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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-02

Two years later the bubble had burst
and the canal company was hopeless
lyinsolvent. Ithad furnished much work
and little pay to Fred and to hundred
other settlers as unsophisticated as he.
The canal was incomplete; not drop
OF water had ever reached the parched
soil upon the little knoll they called
their home. Even the customary rainy
season had failed them, and the effort
to raise crop Of gran upon their small
holding had resulted only in loss OF Ia
Dor and of seed. The wife had been
hopeful and helpful until the baby came
to the cabin for little time and thence
to a neighboring cemetery. Now she
was very i'll, and Fred was impoTer-
ished.
The old farmer had foreclosed on his
blanket mortgage, and already with
his gang plows was restoring the big
field to its former aspect. The cabins
that dotted it here and there, if not re-
moved by the settlers. were torn down
when the plows reached them. and only
ragged board piles and mounds OF earth
where cellars had been dug marked
their former sites.
Fred took his wife to a hospital in the
county town and she died there.
In few months the winter rains will
transform all the landscape into fields
of living green. Then. out Of the aban-
doned colony, the little cellar mounds
at each cabin site will look like sodded
graves.
Fred is in the Highland asylum.
But the promoter fares sumptuously
every day.-San Francisco Argonaut.
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TIE secular newspapers o tie day
FOR Am not speaking tlis morning Of
the religious ne"sPa Pecs-al! the secu,
lar ne Fso&Ders 0t the day sclsS al
the ouesti0rs o. q I'd, eternity anG
the dead and &lj the questions OF the
past. present ard :utura There is no.
single doctrina Of theology but has
been discussed in the last ten years By
the secular pe wspaoers OF the country;
they gather up all the news Of al the
earth bearing on religious subje
aAd then trey scatter the news ABROAD
again. the Christian newspaper will
be the right wine OF :ha Apac&Iy yptic
angel The cylinder o. the HnrlStlsn
I'D printing press ~lll be the from:
wheel of the I>ard's c!l&riot. I take
! the music OF this day. and do not
mark it dimiauendo-I mark 1t cres-
cando. 4 pastor on 8 Sab5sth pre-
cNes TO g few hundred or few thou
! sa q neopIe. and on Monday or dur
! ing the week tas printing press will
| take the same ssr:acn a"6 preach II to
millions Il Deeple God s9eed the
! printing press! God save the prlct-
ing prssS
Wien l see the printing press 'a1d.
ing with tEe electric telegraph on the
G sI 80 ero,.ars 80 ~ 80
- .1s,-o;ti,n f,r ~ Q to~c cf foldoS
| ~taot.ot ,a'I-"1e,a-s o~o-,o,,nna +
ths ,,;ri,,;sst fo~ce j., o,r c;v,liz ;tio,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-02
A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
A FATAL FIRE IN CHARLESTON SAT
UROAY MORNING.

Nine Persons Burned to Desth in a Tene-
menr Flrs.-They Pssished Hercre tho
Br.vs Firemea Could Rrach Them-The
Names of she Dead.
Nine lives wsre lost N fearful fire
which ragged for short while in
Church street, Charleston, Saturday
morning. At2:10 o'clocka pcjiceman
on duty noticsd big spGEks flying
tron tne -enenens house at No. 100
Church street. mhs officsr found
thai blsze vas issuing from ore Of
he windows On the frst floor. The
doors were broken open ana the fami.
Iy en- that foor we're ruS3ed cut With
out damage. Somebody yelled thst a
iamily Of women vsre aslesp on the
third floor. Tae poiice rushed up
stairs and when they react ed the roo
story the life sAvipg work was stopped
by the flames, wnich seemed to b.
pas ing over the entire building 6
Screams from dying women wee
heard and Oficar Bagby rasbed in
ard pulled out three chaTed b0dies.
The quick work ofthe fire department
checked lhe fle aud it was soon undsr
c,ntrol, but not uatil the lives on the
third story nad been lest.
The dead are:
Mrs. R becca Knickmeyer.
Alder. O'Neal.
CssweiI O'N6al.
Josephine haickmeyer, II years Of
age.
Katie Koickmeyer, Is years.
Lsnora KQiekmeyer, years.
Francis z Knick kreger, years.
4 baby OF Mrs. K1ickmeyer, one
ninth old.
Mrs. z ickmeyer is the wife OF
Theodore E Knjckmever, a CARPENTER.
Lille Kaickmeyer, 3 years old.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-02

1t was in the month of September
that Fred Fisher and his wife first saw
their California fruit farm.
They were among the first arrivais,in
the new colouy. and the big field OF
stubble still had few other settlers than
the wary jackrabbit and the whistling
quail. \ row of white flags on laths
showed the line Of survey for a canal
and parallel intersecting burrows at
regular intervals indicated the streets
and avenues. BY the aid Of the map
furnished purchasers our clerk ideGti-
fed the choice selection which he
had made, ard knew so little OF the re-
quiTemeDrS OF irri CATION that ne was
rather pleased TO frd it upon little
knoll. Busy days followed: tie cabin
which was TO serve as dwelling until
amore pretentiouS house should be built
froE the profits OF the orchard was soon
put up and occupied. Many other new
comers were building near them.
when I get over my f1omesickness I
shall like this, Fred" said the wife one
day: that is. il we can make living
here
There are twenty ways of doing
that" he answered: "and the man said
the orchard would be productive in
three years.
But the water?" she questioned.
''Oh, the superintendent is sure the
canal viii be finished before next
spring, and he says that I can have
work with the construction force all
winter"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-02
am-.-,os leaving H1vAns

a oeciaI to tue fines Union and
Ciuzen rom Key West says: Dr.. W.
I. Biu1Ler, United States sanitary
jasosc;or at Gava4a, has sent Mrs
Brunner and their children here, pre-,
sum&biv on account Of the Uncertain
state Of affairs in Havana. Ncthir g
more is known here however, than
he fact gIatthey have LETT Havana
and come here.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-02

FIGURES FOR FARhERs.-Mr. Mill,
the well Known cotton statistiaD, Of
New Orleans, issued circular last
Saturday in which hestates that there
will be surplus LETT over on Septem
ber one next, of over three million
bales, against little over one million
last year. We hope farmers will
study these figures before planting
their next crop.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-02
a Paper Trust.

The prjnciFa, paper manufacturers
OF Inc Cn..ed Slses have formed
iato trust, wita $50, ,00C. COO cS p:tsl
rneir purpose is u uonopolz5 rae
ous,sss., raise tie price Of pape IS q
t n anG i@vy uioa the asESp4 g,r alG
hloEr 2dsEs q .le ana tax OF oO5
less ;aa1 S4,U00,O0C q year. There
ar sevacte mills in she trust, aal
they propose 20 drive al Tee uluzr
mis- cu. of exlstelca, 81 tGaG they
nay Charge what price they please &c.
Ihe pepsr on winch Ie9sspaDeIs are
pri1,eG. In;s IS 9 conspiracy to tax
k"oTled a, 10 levy trioule upon tdu
cttion, to b.3ekmallIn+A iiise .ce nsal
Unfortunately tue tariff tQues ala the
= -sp.cacy. syn.t o44y Fr5ve4t
Cauadiaa AID otuer foreign cumle :
tl.u IL ire sale OF paper, out NY K
c.ude CAn9d'@n wood-p pllp. The es
@dmis,!,n Of w9cd-gu!p aad page
wCuI~ 80 iar ~ crush tEe cons piracy
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-02
Adri.t O: Zoe.

! dispatch received here from Hell
siasfors says that a track OF ice on the
coast OF finland broke adrift in a
s1oGn s,orm and vas carried to sea
WIN 300 ishermea and several horse.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-02
Do5T Do 1T FAR,rrRs The far

DON'T Do It FARMERS s.-Tle farm-
eIS o. 2h9 s,U!h Will lnaKa a great MS
t,ke says tr3 A:i4u.a Constitution, ii
thsy ta;l this year 10 Increase their
provisioa CT p TIE price OF Il kinds
q. provisions IS grsduaIIy aCvanc.n c.ng,,
Gre slu.n, esp cisllg, has on h&la
less corn ana oa;on, OATS and pcovi-
sioas seaera4y tnzni5 had q year ago.
,Na can undcr=tand tn ghen ae look
at the large acreage IN cotton. Dur
ing s4e pas, y=ar Ir0co no E a aent.oo
was :a;d 10 cotton 1h-n 10 o7Isio1s.
l res 4tLed il the l4rge:t c.op Of COZ
to ever made.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-02
Skull and
,-css ReneS

In the corner is well-execuIed
skull and cross.Dones, being topped
by a has askew on it. In the lower
angle formed by the crossing Of the
bones are the letters K. S. G: or <. S.
4. the last character not being easily
deciphered. Six dots, like pesitds,
are on a line with the letters.
The handwriting is mans sllshtIy
back handed and clear and distinct.
It is correctly punctuated: The cir
cumstances surrounding the finding
preclude any idea CT the thing havin
been written since tie Augustan re-
ceived it. While such thing IS a
pcs,ibility, a knowledze Of the gentle
man s household makes it highly IN
probable. In the back OF 'h- maga-
zine in the advertising supplen Hnt, the
following written in the sane hand
writing and ink, though in b lder
characters, to be seen at the lead OF a
0Mild Mood, Eighlar d P k .
Estate Dlspensary, aolel."
This is the startling story. What it
msv mean Offers too wide led for
cor i,cture. What will be the da-
yelopments remains to be seen.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-02
A Sensational Story.

The Augusta Chronicle says that
ore of the most sensational stories
that has ever stirred the minds Of the
people of that city developed last Sun
day. It is nothing less than the find,
ing of some writing that indicates
that the Highland Park hotel at Aiken
was deliberately burned down OF
some person or persons unknown. The
Chronicle says ''the character Of the
person from whom the story WAS
learned is too high to allow any sug
gestion Of ser>ationalism. Indeed,
The gentleman, who occupies a promin-
ent position in Augusta, objected very
strongly on this very ground to the
story and his name is withheld for
that very reason. The story is pub
lished not through any alarnoist no
ticns or any wish to be sensational,
but because the thing derives weight
from thesource whenceit comes The
gentleman, about three weeks ago, or
several days before the hotel burned
down, received through the mail
copy of the 'Globe" magazine. When
he tore of the wrapper. ne was sur
prissd to find it an old number, bear
ing date January, 1891, and marked
Sample copy." Thinking that some
mistake had been made, he idly turned
over the leaves and, finding them uo-
cut, he laid the magazine aside. Sun
day, he was asked by someone inteId
ing to leave the city for scmething to
read. Ia compliance with this wish
he picked up several magazines. the
"Globe" among the numoer. Ooce
again he turned the leaves over az d &
one place, hisattenIion was attracted by
some writing. Looking again aE It
he vas surprised to read the following:
Highland Park Hotel will oe burn.
ed to Iae ground On the 6,h day Of
February, 1898.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-02

The promoter went to a big eastern
city and opened an Office on a busy
street. Conspicuous signs announced
cheap and fertile irrigated lands in
the golden west Few in the passing
crowds noticed, but many saw, the win
dows dressed with tempting fruits
Some entered the Office. Baxter street
methods are not available in the real
estate business, but once inside his
doors our promoter asked odds OF no
dealer and rarely failed Of interesting
and convincing those who crossed his
threshold His forte was frankness.
a plump and healthy-lookine' man, with
nothing sinister about him except
habit OF looking out at his customers
from under half-closed eyehds, he re-
ceived them without effCsion and
opened upon them in this m:lnner:
Fruits in the window raised on our
lands? Certainly not. Our lands have
no improvements whatever upon them.
That's why we offer them. so cheap
$3.50 per acre, and half on. time. But
look at this map. Right here is our
property. Just seven miles north is
Highgrove, the famous orange colony;
these specimens were grown there.
Land worth $500 an acre. Ten miles
west Of US is Colside-fnest deci dnous
land except ours. in the state. These
cherries and apricots grew there. Come
in next week and see the early peaches
from that section. We combine the
advantages of both these communities
Level, fertile land pure mountain
water. We can raise anything on earth.
Why has our tract not been improved
before? Because it, takes large capital
to bring the water to it. We aye capl-
1alized at one million and can get more
if we need it. Here. take 4 copy Of our
spectus-and. hold Oh, just I'll your
pockets with fruit. and when you get
home tell Your wife OF this chance we
are Offering people TO secure, home
and a profitable business in the fTtit
belt of California at a nomi naL cost.
We raise the price to $500 per acre next
month. II YOU buy before you start
YOU get one-half your transportation
Among many who heard. this siren
song was a young drug clerk, lately
married, who was looking about for
something bstter than the living at
fordedp by his present employment.
After several visits TO the Land agent,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-02

he one nigh, astounde4 his wife with
the announcement thai he had'bought
ten acres of California land and had
given up his pace in the store 10 go
west. She cried little-women are so
deficient in enterprise. so fearful OF the
new and untried-but early autumn
saw. the plan carried out.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-02
PULPIT AND PRESS.
DR.. TAlMAGE TAKES TnE PRINTING
Art FOR HIS 5usJEcT.

Expresses Rls Gsae,rude to God and the
psr-coponsmorsees she Two
Thousandth Publication Q: BIS Ss:m ms,
n,A AMMAN, 70 E6J-c-a
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tne printing press that tbey helo US
more and more IA TIL eff ,rt to make
the world better. l charge you IN
the name Of God, b2fore whom you
mus account for the tremendous in
hunce you held in tois country, 10
cousecrate yourselves to hig her eu,
dea7ors. You are the men to fight
back this invasion of corrupt lltera.
ture. Lift uo your right hand anu
swear new allegiance to tho cause OF
philanthropy and religion And
when a. last, standing on the plains
OF Judgment, you look OUT upon the
unnutober2d throngs over whom you
have had influence, may it be found
mat you were among tie rulshtlest
energies that lifted men upon the ex-
alted na1nway that leads TO the Re.
nown Of feaven. Better than to bavo
sat in editorial chair, from which,
with he in2e. o. type, yea decided
lie destiries OF empires buS deciSed
them wrong. that you had 6eon some
du1geone6 exile, Tho. oy The light Of
widow iron created, On scraps OF &
New :; s.ameLt leaf, picked ID from
tha esrtn, spsjIed o4I the tory CT ain
wno EaSe n away the SINS Of he world
In e.eraiJy Dives is the b2ggar
Vel, rny friends. we viii al soou s,eS
through wiring aud pria.lne
sad proof readiag a0G publish
Ing. What than2 Our life i a
book. Oar gears are tie cbap!srs.
n (. = l. n
Arizona republican., 1898-05-01
The Harbor Filled with Mines of Dynamite
 is Impenetrable.
An American Who Planted These De- struCtive Engines Believes the Town
 Could fold Out Two Years.
s-.,,.r--.s,... 7,...-s.,a,......,.--,.--.,

Minneapolis Mnn, special the Journal says Captain King diver  bor for the Spanish He thoroughly familiar 
  sprinkled
 
  with dynamite with the
 
  s> Captain King Tt not to miles The but
   While done o cut min T know little nothing of the generally in the insurgents themselves They   equipped they could fight that will bewder
Arizona republican., 1898-05-01

an admission by the Spanish at Ha vana of the blowing up of the Maine Last evening Chester Culver ant I went over to Oilers. Two of thu Giler brothers had just returned iron Cuba, where they had been running { history of the state of things dowr there. They had been down there fol nine months this time and have run the sugar plantation for seven years and lived there nearly all the time They stayed as long as they dared.
 One told me that since Lee left Havana it is openly admitted by Span ish officers that they blew up the Maine, and when Giler left the off cer who did it was in Havana again It was done from Moro castle. This officer and the pilot who took the Maine to her moorings over where the mine was, were both kept away from Havana by the Spanish officials while the board of inquiry was in session and while Lee remained in Havana Now that things have come to wal anyway, they don't care to hide it any longer.
 The description of Oilers as to the pitiable condition of the reconcen- trados was enough to show that the reports were not exaggerated. Nc report could do justice even to their condition. The day before Giler left their Spanish guards (for it is owned by British) had skirmish with in surgents and brought back one wounded insurgent whom they mur- dered and threw on Oilers doorstep as warning to him to leave-he left. He came out on an English yes sel and said the Spaniards were planting mines everywhere in the harbor at Havana
 From what he said of the fortifica-
Arizona republican., 1898-05-01
THE NATIONAL GAME.
Buck Ewing's Reds Leading the
 League.

Chicago, April 30.-The second week of the national league baseball season closed tonight with the Cincinnati club in the lead The season is young yet. and no predictions can be made on the form of the different clubs so far displayed. Generally, however. the Chicago club is nearer the top than was anticipated by it's friends. and the Washingtons and New Yorks have been a disappointment. The games played today resulted as fol lows:
 At Chicago = Chicago-Louisville game postponed; rain. , At Washington Washington. T: Boston, 4.
 At Baltimore-Baltimore 4; New York, 1.
 At New York-Pniladelph 6: Brooklyn, 4.
 At Cincinnati-C Cincinnati, II; Pts burg, 2.
 At Cleveland Louis, 4; Ceve- land, 1.
Arizona republican., 1898-05-01

ing that sixteen men from each county would reach Phoenix this morning. The visitors yesterday made the re- cruiting offices their headqua1 ters, and four of Pima's men were rejected. Two were permitted to go on to Whip pie for another examination MT. Hall took all the Bisbee boys to WhippIe to be examined. All the cowboys
 were given a pleasant time and in the meantime Col. Johnstone, Attorney General Frazier and A. A. Long were
 making arrangements for a formal demonstration. Funds were sub scribed generously and the Pioneer band which had foregone one concert
 at the park the night before aban- doned another The Indian school band agreed to come in again and the
 militia was again ordered out. At & o'clock the bands were in the street. Firecrackers were snapping, bombs reared and red fire burned. A pro- cession was formed at the city hall plaza, the Pioneers leading, followed
 by the militia and the cowboys The Indian band brought up the rear.
 There was really more racket and confusion than there was the night before and nearly as big a crowd, But there were no sorrowful scenes at the depot, for none of these boys had mothers. sisters or swesthearts there.
 They will all come back again this way on Wednesday, the whole Arizona quota bound for San Antonio, and then there will be such an outpourins of sentiment as Phoenix has never given way to.
 There are three candidates for the second lieutenancy of the southern troop which will be filled not later than next Tuesday. Che is E. E.. Jor- dan, another c. P. Cronin, and the thiry, Sam Moves of Pima MT. Cronin has had five years militia experience. MT. Moves was bern and bred in the barracks at Fort Lowell, and his father, West Pointer, is lisutenant- colonel in the Second cavalry. now at Chickamauga- He himself has had cavalry experience in the Colorado national guard
 The uniform of the cowboy regiment designed by Frederick Remington, who has made a study of cowboys, will be picturesque. It will consist of corduroy trousers, brown blouse. blue shirt and black cravat, cowboy hat and high-topped boots. Reming- ton did his best at the solicitation of Roosevelt.
Arizona republican., 1898-05-01
ON TO WH1PPLE.
Phoenix Sends Of the Boys From
 Pima, Yuma and Cochise.

Phoenix has patriotic encourage ment to throw at the birds or to burn; not only enough for her own sons who are going off to the war, but suffi- cient to spare for the sons of other l towns and distant counties. The con- ] tingents from Pima, Cochise and Yuma arrived in the city early yester- day morning. Yuma and Cochise had
 been bidden hearty god-speed at home There had been a demonstration at Tucson the night before the departure of Pima's boys, but they had to go to the depot in the early morning unat- tended. Phoenix resolved that they should go away from this town in the fanfare Of bands, the glare of red fire and the shouts of the multitude. All this was done.
 The Tucson delegation in charge of E.. W. Waterbury, a former Phoe nician, is composed of A. V. Town send, F. w. Harmson, Sol Drachman, H. Rynning, Marshall Bird. J. E. McGinty, c. s. Hitchcock, L. H. Van Treese, F. F. Fitzgerald, G. w. King. David Gustave, G. w. Reed, R. c. Powers, Fred Merritt, Charles H. Peterson, s. Hildreth, Sam Moves and Tom Wall.
 The Cochise boys, led by J. Rex Hall, formerly editor of the Bisbee Orb, are L. w. Wiggins, Joe McCabe, Lee Snodderly, F. M. Ruff, w. c. Carleton, T. J. Laird, J. H. Misner. Ed J. Terrell, D. L. Hughes, I. A. Pate. Aleck Kier, Andy Hooper, Ed Smith, J. T. Poland, W. F. Hogan and Lew Franklin.
 The host from Yuma, led by County Recorder c. P. Cronin, is made up of William Marvin, Al Neville, Harry Moore, James Maxey, Al Wright, AL bert Houser, Al Denmark and W. O. Huson.
 Forty-two goodlier men never came to Phoenix in body. With less than a half dozen exceptions all are cow boys, and those exceptions have seen service in military organizations. Governor McCord yesterday received telegrams from Gila and Graham say
Arizona republican., 1898-05-01
THE GERMAN PRESS.

is engrossed wit reichag newspapers entire all mostly unreliable unfavorable peatedly describing of the offenders Wednesday that victims fictitious ronclad whole, the it's States entirely responsible which habit information
 
  being directly the besides unpatriotic politically The hint a to printed in
 correspondent notably tincly friendly respecting the
Arizona republican., 1898-05-01

the navy department calculates that they are likely to reach Porto Rico about May z.
 It is not to be expected, however, that it's arrival at Spanish ports will be made public by the Spanish au- thorities controlling the cable, and supposing that they are not detected by any of the United States vessels which will probably be thrown out as scouts, the first news of the arrival of the fleet on this side is likely to be conveyed by some neutral vessel trading between Porto Rico and an outside port.
Arizona republican., 1898-05-01
Disturbed Only by the Movement of the
 Spanish Fleet.
Germany Still Delays Her Proclamation of Neutrality -Russia's Half Promise of Support to Spain at the
 Proper Time.

batleship arrived at his a 6 p m
  30There
  which has
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  fleet