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A RELIC OF THE DARK Acrs

1t seems more than strange that this
time of enlightenment, and of the dis
cardlng Of customs and practices thai
belong to crude stage Of human de-
Velopment, should witness the perpetu-
alton of legal forms which originates
under special circumstances that have
long since disappeared. The ordinary
legal document, whatever it may be
is usually a mass of Verbiage which is
not only useless for any practical ef-
feet, but is simply ridiculous. AS all
illustration, the following extract from
the Indictment found by the Henne-
pin county grand jury in the case of
an alleged attempt at bribery is in
point
That on the 18th day of August 1897. at
the city of Minneapolis, in said Hennepin
county, then and there being the said de-
PENDANT, Roman Alexander. did wiIIfuII,
Wrongfully, knowingly and feloniously offer
to the said John De Laittre, so being state
capitol commissioner as aforesaid as
t 3Td0e large a sum OF money, to wit: Five
rent money of the United States of Amer
lea, If he, the said John De Laittre would
as member Of said board of state capitol
office, vete and use his influence as said
officer in favor of the acceptance bv SAID
board OF state capitol commissioners of the
said proposition contained in said bids as
hereinbeIore described with the in
tent then and there had and en-
tertained by him. the said Roman Alex
amer, to influence MIN, the said John he
Laittre in respect to his act decision, vote
and opinion such officer in favor Of tbe
acceptance by said board of the said proposi-
ton contained in said bids as hereinbefore de-
scribed. ue-
Not even a lawyer will contend that
more than about one-fourth of this
rigmarole is in any sense necessary
to the accomplishment of the purpose
of the law itself. Did wilIfully, wrong
fully, knowingly and felontously Of
fer" is an example of the kind
of statements that indictments and
other legal documents contain. Of
course, we all know how this practice
originated. There was a time, before
the use of printing. when all docu-
ments evidencing agreements between
man and man, or witnessing the car
rying out of the forms of law. had f.
be written out by hand. The occuDa-
ton Of the scrivener was then an i'm
portant one, and he worked it for all
there was in it. He was paid by the
word; and, consequently, with all the
acumen Of a modern man of business.
he never, possibly, contented himself
with one word where he could use three
or four. He studied out obscure syno.
nyms and methods of involved state
ment and possibilities of repeating the
same thing over and over again, until
he had swelled every statement that
he had to write to several times its
original and necessary proportions. AS
compensation was correspondingly in
creased, he had an incentive to carry
this practice to the extreme, and all
his fellow scribes were not slow to take
the hint.
The idea that this custom Should
have come down unchanged through
the centuries and should be binding
upon Us in these times of quick and
economic methods everywhere else is
q singular reflection upon the conserva-
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NONE SO BLIND.

The adage that there are none so
an apt exponent in the person Of young
MI Tawney, who has just returned
from a trip to the Hawaiian islands.
This journey was made by him APP
parently for the same purpose that has
inspired all other Republicans taking
that summer pilgrimag e-that is, to
discover new reasons, or reinforce old
ones, for annexing Hawaii to the Unit
ed States. Mr. Tawney is far from
an unintelligent or unobservant man.
Neither do we believe that he is one
to whom the American idea is a strang-
er If this is true, it is remarkable
that he could have seen the things
which he reports that he has seen and
not be filled instantly with fear and
loathing of the idea of Incorporating
that country and it's people into the
American Union. 1t is mournful wit
ness of the power Of party proposes
sion and party allegiance over q man
that Mr. Tawney, having had passed
before his eyes the spectacle that
demonstrated the improperly of an
rexation, should still incline to favor
1t.
He says that the strongest opposition
to annexation is found among the most
intelligent class of natives. He admits
that the natives have little or nothing
to do with the administration of the
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his eyes cast down. and when he
raised his head to reply 1 saw an eX-
preston on his face that looked as if
his mind was fully made up and his
reply would be direct and positive
From what l had heard expected him
to decline and make a protest against
secession, and his first words encour-
aged me in that expectation. He said:
Gentlemen, I am opposed to war, al
though brc. to the profession of Il
soldier, and 1 deeply deplor civil war
strife between brother and brother
But he continued, and his voice scared
me, I hear the voice of Virginia.
like the voice Of a mother, calling me
to the defense of a soil that is sacred
to me as the ashes Of my ancestors
who lie buried here. I cannot resist
first allegiance; but [ wish you to un-
derstand, gentlemen, that 1 draw my
sword only in her defense, with the
prayer that in asserting her sovereign
rights we may not be compelled to
shed the blood of our brethren He
then said that he would report at once
to the governor at Richmond, and in
vited the party into the house
"My friend and I crept off, and, get
ting into our buggy, drove over to
Washington as fast as the nag could
60 We went right to the White house,
where 1 told Mr.. Lincoln what had Oc-
CURED. He was so amazed that he
could scarcely believe me, and said
that he understood from Gen. Scott
and others that Gen. Lee was using all
his influence to prevent the secession
of Virginia.
eve had a company Of Kansas vOlun-
teers in Washington, of which Senator
Lane was captain, and L asked Mr..
Lincoln's permission to go over to Ar
lington and arrest Lee that night be-
fore he could go to Richmond; but he
said that such a thing would pre-
cipitate a crisis which they were try
ing to avert. I begged so hard that
he finally sent me to see Seward. But
Seward wouldn't believe anything. He
said that he knew all about Lee, and
all about the convention at Richmond;
that Lee was as loyal a man as there
was in the army, and was engaged
with Gen. Scott in preparing for the
defense of Washington. But the next
morning Lee went to Richmond. and
within twenty-four hours the an
nouncement that he had taken COM
mand at Richmond was in all the
newspapers"
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on the portico at Arlington. The way
it came about was this. I had just ar
rived in Washington, and circulated
around among the crowds at the hotels
picking up what information I could
about the movements and plans of the
secessionists. One day, about the 18th
or 18th of March. 1861, a committee
session at Richmond. 1 found out who
they were, and was determined to dis
cover what they were up to. About
8 or 4 o'clock in the afternoon they all
took carriages and started off. There
was a buggy in front of the hotel, and
hiring it I followed them over to Arl-
ington.
Gen. Lee was not evidently expect
ing company, as they caught him in his
dressing gown and slippers; and 1 re-
member as he came out to welcome
them, he impressed me with being one
of the understanding men 1 ever saw.
Most of the party were strangers to
him, and while they were being intro
duced, my friend and 1 stood at one
side as if we had come on some bust
ness, and were willing ito wait until
the others were through with theirs.
Lee, you recollect, had been sent for
by Gen. Scott to use his influence to
prevent the secession of Virginia, and
believed his wish was that she should
remain in the Union. At any rate he
was generally regarded as a loyal man.
After the introductions were over, the
chairman of the committee-there was
about a dozen of them-hemmed and
hawed a little, and then began to make
a speech. 1 kept diary then, as l
do now, and have ever since, and wrote
out a full account of the occurrence
that night, putting down the speeches
as fully as L could recollect them.
"The chairman said that they had
been sent by the convention of Vir-
ginia, then in session at Richmond,
to express to Gen. Lee. as the most
distinguished soldier and one of the
most distinguished citizens of the state,
their confidence and esteem. and to
tender him the command of the troops
that had been raised to repel an eX-
pected invasion from the North. He
continued at some length and conclud-
ed by saying that the response of Gen.
Lee to the call of his state would have
great influence in shaping the destiny
of the commonwealth.
Gen. Lee listened to the speech with
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tism of the legal profession. Why
should we now say, when we wish to
charge a man with a specific felony,
that he did the act complained of will
fully, wrongfully, knowingly and fe-
loniously?" Why should we speak of
five thousand dollars, genuine, lawful
and current money of the United States
of America" when all of the formula
following the word dollars is clearly
superfu6us q Why should these docu
ments. Of which millions of copies have
to be issued in this country every year,
have to-. use then and there" and
.'hereinbefore described and namely
to wit, and every other circumlocution
of which the English language is ca
pable at every. possible opportunity?
The ACTUAL. loss of time, labor and
materially consumed in a great country
like this'in the use of this verbal bal
derdash amounts to very large sum
every year. And still the courts and
the lawyers go on yielding obedience
to the Grabbed and senseless forms or
centuries now dead, in an age OF brew
ity, of strict economy and of incom-
parable haste, simply because some
clerk with his quill pen and his ink
horn invented the duplication OF these
phrases a few hundred years ago TO
fill his scanty purse. The phraseology
of the law is a relic of the dark ages
that is open to a very wide and neces-
sary reform
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PLACED IN THE NATIONAL
CAPITOL.
TO HONOR A MILITARY CHIEF
PROMINENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY
AND CONTEMPORARY OF
GRANT.
WILL THE MOVEMENT SUCCEED
Some Interesting "Reminiscences of
the Great Leader of the
Rebellion.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.-Prominent
Eirginians are now proposing that a
portrait of Gen. Robert E. Lee shall be
placed in the capitol. They say that
they do not primarily want to place
on the capitol walls the picture Of a
man who was the leader of the great
rebellion, in order to honor their mill
tary chief. But, they put it on the
ground that Gen. Lee was a contem-
porary Of Mcclellan and Grant in q
national epoch of history, and that fu-
ture generations should have an op-
portunity to see the Confederate COM
mander; no matter what they may say
of him, or think of him and the part
which he played in the national trag-
edy.
They are just beginning the agita-
ton, and sooner or later they will ac-
complish their object. 1t is a singular
fact that persistent men and women
often achieve things in Washington
which are, at first, regarded with in
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vastly more defensible than the others;
for it is honest enough to face the
payer of the tax and give him a de-
tailed statement of it and a receipted
bill upon it's payment And, as we
also said, confirmation of which Mr..
Smalley gives, this little apparel tax is
raising up antagonists to the whole
policy in quarters that are very in
f1uential
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IT'S NOT M'IxiSI.EY's BEAT,
But He Will Go to Missouri to Open
a Sugnr Factory.

SBDALIA, Mo, Oct. 10-Col. Henry
D. Shelton, of Hughesville, Pettis coun-
ty, is in receipt of letter from Presi
dent Mckinley, in which he consents to
visit Pettis county some time next
month, the exact date to DC fixed later.
Col. Shelton is at the head Of the sugar
making industry which is to be formal
ly inaugurated in Central Missouri on
the occasion Of the presidents visit.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-11

Some of the tariff critics forget or ignore
the foundation upon which every Republican
tariff bill has been built-the desire to make
American citizens more prosperous than the
citizens of any other country.-Rushlofu
Star
If the Star will insert the word ''some" be-
fore the word American" we will admit the
accuracy of its statement of its party's tar
eff nO1icy
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Increased Her Speed.

ASTORIA, Or, Oct. 1o.-'rhe trial trip
of the Mananilia, which has been undergoing
reconstruction at the Astoria Iron works for
the past five months. was fairly successful.
and the vessel was accepted By the beard
of United States officials. Without forced
draught she attained speed slightly in ex-
cess of II Knots about one knot more than
she was capable OF making before the re.
pairs were made.
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Henry George is proving a very pointed
thorn in the side of Tammany and the breach
keeps widening. Free Press.
The metaphor seems mixed. How inserting
a thorn in the side can widen breach re
quires diagram for explanation. Aside from
that the frantic appeals to Low and Tracy
to ''get together" indicate that the thorn Is
prodding other sides than Tammany's.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-11

Little things are cropping out among a
number of Republican papers, that would in
dictate non-support of the Republican ticket
next year.LAnoka Union
Possibly; now. Little things do all their
cropping out between campaigns and make
haste to do their dropping back when the
campaign is on.
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Fatal aual.reI over Crops.

RICHMOND. Ky. Oct. 1O.-Rutherford
wealthy farmer, stabbed Dan Little, a farmer
living on his fathers place, yesterday, in
fiicting wounds that will prove fatal. The
men had had trouble over a division Of crops.
Little attacked Todd with a rock. Todd, who
was on horseback. leaped from his saddle
and drawing a poeketknife began stabbing
his HELPLESS victim, leaving him for dead.
Todd surrendered to the sheriff and was re-
leased on bond pending his victims condi-
finn.
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Schooner Arthur Ashore.

SAVANNAH, Ca. Oct. 1O.-Tho schooner
Fanny Arthur. Capt. Douglass, from New
Orleans, bousd for Port Royal, S. C.. with
a cargo of molasses, went ashore an! nlled
on Warsaw beach, twenty miles south OF
Tybee, yesterday, in heavy fog. Two tugs
with wrecking pumps and cre% have gone
to attempt to float her.
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Charged with Cremating Her.

CANTON, O., Oct. 1O.-William De Pey-
ster, a well known character, is under ar
rest on the charge of numbering his wife. She
ran out of their home wrapped in flames, her
clothing being soaked with oil from lamp.
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TODAY'S WEATHER

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1O.-Forecast for Mon
day: Enthusiastically cloudy weather, with
showers in eastern and northern portions
south to west winds, and warmer.
Wisconsin-Generally cloudy weather; prob
ably local showers; warmer; increasing
North Dakota-Local showers, followed by
fair weather Monday; warmer in eastern
portion; westerly winds.
South Dakota-Probably fair and warmer
Monday; westerly winds. 49,
Iowa-Light showers, followed by fair
weather; slightly warmer; south to west
winds.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
United States Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau, Washington, Oct 10, say
T r iel Observations taken at the same mo-
ment of time at all stations.
TEMPERATURES.
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crNEpA1. OBSERVATIONS.
TEMPERATURES.
DAILY MEANS.

Barometer, 1890; mean temperature, Al;
relative humidity, SO; wind at s p. m, south;
weather, cloudy; maximum temperature, A;
minimum temperature, SO; daily range, e;
amount of precipitation Gain) in last TWEEN
ty-four hours, .21
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-11-17
RAILWAY DIRECTORS MEET.
Boards OF the G., G. S y. and S. Is. L.
Elect New officers.

Boards OF the G., c. s y. and S. Is. L.
Elect New officers.
ATLANTA, Nov. 15.-The board Of di.
rectors of the Georgia, Carolina and
Northern Railway company and the
Seaboard Belt Line Railway company
both held important meetings in their
respective Offices in this city. The re-
ports read for the past year were greatly
satisfactory tc the directors and made
an excellent showing.
The following officers and directors
were elected By the Georgia, Carolina
and Northern railway for the ensuing
year:
r. c. Hoffman, president; E. St.
john. vice president Directors: Messrs.
r. T. Hoke, Raleigh, n. O.; John Owen,
Dan O'Dougherty and r. J. Lowry Of
Atlanta; N. G. Michael and J. F.
Rhodes of Athens; ". r. Tucker Of
Raleigh, n. c.; J. T. burst Of Green
wood, S. c.; McAlpin Arnold and S. N.
Pickers. Elbertcn. Ga; S. N. Jones and
". 4. Shands OF Chester, S. G.
The Seaboard belt line elected the
following officers: r. G. Hoffman ana
E. St. John, re- elected president and
vice president. Directors: r. F. Hoke.
Raleigh, n. c.; Judge W. R. Watts,
Portsmouth. Va; John a. Smith, T. \.
Grambling. Oscar Pappenheimer. and
David Woodward, Of Atlanta; and j. S.
-NiDis- OF Baltimore.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-11-17
SILVER RULES SENATE
Men Favoring Free Coinage c.
White Metal IN Majority.
GAGE CAN'T RETIRE GREENBAoKs

Csreful Canvass Made CT the Upper iranon
of Congress Shows That No Measure
VIII I.ass That BODY Which Provides
Eor Bonds Payable Specifically In COLO
Instead of Coin.
WASHINGTON, Nov ia canvass
which has been made OF the senate IL
dicates that neither Secretary Cages
financial plan nor any other which pro-
vides for bonds payable specifically IL
gold instead of coin can secure major
ity OF that body,
Taking as basis the record Of the
senate early in 1886 On the bill author
izing the issue OF coin bonds and cersif-
Gates of idebte6ness and making esti-
mates of new members, 1t appears that
free coinage measure would pass the
present senate by q vote Of 56 to 10.
The yeas would be made up OF 20
Democrats, nine Republicans, six silver
Republicans and six silver Democrats.
The nays would show 81 Republicans
and nine Democrats. The nine Demo
Gratis who voted against free silver were
Caffery, Faulkner, German, Gray:
Lindsay, Mills, Mitchell. Murphy and
Smith. OF these Faulkner, German.
Mills. Mitchell and Murphy accepted
the Chicago platform This would leave
only Caffe-y. Gray. Lindsay and Smith,
who, with the 81 Republicans. would
make a total Of only 50 senators who
are to be relied upon tovote agalnst1ree
silver.
OF the Is counted for free silver on
the basis of the vote OF 1896. there were
nine Republicans. Carter, CLARK, Hans
brouch. Perkins. Pritchard, ShouD,
Warren, Wilson and Wolcott, who voted
for free coinage, and subsequently re-
NAMED loyal to the st. Louis platform
It is asserted that Clark, Garter, Shoup,
Warren and Wolcott would vote for sill
yer COINAGE again at the first oppo--
tunity, whilo Pritchard, Perkins, vii.
son and Bansbrough might vote with
their party. It is asserted, however,
that all nine would vote against gold
bonds without hesitation, and with them
would be found Chandler OF New ha:np'
shire, and possibly one or two Others.
The preliminary canvass seems to
show for gold bonds SO Republicans and
four Democrats, q total OF 81; against
gold bonds, 80 Democrats. ten ReDuo!l-
cans, six PopDlists and six silver Repuo-
licans, tota! OF 50. This would be
majority of Is against the foundation
stone OF the plans Of both Secretary
Gage aud the monetary commission. 1t
is believed that the majority would be
even larger against the retirement OF
the greenbackS.
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El,erbs >anosions an Election.

COLUMBIA, s. c., Nov. l3.-Governor
E!lerbe has granted the petition sub
ritted by residents OF Cokesbury town
ship, in Abbeyille county, asking for an
election to be held looking to their join
ing Greenwood county. Dec. Is. next
was the DAY appointed for the election
to be held The portion of the town
ship wanting to get into Greenwood
county embraces y square miles
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-11-17
Mexican Reut On AIurSer

BROWNSVILLE, Tex. Nov l3. = 4
Mexican Joy. Bernardino Salazar, aged
I6, has shot and probably fatally
wounded two old women and two little
girls, aged ? and I years. There is no
cause assigned for the deed. Salazar
was arrested and placed il Jail The
weapon was a douD.ebarreled shotgun
loaded with duckShot.
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r s G. Directors at Raleigh.

RALEIGH, Nov 1.-THE stockholders
of the Raleigh and CASTOR railroad met
here. President Hoffman and all the
old directors were reelected. w ".
Fuller was elected a director. The
Durham and Northern railroad declared
dividend Of 2 per cent. William Mon
cure was re. elected president Of the
Palmetto railroad. The old directors
Wera also re.electsd
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Mrs. McAlllsser Is No More.

GEEEvILLE, S c., Nov. l3.-News
reached this city of the death Of Mrs.
Mary McAllister, mother OF Mr. Charles
McAllister Of this city. Mrs. McAllister
sied of heart failure at her home near
Newry, Oconee county. She was a
native Of Ireland, and her mother was a
FIRST cousin to Thomas Moore, the I5sh
innaA -.%~.--1
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A REWARD FOR NEWBOLD.
Governor Ellerbe After tho Constable
Who Killed Rev. Turner.

Governor Ellerbe After tho Constable
Who Killed Rev. Turner.
COLUMBIA, S. O., Nov. l5.-Goyernor
Ellerbe has offered reward Of $3.50 for
the capture Of Chief Constable W. H.
Newbold, who shot down Rev. J. II.
Turnerin Spartanburg on Tuesday, sup
posing him to be blockade whisky
dealer. The horse and buggy by which
the constable made his escape from
Spartanburg on the advice Of his law
yer were returned to the livery stables
by boy, but nothing has been heard
Of the murderer.
This is the first time q reward has
ever been overed for state constable.
The Darlington war" was brought on
and martial law declared because citi-
zens Of Darlington were pursuing a
squad OF about a dozen constables who
had shot down several citizens OF th..t
town Governor Tillnan upheld the
constab3es. and fearing they would be
lynched, ordered troops to the scene.
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100 Niagara tablets, Sc, two for SC.
500 Carnation pen tablets, tc.
500 Zip pencil tablets, $50 leaves, &c.
100 Irish linen tablets, note size, Sc.
100 Irish linen tablets, letter size, &c.
IA composition books. stiff board cover, &c
100 composition books. paper cover. &c.
100 composition books, SC.
IA boxes crayon, assorted colors, in box,
&c.
IA receipt books. &c.
Note paper, five quires, for l0c.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-11-17
New North State rostmassers.

WASHINGTON, Nov. I5.-The follow
ing fourthclass postmasters have been
appointed: North Carolina-Coldstor,
n. T. Barber; Hugo, n. E. Smith; Mat
thews, J. ". Flow: Moncure, Ida
Wombie.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-11-17
One Necrc Shot by Another.

AsHEBoRo, n. c., Nov. 15.-John
johnson killed another negro. Henry
Spruill, at Biscoe, o station on the Ashe-
boro and Aberdeen road in Montgomery
county, on the way home from negro
festival