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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-02-17
Sutc,de at Eernandiua.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Feb: 9.-At
Fernandina, Fla today the dead
body ofP. Il. Mcintosh was found on
the beach. Mcintosh q iarreled with
his wife and suicided. He was 8
well known plumber and went to
t'ernandina from Brunswick, Ga.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-02-17

a BILL for the suppression OF fools
has been introduced il the Minnesota
Legislature. i. provides that wo
men Or men who send flowers
and candy, and angel cake and
plush bound copies OF Keats to
wife-murderers and thugs shall be
punished by Imprisonment or fines
unless the wife-Durderer OF thug De
near relation il which case it sntapt
TO happen. The bill was well-meant,
butt viii fail. If it doesn't it ought
to. It's unconstitutional. The prlvl-
lege OF making fool Of yourself S
divine right, just like the divine right
OF kings.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-02-17
Killed for Teasing.

BLocToN, Ala, Feb. 10.-EIijah
Price, well known citizen of this
place, was instantly killed yesterday
afternoon by Isaac CreeI, half-wit-
ted boy. It has been the custom Of
the men aud boys of the town to tease
and play pranks with the Creel boy.
Yesterday crowd was gathered about
him, among them Mr. Price. The
latter had a knife in his hand and
SAID he was going to cut Creel, who
was carrying an axe. he kept on
teasing the boy until the latter sud
denly raised the ak and with terrific
blow buried it in Prices head. He
was instantly killed. The half-wit is
now in iail.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-02-17


The sheriff acted quickly; be gath
cred an armed squad, and placed his
deputy, Col. Cleary, at the head. So
well did Cleary manage, that he not
only adroitly surrounded the House
and had the Fishers in CUSTODY ere
their suspicious were aroused, but he
also captured with them six characters
all but two of whom turned out TO be
members of the band of robbers. The
others were strongly suspected, but
were released because OF the want Of
direct evidence.
These arrests were made on Satur.
day, February IS, 1919. The deputy
found in the house eight or ten mus.
kets, some pistols, knives and large
keg and cannisterof powder. By this
time crowd had gathered. In an old
out house was discovered a quantity
of fresh meat and naer-by, rolled up
in a bundle, SIS though it were ready
10 be carted of-doubtless for destruc.
tion-the hide of a COW, the blood not
yet dried upon 1t. A bystander was
amazed to recognize in 1t the hide o; a
cow he had recently lost. Thus the
petty thefts going on in the neigh bor-
hood were accounted for, as well as
the larger robberies.
The house was not thoroughly
searched that morning. Col. Cleary
intending to return later for that pur-
pose. The Fishers were allowed to re-
move what they claimed as their per.
sonal effects. Not knowing just what
to DO with the house, and certainly
not apprehending any dangerin broad
daylight the deputy put Mr.. Ross in
charge Of the premises until he could
return, Col, Cleary was not more than
half way back to Charleston, when
Nr. Ross was set upon by portion OF
the robber band yet at large, violently
beaten and almost murdered. He
barely escaped to the woods with his
life. That night the house and the
outbuildings were burned to the
ground, doubtless the work Of the rob.
bers.
About this same time the Five mile
House was raided by the sheriff or his
deputy, and some arrests made OF par
ties suspected Of being members CT the
band of robbers and nurderers. As
no evidence could be collected against
the proprietor of the House, as being
an accessory, he was allowed to 60
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-02-17
THE PUBLIC PRINTING.
AN EFFORT MADE TO LET IT OUT TO
The LOWEST eIOOER.

An Interesting Debate on the suhject in
the House OF Eepresentatives-How the
Members Voted OF the Mstter-A Close
Vote
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-02-17

y oOAA NCNOOS, a. SIICC 4SSlSO q H4ONAe
nation offering reward of $500 for
the capture OF Fisher and Roberts. In
this proclamation a description OF
Fisher was given, as follows: About
six feet high, slim made, knock-kneed,
fair complexioned, dark hair and dark
eyes, and about 80 years of age
THE MURDERERs RECAPTCRED.
On the night of the 14th of Septem-
Der, at about II o'clock, as Mr.. Bull,
a grocer on South Bay, was preparing
to close his store for the night, he had
call from two men who expressed
the desire to purchase small supply
of eatables, as they had been out all
day in their boat, and were very hun
CRY. Mr.. Bull would have thought
nothing strange OF this request nor OF
their coming at that late hour, as
such things were Of frequent occur
renee, but there was something in the
actions Of the two men that aroused
his suspicious. They were nervous
and excited, and seemed in a great
hurry. They could not wait for Mr..
Bujlto wrap Up the articles. No soon
er were they gone than it flashed up.
on him who they were. He had read
the description Of Fisher in the Gov
ernors proclamation, and it tailed
with one OF the men exactly. Hastily
closing his store ne set out to stealth
ily follow them. The pursuit led him
to what was then known as Williams
wharf. There he saw the men con-
ceal themselves under a boat. Mr..
Bull quickly withdrew and hastened
10 notify the city guard. In less than
a half hour Fisher and Roberts were
again under arrest. It was afterwards
disclosed that they were waiting for
midnight so as the better to make the
attempt toward assisting Mrs. Fisher
to escape. They had been over to one
Of the neighboring islands, but had
returned for this very purpose, and
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-02-17

DRAGGED TO THE GALLoWs.
She could not believe she was to
die. She had literally to be dragged
up the gallows steps. From an eye
witness, Mr.. John Blake White, we
have this vivid pen-picture of that aw-
full moment: ''She called upon the
multitude to rescue her, and stretched
forth her trembling arms, imploring
pity. At one moment she would rant
and blaspheme, and stamp and rave,
with incoherent wildness; and now,
with execrations the nost shocking,
she would imprecate perdition on the
Executive who would consign wo-
man to an end so ignominious. 81
lence like that of death hung over the
vast assembly, broken only by the
shrieks (truly demoniacaD OF this
very maniac on the very verge Of
eternity. Nothing could be more ap.
palling. She was totally unprepared
to die. It was pitia5le, it was pitia-
BILE, it was truly heart-rendlng to be-
hold the unhappy husband, himself
just about to perish, and needing
every moment for his own souls
sake bending with interest the most
intense toward his frantic wife, and,
in the tenderest accents conjuring her
to make her peace with Heaven. "
a MESSAGE TO HE'LL
\ minister approached, the Rev.
MIR. Gallucnat; he sought to calm her,
to attract her attention, to otter her
words of spiritual hope. She stopped,
and fixing her blazing eyes upon
him, said in accents clearly distin-
guishabIe By many: Cease. I will
have none of it. Save your words
for others that want them. Bat II
you have message you want to send
to HI give 1t to me; I'll carry it :"
The minister drew back, shocked,
overcome with horror.
At that moment the sheriff took a
paper from his pocket to examine it.
It caught Mrs. Fishers eye. Her
every thought centered upon the hope
OF pardon, she naturally connected
this with the expected paper. She
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-15

50 to about him, beat a crack field of 2
year-olds in a hard drive.
Malvolio, who has won nine out Of elev-
en- races this year, was an odds-on fav-
orite in the race, but the best he could do
was TO get third money.
Nuto got away well and led the field all
the way, winning by two lengths, under
The good ride put up by Perkins. NAL
volio came like a flash of lightning in the
stretch. but could not overtake Nuto and
Don OuiXote
Ia the third event, handicap at mile
and seventy yards, Loki was a TO fav-
orite. The race was won by Skate the
second choice, after hot finish with Paul
kauVar. L0h flushed next to last
First Race-SiX furlongs. Harry Tho
buru to ]. won, with Lady Britannia .
TO o. second, and Hidalgo, 10 to /, third.
Time 1:l61s.
Second Race-Flve and one-half fur
longs. Alleviate. II TO 10, won with Lillian
Eel, even, second, and Claret Cup, 4 to /.
third. Time 1:0S%
Third Race-One mile and seventy
yaros. Skate, to 2. won, with Paul Kau-
var, to l, second, and Nick Garter. Is to
l. third. Time l;46la
Fourth Race-The Kimball stakes. six
furlongs. Nuto, 50 to 1, won, with Don
CeulXote, g to !, second, and Malvoio. l
TO 2, third. Time 1:16.
Firth Race-One mile. Cavalry. to
won, with Oscuro, 8 to /, second. ana Mad
rllene, 4 to l. third. Time l:4113
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-15
TURF EVENTSqAT LEXINGTON.
ATHANCE WINS THE MONEY IN
THE 2,I2 CLASS.

CurcalIa Takes the 2;23 Glass i'm II
The Unfinished 2;2O Class, Pacing,
Gives Two Heats to Moral and One
Heat to White NOso-EaustinO Cuts
slice From His RecOrd-Opening
Day at Morris ParL-ResuIts at
Aqueduct and LatOnin.
Lexington, KY, Oct 1.-THE racing on
the Kentucky Horse Breeders Association
track to-day was unusually spirited Close
finishes were very frequently seen.
The first race was for the PIP class for
trotters. Alliance had the pole in the
first heat and led all the way winning
in drive from .Abnet The second and
third heats went to the Gretna Farm en-
try. After hot finishes with the Buffalo
horses, Alliance managed the next two
heats and won the race by narrow mar
gin from Captain Jack. The Hamlin en-
try was the favorite until Abnet had
landed two heats, when the betting shifted
to the latter.
The race for 2:23 trotters was a long
drawn out contest, three horses getting
two heats apiece before the race was de-
cided. In the fifth heat, the judges thought
that they saw something of fraud and de-
clared all bets off on the heat. Before the
seventh and last heat, McHenry was put
up behind Alves and Hutchins behind
Red Bee. This was the most exciting
heat of the whole meeting. Alves led by
a head from Caracalla, with Red Bee two
lengths back, until the eighth pole in the
stretch was reached, when all three closed
up, and in a whipping finish passed under
the wire in what looked to be a dead heat
The judges decided that Caracalla had
won and placed Alves second.
The pacing race for the 2:20 class was
unfinished after White Hose had won one
and Moral two heats.
Faustino, by Sidney, trotted to beat
Pipe and reduced his record to 2:12A.
2:l2 class tIotting, purse, $780, Alliance
won first, fourth and fifth heats and race
Best time 2:10. Abnet won second and
third heats Best time 2:104. Captain
Jack, May Fern Legene, Bismarck, Rose
Turner, West Wilkes, Doodle and New
castle, also started.
2:23 class, trotting, purse, $1,000. Cara
Gala won fourth, fifth and seventh heats,
and race. Best time 2:16% AIves won
third and sixth heats. Best time 2:14. Red
Bee won first and second heats Best
time 2:1SA. Acts, Tell, Happy Bird,
John r. Stewart, Noblin, Ben H., J. NJ.
c., Larue and Pearline C., also started.
2:20 class, pacing, purse, $1,000 Wninish-
ed). Moral won second and third heats.
Best time PIN. White Hose won first
heat in 2:12A. Indiana, Clupcetta. Anna
Lee, Foxhound, The Shah, Exploit, Medi-
UNI and Tom Taggart, also started.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-15
TO CURE NERVOUS DYS-
PERSIA.
To Gain Flesh, to Sleep Well, 10
Know what Appetite ana Good
Digestion Mean, Make
Test of Stunrts Dys-
pcpsia Tablets.
Interesting Experience of an India
nnpOIis Gentleman.

No trouble is more common or more mis-
understood than nervous dyspepsia Peo-
pie having it think that their nerves are to
blame and are surprised that they are not
cured by nerve medicine and spring rene
dies; the real seat Of the mischief Is lost
sight of; the stomach Is the organ to be
looked after.
Nervous dyspeptics often do not have
any pain whatever in the stomach, nor
perhaps any of the usual symptoms of
stomach weakness. Nervous dyspepsia
shows itself not In the stomach 50 much as
In nearly every other organ; In some cases
the heart palpitates and is Irregular; in
others the kidneys are affected; in others
the bowels are constipated. with head
aches; still others are troubled with loss
of flesh and appetite, with accumulation
of gas, sour risings and heartburn.
Mr.. A. w. Sharper of No. 81 Prospect
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Send for valuable little book on stomach
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-15
LORD NEVER MADE A PANTHER.
Some of John NortOn's Notions as to
the Origin of Brutes.
From Murray's Adirondack Tales.


From Murray's Adirondack Tales.
you don't think that the Lord is really
playful do you, John Norton2" said the
Lad, moving his seat up nearer to the old
man, as if he thought a greater degree Of
personal safety could be found In close
personal contact, than in the edge of the
firelight whore he had been sitting.
II sartinly do, lad; yis, ] sartinly think
there must be a good deal of playfulness
in the Maker for ! don't see how he
could get the idee of maxim his creturs
so playful and frisky-like II there wasn't
plenty of fun in him somewhere. Now,
when / have laid in the grass and watch
ed the beevers, and seed the cunnn' of
the creturs, and when I've stretched my
self over a ledge and seed the leetle wolf
Whelps caDer and cut up their antics at
the mouth of their den, laughin' till my
eyes watered at the tricks of the leetle
woody scamps, and recollected that the
Lord made 'em and put everythin In 'em
that is in EN- except their blte-yis, except
their bite-l have sartinly felt that there
must be a good deal of playfulness in
himself, or he never would have thought
Of making sech playful creturs."
what do you think about the pan
thers?" said Herbert
Henry" said the old man, as he rose
to sitting posture with deliberate ear
neEIDGSSt We thought Il HOOu Qtdl ABOUT
them panthers, and wondered how they
come TO be made, anyway, for they sar-
tinly be the most cowardly sneakin saw
age animis that runs in the woods. And
/ never seed a good thing in one o. EN-,
and l don't believe that the Lord ever
made single one of the pesky things"
why, how do you think they were
made them" retorted Herbert.
"Mader said the old man, Il think the
devil made emf Yis they be the devil 3
own children, them panthers for they be
jest like him. They won't. look We in the
eye and they won't fight We If We have a
wepon; and they are always watchin' to
take ye onawares; and there's no marcy
in EN-, and they kill for the love OF KILN.
| was trailin last year nigh the headwa-
ters Of Cold river, yender and / heard a
great beatin' and / scooted up on my
snowshoes toward the sound, till l run
acrost a yard with a dozen deer in It, and
/ found what / thought / should find an
old panther at work there, and he had
killed five Of the innocent creturs, and his
teeth was in the throat OF anothtr--a two
year-old auckland j drawed on him and
/ larnt him a lesson Of marcy quick as
powder could barn. Yis, / pulled both
square over the eyes, and they lifted the
scalp Of the varmint and never felt bet
ter than when / tore the skin off from
his carcass and flung IL out on the snow
for the ravens to pick. No, no, Henry,
the Lord never made panther, I'm sar-
tin on that
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-15
TREE GROWING UPSIDE DOWN.
A MiIwauIxean Tests the POSSIBILITIES
of German Legend.
From the PHILADELPHIA Record

From the Philadelphia Record.
A German marchen tells of a tree which
grew with its roots in the air, and years
ago John Melners of Milwaukee deter
mined TO see II such thing were possible.
SO he planted twenty-five trees upside
down and nursed them carefully until
finally one Of them showed signs of life.
The others died, but this one finally grew
into sturdy life. although never reaching
a greater hight than four feet above the
ground.
The roots had tendency to droop ana
1t was found necessary to prop them up
with a tpells. Instead of growing verti
cally, they extended horizontally in long.
slender arms. There are about twenty of
these, radating in all directions. Each
year, as they grew longer, additional
props were put underneath, and they have
extended along the trellis fiat, straight as
ceiling, with slender little shoots run
ming at right angles and INTERVIEWING with
one another so closely that they afford
some protection from the rain to one who
may stand underneath. The top is circu-
lar In form and about fifty feet in dame
ter.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-15
When I'm Doubt About Going Home
Try This
From the Boston journal.

From the Boston Journal.
If your tongue be in good condition for
doing little arobatic work, try reading
the following word curiosity aloud 1t
may be familiar to some of you, for II
is one of the treasures that we dug up
out of an old scrap book:
II you stick a stick across a stick.
Or stick a cross across a stick,
or cross stick across a stick,
Or stick a cross across a cross.
Or cross a cross across a stick,
Or cross a cross across a cross,
Or stick a cross stick across a stick.
Or stick a crossed stick across a crossed
stick,
Or cross a crossed stick across a cross.
Or cross a crossed stick across stick.
Or cross a crossed stick across a crossed
stuck
Would that be an acrostic?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-15
"TOBPIDITY."
1t Is "A Disease of Middle Life, But
Can He Shaken or


From the Pail Mall Gazette
MY good child" l said, at is not stupid
ity we suffer from, but torpidity." The
good child had waxed eloauent on the
stupidity Of middle-aged people. The av-
erage middle-aged person, she asserted
with the fervor of eighteen, was stupid
more stupid than the average young per
son. The average mother was more stupid
than her daughter; the average father
more stupid than his son. What she
wanted to know was, how was one to
avoid growing stupid as one approached
middle-age? l was one of the few mid
dle-aged persons, the arrogant child as
serted, who seemed to have escaped the
complaint. Therefore, she came to me for
advice.
waved aside the compliment and pro-
ceeded to distinguish between stupidltv
and torpidity. The difference. l said was
very much what the board school
child defined as the difference be-
tween weather and climate. Tor
pidity, like weather, changes every
day. while stupidity, like climate.
lasts all the time. Unfortunate Iy. torpidi-
ty like the weather, shows a tendency at
times to set in and stay with us alto
gether; and as protracted weather may
end IN climate, so may protracted torpldi-
ty end In stupidity.
/ smiled to myself as thought of the
arrogant childs compliment and thought
how little she knew of my daily struggle
with torpidtty-of the perpetual effort TO
keep awake and interested when | am
really bored and sleeping, and Of the he
roic way in which I wrestle with the al
most unconquerable impulse that arises in
me at times 10 curl up in some obscure
corner like a dormouse and go to sleep for
a year or two.
Does The desire that comes over many
of us as we approach middle-age to curl
up and go to sleep point to a pre-hs toric
habit of man. corresponding TO the habit
of alternating animals? Or is 1t merely
one of the numerous Developments of mod
ern Civilizations modern disease.
The fact is that by the time we reach
middle-age those of US whom the disease
attacks have begun to get used to life
The novelty of the pageant has worn off
II has taken to repeating itself and no
longer delights us with surprises. We are
tired of looking at things-and people bore
US. They seem 70 us to be all alike, and
all equally dull. So we cease to take an
interest in them, and confine our attention
to the routine Of domestlcity that sur
rounds us, which consists chiefly of vary
ing the sequence of viands, and making
dinner table, and endeavoring 10 keep our
selves and the box we live in free from
dust and difficulties which we come at
last to perform almost automatically The
result is that we grow sleeper and sleep
Ter and duller and duller, til our per-
ceptions become so benumbed that they
have no longer any power of sensation.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-15
TALLAHASSEE NOTES.
Items of Interest From the Capital
of Florida.

Tallahassee Fla, Oct Alt Is claimed
that the oldest Episcopal church west of
the Mississippi river is located In Jeffet.
son City, Mo. The building is very much
dilapidated, and the Pensioners are en-
deavoring to raise funds to build a new
church, and to aid in the effort the ladies
have determined to hold a doll bazaar The
wife Of the governor of each state is re-
.quested to contribute a doll, representa-
tive of herself Mrs. Gov. Bloxham win
send a beautiful doll elegantly attired in
evening dress, with trimmings emblematio
of the Orange state.
Theodore Harrison, a negro arrested on
a charge of stealing a young girl from
her home, with carnal intent, Nas arraign-
ed before Judge Whitfield and bound over
for the November grand jury.
Gen. Allen Thomas of Maryland MI
Clevelands minister to Venezuela, is az
the st. James, accompanied by his son,
Allen Thomas, Jr., of Tampa, who is here
to buy Leon county mich cows for a
dairy farm at Tampa.