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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-07-06
WILL TURN BACK.
Such is the Impression About the Span
ish Fleet.

The Spanish feet that sailed last week
FOR the Philippines has not made much
progress and does not give the United
States much concern. The government
has done everything possible within
fair lines to prevent this fleet from
reaching the Philippines and the
agents of the state department
have been particularly successful
in his work United States Con
Sular Agent Broad bent has just made
a master stroke which he reports to the
department. While the Spanish ships
were seeking permission Of the Egyp-
tian government to take coal ut Port
Said the consular officers succeeded in
quietly buying up all the coal available
at the port This amounted to 10000
tons and it is in q good place to be
shipped TO Dewey: To serve as 4 base Of
supplies for Commodore Watson 5 east
ern squadron when it enters the Medite
ranian; or TO coal any American Vessel
lllsts llIi l'stSS lIlt Uiei tIlc b1lttH tdil.ii
bound for the ASiatic station if it should
be decided that it is permissible for
warshil,S to Ia ke on coal 1T Port Said.
The news that reached the depart
ment through the press reports that Ali
mira, Camar;t is about to leave his tor
pedo boat dcStroycrS ut Port Said be
cause they would be unable to wealer
the monSoons in the Indian Ocean ut
this season. is believed ut the navy de
partmcnt To prcSa@c the dissolution of
the squadron and the abandonment Of
the cruise to the Philippines. As these
torpedo lcstroycrS have proved their
ability to cross the Atlanta in bad wealth
cr. it is conjccturcd ut the department
that the real reason for turning back is
one that is almost chronic in the Span
i>Il navy. namely. Il breakdown or Il
brcaka-c Oft machinery OF the craft.
Leaving oft the three torpedo boat
deStroycrS -iudaz Prosperina and Or
ter. there is very little left in the squad
ron of an offensive character aside
from the battlcship Pclayo and the
cruiser Carlos Y. At any rate the
dropping Of the deStroycrs will weaken
Camara squadron 50 materially as to
make his defeat by Dewey forcgonc
conclusion il they should come together
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-07-06
To Relieve Santiago.

From two Cuban officials picked mp by
the fleet off Santiago on Wednesday it
was learned that General Pando is
moving eastward from Hanzanillo, with
$500 Spanish troops, for the purpose
of assisting the belcaguered of Santiago
de Cuba The Cubans had come to
Aserranderos. in small boats. with dis
patches from General Rios for Admiral
Sampson and General Rabi. The
Spaniards We're moving at the rate Of
twelve miles i day when the messengers
left, and 1T their present speed it is ex-
pected they will reach SANTIAGO de
Cuba next Sunday July ,. The Gu
bans have i small force hanging on the
Spanish flank and rear and larrassing
General PandoS troops at every step.
Manzanillo is l27 miles west OF san
tiago dc Cuba. and the roads are in bad
condition. The Spaniards say that if
General pando reaches his goal it will
be with less than hail the force he
started with.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-07-06
he is A ROMANCER.
q Boy Who Can Beat the Spaniards
Casing.

Albert L. Morey. a Providence boy.
who graduated from the gunners' school
at Newport last April, writes of the
first bombardment of Santiago in which
he participated on the cruiser New Or
leans. In letter just received by Mo-
rcy's parents he says:
L had the good luck to put SIX
inch shell into the Cristobal Colon and
kill a whole gun crew and also wound
the Spanish Admiral In the second
bombardment | had another stroke Of
good luck. We had silenced the right
battery and several smaller masked bat
teries, and the right wing Of the feet
had finished its work ard was helping
out the rest of the feet when large
gun commenced firing at us from the
fort (the only one left), and she was
doing some close work.
Her shells were whistling all kinds
Of tunes when | hit her square, and You
could see her and her whole crew go
flying into the air | have been
complimented twice by my Captain and
four or FIVE times by my division off
Ger.
Il have killed about twenty and
wounded I few more that | know Of
and if they don surrender before long
| hope to do 4 little better The Ad-
rliral says we're 4 regular pepper-box,
and Bob Evans says we can give L
battleship points on good and rapid
firing.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-07-06
A North Carolina Sensation.

4 sensation has been caused in Raj
ei@h. y. G.. by row between Cover
nor Russell and city editor Henry
Bagley. Of the Raleigh Times Visitor
Il brother OF lieutenant Ba@ley Mr.
Bagley says when he called at the GOV
ernors 5 office to introduce III army Off
Ger to the private secretary he was
called into the executive office where
the governor keeping lis hand on 4 pls
tol in desk drawer cursed and abused
him for an article printed in The
Times Visitor some time before and
violently ordered him to leave. This
incident brings out the information
that Governor Russell has long believed
that somebody has been tryin" or would
try. to kill him and has habitually
kept Il loaded revolver in his desk and
Il shotgun standing in :, corner Of his
Office This goes 10 strengthen the
impression already prevalent among
many people in the State that the GOV
crnor is dangerous lunltic
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-07-06
LOVE, CRIME AND WAR.
a Very Strange Tale Told by an Es-
caped Cuban Murderer.

There Is Cuban passenger on one
nf H.. Hin, III. II,.t.,d;nu ,,,.,Jr,r
;, WHOM, rL,. ,,hr.,,n ..;'nh, i,;l,,. hes
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I,,. - ,l. r.,rcal H.. J., p.,ut, ,h. IIa-
y.p. ,,r;S,n rontI, and ;; half auo
he wa, mi IN =, ,b.inrang and sci 10
work on fnr1if,..,,ionS Ills duty was
v.hrtlinu sand IT S,nd Battery No. /.
c,st nr (,orn Tbnv r,y,. him ~, ,,;.r
80, L,, :, raw L.,nS Ln .,;d md h..
w.,s .,Inost sT,ry.J TInr>Jw lasl
,yJ,;t. H.. ,,,,.,rI VS. >, hnm.L L,. and :,
fellow rnny;cl roaJ,. their rsca,'c Tley
,..,,, ;uto IN. woods ..oL v,r, souu S.,I,.-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-07-06
A Piuckv Sea Captian.

The GO0-ton lmcricau schooner
Clara \. Phinncy OF New Bedford.
some days ago was authorized to clear
with 100 tons Of coal from Mobile to
Vera Cruz on afiidavits of reliable citi
zenS Of Mobile that the coal was de-
stined forrailroad purposes. On reach
ing Vera Cruz. Captain Phimcy was
directed BY l.. .Jonbl;,nc his consignce.
to place his vessel alongside the Span
iSh sc;amcr Maria llcrrlrs. In the
presence OF 4 group of excited Spanish
sympathizcr>, Captain Phinney blunt
~ refused declaring with emphasis
that no vessel in his charge should ever
lie alongside ship bearing the flag OF
his country enemy, much less supply
her with even pound Of coal! The
captain. with crowd at his heels.
marched TO the American consulate and
notified the consul. and wrote at once
to General Sparlding acting secretary.
that he had placed himself under
American protection.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-07-06
A BUNCH OF PRIZES.
Several Spanish Boats Captured by
American.

dispatcb from Havana SAYS the
commander Of the Spanish gunboat
Ardilla reports that while reconnoitcr-
inc on june 2G at Coloma. Punta Corets
and other places. ut Coyabia. he was in
formed that strange steamer with one
smokc-stack apparently a war ship. B.
600 tons was in SIGHT. The stranger
soon caurLt sirht of the .Ardilia and
rirsued her The o,nboat kept within
thr LIue So, md succeeded in keeping
ont Of r,nS. Of the uuns Of her pursuer.
70 the soutbcastward the stranger,
which turned out to be an American
ship. appeared to be in COMPANY with
several othervessels. The Ardilla made
Il reconnaissance an the following day.
June -. and discovered that the Ameri
c,;n si.ip had CAPTURED the sloops
Ncmesia. Of Batabano, province OF Ha-
vana: .Amistad and Manucita. of
Coloma. province Of pin:r del Rio. and
the pilot boats Luz and .Jacinto. 1t is
claimed that when the sloops were
sighted the American ship hoiSted the
Spanish fay. believing h. had to do
with i Spanish war ship. The pilot
also approached the American vessel and
did not find out his mistake until i blank
Shot and afterward loaded shells were
fired at the pilot boat. The shells it is
claimed. exploded near her. The
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-07-06
ABOUT LOAFERS.
How to Abate the Great Nuisance Of
Them.

The Charlotte Observer says about
ten years ago Charlotte was emancipated
from the habit of loafng. From that
time it prospered. Formerly, in front
of each store. the professionals sat upon
dry goods boxes, Whitfield sticks and
talked over the affairs of men, women
and children in the town One man
made rule that there could be no loaf
ing in front of his place Of business.
He was considered reckless. a little
later clothing house made the same
rule. The movement grew until today
there is not business house in Char
lotte having loafers in chairs and on dry
goods boxes in front of any store. They
have been driven from one store to an
other until now the native local loafer
has no refuge except amongst the tran
sient guests at the hotels. He still gets
out at night and Squats on chairs that
he never pays for at the hotels and loafs
in disguise, as I transient guest of the
house. Charlotte has prospered in pro-
portion as the loating habit has been
broken up The loafer not only produ-
ces nothing, but he saps the energies of
the working man.
Some years ago the Observer wrote of
the emancipation Of Fort Mill from the
loafng habit. The local paper at Fort
Mill copied the article and expressed
pleasure in being written about in that
strain Since then Fort Mill has been
prosperous Salisbury is prosperous by
the etfortt Of those people who are never
seen whiting sticks and loafng on the
streets In the course of time in all our
Southern towns and cities the loafng
habit will be disgraceful az it ought to
be- From that time toward every South
ern town and city vii! prosper
In Rockingham the loahng habit has
been largely broken up. As 4 conse
quence it is :; prosperous town. Rock
Hill. in South Carolina. was never L vic
tim of the loating habit and it always
prospered Founded. practically since
the war, it has prospered far beyond the
adjacent towns that are more than 100
years old.
To all towns We would say: If you
wonld prosper then drive out the loaf
erS
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-07-06
TIE FINAL BLOW.
Watson is Ordered to Strike the Coast
of Spain.

Tie plan Tor III atlac; on the coast
Of Spain. which WAS first outlines in
thrS, dispatches and Ircqucr;iy discus
Sr'i was this morIill" rliciaIly annoum
crd by lhe department The bulletin
posted ut the dcrarimcn; announcing
the departure Of ComlI"dor" Watson L"
organize the Spuadr"n nF armorrd cruIS
cr> from Sanp>ol,S 5 fleet To proceed nj
oilcl. of the cost Of Spain. is the be
ginning Of III. movement which! will
probably cnd !ic w;r.
As oli@inaIi announced in these dis
patches. rs soon rs ihc situation III san
lia@o waS satisfactorily and the prcpa-
ration for the occupation Of Porto Rico
has sufficient Y advanced. il WAS the in
tcutiom I'll The administration To send 4
feet to attack the Spanish 4; home.
The time has now arrived when this
movement may be undertaken and the
purpose is To lose no time III bringing
the war home to Spain. IN 4 way that
will make the Spanish realize the abSo-
lutte futility Of resistance.
1t is doubtful whether this order to
.Admiral Watson was FASTENED by any
fear Of danger threatening admiral
Dewey from an attack by the Cadiz
fleet. reported at the mouth Of the Sucz
canal on the way TO the Philippines.
The formation OF this squadron for an
attack on the Spanish coast was Il part
of the general plan for the prosecuting
Of the war. decided on some time ago.
and fully outlined in these dispatches.
The movement was held in waiting only
for the landing Of troops at Santiago.
and the development of the situation
there to join the squadron.
When the announcement was made
of the sailing Of the Spanish feet from
Cadiz toward the Sucz canal. the opin-
ion was had here that the real object of
the Spanish admiral was to remove his
feet to position Of greater safety than
Cadiz. being informed. as he undoubt-
cdly was. of the purpose of the GOV
crnment to attack the Spanish coast.
The movement of the Spanish fleet
was regarded rather as retreat thanan
aggressive movement toward the Philip
pines. Whether this theory was cor
rect or not will be shown by the course
of Admiral Camara on learning that our
squadron is about to sail. If the move
ment of his feet is not in the nature of
a retreat he will return to defend the
Spanish coast and meet our squadron.
Otherwise he may seek safety by sail
ing through the neutral waters Of the
Suez canal; at all events, the move
ment against the Spanish coast is re-
garded as L blow which Spain cannot
withstand
The squadron under command of
Watson Will be powerful enough to
meet and destroy Admiral C:nara $
fleet if it turns back or to intiict severe
damage upon the Spanish forts. and if
the Spanish fleet should sail to get into
the Sucz canal our squadron may fol
low it into the Mediterranean and com
pei an engagement there This move
nent means that the war is to be press
ed with all vigor and terminated as
quickly as possible blow delivered upon
blow. Movements of the utmost i'm
portance, aggressive and strong, are to
be made by both army and navy
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-07-06
A Bio War Contract,

CommisS%ry General Eagan Of ;hc
army "Wednesday awarded to Swift
4 Co. Of Chira"oa contract for>rlppl lying
the troops in Cuba with refrigerated
beef nSuchquaMttic> andat such places
us may be required. The contract is
Il big one and involves the shipment 20
that country of large cargoeS Of dressed
meat to be used. not alone for the soldiers
but also for feeding the rcconccntradoS
and the Cuban troops The government
guarantees the contract to last for not
less than three months. and the bcet>
to be furnished so that twill be perfect
ly good and fit for use - hours aftcritS
delivery.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-07-06
Troops Reach Manila.

Hong Kong. July 4.-The United
States Dispatch Boat Zafro which left
Cavitc. Manilo Harbor on July /. has
arrived here She reports that the
American troops in the transport City
of Sidney. City of Pcking and Austria
liza. conveyed by the Charleston. arriv-
ed at Cavitc on June 30 having taken
the Lalronc Islands on the way and
having left men there The Spanish
Governor and other officials captured
were brought to Cavitc. The United
States troops commenced to discmbark
at Cavitc on Jul V l.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-07-06
For the Usual Crime.

Henry Williams. colored, charged
with outraging the Browitt girls few
days ago. was hanged by mob to a
bridge at Macon, No, Thursday. He
died protesting innocence. Rev. Rob
bins. Sheriff Glenn. and Mr.. McVicker
made speeches. pleading with the lynch
ers to let the law take its course. Rob
bins was knocked down and McVicker
was knocked senseless. The sheriff and
his deputies were oyerpowered and dis
armed, and the jail was broken into and
the prisoner Ia ken.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-07-06
To Send the Sick There.

Steps have been taken to make Fort
Monroe I'm important hospital point.
and it is said that over 600 sick and
wounded soldiers from the south will
be sent there as soon as the arrange
mcntS are completed \ number of
tents will be located near the moat. and
they will be equipped with all the CON
vcnicnccs and appliances known to
medical science y large corps OF sur
=cons has been detailed for service at
the new station.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-07-06
Let Us Stop to Think.

Let us stop to think of the goodbye
kiss. Better miss Il car than leave Il
hcartachc Let us stop to think of the
children. We. too. were children once
and Iovcd,to be remembered Let us
Stopto think of the aged. Forus. too.
the evening shadows will close ut length
and we shall. pcrch,ncc. be left at desc
late hcartstoncS. We shall need to be
remembered then Let us stop to
think of the stranger We. too.
have been alone and have needed the
touch of kindly hand upon our lives
and many life has gone o,,S in the
blackncsS Of darkness for the lack Of
such touch as any one of us might
have given Let us stop and think of
God and the future At best the time
is short and the end is near And when
it shall come. blessed will be he to whom
the entrance upon another life will be
but the realization Of dear and familiar
dreams. the consummation Of lifetime
of iongings. Let us stop to think If
there be any virtue if there be any
praise let us stop to think upon these
things.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-07-06
The Lake City Murder.

The following men at Lake City were
arrested ona charge of being implicated
in the killing of Postmaster Baker:
Moultrie Epps. H. +. Stokes. H. c.
Goodwin. r. R. Mcknight. NJ. V Ward
and W. \. Webster These men were
arrested by Deputies from Charleston
on warrant issued by Postofice In
spcctor Buella. Everything is quiet at
Lake City and very little excitement
manifested.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-07-06
Warships in Collision.

Secretary Long has received word
from Commodore Remey at Key West
that the flagship Newark. with Commo-
dorc Watson aboard has been in COLI
sion with the Dolphin. The Newark
was uninjured but the Dolphin sus-
tanned considerable damage She is
now on her way north to :, dry dock.
No details are obtainable.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-07-06
They Are IMPRESSED.

That which most imprcsScS the Off
GERS Of the European armies who have
come to the United States to observe
the war is the rapidity with which an
army is being mobiIizcd To them it is
almost incredible that on the 23d of
April this government had an army Of
only 26. 800 men. To-day there are or
ganized. otliccrcd and encamped over
$50. 000men. When foreigners are told
that these men responded to a call for
volunteers. they marvel greatly. -Ac-
c1stomed as they are to bringing their
soldiers into the fields by the forced
lcvies of rigorous military laws. they
cannot comprehend the willingness of
the American youth to volunteer. The
high character of the American private
soldier also is impressive to the for
eigner
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-07-06
a Vesse! CAPTURED.

According to private letters from
Cavite dated June 21th the insurgents
occupy the whole Of Bulucam province.
Occasional skirmiSheS occur The in
Sur@cnts captured the Spanish ship
Behul in kayabo Bay. while she was
landing five hundred troops. \ stub
born fight ensucd. in which the Spanish
commander, lieutenant colonel was
killed. The insurgents have captured
the governor OF Bulucan with his wife
and children.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-07-06
Standing Skeleton.

a very queer discovery was made at
CarpentcrsviIle. H., during excavations
for the public school building. The
skeleton of 4 man was found standing
upright. 1t is supposed he was mircd
and sank from sIght.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-07-06

months 'l'er I'' 'I'''' 'i n''''I' I;t .L I"'
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iin' startling ;, news was conveyed III t 'l''
1o!l"'inS brief '!s!'alGh receive" from
Gen shal'er At 'o"'I"rh frlda! morn
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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-07-06
SPANIARDS ROUTED.
Gen. Skaters Forces Occupy
Outer Works of Santiago.
BATTLE RACED AL DAY.
The Americans Had Four Hundred
Men Killed and Wounded. Loss of
Enemy Not Known Santiago VIII
D. n,,,e
Soon Be Ours.

The battle has begun just lw"
months after the battle Of Manila; and
on the first day Of the month like that
Glorious engagement. began the first sci
'n.t1lc Of the war in this hemisphere
This StartIIm" News WAS conveyed IN the
following brief dispatch received from
Gen. S'af,cr at 10 o'clock Friday morn