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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-23
SUICIDE OF LIEUT. DREZEL.
Ordered to Manila and did not En-.
joy the Prospect.

Lieut.. Herman G.. Drezel, of the
United States navy, committed suicide
in the Carrolton Hotel, Baltimore,
shortly after l o'clock Tuesday morn
ing, by shooting himself in the head.
Lieut.. Drezel, it is thought, reached
this city some time this morning and
repaired to the Carrolton. He did not
register, but after lingering about the
lobby for short time went to the toilet
room and locked the door. Almost
Immediately thereafter a pistol shot
alarmed the employees of the house
and a search revealed the fact that
Drezel was dead. In one Of the pockets
Of his coat was found an order from
Secretary of the Navy Long, dated
November II, detaching him from the
United States ship Essex and ordering
him to repair to San Francisco, from
which place he was to go to Hong Kong
and thence to Manila to join the Zafro.
4 telegram addressed to Lieut. G b Fash,
in Washington, and signed by Drezel,
was found on the dead man, request
ing Fahs to exchange orders with the
writer, and it was evidently the inten-
tion of Drezel to have sent this. He
is supposed to have committed the
deed during fit of melancholy. Dire,
Eel was IS or 40 years of age. He en-,
tered the navy on September %, 1876,
at Annapolis, having been appointed
from Ohio. On May 4, 1896, he was
made lieutenant. During the Span.
ish-American war he served on board
the Puritan. Following the war he was
transferred to the Essex.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-23
THE LOWERY BALE.
It Attracted Much Attention at the
State Fair.

The Columbia Record says the
Lowrey round bale attracted possibly
more attention than any exhibit at the
state fair. In machinery hall it was the
scene of lively interest and amazement.
The bale does not look as though it
were cotton, but looks like a neat, roll
Of dry goods. It is 36 inches long, Is
inches in circumference, 250 pounds in
weight and has a density Of A pounds
to the cubic foot. 1t is covered with
cotton duck, and looks less than one
fifth the size of square. The cover
ing is tied at both ends with pucker-
ing string and can easily be sampled
every part of the bale examined with
out cutting the covering. The bale is
so packed as to prevent its being de-
spoiled and robbed as is the case with
the square bale. On account of the
neatness of the package and having no
bagging or ties 5 per cent. tare is saved
on European shipments. At least sl.25
bale is saved on shipment to Europe
in freight and quite neat sum is saved
in insurance. Inman & Co., and vari-
Gus large cotton firms in the South offer
AZ points or 1926 bale more for cot
ton packed in the Lowery bale. This
offer is for this and next season. The
exhibit was visited by quite number
of the most prominent farmers of the
state and all are loud in their praise Of
the little bale. The exhibit is made
by the Georgia and Carolina Farmers
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-23
Women Who Should Not Marry.

The woman who proudly declares
that she capnot hem pocket handker-
chief, never made up a BID in her life,
and adds with simper that she has
''been in society ever since she was ff-
teen.
The woman who would rather nurse
pug dog than baby.
The woman who thinks she can get
$4,000 worth of style out Of a 81, 900
salary.
The woman who wants to refurnish
her house every spring.
The woman who buys for the mere
pleasure of buying.
The woman who does not know how
many cents, halves, quarters, dimes
and nickels there are in dollar.
The woman who thinks that men are
angels and demi-gods.
The woman who would rather die
than wear a bonnet two seasons old.
The woman who thinks that the cook
and nurse can keep house.
The woman who reads cheap novels
and dreams of being duchess or a
countess.
The woman who thinks it is cheaper
to buy bread than to make it.
The woman vino marries in order to
have somebody pay her bills.
The woman who expects a declaration
Of love three times day.
The woman who expects to have a
''good, easy time.
The woman who cares more for the
style of her winter cloak than she cares
for the health and comfort Of her chill
dren.
The woman who stays at home only
when she cannot find place to visit.
The woman who thinks embroidered
centerpieces and 'doilies" are more
necessary than sheets. pillow cases and
blankets.
The woman who buys bric-a-brac for
the parlor and borrows kitchen utensils
from her heighbors.
The woman whose cleanliness and
order extend no farther than the draw
ing-room.
The woman who wants things just
because "other women" have them.
The woman who thinks she IS an
ornament to her sex if she wins pro-
gressive euchre prize.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-23
An Eloper Shot.

A murder resulting from an elope-
ment occurred Wednesday night near
Thor, Iowa, Anna Swanson left home
in the evening and Joined F. F. Freder-
ickson. her betrothed. They went
south in buggy, intending to be mar
ried. Her father had forbidden her
going with Frederickson and repeatedly
ordered him from the house. As soon
as his daughters departure was discov-
cred her father started in pursuit. He
overlook them and when he demanded
the girl Frederickson opened fire with
a revolver. Swanson had his rife in
the buggy and the FIRST shot he fred
instantly killed Frederickson. Swan
son was not hurt, but took his daughter
and went to the nearest justice Of the
peace, where he gave himself up. To:
day it is reported that the girls mind
is failing.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-23
THE TOLBERTs RESPONSIBLE.
The People Of Greenwood County Hold
Mass Meeting.

Alta mass meeting Of the people Of
Greenwood county, held at Greenwood
on Tuesday Of last week, the following
resolutions which were unanimously
adopted:
In pursuance Of a call for a public
meeting Of the citizens of Greenwood
county to assemble at the courthouse
during the recess of the court, to take
into consideration the late unfortunate
occurrence which have suddenly arisen
within our county, We the citizens OF
said county, representing every section
OF the same, in massmeeting assembled
do hereby exp.ess our earnest regrets
for the conditions which have prevailed
in the neighborhood Of Phoenix, and
the occurrences which led to it. We
assert that the responsibility therefor
rests solely upon John r. Tolbert, R.
Rhett Tolbert and R. L. Henderson,
whose incendiary teachings and infu-
ences eliminated in the murder of J: I.
Etheridge at Phoenix, on the morning
Of the day Of the general election, and
the shooting from ambush Of the two
white men on the evening Of the same
day, returning quietly on their way
home. These acts Of murderous high
way assaults, induced feelings of retail
alton, the result Of which, however,
are greatly exaggerated.
Now thatth excitement has subsidized
and all armed bands hands have dis
persed, we urge all good citizens, white
and colored, to go to their homes, and
we pledge ourselves for their safety
and protection in the full enjoyment Of
their rights, the discharge Of their INV
full pursuits. We assure the colored
people they have nothing to fear if
they are orderly and law abiding citi-
zens.
Resolved. That we hereby endorse
the resolutions Of the Phoenix mass
meeting as well as the assurances given
by the sheriff and other officials of the
court that the property of the Tolberts
when under reputable management in
their absence will be protected.
The following was read at the meet
ing:
At a meetingof the citizens of Nine
ty-Six and community at that place, on
the 10Th day of November, 1898, II. F.
Fuller was elected chairman and James
Rogers secretary.
It was resolved that we the citizens
aforesaid cooperate with the good eiti-
zens Of Greenwood county, in their ef-
fort to restore order and put down law
lessness in the county. That we be-
lieve that the Tolberts have right to
send agents into our county for the
protection of their property, and that
we as conservative and law abiding
citizens will protect them on such mis-
sion.
(Signed) Il. F. Fuller, chairman,
James Rodgers, Secretary.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-23
DIsGRACNG THEIR UNIFORMs.
Shameful Acts Of Negro Soldiers Near
Santiago.

An incident occurred on Wednesday
night at San Luis, 25 miles north of
Santiago, which caused a great deal Of
i'll feeling among the Cubans and con-
siderable annoyance among the United
States military officials here. All the
colored regiments are encamped in the
neighborhoed Of San Luis. They were
sent there virtually to get them out Of
the way, because Of difficulty expereri-
enced in managing them. The colored
officers seem to have little or no control
over their men, and officers and privates
are often seen drinking together. The
trouble began Wednesday evening in an
attempt to arrest two soldiers for abus-
ing Cuban workman and stealing his
hog. The outrage was committed on
the Normas sugar plantation. Lieut..
Jose Ferrera, chief of Gen. Woods
gendarmerie in that district, Spaniard,
but a Cuban sympathizer, and man
whom Gen. Wood knew to be able and
courageous, attempted to make the ar
rests. The soldiers, who belonged to
the Ninth immunes, escaped. Soon
after 80 colored men wearing the uni
form of the United States army, attack
ed the house where Lieut.. Ferrera was,
and kept up regular fusilade, killing
Lieut.. Ferrera, Antonio Roman, az old
man, Emilio Bettran, boy Of seven
teen and baby, wounding several
others. Two soldiers were killed in the
afray. When the news reached Santi-
ago, Gen. Wood was at dinner. He
Immediately went to the signal Office,
where Chief Signal Officer Brady took
charge Of the key. For four hours dis
patches were sent and received. The
colored officers all denied that their
men were implicated in the affair, in
spite of evidence to the contrary. AZ
ter an unsatisfactory attempt to get at
the facts Of the case over the wires,
Gen. Wood adjourned his inquiry and
left on special train for San Luis. At
s o'clock Gen. Wood returned, report
ing that after long investigation, he
had come to the conclusion that all the
colored regiments were more or less
mixed up in the ARRAY. He has offered
81, 900 reward for the names Of the men
who did the shooting, and before reach
ing San Luis he read the colored Off
GERS severe lecture for denying that
their men were implicated.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-23
WILL NOT BE ABOLISHED.
There viii Not be Any Revision Of
the Tariff Law.

The Washington Post says that the
war tax will not be abolished at the
coming short session Of congress, and
that there will be no revision Of the
tariff whatever. It bases this announce
ment on the positive statement made
today by Chairman Dingley Of the
ways and means committee, who, in an
interview, said:
The government will need for some
time all the revenue produced by the
war taxes, During the month of Octo-
ber the war expenditures exceeded the
war revenue by some S14,000,000 and
this month they will be $40, 1000, 900 in
excess. There will be no changes, at
least this fiscal year. The war revenue
act will continue in force and un-
changed except. perhaps, in few
minor administrative features, for at
least year longer.
1t is hardly necessary to add" con-
tinued Mr.. Dingley, ''that there will
be no revision Of the tariff, although /
have seen some statements to the effect
that such a revision is contemplated.
''The session is limited to three
MONTHS" continued Mr.. Dingley, "and
that short period will be mainly occupied
in passing the appropriation bills, in
enacting new laws, in deciding upon
the legislation necessary for the govern
ment Of Hawaii. In addition to these
important questions, the usual number
of routine matters with arise. From
the present outlook, the session will be
well under way before the treaty Of
peace with Spain will be laid before the
senate, and the ratification of that docu-
ment may not be accomplished long be-
fore March 4 arrives. F."
''Will that necessitate an extra ses-
s;on?"
1T is, Of course, impossible said
Mr.. Dingley, "to know what will arise
between December / and March 4, but,
so far as the present outlook can form a
basis for judgment, ! should say that
no extra session will be necessary or
desirable, unless some new question
should arise.
''For my part" added Mr.. Dingley,
II hope that the territory to be added
will be no larger than is absolutely
necessary. I realize that, in some cases,
it may be easier to hold than it will be
to let 60, but at the same time, l hope
that the treaty, when it is presented to
the senate, will provide for the acquisi.
ton of a minimum amount of territory.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-23
He Was Dismissed.

A dispatch from Lexington, Ky,
says Baron Waldeck de Nillamil, an
Austrian nobleman, and captain of
the Seventh volunteer infantry ina
munes, is in disgrace and has left for
parts unknown A few days ago he
was discharged from his regiment for
various ofenses, principal amoog which
was refusing to pay his debts. He
owed money to many officers and men
and had large accounts here with mer-
chants. Creditors swooped down upon
him last night and attached his
sword and his uniform. He later secur-
ed clothing somewhere and skipped
out. Villamil claimed to he cousin to
the late emprsss Of Austria and sent a
telegram Of coincidence to the emperor
at the time of her tragic death.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-23
LYNCEING TILLEAN.
Negro Preachers in Brooklyn Stirred
Up Over the Recent Riots.

The Pastors Association of Brook.
lyn, composed Of clergymen Of all the
Afro-Anerican churches on Long Is.
land, held its weekly meeting Wednes,
day afternoon in the Berean Baptist
| church, in Bergen street, near Roches
ter avenne, and discussed the recen;
killing of Negroes in North and South
Carolina. The Rev. Leonard j. Brown,
pastor Of the church and presiding Off
Ger Of the meeting, said that he was
willing to contribute money to enable
the Negroes of Wilmington to buy
guns and ammunition to help them
selves, if the national and State govern
ments refused to take the matter in
hand.
The Rev. A. j. Henry, pastor Of the
Nazarene Congregational church, said
that he held the Democratic party Of
North Carolina responsible. '"They
were inspired he said, "by Tillman,
Of South Carolina. Tillman made
rabid speeches in North Carolina, which
iniamed the whites and caused them
to do the contemplate work. The
Rev. Mr.. Henry declared that the Ne
sroes of North Carolina should lynch
Tillman, ex-Congressman Nfaddell,
the mayor and Chief of Police Parma
lee, of Wilmington. He spoke of how
colored men, who owned their
own homes, had been forced to
leave them through fear. He said he
knew some of them personally and that
the homes they left represented the
accumulation of thirty years. He said
something should be done and done at
once, and that he was ready to con-
tribute to anything having for its OBJ
ject the termination of ;'the abomina-
bic outrages perpetrated by contempti-
bic Democrats. He then pulled from
his pocket roll of bills and said that he
was ready to contribute S. to help the
Negroes of North Carolina help them
selves.
The Rev. Mr.. Timms, pastor Of the
Holy Trinity Baptist church, said that
he, too, was shocked over the outrages
perpetrated upon his people, and that
he was willing to contribute his money
to help them.
The Rev. Walker S. Kane, pastor Of
the Union Bethel, at Schenectady ave-
nue. and Dean street, spoke Of the sub
ject as being shocking to all good men
and said he knew not what action the
association should take,
The Rev. Henry announced that the
Society of the Sons of North Carolina,
which is composed Of Negro men liv-
ing in Brooklyn who are natives Of
North Carolina, would hold monster
meeting this week and that fund
would be scarted to help their brethren
in their native land.
Rev. Henry was instructed to pre-
pare suitable resolutions voicing the
sentiments Of the association and de-
nouncing the present state Of affairs
in the Carolinas. The resolutions will
be adopted at the next meeting of the
association.
SUICIDE OF LIEUT. DREZEL.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-23
Another Clash at Pana.

Non-union colored miners and white
strikers clashed in the streets of Pana,
ILL.,, again Thursday. Several hundred
shots were fred, but the combatants
did their shooting from behind trees
and hedges, consequently no blood was
spilled. The trouble is said to have
been started by a Negro firing upon
Wesley Pope, a striker. Pope says he
was walking near the Springside col
liery, where the Negroes are quartered,
when he was fred upon. He secured
a rife and reinforcements. Meantime
the Negroes appeared in force and the
shooting became general After sever
al hundred shots had been exchanged
the Negroes retreated to their stockade.
Nc damage was done.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-23
Another Death.

George Logan, colored, died at the
home Of Joe Goode, colored, near Green
wood Thursday morning, from wounds
received at Rehobeth church. He was
one Of the eight Negroes who were fred
at by a party of white men. Logan
was seen to stumble about the time a
Winchester ball went his way. He was
shot in the arm and in the back, the
latter wound not being located until
Wednesday. He was son of Turner
Logan, an old d-time Negro leader. This
is the sixth Negro death from the Phoe-
nix trouble.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-23
Died From Her Wounds.

The Greenwood correspondent Of the
State says Eliza Goode, the Negro wo-
man shot by unknown white men Mon
day, died at her home on the Tolbert
land, near Piney Grove church Thurs
day night. 1t is the candid opinion Of
those who nave investigated this mat
ter that Greenwood county is not re-
sponsible for this shameful deed; that
the dru nken perpetrators are none Of
our people. That was an awful deed
shooting an old woman in her own
cabin, and the white men who did it
had best keep away.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-23
Be Ye Warned.

II told you bout eaten dem frozen
victuals," as the darky said when he
saw his partner rapidly turning somer-
saults with the collie after dispatching
a miscellaneous assortment Of solid
chunks Of cold and clamy grub. And
we have likewise time and again warned
our lady friends Of the dangers attend
ing the habit of running red-hot irons
through their wavy locks. The casual
ties resulting from such practice, and
kindred ones, are becoming alarmingly
frequent. Here is the record for the
past week only: A woman in Green
vile was burned to death from her
clothes catching fire while curling her
hair with red.hot poker. A woman
in Ohio nearly burned an eye out with
curling iron. A woman in Kansas
had all her hair burned of because her
curling papers caught fre. A woman
in Louisville broke he collar bone
monkeying too energetically with her
hair. And there are others.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-23
a Vessel Wrecked.

News has just been received from
Alsea bay, l6 miles below here, that
the sailing vessel Atlanta is ashore.
She had crew of thirty men on board,
and only two got ashore alive. The
vessel was bound from Tacoma for an
African port with wheat. She has
broken in two. The Atlanta was of
bit 2, 800 tons.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-23
Thev Beg to Come Home.

Great pressure is being brought to
bear upon the administration to have
the volunteers in the Philippines re-
turned to this country. Nearly every
State has asked through their governor
and representatives in congress, that
these troops be sent home. The war
department says there is no way of re-
lieving these troops.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-23
An Old Man murdered.

Sam Howard an old and inofensive
colored man, living near Muldrow's
mill, about four miles south of Flor
ence, was murdered Saturday night by
unknown persons at his home. The
coroner held an inquest and the jury
rendered verdict in accordance with
the above. Two women living at his
house heard some one call the old man
out, and although he was shot, the wo-
men claim to know nothing Of the affair
denying that they heard the report Of
the gun.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-23
IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Severe Punishment.

There is no capital punishment in
Sw;tzland But they taxed their inge-
nuity to punish. Luccneni, the assas-
sin of the Empress of Austria. He is
sentenced to solitary Imprisonment for
life, allowed to talk to no one or to
read nor smoke. That looks like the
refinement of cruelty.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-23
o'clock
Separate Cars.

Two Georgia senators objected to
sleeping in a Pullman with Negro
man and woman and applied to the con-
ductor to put them out. This he re-
fused, and now bill has been intro
duced in the Georgia senate to provide
separate sleeping cars for blacks and
whites and making it penitentiacy Of
fense for either of the races to travel IN
a car set aside for the other. 1t has
been reported favorably and bids fair to
become law. - - -
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-23
She Was Elected.

Up in Ogemaw county, Michigan, a
month or two ago, Mrs. Merrie Abbott
was nominated by the Democrats for
county attorney. The Democrats had
practically no hope cr expectation of
carrying the election, and Mrs. Abbotts
nomination was regarded in the nature
of joke. When the returns came in
the other day, however, it was found
that Mrs. Abbott had won. but all the
other Democratic nominees had been
defeated.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-23
& Freak Of Nature.

Nature plays some queer freaks and
she has been at it for some time. One
Of the queerest that has come to light
is on an old New Bedford, Mass, ne
gro, who is said to be over 100 years
old, who is the father of 36 children
and has more grand and great-grand
children than he can count. He is a
remarkably well equipped old chap, for
he has two hearts, two breastbones and
two sets of ribs, and is proud of the
whole combination.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-23
Disaster in China

Advices by steamship Empress Of
China terrible disaster in an inland
sea on October 25, when the steamer
Kinshlu Maru came into collision with
the steamer Myagawa Maru off Takami,
with the result that the latter sank in
few minutes. It is reported that as
many as 130 persons were saved, but
that 70 were drowned. The Myagawa
sank in three minutes. So strong was
the impact that the captain, who was
on the bridge, was thrown into the sea.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-23
Renouneiug the Tolberts.

\ prominent Negro minister of Brad
ley, Greenwood county, has offered to
a local paper for publication COM
munication renouncing the Tolberts
and their teachings and declaring the
purpose of the Negroes about Bradley
to live in peace with the white people.
Similar sentiment is credited to the
Nnrroes in various sections.