter, the newly elected, vii
take chargein day Or two.-State.
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Hnka Smiths Hug.

ATLANTA, Dec. 11.-Ex-Secretary
Hoke Smith appeared in Magistrate
Foute's court today as counsel for
Mrs. NJ. L. Henson, who was charged
by DR.. F. T. Powell with robbing him
Of his pocket book. The doctor states
that Mrs. Henson had visited his office
to get a prescription. As she was
leaving, he asked her if she would
not kiss him. He declared that she
did kiss him and at the same time
picked his pockets, getting purse
containing SIS. The defendant denied
the statement and declared that she
RAJ, out of the Office when the doctor
became amorous. Mr.. Smith invited
the doctor, who weighs 225 pounds,
to hug him and show the justice how
the woman picked his pockets. The
doctor accepted the invitation, threw
his arms around the ex secretary and
they hugged each other tightly, but
the doctor could not reach Mr.. Smith S
hin pocket, for he IS too stout. Nor
could Mr.. Smith reach the doctor S
gun pocket and the magistrate decld-
| ed that it was impossible for Mrs
Henson to have robbed the physician
even if she had hugged him, and dis
missed her.
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with or Against Air Currents, Upward
or Downward, as Directed.
CHERAw, S. c., Dec. 9.-The pub
licity given by the New York Worlds
account of the mysterious air ship. ex-
citing so much attention on the Pacl-
fc coast causes your correspondent to
report the work of a Cheraw man IN
this direction. As yet he has men
toned the fact of his discovery to but
few. aud this article will be as great
surprise to citizens OF this place as II
will elsewhere. The inventor or dis
coyerer or perfector of this strange
mode of navigation of the air has Civ
en- considerable time to the study and
has shown his drawings to the writer.
and from his limited knowledge OF
such things he is constrained to say
that the thing is a success, particular:
" since he has read the description OF
the capabilities of the California ship.
Everything claimed by Attorney
General Hart for the western ship
the speed, the propelliag power, the
the moving against currents OF air as
well as with them, and the power to
dart from side to side and forward,
downward or upward, are all possess
ed by the Cheraw ship.
The inventor asserts that ne would
not hesitate to take his family up IN
his ship and that it can be controlled
by child, so simple are the devices
for increasing or lessening the speed.
A comparison with the claims made
with the rival shows that the carrying
capacity of the Cheraw ship is greater
and capable of much larger freight
and passenger carriage. It is hoped
that he will carry out his idea and
soon have ship constructed to demon
strate all that he claims for it.
For reasons satisfactory to your
correspondent and the inventor his
name IS for the present withheld from
the public, but viii be furnished inter-
ested,parties who might be of assistance
to him in the completion OF the work
ne has undertaken. When a man
sees thing with his own eyes ne
knows it and the writer has critically
examined the Cheraw ship and if
there is weak point about it he fail.
ed to discover it, nor does he believe
that such exists.
The Cheraw genius has confidence
in it, those who have seen 1t likewise
and a little more time and encourage
ment only are needed to surprise the
world. That the air will be naVlgated
| ere long all admit.
! Attorney General Hart says: y
am of the opinion that his air snip
will be a success, and its success is far
more probable at this time than
Morse's telegraphy was at the time
| Morse first offered the same to the
public So the writer believes about
the one here.
WHY not South Carolina lead in
this? Why not Cheraw lead South
| Carolina2 It can do tit will do it If
| the matter is pushed. The inventor
here IS not on the ria..-e, he--Sss 1a2t
given the sub;esss thought from
IL7c5scuniary Icsscuniary standpoint; he IS possessed
of an inventive mind and has speni
much time gratifying it, and today Is
about ready to astonish the world With
| the production of great human need
one that is reality and not an idle
cream of one vainly specializing on an
impossibility.-NeWs and Courier.
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Calhoun County Defeated.

ORANGEBURG, S. c., Dec. 9.-The
effort to establish new county to be
known as Calhoun out portions OF
Orangeburg and Lexington Counties
was voted last Tuesday, and was ce-
feated in both counties. GrangeDurg
gave for Calhoun county iGO; against,
2Sj. Lexington gave for Calhonn
county, II; against, 81. All polls
heard from.
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BAPTIST CONVENTION
HOLDS = MOST ERESTlNG SeS-
SION IN CHARLESTON.

A Large Gs.hering-A Generous Welcome
and Bount.ful Hcspitality-G Gratifying
Progress in Denominational wcrk IN the
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-12-16
A CHERAW AIR SHIP.
eLEINVENTION OF ASOUTH
CAROLINA GENIUS.

a Flying Machine with the Power to 90
With or Against Air Currents, Upware
or Downward, rs Directed.
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A SHARP DEBATE.
SILVER SENATORS OUTWiT REPUBLI-
CANS ON The DlcLEY BILL.

The ropullst Senators Of Nebraska Moves
to Take up the Deferred TariH Bill for
Action and Brings on a Discussion.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-05-13
Mystic Attributes of Number Nine.

1t is by mines that eastern presents
are given when made on a scale of great
magnifcence. ITO the mines" expresses
a state of perfection, as dressed up TO
the mines. Chaucer, Haywood and
Shakespeare speak Of nine days Won
der; cat has nine lives; tailor is the
ninth part of a man; Shakespeare makes
Hotspur cavil on the ninth part of a
hair it was a number of magical power
dear TO witches, as we read in MAC
beth; !" Shakespeare again has the mime
Sibyls of Old Rome" we have the games
of nine mems morris and ninepins the
butcher bird is called the nine killer,
from its habit of impaling nine of the
animals on which it feeds before it be-
gins its meal; the nine of diamonds is
called the curse of Scotland there were
nine muses., nine planets; nine orders
of angels-angels, archangels, virtues,
powers, principalities, dominions,
thrones, cherubim, seraphim the
Etruscans had nine gods, who alone had
the power of hurting thunderbolts the
Novensiles were the nine Sabine gods
the novendial ashes ere the ashes of
the dead buried on the ninth day; the
nine worthless were Hector, Alexander,
julius Caesar, Joshua, David, Judas,
Maccabeus, Arthur, Charlemagne and
Godfrey of Bouillon; there were,
too, nine WORTHLESS of London, whose
chronicles were written by r. Johnson
in the sixteenth century; every ninth
wave, as Tennyson sings, is said to be
the largest, and last, not least, posses
sion is nine points of the law. Pythag-
oras made three the perfect number
nine was consecrated by Buddhism and
is revered by the Moguls and Chinese. -
Westminster Gazette
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Leather Covered Pianos.

A decided novelty in the way of piano
casing-the invention of a Milwaukee
University building, Broadway. After
several years of study and experiment
the inventor hit upon leather as the most
attractive as we'll as the most durable
article for incasing pianos. The instru-
ment was built in Buffalo. The color Of
the leather selected for the first speci-
men instrument was a rich black, hand
somely embossed, giving the impression
Of exquisite carving. Not only does the
instrument thus incased present a most
attractive and dignified appearance, but
it has the advantage of being something
in finish that cannot be married or
spotted. milwaukee Wisconsin.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-05-13
DEMOCRATS DISCOURAGED.
The Gorman-Wils Tariff Law Is So Far
From Expectations.


The men who denounced the McKin-
ley law as unfriendly to the masses and
destructive to the revenues are finding
a good deal Of difficulty in explaining
the developments of report just issued
by the treasury department covering the
operations Of the new tariff law in de-
tail during the year 1895. This makes
it possible to compare its work with
that Of the Mckinley law in a CORE
spending period. The result is very dis
couraging to the friends Of the new
law.
1t shows that during the year 1895
the Democratic tariff law, which pro-
fessed to give the people of the country
their goods free from tariff exactions,
actually collected duty on so per cent Of
the goods which were brought into the
country, while the Mckinley law in its
last fiscal year only collected duty on Al
per cent of the goods brought in. In
other words, under the Mckinley law
the people got practically so per cent of
their imported goods free Of duty, while
under the Wilson law they are getting
but as per cent free Of duty.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-05-13
Wooden Mills Closing.

It is believed by those in the wooden
industry that more than half the wooden
mills Of this country will soon be closed.
Goods already turned out by these mills
cannot find a market. Their owners
have struggled along in the expectation
that congress would give them some re-
lief. Now they have given up the un-
equal fight against the cheap labor of
Europe. They will do no more business
until Republican senate and Re-
publican president are in Washington.
New York Press.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-05-13
TREASURY RECEIPTS.
Tho Democratic Tariff Of n Hundred Mil.
lion Deficit In Two Years.

The treasury receipts during the 10
months of the German law. which end
ed March 81, were $4S1, 423, sol; the
expenditures were 1857 5S1, 3S5; the
deficiency was $76, 257, 515.
The receipts Of the Mckinley law in
its first 10 months were $500, GA, O04;
the expenditures, $541, $50, 1888; surplus,
$24, 98S, 221.
This is the record Of the German law
up to date compared with that object of
Democratic denunciation, the Mckinley
law, in corresponding period Of its
history. Put into two lines the history
of the two laws in their first 10 months
is as follows:
Mckinley law, first 10 months, sur
plus..... .sSa'9e ~
German law, first 10 months, def
Cheney. Io,Ioi,oIo
The deficiency of the German law in
the first two years will probably be in
round numbers 81 90, 900, 900. When the
heavy payments Of June, July and Au-
gust come along, they will bring the
total deficiency up to nearly or quite a
round 800, 900, 900 by the end of the
second year Of the new laws work.
There have been but 3 months in the
10 in which the law has been in opera
tion in which it did not create de-
ficiency, and the prospect is not cheering
for anything better. 1t seems impossible
for the new law to reach more than
about $26, 900, 900 or $27, 900, 900 in its
monthly receipts, thus making the de-
ficiency from So, 900, 900 to So, 900, 900
month on an average, running up some
months to 80, 900, 900 or $40, 900, 900.
The receipts in the month which end
ed March 81 were 500, 041, 04S. This is
81, 8O2, 49l less than the expenditures
for the month.
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THE SLEEPING KINGS.

The breath .hat swelled the bugle blass
Or woke tns warcry's stormy thrill.
Though cold the breasts il kind,el last
Is heard In freedoms anthems still.
Our sacred SLANT In death they won
cause whose justice never dies;
And all our land from sun 20 sun
Is radiant with their sacrifice.
First heroes Of final strife,
The proud degrees of fame they fill;
Ennobled from the files of life
To kings by right of brave good will.
Each rules in sleep a conquered realm.
We ask not here what pillowed head
Wore corded hat or feathered helm.
They all are crowned among the dead.
We own our sway, our homage decks
With offerings sweet their chambers
green,
Their scepters touch our reverent necks
As round their silent thrones we lean.
No tears for them. Imperial yet
Their honors bloom with rich increase;
And all nations love Is set
To guard their palaces of peace.
Bring tribute to their persisted prime,
Their country's loss, our freedoms gain
And wreathed with faircst flowers Of time.
In glory let them rest and reign.
Theron Brown in Youths Companion.
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DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION.



The total number Of business failures
in the United States during the first
three months Of 1896 was 4.512. by CO.
incidence exactly 700 more than in the
like quarter last year. an increase OF
almost one-fifth. The only preceding
quarter in which the total number OF
failures was as large as 4, 900 was in
1885, Immediately following the panic
Of 1884. when the total was 1850. In
no like quarter before or since has the
number Of failures been AZ large as in
the past three months. although in the
first quarter of 1894 there were nearly
4, 900 business failures reported-3, 900
compared with which the increase
during the past quarter is about one
ninth.
The most unfavorable feature of the
report concerning the quarters failures
is the relatively heavy increase of liza
bilities compared with gain in number
Of embarrassments. Thus, while the in
crease in the latter is 10 per cent as
compared with the first quarter Of 1895
and about l 1 per cent compared with
the first quarter Of 1894, total liabili-
ties, aggregating $62, 513, 900, are about
80 per cent larger than in the CORE
spending period one year ago and 81
per cent larger than in the like period
two years ago. No corresponding period
during the previous 15 years has pre-
sented so large a total of liabilities as
that, the statistics for which are now
made public. In the first quarter Of
1885, when there were only 4. $50 fail
ures, total liabilities amounted to $41,-
AGA, coo, nearly one-third less.
The western states show an increase
Of the number of failures Of more than
40 per cent, 1905 compared with $50
year ago, but with respect to liabilities
the increase there is more than 900 per
cent, $40, 900, 900 as compared with $5,-
1886, 900. The states of New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware re-
port l, 030 business failures against 90
year ago. an increase of only ID per
cent, but they furnish $21, 102, 900 Of
indebtedness for the first quarter of
1895 against SIT, 445, 900 in the like
quarter of last year, an increase of "a
per cent.