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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-06
Governor l1re1pe Thanked.

Fo, ordering the original package
esta ablishments closed in several OF the
dry" towns OF the state, Governor
Ellerba is being thanked by the inhabl
tants of such places. Many personal
communications have 6een received BY
the governor from citizens, but Thurs
day an expression Of THANKS from
seventy six citizens of Woodruff came
in the shape of an open letter. Fol
lowing is the communication:
SPARTA burg County, Sept 81, 1897.
To Hs EScel!ency, Governor W. 4
+ lerbe:
We the undersigned citiZsns of the
town of Woodruff desire to express
cur hearty thanks to your exctllency
for ' our prompt action in closing up
the original package house here, and
we would most earnestly and respect
fully ask that y you employ every effort
known to the law 10 prevent the sale
of LIQUOR in Or around our town.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-06
Death and Destruction.

The prairie FIRE which ragged all over
Manitoba Saturday, b=ing famed aud
driven by a gale OF wind, died out
during the night, and Sunday morn
ing's sun dawned upon a scene OF
death and devastation. Farm houses,
implements, crops and live stock were
every where consumed ard many
farmers lost their ali a lamenEable
ory CONES from Beausej,ur forty
miles east Of this ci.y. where two
Somen and f7e chi i'd:sn, IA ned No
rtski, were burned to death. fire
came upon their house, which vas IN
me woods, from Two direc .loos slnul-
tai eously, and sSut of all means OF
escape. Oaly few chared remains
were found this morning. At Bagot.
miles west. the Canadian Pacific
railroad station and seven cars. the
Dominion Grain Companys elevator
with 10000 bushels OF ~kest, l.. a
Wr:s.ers store, Higgenoothems,
LINKS and Buckanan's stables, cold
storage warehouse and Farmer WaId-
ron's farm buildings aud crops were
totally destroyed. TIE little to- IN ~as
ors ctically wiped out OF existence.
a, Stony Mountaio fl e ran up to the
Canadian Pacif; rlIrcat p OH,
wntre, by desperate ,tf1r.s, l's Pas
s,ge was stayed. Mich lay snd
rain was consumed IL THIS d!str.c.
nlhe Lake Francis district, HoIln'
zest Of the city, there vas also ex'
t-n>ive destruction o. C OPS. Ay1uhs
farmer named MARKHAM was terribly
ourned while trying to save MS pro-
srtv. At Oakland, On Ine Portage
branch of the Northern Pacific rail
read, several hundred cords of wood
and thousands Of tons Of hay were
licked up. Just south west of Winnie
Deg there is large hay marsh, aud
ire was driven over this in terrible
manner, consuming every hing IN It's
:aurse. Nearly every farmer I)sL MS
nay and many also lost tceIr grain
I'D implements. There were large
ands of horses and cattle plstUrleE
on the marsh and to day the charreo
care asses of The acin2is ccttIe grouno
every few pacss. JACK raoo!ts aoo
oralrie chickens we're also annlnllalso.
The people IN this city were a0xloos
for some hours as It was feared LA.
the f re would come mo the suouros,
where many valuable residences are
located. 4 timely change OF the "lno
avorted this impending oanser.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-06
WHlSKEY STILLS RAlDED.
They are Located in Osapgeburg aud Lex
ipgton Counties.

IiCcangeburg aud L 'xipgton Coun.
ties keep on they will soon vie with
the mountain section Of North and
South Carolina in the manufacture OF
moonshine whi>key. Just short
time ago a moonshipe still wss seized
over in Lexington County, and now
comes the report that two more moon
shine stills have been seized, one in
Orangeburg County and one in Lex
ington County. The following par
ticulars of the raid we take from the
Columbia Safe of Saturday: After
foundering about sometimes waist.
deep in mud and water in the swamps
of the North Z iisto river, for three
days and nights, without sleep, Maj
Hal Richardson of the United States
revenue service, Deputy Collector
Holland and Deputy Marshal Reese,
have jus. succeeded in making one Of
the most successful revenue raids ever
recorded in middle Carolina. a
strange feature OF the matter is that
the wife of one of the moonshiners
unknowingly gave away the location
of the stills, which subse quent events
proved Ter own husband had been
running without her knowledge. The
stills were in Lexington and Orange,
burg counties, located on the North
Edisto; one on one side of the s'ream
and the other or the opposite side
They were about FIVE miles apart.
The nearest was seven miles away
from railroad line and both we're
far off from the public roads. D.pu
ty Holland came up from Edgef=ld in
his buggy. The three revenue men
had great difficulty in getting about,
having to kill two large snskes in
their path. They arrested six men,
two of whom were negroes. On
Thursday morning at daylight four OF
the moonshiners were captured they
surrendered without resistance, the
officers having slipped up ahesd and
awaited their coming. The other two
were caught in the same way Friday
morning. Recently letter VIZ,
received from a certain lady
in the neiehbcrhood. While on
the raid Mir Richardson came
came up to house. a lady came out.
Major R chardson told her his bust
ness. Sne said she was SO glad Of IL;
she would have written to him had
she known his address; recently her
children had been playing down IN
the woods; they saw several men with
oiackened faces come out, trightaiDg
them badly; she felt sure still vas
in certain place. the next morn
ing the raid was made and four men
ca ptuced. The officers were not lit
tie surprised, Msjor Richardson says,
to find that one of the moonshiners
was this Jady's own husband. The two
stills, both large copper ones, with
their ca;s and worms, together with
700 gallons of sorghum beer and 600
gallons Of grape pomace, were de-
ssroyed by the raiders.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-06
RA Careful Riih M.diclne.

Be careful of the medicines. Every
house should have its locked cabinet
for such things. So many fatal accl
dents have happened through careless
ness. 4 writer in the Columbia Reg
lister says only last week, in my home
town, lady recommending certain
pill to friend as good tonic left the
box on the table while she accom-
panied her caller to the door. Half
an hour later she spied the box OF
pills cut OF which six or eight had
been taken. Questioning her little
boy, two and a nalf years old, he ad
mitted having eaten some of the ''pret
ty pink car dy." An emeiic was
promptly given, doctor summoned,
and every possible means taken TO
counteract the effects of the medicine,
but to no effect. The child died in
spasms within ten hours. Fancy the
mothers feeling as she looked on the
lifeless body OF her only child There
are risks enough in the raising OF
children be we as careful as we may
Surely We should take none as regards
the three deadly periis I have named.
The consequences OF carelessness-just
simple simon.pure carelessness-are
so often irredeemable, no matter how
bitter our self reproacheS.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-06
a Family Poiaoned.

Aspecial from Schuyler, Ne0., says:
During the forenoon, Frank Steinad
came hastily in from Spell Creek pre-.
cinct, nine miles northwest, to sum
mon physician to the home OF Frank
Davis, where he said the whole fa nily
had been poisoned. d.. Sixta has
tened out and found four OF the seven
children in the family and their
mother dead, fifth child il dying
condition aud sixth person sick, Mr..
Davis and lis Oldest son went away
early in the morning, leaving before
the rest of the family breakfasted.
Wien the meal was prepared all sat
down, and early in lhe course of tho
meal Mrs. Davis made some such 70
mark as: ''Eata good breakfast, and
we'll 60 together" An older son S
mind was affected by the remsrk 10
the extent that he did not appease his
appetite. 4 daughter, younger than
the SOP, after drinking halt cup Of
coffee. o,came sick and vomited. TIE
rest of the family continued the morn
ing meal, although the children made
very wry faces aud said the cCf=e did
not taste good. S:rychuine had Osen
put into the coffee
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-06
Hung pY y. 2r"eB

A special from Co1an's depot. 4 OK
ineham county, Va, says: News OF g
shas,ly discovery IN the Massanutar'
mountains, six miles east Of here has
Just been rec ived Tuesday Severaj
hunters found the bcd:y OF Peb Falls,
3 notorious white womaa dangling al
the ED OF q rope faster ed to the limb
of a tree. When discovered the body
ras in the first sage OF decomposition
Il is supposed the woman Was hanged
By negroes, who had beer her con
papions lately. No effort has been
made IS yet 1c sp2rehtnG the guilty
parties. She was q married woman,
but for years her reputation has been
ursavory, and finally she was driver
to the mountains, where she slept 10
the fields ard IL the woods.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-06
Cnld.Rloode d Crime

Parties from Apa!achic ia says there
was 8 serious riot there Wednesday.
l. appears that a white engineer on
The steamer c. D. Ovens, river boat,
>ent negro boy to a shoemaker for
MS shoes. The shoemaker told TIT
ooy he could not ct the shoes with
out the money. The boy carried the
message 10 the engineer, who attacked
him with knife, cutting his throat
rne boy died 10 feT minutes: The
negroes became terribly excited. They
gathered in lsree numbers and a..
t, rpted 10 lynch the engineer. The
Franklin County Guards we're ordered
pui. and with the assistance Of Cit Z .ns,
demonstrating with the negroes, g
yncling was prevented and order re
ored. The murderer was safely jailed
aud at ) O'clock this morning quiet
reientG c in the town
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-06
Ground to Pieces.

The Charleston Post says Henry
Jordan, colorsd, was killed recently
by a Charleston and Savannah train
near Johns Island. The full particu-
lars of the killing could not be obtained
this morning from the railroad office,
tu. from what could be learned it
Seems that it was q case OF suicide, as
the negro sto d, or Father threw bis
body across the track in front OF the
approaching traia and was ground to
pieces by the ponG-rous wheels. The
acI Of 0rdan seems 10 have been pre-
meditated as no attention was paid to
tie blowing of the whistle. An ef
fort was made to ind out something
about JORDAN no one seems to know
any thing about him.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-06
TIE EIecker Tragedy.

John Boecker. the murderer Of MS
wife and FIVE children, ct Carroll,
Iowa. still lives. though his recovery
IS impossible. Tae son Henry shows
,igns OF returning strength, but his
physicians say his wound is fatal.
The bodies OF the mother and children
Vas prepared for burial at Breda
Wednesday Tne coroner's jury
which was en- panejled Monday has
zdjour1ed till thursday. Il is now
krown that Boeck5r bought suppl y
of chloroform at Bceda l4s! week.
ostensiolg to doctor hogs for cholers.
With this he threw the family luto
their fatal sleep and was enabled to
commit the murder without resistance.
Those who know him bsst say Boeck.
er'S mind has been affected for some
lime.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-06
getting Things Sc dy.

\ newly appointed Georgia lstice
OF peace was informed that some oDc
had stc:au his horse during the night
He was no! long in locating The Grim
inal, who was speedily brought to trial
when tha justice sad L amt quail
fed 70 sit oa tiis case, seeiu as the
morse was luiae; Gu. "a eo;u> 10 let
the oailjf preside, az while he is
a-tryin Of TIE criminal III be oI3 van
der a-stretchin' OF the rope an locstin'
Of the tree -
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-06
a R.vtv.l OF Poppycuck

We are having another taste, says
the Washington Post, OF the gold bug
sty le OF logic. We have it in various
publications setting forth the fact and
The details OF thegrest fall in the price
OF silver bullion. According to all
this, silver is on the down grade and
will soon cease to rank amoog the
precious metals, and so We are told,
with gravity too beautiful to be de-
scrioed in words, that silver has seen
It's best days and that the advocates Of
free coinage may as well abandon
their fond dreams forever. It re-
mind US of the lively campaign OF
1896. It recalls all the ignorance and
stupidity OF that never-to- o-be forgotten
episode. We hear once more the str
dent bray Of Bynum and Cochran ard
The frantic imprecaticns OF the New
York Sun. Silver is even more worth
less than it was ten months ago, they
tell us. Then the dollar was worth
but f 'ty cents" and now it is forty
three cents" And all the wiseacres
and the parrots aud the owls are pratt
irg, echoing. and looking wise, until
one begins to question the wisdom OF
a Providence that lets such things con-
tinue. Silver is depreciating every
day screams one miracle OF human
intelligence. The silver dollar is
losing is purchasing power yells
another. The whole collection of the
gold bug chorus proceeds to bay the
moon until the welkin fairly rings.
One hesitates to interject into this in
sane hallabalooeven SO much as a sug-
gestion of common sense and reason.
1t seems a wicked waste OF time to ask
these red,faced yelpers why silver has
deprecated in the market, and Wheth-
er, if golG were subjected to the same
process, it would not lose its CONNER
cial value in like ratio. Intrinsically,
the proposition is simple enough. The
mints of the civilized nations are
closed to silver; the same mints are
open to gold. In this way the only
thing that makes money OF ally metal
is bestowed upon gold and withheld
from silver. In this way gold ac-
quires fictitious and artificial worth
and silver is reduced to the standard
Of its essential usefulness. In the,
same way, were the process reversed
were the mints closed to gold ard
opened wide to silver-gold would de-
preciate and silver would appreciate
in value. It seems to US the most log
ical result imaginable that silver, be-
reft of it's money attribute, should de-
preciate in the market. Like gold, it
has but limited adaptsoility to the
uses of mankind. Il cannot be ap.
piled to any practical purpose. l. Is
not susce otible of conversion into i'm
olements OF husOandry, into nachio>
cry, into tools, etc. 1t is fit only for
ornament or for coinage into money.
! Robbed BY legislation q fits latter quail
ity, its range OF usefulness is sadly
narrowed. We do not ask the gold
bug shriekers what would become of
gold under like circumstances. It
would be cruel. Tiey do not know.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-06
Death Es,her tnan ADo.t.cy.

Gen. Barron Won Shack, Of the
Russian army, Governor General OF
Odessa as well as commander OF the
sreat military district OF which this
the greatest OF ali Russian ports. is
the center recently committed suicide
in cous' quepce of having been com
PEELED by orders from the war depart
ment to abandon the Lutheran faith,
in which he had been reared. The
general, like so many others OF his
rank in the Russian army, was OF
German extraction, and had been bred a
Lutheran, although born in Russia
He greatly distinguished himself in
the last war ag lest the Turks, and
subsequently obtained still greater
fame IN connection with the real he
roisn which he displayed during the
subjueation of the mountain tribes Of
the Caucasus. Many marks of imperial
favor were lavisher upon him by Al
exanGer II and Alexander III.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-06
a Monument to Lees Mother.

4 bszaar is to be held in Alexandria,
Va, this autumn. for the purpose OF
securing funds for the erection Of g
monument to the memory CT Mary
Ann Lee, the mother Of the southern
chieftain. TIE monument will adorn
the intersection OF two of the princi-
pal streets in Alexandria, and vii!
probably be in the vicinity OF historic
old Christ Church, where bota Gen.
eral Lee and his III )tEer worshiped.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-06
RaYe Be q Removed.

Gov. Elieroe has removed he
metropolitan police OF Charleston a.c
the city now has the police entirely
under its 10 supervision. With toe
removal of the metropolitan prllc- il
Charleston, the mayor of mat CT.
made statement to the public OF his
determination to give strict orders to
the police to use every effort to sup
press the illicit sale Of liquor in the
citv
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-06
GONE TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.
4 s4usn,s,. Eoo.a by B:s v:fs scA-aa:sh
rhe Pepsicn 0nice.

Mrs. Ann Jacoov, ct Port Jervis, \.
Y. whcSe husIaEd disappeared twsI.
" Two YEARS ago !rom their home, in
Greeae. Chenango county, n. Y, and
from whom nothing had since been
heard. has just received information
from the pension department that her
husband is living IN Buffalo Since
1890 Mrs Jacoby has been drawing
thu pension allowance due to sol
diers widow. it being presumed from
the veterans long absence ard his fail
ure 10 draw his monthly pension that
he wss dead. 4 short time ago be ap
piled for renewal OF his pension at
Buffalo, and This was the means Of
learning his Whereabouts By his
friends.
S~rforG Jscahy, Of P5rt Jervis. 8
repu:able mechanic elGIs'ed IN ihe
SrvsEtie!h Regiment. New York Vol
unteerS, on April 90, 1851, aud Re
mainsd in toe service until honorab!y
discharged 10 July, 1864 T@o years
later pension Of IS month vas
granted hin, dating rom the day Of
bis discharge. on account Of diSsbill
ties Incurred in the Gett7sberg cam
paign. In Sep em Ger, 1875, The ve,er-
an ard bis wife we're living at Greene,
n. y He was physically strong, but
he was troubled by Increasing deaf
ness aud occasional spells OF oespon-
dency. One day after dinner be left
hone. telling his wife that he was
going TO call on . friend who lived
ABOUT mile from the village He
was seen By neTgbbo going in tie
difec ion indicated, ard alone He
revsr reached the friends house anG
from that day to this, so far as IS
known. be Dsv,r was seen dead or
alive. He disappeared from well
Travelled high way, within sight OF a
considerable village and at monday.
Jacoby w&s ordinarily secretive con-
ceruiug bis intentions, and it was
sue gested that he vas seized with sud-
den impulse and had gone to visit
sone relatives. When this theory
hsd tesn dispelled, relatives Of Mrs.
Jacoby induced her to apply for d
widow S pension. pre- vlously, however,
making a search and Inquiry for the
missing husband through the Grand
Army and the police. authorities OF
The neighbcring towps. The pension
d. partment re jscted toe wid ow's claim:
Tken Representative Lewis Beech Of
Port Jervis got special bill passed
by congress granting her pension
This was vetoed oy President Cleve
lan0, but another bill was gotten
through by Representative N D. Stiv
ers, and was signed by President Har
rison.
Mrs. Jacoby has opened communi
cation with her husband, and, being
assured of her forgiveness for his de
Sertion, which he attributes 10 mental
arrangement, be vii! return to Port
Jervis on Wednesday. There are two
children-a son who was six years CT
age when the father disappeared, and
daughter, who was born six months
after, and who is married to Mat Per
ry, a prosperous young resident OF
Sullivan county
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-06
a Novel Salt

: novel suit has been brou hit by 3.
4 Clark anc Fannie B. Clark. his
wife, against J James Havdon, OF Thu
ron, Col. They want SIS 600 oamageS
for injuries sustained oy Mrs Clark
while riding hobby horse at E! Cam
20, a summer resort. The horse,
which was on ntr rry 60 round owned
by the defend :nt, becsme uumanage
able through the collapse Of the ma
cninery. The lady was tor"wn and
s. badly hurt that she may De disabled
for life.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-06
Severely Shaken.

\ decided earthquake shock was felt
at Hotel Altamont on Paris Mountain
Wednesday morning about o'clock.
The proprietor and guests OF the hotel
were arcused By the shaking Of the
building, but no trouble resulted. IN
room adjoining Mr.. Johns.one's the
plastering was broken and fell with a
crash, but no other damage was done.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-06
a Golden Cannon.

\ cannon made of solid geld,
mounted upon carriage OF frosawonc,
and iniaid with costly gems, is the
unique bauble of warfare that has
come into the possession Of the inperi-
al army of Berlin. This singular gun
was presented 10 the Berlin army by
the managers OF the Hamburg Museum
in whose keeping il has been for two
centuries. II is valued ct $50. coo.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-06
Oh, mother dear, Jerusalem,
When shall | come I, thee.

He sang ii TO the tune Of Dundee, and
every body in Scotland knows that and as he
began to siDgthe dying solcier turned over
on his pillow and said to the minister,
"Where did you learn that why, re-
piled the minister, my mother taught me
that" $50 did mine said the dying sol
der, and the very foundation OF HI, leari
was upturned, and then and there he yielded
himself to Christ. Oh, it has 81 irresistible
power. Luthers sermons have been forgot
ten, but his Judgment Hymn sings on
through the ages and will keep on singing
until the blast Of the archangels trumpet
shall bring about that very day which the
hymn celebrates | would 10 God that You
would take these songs of salvation as mes
sages from heaven, for just as certainly as
the bird brought TODD 10 Elijah b. the brook
Cherith so these winged harmories God sent
are flying TO your soul with the bread Of life.
Open your mouth and take it, hungry Eli
jah.
Ihave also noticed the power Of sacred sone
to sootbe perturbation. You may have come
in here with great many Eorrlm@nts and
an1ieties, yet perhaps IN the singing OF the
first hymn you lost them all. You have read
in the Bible of Saul, and how he was sad and
angry, and how the boy David came in and
played the evil spirit out othin. Spanish
king was melancholy. The windows were
all closed. He sat IN the darkdess. Moth
ing could bring him forth until Eranei! came
and discoursed music for three or :our days
to him On the fourth day he locked up
and wept and rejoiced, and the windows
we're thrown open, and that which ali the
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-06
BurEs Il ct Sea

Tae schooner John II. Cannon,
Captain Harrison from Jacksonville,
Fla, for Baltimore, loaded with
>5ipgies, was cismasIed in gaze OF
The 2ls. instant, 10 miles east OF CAar
lesion. She was abandoned and sci
on FIRE GA the u 4. The crew OF the
Canton were taken of by the schooner
Greenleaf Thomson and landed today
al Fol trsss Monroe
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-06
Three chtldren nurned.

Near Alma, Neb the farm house OF
!. l.. Gordon was burned Wednesday
oight, consuming three children. TIE
children were left alone with the
house while the father wen. to the
barn. He returned in twenty nlnuteS
to find his home in flames. q ?rdon
vas dangerously burned in his efforts
to save his children and may die.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-06
Htck. In TW...

The torGedo boat Gss.r, sers Lynn
AID Trashsr gorunded Wedn' sday
during fog, On Dodman's Point.
The TErasher broke il two. f"ree
s!okers were killed and two S; s-rS
iojured by the bursting ola steam ps
on board the Thsr>her shortly after
sae grounded The LINN has been
towed II srG I. ken TO Falmouth.