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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-02
snns Ra;!5asI siatiEtias.

Gue u: .hc Tremendous :&o.;,s. IN tlc
civilization a,i:i Development o! ;his
country during the l:ast two-saoEe years
has been the railroad. Few people &c
slize number a. men a!,f! dollars in this
rreat industry. Tie railway system in
the United States enp!oyS 3n.H0e loco
motives, 2G. 0OJ passenger cars and s.
coo mail and baggage ears. These iIg-
ures seem large till the number of
freirbt cars is stated. which is | ,200.-
600. \ passenger train consisting OF
locomotive. tender baggage and six
passenger cars. with their contents, Is
estimated to weigh about 1S,t tons.
Freight trains sometimes reach weight
of $50 tons. An ordinary passenger
car costs from 81 600 to $4,000. and a
sleeping car anywhere from so: 900 to
$40. 900. Poors Railroad Manual for
1898 contains some interesting statis-
tics concerning the railroads of the
county during 1897. The railroad
mileage of the country was l19, G02 miles
with 512lS second tracks, sidings, etc.,
making total of f236. /. OIL miles of track.
Ofthis. 2l1.92S miles were laid with
steel rails. The number Of miles op-
Grated was lSl. .132. The total cost of
the roads and equipment was $40, ,029,-
Isl ,G07. to which is added 81 500, ) Sill
OG2 other Investments. making the
total assests S11. 931 ,G13, 662. Against
this enormouns aggregate of assets there
is charged up liabilities in the way Of
capital stock. bonded and unbonded
debts to the extent Of Sll, ,63l. III, 740.
This leaves an excess Of assets over
liabilities of 1898, 901 .013. Dealing
in round numbers, there were carried
during the year 504, 900. 600 of passen.
gers and 7SS. 900, 900 tons of freight
The passenger earnings were 1888, 557, :
936 and the freight $3.50, ,351 ,939-the
revenue from freight being more than
three times that from passengers. Our
of gross earnings, aggregating 1,l2l
millions Of dollars, the net earnings or
available revenue was 433 millions Of
dollars. For rent, interest, dividends
and miscellaneous 406 millions of dol
lars was required, leaving a net surplus
OFF, millions of dollars. The average
interest on the total bonded railroad
debt of the railroads of the country was
4,27 per cent, against All per cent the
previous year. The dividends paid on
the total share capital were 1.52 per
cent. agai1st l.54 per cent, l.5S pet
cent, l.G4 per cent and 1.S3 per cent in
the years Immediately preceding. Over
million men are employed by the rail
roads. and every community is interest
ed, directly or indirectly, in the actual
transaction of it's business, or in the
financial returns from it. The advance
in railroad building and equipment dur
ing the past score Of years has been
tremendous, and what the next genera
ton will achieve no one can foretcll.
Railroads are the great material devel-
opers of the country, and whatever may
be said about them as soulless corpora
tions and grasping monopolies, we can
do without them, and every enterpris-
ing and wide-awake state, county or
municipality offers all reasonable en-
couragement to their entrance and ex-
tension.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-02
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION
Particular Reason Why American PEG.
Dis Should be Thankful This Year.

The President after the cabinet meet
ing Friday issued the following thanks
giving proclamation:
BY the President Of the United
States:
\ proclamation.
The approaching November brings to
mind the custom Of our ancestors, hal
lowcd by time and rooted in our most
sacred traditions. of giving thanks to
Almighty God for all the blessings he
has vouchsafed to us during the past
year.
Few years in our history have af-
forded such cause for thanksgiving as
this. We have been blessed by abun-
dant harvcstS. our trade and commerce
have been wonderfully Increased, our
public credit has been improved and
strengthened. all sections Of our com
mon country have been brought together
and knitted into closer bonds of ma
tional purpose and unity.
The skies have been for time dark
cned by the cloud of war, but as we
were compelled to take up the sword in
the cause of humanity. we are permitted
to rejoice that the conflict has been OF
brief duration and the losses We have
had to mourn, though grevious and
important, have been so few, consider
ing the great results accomplished, as to
inspire US with gratitude and praise to
the Lord of Hosts. We may laud and
magnify His holy name that the cessa-
tion of hostilities came so soon as to
spare both sides the countless SORROWS
and disasters that attend protracted
war.
| do. therefore, invite all my fellow
citizens, as well as those at home, as
those who may be at sea or sojourniDg
in foreign lands, to set apart and OBJ
serve Thursday, the 24ti day Of Novem-
Der, as day Of national thanksgiving,
to come together in their several places
Of worship, for service of praise and
thanks to Almighty God for all the
blessings Of the year; for the mildness
of the seasons and the fruitfulness of
the soil, for the continued prosperity Of
the people, for the devotion and valor
of our countrymen, for the glory Of our
victory and the hope of righteous
peace, and to pray that the divine gui-
dance which has brought US heretofore
to safety and honor may be graciously
continued in the years to come.
In witnesses whereof, etc.
(SigneG William Mckinley.
By the pesident, John Hay, Secre-
tary Of State.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-02

domestic disaster. or essfangameas.
Wlsv2 They started N:r:'g. In the
other ease. although there We're hard
shius and trials aud some things that
had TO be explained still things went
ON pleasantly until the Very last. Why:
They started right.
Ny second advice 10 You in Your
home is to exercise to thevery last pos
sibility Of your nature the law Of for
bearance. Prayers in the household
will not make up for everything. Some
OF the best people in the world are the
hardest to get along with. There are
people who stand up ii prayer meetings
and pray like angels who ct home are
uncompromising and cranky. You
may not have everything just as you
want it. Sometimes it will be the duty
of the husband and sometimes OF the
wife to yield, but both stand punctli-
ously on your rights. and You will have
Waterloo with no Butcher coming up
at nightfall to decide the conflict.
Never be ashamed to apologize when
YOU have done wrong in domestic
affairs. Let that be law Of Your house
hold. The best thing | ever heard OF
nv grandfather, whom | never saw,
was this. That once. having unrlghte-
ously rebuked one of his children. he
himself having lost his patience and
PERHAPS having been misinformcd OF
The cLild's doings. found out his mis-
take. and in the evening Of the same
day gathered all his family together
and said: Now, l have one explaua-
ton to make and one thing to say.
Thomas. this morning | rebuked you
very unfairly. am very sorry for 1t.
rebuked you in the presence Of the
whole family. and now asked your
forgiveness in their presence. 1t must
have taken some courage to do that.
1t was right, was it not? Never be
ashamed to apologize for domestic IN
accuracy. Find out the points, what
are the weak 20 nts, if l may call them
so. of your con panion and then stand
aloof from them. Do not carry the fire
of Your temper too near the gunpowder.
If the wife be easily frettcd by disorder
in the household, let the husband be
careful where he throws his slippers.
II the husband come home from the
store with patience exhausted, do not
let the wife unnecessarily cross his tenn,
per, but both stand up for your rights:
and | will promise the everlasting sound
of the warwhoop. Your life will be
spent in making up, and marriage viii
be to you an unmitigated curse. Cow.
per said:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-02
Race Trouble in Mississippi.

The Picayune's Forest. Miss, special
says; Eleven dead negroes, one dead
white man and one negro and three
white men seriously wounded is the re-
suit of the bloody war being waged be
tween the white aud black races in the
Harperville neighborhood of Scott
county. Several of the rioters have
been captured and lodged in jail at
Forest, but the others escaped into the
swamps. Large crowds of white men
are in close pursuit. however, and more
names are hourly expected to be added
to the dead list.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-02

ACCIDENTALLY kILLED.-Adam
Bradley, colored man residing on the
place of Mrs. \. II. Smoak, near Or
angeburg, left his home Saturday after
noon for hunt nearby, and not return
ing at late hour that night his friends
instituted search and found his dead
body Sunday morning. He carried a
muzzle-loading gun: one barrel OF which
had been discharged and the tube
blown out, and as the dead mans head
had been pierced by apparently such
an instrument the conclusion was
reached that the bursting Of the gun
caused his death.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-02
Gunter Succeeds Townsend.

Mr.. U. \. Gunter, Of Spartanburg,
secretary Of the Democratic State Ex-
ecutive Committee, will succeed Judge
C. p. Townsend as assistant Attorney
General. This matter was finally
agreed on Thursday and Mr.. Gun
ter will assume his new duties when
Judge Townsend leaves for Washing
ton, where he will practice law with
Senator McLaurin.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-02

LEG BRoKEN.-Sunday afternoon
while little Wilbur Reeves, san Of DR..
I. l.. Reeves, and other boys were
waiting at the First Baptist church, in
Oraugeburg, for the hour for Sunday
school, they when into the cemetery
adjoining, and while attempting to
straightcn a large tombstone which had
been displaced, the stone fell on the
thigh of young Reeves crushing the
i1es!. and badly breaking the bone.
The leg was caught between another
stone which caused the breaking of
the bone. The little fellow received
prompt attention and is doing very
we'll,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-02

Roses were laid on the tomb Of Ma
jor Andre in Westminster Abbey Sep
tember Is, with card, on which was
inscribed: From Mrs Curran, nee
Beatrice Benedict Arnold, Of Chicago,
a descendant of General Benedict Arm
old. who detests the memory of her an
cestor, but revers that Of the man whose
death he cncompassed Major Andre.
This is 4 token of her loving respect.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-02

No STAMP REoUIRED.-On petition
by Mr.. Waddy c. Thompson, cashier Of
the Lancaster bank, the internal
revenue commissioner, at Washington,
has ruled that receipt signed by de-
positor and delivered in person to the
officials of the bank, where the money
is on deposit is exempt from stamp duty
under the War Revenue Act. This
ruling is based upon the opinion Of the
Attorney General of the United States
and modi6es previous ruling requiring
such receipts to be stamped.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-02

How TO VOTE. addition to the
registration certificates, voters at the
polls are required by law to produce
evidence of the payment Of their poll
caxes, and the Attorney General Of the
State has held that the evidence of this
fact is the production of the poll tax
receipt. Voters should therefore hunt
out their last years tax receipt and
have it in readiness for the general cleo
tion Too great care cannot be excr-
cised in this respect as the absence Of
the tax receipt, or legal proof of the
payment of the tax will be the cause Of
the loss Of his vote to man who is
otherwise qualified.
The gold leaf., 1898-09-01
GETTING WORSE AND WORSE.
The Negro Ministers of Wilmington
In Hearty Sympathy With the
Record.
(WilmingtOn Starr

The following appeared in the
Haiiy Record. the negro paper pub
lished here, in its issue of yesterday:
The following resolutions were
adopted at the regular session of the
Ministerial Union. which is composed
of the colored ministers of the city:
- 'ReSolred, That the Ministerial
Union is in hearty sympathy with
the efforts of the DAILY Record in de-
Tending the rights of the race, and
that each minister inform his con-
gregation of the present situation
and endeavor to sustain the paper
by swelling its subscription list and
urging prompt payment
AS this resolution is unqualified in
its language, the inisrence is that
the ''colored Minister'S of Whining
ton are in hearty sympathy with the
Record. ami must, therefore, indorse
the villainous editorial attacking
white women which appeared in that
paper of the 18th inst.
The gold leaf., 1898-09-01
HINTS WORTH NEEDING,

LOO many business men plOd along.
day in and day out, with never a
thought of taking much-needed
respite from business cares, until, to
use homely though expressive
phrase, they are both physically and
mentally, completely run down at
the heel-when, in fact, their re-
cuperative powers have become so
exhausted as to be unable to respond
to even the efficacy of rest. "Maher's
Practical Hints" in referring to this
penchant of business men for stick
ing everlastingly at it, very tritelv
says that when man has his busi-
ness in perfect working order, and
knows that, just then, !. little more
or little less effort on his part will
be answered by increased or de-
creased profits, it is hard for him to
believe it wise for him to leave his
duties for a day, even though he
is overworked. But one of the
highest duties a man owes him self is
to give his brain an occasional rest.
There is a good deal more in life
than simply adding to ones bank
account. There is more honor in
being a good citizen than in simply
growing rich. 1t is poor policy to
be thoroughly posted in all that con-
Germs your business and be out of all
knowledge of the great world. A
man wants to forget his business oc-
acknowledgement never to carry his
cares beyond his store door. A
nights respite from business cares
will send you back to them with re-
newed strength and clearer head
Do not imagine that your business
will 90 to the dogs if you leave it for
a day or two. If you have faithful
and interested employees. the machine
will jog along smoothly enough until
you return. We are all apt to flatter
ourselves that we are doing what no
other person could do; but, not in
frequently, something happens to
show us that we are not nearly as
indispensable as we imagined-in
fact, that division of labor in our
business would be vastly to it's
advantage. Our subordinates, if left
in charge occasionally, will have a
CHdHCe W carry OuC SoIue lucas Vi
their own, and these, in majority
of cases, are decided improvements.
The man who repulses suggestions
from those under .him-gives his
men no credit for knowing anything
beyond the steady routine of their
employment-loses much that would
be of assistance to him, falls into a
rut and stays there, much to his
detriment. The man who cannot
learn something from contact with
other men, whether employees or out
siders, is not healthy man. Busi-
ness is matter that soon makes
abject slaves Of us if we will; but,
with a well established trade, one
should be master of his business.
With probity. industry and economy,
almost any man, by well directed
effort, may be prosperous. What
ever is made without this foundation
is deceptive Germantown Inde-
pendent Gazette.
The gold leaf., 1898-09-01
NON NOB1s, Domino.
THEODORE c. WILLIAMS.

Lord God Of Hosts, who dost award
ALI gifts that make the nations strong,
Who dost not leave the victor's sword
10 rest with carnal strength for long,
IN TINS, our cOuntry's triumph-hOur.
Be Thine the kingdom and the power.
Thy gift, that courage freemen feel
Deep-pulsing with their native breath;
And Thine the hero's faithful zeal,
For duty done, come life or death,
For all that makes people free,
GOd or our Fathers, thanks to Thee
For songs of hope the millions sing,
For Union of the palm and pine,
For manhood without priest or King,
The praise, o Lord, is only Thine,
Our regions Of the Western star
Proclaim Thy promises afar
When at a mighty peoples door
Our brothers blood cried from the
ground,
When crime its fateful fruitage bore;
Nor Justice, truth, nor peace were found
We rose tn avengers right to find;
Judge gently, Lord, for man is blind!
Soon rolls the battle-sn.oke away;
Soon mercy sOOthes the stroke of wrath;
The isles will own our happier sway,
The Sea-WaveS kiss the cOnquerOr's 8
path,
Be Thine, o Lord, our country's gain.
May she not bear the sword in vain
The gold leaf., 1898-09-01
Small But Effective,

was the little Monitor that met the Merri-
mae at Hampton Roads. So too are DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, effective in con-
quering the enemy-disease. When you
take pill it's an important point to have
them small-provided they have equal
strength and efficacy. You find what you
want in these little liver pills OF DR..
Pierce. They're put up in better way.
and they act in . better way. than the
huge, old-fashioned pills. What you want
when you re "all out Of sorts grumpy,
thick headed aud take . gloomy view OF
life, is these pellets" TO clear up your
system and start your liver into healthful
action. Sick headache, bilious headache
constipation. indigestion. bilious attacks.
and all arrangements Of the liver. stomach
and bowels. are prevented. relieved and
cured. Put up In glass vials, and always
fresh and reliable.
The gold leaf., 1898-09-01

\ very level-headed citizen of DAN
Vile predicts that the United States
will be at war for ten or more years
to come, war which will be a long
drawn out continuation of the one
supposed to be just closed. The
United States. this citizen thinks.
will have use for the present large
army for at least decade to come
This citizen is not a crank. but a
student of history and a deep thinker.
Register.
The gold leaf., 1898-09-01

Little Ellen Harris. from whose
windpipe thimble was taken a
few months ago. was here yesterday
with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. W..
f. Harris. of Harrisburg, stopping at
Mr.. X. l.. Erwin's. She has COM
pletely recovered and is now in
splendid physical condition. No
body is prouder of the child's re-
covery than her parents, not even the
doctors who performed the difficult
peration.-Charlotte Observer.
The gold leaf., 1898-09-01

For severe, lingering coughs, weak lungs,
bleeding from lungs, bronchitis, asthma
and consumption, in its early stages. DIR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is a
sovereign remedy. 1t not only cures the
cough but also builds up the strength and
flesh of those reduced below a healthy
standard by "Wasting Diseases" Will
not make ia folks more cOrpulert
The gold leaf., 1898-09-01

r.ry and IptH-h seemed to Hdd fuel 10 the
e'I. tIrl" which WIS devouring me. | was
s .v.-,i hy friends who had seen wonderful
...'- made by II, t, try Swifts specific We
- 's.t hp'JI"S. and felt hope again revive in
tr.Itr-h0pr for health and happiness
. .,i.a improved from the start and a com
-...'" HHt n"rfcct cure was the result. s. s. s.
ta..-.T blood remedy which reaches des-
r,'. ct-"-. MRS. I. W. LEE,
Montgomery, Ala
Of tn" many blood remedies, s. s. S.
b.. the only one which can reach deep
+.ntcd violent cases 1t never fails to
.Ir,' perfectly and permanently the
n..ct desperate cases which are beyond
'lr rnurh of other rerlpdies.
The gold leaf., 1898-09-01
NO CURE-NO PAY

This is the way all druggists sell
Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic for
Chills and Fevers and all forms of Ma
laria. 1t is simply Iron and Quinine in a
taSteless form. Children love it. Adults
refer it to bitter nauseating tonics. Price
30 cents. l6Sept1c
The gold leaf., 1898-09-01
WORD TO YOUNG MEN.
HUST BE WILLING TO hAZAAD
SOMETHING TO WIN SUCCESS.

Examples of Success and Failure That
Point Wholesome Lesson-"Noth-
Ing Venture, Nothing Win." Wise
lotto, Though It has Been Misused
MARTIN Luther's Bold Defiance of
the Pope of Rome-Coura9e, Enter
prise, Force of Character the Quality
Needed in Young Men.
The gold leaf., 1898-09-01
Sacrificed to
Blood Poison.

IT, -o who have mover had Blood Poi.
=. p. ,.al not kt,o" Eyhat Il si"-,.arate con-
G.ciun It can prcducn. This terrible
l.,e.asr which the doctors are totally
raabl. to cure, i, communicated from
oIr generation to another, infiicting its
tint upon countless innocent ones
-....r yre!- ago was inOculatcd with poison
l- , nurse VINO infected my babe with blood
The gold leaf., 1898-09-01

The Louisburg Times says that men
who have been voting against the
Democratic party took part in the
primaries in many of the precincts
in Franklin county. 1t is so every
where.
The gold leaf., 1898-09-01

For broken surfaces. sores, insect bites,
burns, skin diseases and especially piles
there is one reliable remedy, DeWitt's s
Witch Hazel Salve When you call for
DeWitts don't accept counterfeits or
frauds. You will not be disappointed
with DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve, Phil
H. Thomas.
The gold leaf., 1898-09-01
DIARY OF THE WAR.


The Spanish American War Was Not Quite Four Months
Long, Yet Great Armies Were Put in the Field, Great
Fleets Organized and Placed in Commission and Great
Victories Won by Uncle Sam Both Land and Sea in
That Comparatively Short Time.
The gold leaf., 1898-09-01

IL
Sarsaparilla the best medicine you can
take to give you appetite and strength and
restore you to condition of perfect health.
Hoods Pills cure nausea. sick headache.
biliOusness and all liver ills. Price 25cts.
IT REMAINED for federal Judge
to give righteous dicision in the
much talked of Stantly county bond
case. that has already been of injury
to North Carolina. 1t is lamentable
that the judiciary is so imperfect, SO
weak, so unreliable it seems in North
Carolina that the strong hand of
federal law has to be reached for to
obtain liberty and rights. The
Raleigh Post noticing the recent de-
cision of Judge Simonton says aptly
this:
"A few years ago the citizens of
this State were compelled to call on
the federal Judiciary to release them
from prison, put there by the Gov
ernor of the State unresisted by our
own State judiciary. Today the
federal judiciary must step in to
protect our people in their rights of
property against the assault of their
own State Executive and Judicial
departments"
And that reminds Us that while
the remains Of the pure, upright
citizen and faithful. brave Judge,
Rrooks, of Elizabeth City, lies in an
unmarked grave. the grave OF that
weak-kneed, time-serving Chief
Justice, Pearson, has been honored
with a monument erected by the
lawyers OF North Carolina. Judge
Brooks manfully resisted tyranny
and the tyrant, and liberated from
prison some of the best citizens OF
the State. while Chief Justice Pear
son bowed to the mighty sceptre OF
the usurper Holden and said 1.-The
powers Of the State judiciary are ex-
hausted." ."-Wilmington Messenger.
The gold leaf., 1898-09-01

pertinent. DeWit's Little Early Risers
are pleasant. easy, thorough little pills.
They cure constipation and sick headache
Just as sure as you take them. Phil II.
Thomas
The gold leaf., 1898-09-01

Women 60 crazy twice year over
house cleaning.
The gold leaf., 1898-09-01
CLERK SIMS VIEW.
EXPRESSES HIMSELF lJNRESEpv-
EDLYON NEGRO QUESTION.

The Main Issue Is Who Shall Man.
age the Affairs of North Carolina,
the White Man or the Negro?-the
ureat Issue Involved Affects all
Classes, Conditions and CoIors of
Men-There can be But One Inteli-
4ence Answer and SOlutiOn-the
White Man nust Rule,
The gold leaf., 1898-09-01

"A GREAT record of cures, une-
~ qualled in medical history, proves
Hoods Sarsaparilla possesses merit un-
known to any other MEDICINE.
The gold leaf., 1898-09-01

Tall trees fall harder than saplings
The gold leaf., 1898-09-01

If you have been sick you will find Ii oOd S
Sarsaparilla the best medicine you can
take to give you appetite and strength and
restore you to a condition of perfect health.