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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-08-10
A DESPERATE FIGHT.
The CITY Of Greenville Has a Street
Duel.

Within stones throw Of Main
street, and on the next most important
thoroughfare of Greenville, Washing
ton street. the most exciting pistol duel
of the city's history occurred Tuesday
Ausust2 about ) o'clock. The partici-
pants were James B. Williams and
Charlie Potts. The latter was shot
through the right lung: the former was
not hit There We're numerous eye
witnesses, but all differ as to details.
Ex-Street Oyerseer Frank Williams,
Lewis Simons and negro shoemaker
were nearest. DR.. 4. J. 5. Thomas Of
the Baptist Courier. attracted by the
first shot. saw the end from his office.
1t seems that Potts and Williams
had b, en- drinking together Tuesday
morning and had words in Simmons
original package store or restaurant
They made friends, but this afternoon
Potts. with q man named Boggs. went
to Simmons place, where Williams
stays. and the alteration was renewed.
Potts started off from Main street down
Washington. saying he would get Viii
liams: Boggs told him not to go. They
were about Is feet apart when the
shooting began and both advanced
1t was game fight. Each cmptied
his 32-calibre revolver and when the
shots were out they clinchcd and pun
meled each other over the head with
the pistols. Williams weapon being
Knocked out of his hand. When sepa
rated by Policeman McCarroll. Potts
resisted and still fought, but Williams
submitted. They both walked toward
the police station around the corner.
but Potts staggered and it was seen he
was shot. DR.. Black was called and
gave him attention at the Stoddard
house near by
Williams is in the station house and
says he shot to save his life. He cS-
llibits absolute GOODNESS and makes
clear statement. Williams. in February,
1891. over cards. shot and killed Maj.
Dixie Williams, q prominent lawyer:
His trial attracted wide attention. and
he was acquitted on self defense. Potts
lives at Potts Cove near the North
Carolina lire. where he mcrchandiSes
and farms He was formerly 4 revenue
officer and has had some encounters OF
note He was shot only once. but he
and Williams were both bruised in the
last struggles. Potts chances for rc-
covcrv arc slight. j. II.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-08-10
A Big Difference.

One of the most remarkable iactS
to be noted in connection with the et-
fects of the new small calibrc bullets
is the almost total absence Of cases
reouirine amputation The heaps of
severed limbs that formed a horrible
feature of the surgeons quarters dur
inc the Civil Var will not appear in
the present war. Out Of the pa
wounded men who have been brought
to New York on the 0livctte. not one
has had to undergo amputation. The
Mauser bullets make dreadful gaping
flesh wounds at close range: but at or
dinary ranges they either kill or leave 1
comparatively Slight wound. During
the Civil War the death rate in c;scs
Of wounds perforating the abdominal
cavity was nearly 80 per cent. One OF
the surgeons in charge Of the men
wounded at Santiago says the pcrceh-
tase of fatalities from this cause Will be
less than per cent. in the present war.
There is no counting on the Nauscr bull
let. 1t may pass through one man and
scarcely injurc him. yet it may hldcouS-
X mutilate the next man to him. On
the whole. however. the small caltbre
rifle bullets are more humane than the
big muskct bullets used IN the Civil
War.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-08-10
Cervera on a Trip.

ADMIRAL Ccrvcra, accompanied by
his son. Lieut.. Ccrvcra. who have been
prisoners of war at the naval academy,
Annapolis. for several weeks, passed
through Baltimore Thursday en- route
for Fortress Monroe. The admiral re-
ceivcd special permission from the na-
w department to go to Fortress Men
roe to visit Spanish officers who are un-
der medical treatment there. He may
extend his visit to New York.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-08-10
WHY CAPT. EVANS DID'T PRAY.
Fighting Bob Replies to aPennsyl-
Vania Editor.

Capt. Roblcy D. Evans of the battle
ship Iowa has sent the following letter
to the editor of the Index of Williams
port. Pa. It is in reply to an article
published by the Index, praising Capt.
Philips of the Texas for his after ac-
ton prayer, and contrasting Capt.
Philips action with what is referred to
by the paper as the frequently pub
lished profanity Of Capt. Evans. The
letter is dated at Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba, July %.
Il beg to acknowledge the receipt Of
copy of your paper. which you have
been good enough to send me. | am
somewhat at loss to know whether you
sent it for the purpose of calling my
attention to the cuss words attributed
to me in the newspapers or to Capt.
Philips official show Of Christian spirit
in announcing to his men on the quar-
terdeck of the Texas, after the battle
OF Santiago, that he believed in Al
mighty God. As however, you have
seen fit to drag my name in your news
paper, hope that you will publish this
reply. that those who have read your
issue of July - may also read what |
have to say about it.
Il have never considered it necessary
and an sure that a great majority of
officers in the navy do not consider It
necessary, to announce to their crews
that they believe in Almighty God. |
think that goes without saying. We
each of US have the right to show by
our acts how much we are imbued with
this belief. Capt Philip had perfect
right to show this to his men as he did;
it was simply ! matter Of taste.
Now for myself; shortly after the
Spanish cruiser Eizcaya had struck her
colors. and my crew had secured the
guns, the chaplain of the ship. an ex-
cellent man, came to me and sad. Capt
Evans, shall say few words q! thanks
to Almighty Ged for our victory?' |
said. BY all means do so; | will have
the men sent aft for that purpose. and
was on the point Of doing so when it
was reported to me that a Spanish bat
tlcship was standing toward us from the
eastward
My first duty to God and my coun-
try was to sink this battlcship, and |
Immediately made preparations to DO
so. When it was discovered that this
ship was an Austrian. found my ship
surrounded by boats carrying, dying
and wounded prisoners and other Of
the crew of the Vizcaya to the number
of 230.
TO leave these men to suffer for
want Of food and clothing while called
my men aft to offer prayers was not my
.idea OF either Christianity or religion:
| preferred to cIothc the naScd. feed
the hungry. and sUccor the sick. and |
am strongly Of the opinion that AImlgh-
ty God has not put black mark against
me on account Of it do not know
whether | shall stand with Capt. Philip
among the first chosen in the hereafter:
but | have this to say in conclusion,
that every drop OF blood in my body on
the afternoon Of the Sd Of July was
singing thanks and praise to Almighty
GnI for he victory we had won.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-08-10
An Ovation Awaits Them.

All the troops Of cavalry with Gen.
Skaters army and eight companies Of
Rooscvclts Rough Riders have been
ordered to proceed to Moneauk Point.
L. l.. for cncampmcnt. Gen. Shaftcr
has been directed to use all the trans
port facilities he can command and to
send the troops as rapidly as possible.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-08-10
Wrecked bv a Cyclone.

The village of Mcdious in Spian was
wrecked by cyclone which killed
many persons. Several houses 1T
Hornillos are engulfed by foods. Num-
pcrs of people perishcd
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-08-10

Just back Of the darkest cloud the
sun may be shining. In five minutes
we shall see him again. Dono let Us
lose heart because of gust of rain or
a spell of gloom. Warp and woof. our
days are blended Of the sunshine and
the rain.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-08-10

Nazareth. heprUNcu anu cOIN4GIcu
they went away.
Surely this legend of Christ is good
enough TO be true. Kindness in all his
words and ways and habits. Forgive
ness, Word Of II letters, and some Of
them thrones and some Of them palm
branches. Better have Christ write
close to our names that one word,
though he write it in dust, than to have
our name cut into monumental granite
with the letters that the storms Of 1000
years cannot obliterate Bishop Bah
ington had book Of only three leaves.
The first leaf was black, the second leaf
red. the third leaf white. The black
leaf suggested sin. the red leaf atone
ment. the white leaf purifcation.
That is the whole story. God VIII
abundantly pardon.
I must not forget TO say that as
Christ. STOPPING down. with his finger
wrote on the ground it is evident that
his sympathics are with this penitcnt
woman and that he has no sympathy
with her hypocritical pursuers. Just
opposite to that is the worlds habit.
Why didn't these unclean Pharisees
bring one Of their Own number to Christ
for excoriation and capital punishment?
No, no! They overlook that in 3 man
which they damnate in ! woman, and
so the world has had for offending wo-
man scourses and objur@ation, and for
just one otfense she becomes an outcast,
while for men whose lives have been
sodomic for 20 years the world swings
open its doors Of brilliant welcome. and
they may sit in high places. Unlike
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at time. 1T Should be explained that
Jcrnegan was also there on the scene.
Although he was eNcecdingly ly active in
flying around the country in all dircc-
tons. he was still mysterious and eva
sivc-always limiting 1T great fortunes:
but never explaining.
Il understood that We were to get
things ready for Ryan. the Middletown
jcwelcr and capitalist. ana also Plcrson
the florist both of whom were to put
up money Hence the necessity Of
having things ready for making the cN-
Ierimcrts perfect. The idea was to
paralyzc them and produce gold from
sea water there before their eyes.
..Onc evening. after day Of expert
mcn,>. We crossed Naragansctt bay
and began to make soundingS from q
little rocky island to wharf on shore
not far distant. The soundingS showed
the depth Of water between the wharf
and the island to be from seven to nine
feet. An insulated wire or cable was
laid along the bottom. connecting the
wharf with the island When We were
on the island | discovered that Fisher
plan was to follow the wire under water
and BY the aid Of his diving suit reach
the wharf where he was to manipulate
some of the apparatus at the bottom OF
the bay against the wharf.
Il also discovered that little Sxl0
house OF boards had been constructed
on the end of the wharf. for Jcrnegan 5
use in making the alleged geographical
survey. That is the way he explained
it. Fisher was successful in following
the wire to and from the bottom Of the
wharf. under water, even without 4 life
line. remaining on the island until he
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-21

yards, when the insolvency OF the Bowers
Dredging Company. 20 which the contract
had been suh.et, forced q suspension Of
work, bat the waterway company IS con-
hdeat thai all obstacles 20 a resumption
OF operations Will be removed during The
summer.
The Alaska Trade.
Seattle has experienced vast increase
in the volume OF business N every liae
during the last year A steady improve
ment had already set I'm. due 70 revival
of the lumber trade. activity in mines and
Z great Increase il the export and import
trade with the Orient, when the outbreak
OF the Yukon gold fever gave a huge i'm
petus to every line OF business. Merchants
were wQ;kvd night and day 10 supply out
fits: banks were f.led with gold brough.
down by the successful. miners and with
money from the thousands who were
bound for the Yukon: the postoffee be-
came crowded with strangers, who formed
long Lines extending from the general de
livery window out 10 the Sidewalk. the
wharves were lined with shipping and the
hotels were Overlooking. Seattle had been
building UP its trade wiki the Yukon min
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-21
Seattle tbe Metropolis
Of a .SsesioG9 Where
Every lQdu$tyyls Rep
resented and Which
Has Vast lpte71aI and
Foreign ComwsYce.

The northwestern section % the state s,
the most advanced In development and ths.
most thickly populated. Il includes the
lower Sound ccuntry. the Kitsap peninsula
ard the Olympic peninsula. and extends
from the south lire Of KING county . the
British boundary aui from the SUNNI, II
The Cascade mountains 10 the Pacific
ocean. Tbs country Is So broken tfys by
the Straits Of F1lca Puget sound AMI their
many arms. as well as by navsgable nv
ers, tina; 10 part OF il Is very remote frnm
water traes poytat..n. Tcux it was thaf
population and development had made ma
feriai progress before there a railroad
In the state During the last twelve ycars
railroad lines have been constructed ;rav-
ers!ng Il in az directions. II Ia thus liter
ally bound together by bands OF steel all
leading IL Seattle. the metropolis while
wafer transportation serves TO keep the
cost ot transportation down 10 the mini
mum.
Almost every one u the leading Indus
tries or the Stale j. carrie Il on IN this sec.
tson. Lumber. ana al commodities into
which II enters. .talag. nsh canning and
hHsohlng. ffsiit as ~ and fruit drying;
coal ,nin;ES. f~s} a mining and smelling
the rnanufacture - lime and the quarry
Ing % b1lid.ng stone. dalrying and cream
cries. the growing of hops and vegetables:
while manufactures Of every kint large
and small. are 10 be found ia every part
OF Il. Here are great ship yards. and on
Port Orchard ia the government day dock
Steamers ran from here to Alaska and
Californls ami great ocean liners 10 China
and Japan.
Throughout this section Ire trade reia>
tons Of Seattle extend. though Everett
and Whsteom are important trade centers
for smaller areas aad Anacortes PORT
Townsend and Fort Angeles come ~ for a
Soad share In their respective localities
While fhfs Contiguous territory t. the
most Immediate field Of Seattle trade. the
merchants branch out Into the adjoining
paris ~ Rftlsh Columbia ara into the
counties OF the eastern siope ~ tho Cas-
cade mountains but there they meet COM
petition from F.llonxhurg. North Yakima
and Spokane. IN the northwestern coun-
ties they have 10 rivals and the enterprise
and broad pubae spirit which caarac terize9
fhem has led The people Of tA1t section 70
lock 90 than for leadership in every great
Undertaking
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SEE.TTLE FROM The EEPBCP.

Washington 10 the head Of Salmon bay 81
cost Of $1,000 10 King county and con-
denna;ion proceedings are now IN progress
for the right OF WAY from the head ~
Salmon bay 10 the narrowS At the mouth
OF that bay and for the assessment OF
damages 20 property which vii. be food
ed by raising the level cf the bay seven
feet The outlet has been changed from
Smiths cove 20 Salmon bay, involving some
delay. but an estimated saving OF $4,000 20
the county, yet I IS expected that the en-
tire right Of way can be transferred 10
the war department n August. The esti-
mates ot the COS; u this great undertake
ing have ranged from $3.50. se0 10 81 SCI. 600
according 20 the size Of the canal and he
method of building the lock- /. is now
proposed 20 build this lock 900 feet east
Of the original location. which may in
crease the coSt. L, Is also proposed 10
make Lake Union q storage bas.n FOR shtps
Of war. which would require a WIDER canal
than was first contemplated and conse-
quentiy would increase the cost.
Filling the Tide Lands
Another great harDor .mn-1yeuert
which is in the hands or the Seattle and
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IS eviden. from the fac. that the receipts
from this source were s.nS. I12E In 1897 ~
compared with SIS. e49 - In 1885, Although
the concessions granted 10 delinquent tax
payers expired on November 90 1897. ths
county treasurer DID rot transfer 30 the
city large part OF his collections. made
prior 10 that date, until syter January l.
iseN and therefore TIE Increase extends into
This year Thus the total payments of de-
iinquen. taxes from January | 10 April ~.
lss> were siI3 539.,2 against So. So % in the
same period OF 1897. This brought the total
revenue az the city in the first four months
of 1ssis W u $a7S 3720s. "a compared with
sl22 ESQ q In the same period Of 1885, while
the expenses were sis a5Ge5. against sl01.
&2.i7 in The same period az lsa1. The city
npw aas no floating debt and its bonded
dclt s. s. - ote on which the annual IN
te.est IS sf7fn9, The assessed valuation
of tAc city IS $50. lilies and after ded0cting
tho available assets. the ely has a margin
withjn :hc legal limit Of sS25, 800 Is.
The Police Department.
The police department under Chief
Charles $. Reed has made a good record
fer efficiency under unusually trying c.r
cums:an During the hard times the
force has been reduced - the low level Of
for:y-four men. al told. but by goo1 man
aeem"ut has proved Itself amply able 10
cope with the crImna, element. Within
ten days after the arrival q. the i9yg-
quantity Of kioudike gold on tae s,e2taer
Portland had aSion.shed the country, an
influx % criminals from al parts II the
United states SGT u and has continued
without abatement ever since. Yet not
single iarge burclarv has occurred With
out }h+ capture of She guilty parties and
The recovery IF the stolen goods. The reg
giar force has been increased frCn ATTY
four 10 s,x;y~two men and ten emergency
men have been added 10 cope with the
unusually large number Of criminals. In
February the city council showed i;s ap~
probation ~ faithful service ny increasing
the wages Of the poFce. The expense In
1877 was only sss $50. ~ against 81, Itess in
is9s hat me large increase in ths fore.
made necessary rs the increase IN The
;,1rfaer oe arrests frcm -, IN ihe four
months ending April 30 Isa1. "a 2,sss IN the
same period OF isss involved an increase in
expenses from s!a5is,1 - 10 sls4s4,oa.
The Fire Department.
The city has well equipped FIRE Depart
mens OF sevgn;y-one man under chief
KELLOGG. who are fully PAD and ten call
men at the suburb e Fremont There are
five ERE engines. theee chemical engines
TIRES hook ard ladder trucks seven hose
wagons ard two hose reefs. with talrty-
f0ur head OF horses. the equipment being
distributed among nine engine house,
fhcrs = siso a. a slip on the harbor front
f,retsaat capable ~ throwing fourteen
streams ranging in diameter from II. 20
inCass
The nre and pol!cs aspa1 tments are main
tained at a high standard or efficiency
especially since the application OF clvE
scTv.sn Ts5.eS - the city employees cliusir-
afed politics from he service and made
raer.t aRd ahsl!tv the sole tests
The pshlir srhuuts
The school system takes rank Mir that
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age q a Hill 20 es,ah,.,
As'S, An precipitation of xaaa =.
!, ,a'"e ana the offics viii be a.. = !
- IN tine 10 receive the frs, 3
gold Hitherto much Of u. 80 ss's
thfoush to ne minis at San r. g., =
ne.eh@. out now Seattle ana go -
washington viii get the hsrrs, !. =
The Bank Clear,asa
The business harone,er ~ a.
or bank clearings and thss !. - -
the effect Of Yakon god IN s..1s ssas
first god from the K,ondike .sss.s 49,
a';ie on July II. 1871. and he ~,
crease in hank clearinss hsxaa !, !, 4
lowing month. The record b. ma. :
that year is as fellows:
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DEPOSITS from other postmaster ~"
81. - in 1895 20 t4s7 ,5as 70 in -. 49,
The ratio Of Increase was ',s - 4
fained in the nrss duaEsr o. ~ =
pared with the same peTifh ~ - a.
receipts from sale o. stainps :. - =
na,er Increased from sss.II. =
ard TIE box rant from s.'a.' ..,ass
the rnmher of money ofasl f.as
sg2i to 1885. and the aHe&'.
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Lake Washington Naserway Company. Is
'he rs!irg % tae tide lands ia E.Lott ray
with ma+eT:ai excavsied from waterways
extending fron deep water 20 he had ~
Tho va ar3 through :Ae highlands 90 Lake
Warrington About half = n ae Z tho
eaat waterway had been excavated % the
fall width eu1 ter mater a. use33 tn q. ing
seventy acres - I.ec lant, h.ch has ben
q1.~Kly ccrur!eI by factories ard ship
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% any city IN the United States. There
were OF, the rolls al the end OF April = Sd
children. while those in actual attendance
a. that time numbered 6,,t4, the diTerenc,
being mainly due 10 the large floating
population brought IN by the klondike
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1897. ~ s''ss.'&4
The increase was even more mara,
ing the first four month"; i - !,
when the great rush Of msr,ss =. !
over the passes was outi.tn~ i. 4. :
Following is the record BY ruu,s,
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SaeasnAaH aSaSa1n

boom the increase IN enrolment over the
provious year being l.@i5. 1Aere are
twenty school buildings, having an aggre-
gate Cf Isl rooms. au3 The Cascade school
is being enlarged from six 10 fourteen
rooms. while the number of teachers Is
1sj.
The Army Post.
The importance OF Seattle as s:rategi>
point has been recognized by the govern
ment In the establishment here or an army
post, which viii he a rcgimental head
quarters for the Puget sound district
The citizens o. seat,le having secured title
10 a site OF s4l acres on Magnolia bur a
position commanding the haTbcr. with i'd
land and right of way for roads aggrsgat-
ing 4s acres more. ssi.ss, from the ap-
preparation OF 1873 became available ARD
a further sum VIII probably he appor-
toned from the appropriation for the rex,
fiscal year. tract If fifty acres Is being
cleared. roads arr bting built with
wharf on Salmon bay. ana contracts have
been let for harraS<. for ,wo companies
ani officers quarters, The city Is ,ayug
six-inch water main 10 she edge o. the
site. from which point the governfuen;
Will exsend II TO the buildings. \ battery
Of artillery = also TO be s.a;lonet. rere
ana details Will be sent 10 man tire forff-
ncations now under construction on poin,
Wilson. Ma rrowstone point ard Aamirai:v
head. for the protection Of the entrance 80
The Sound.
The Government Canal.
The government also has in The treasury
$1,000 appropriated sor the con-tFuctter ~
= ship canal from Puge: Sound thrnvr4
Salmon bay and Lake Union 70 lax
Washington and tbs sum viii bee.yr,a 3
available as soon 80 the right Of way ha.
eeen secured by King county. and ira7=-
seTre3 70 the govern nsent The rlxh. "
way has been condemned from Like
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Tbs shows an Increase az s-sss,
which Is equal 10 ssss...o per sst
The volume of indiyidua, s,.x, 4,
Increased In an almost equal NJ a.
par.ng two statements 10 IN asras..
OF the currency. the total for b. go,
banks of Seattle on 0etobe. w g.
81, $3.50. ard on February 4 Ms NJ,
A.li3,A4. an increase Of Una
POstO1atce nusinesA
The increase in postal bus:new sr y.
equally healthy. The fecsipu s,y- =.
OF stamps ard stamped pasx, vss D
1866 in tho year 1897. agalas NJ
the year 1896, an increase w-Ua
1897 there were issued NO snss
money orders amounting to 90 SO.
against %. 263. amounting b &C re :.
1897: 3.2s6 international npsey ctzs
amounting TO Sc. 3see,. as against i
amounting to sss.sSs.se. III -, Tier a
paid In 1897 6,.3ss domestic inches a,
amounting 10 s5e2.aasS, IA ssa.s i /
amounting 10 sSfs, iiiss. in lsss: sass-'
national money orders. amounting q
4o4. Ell. as against s,Ssa. amounting u
PA. in 1896. That the improves !
general throughout the tfshutaH 81
is shown by the Increase In the aass 4
-