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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-16

4 Fifty Million Dollar Z nergeccy Fund
yosed By Congress -yar Ships to bs
Bought From o;hec Nsrions-Mo
Soldiers
Dispatches from Washington say
that there were no less than dTe i'm
portant events Monday having bear
ing more or less direc! upon the trou.
bled relations between the United
States ard Spain, viz: The introduc
ton in Congress, by Mr.. Cannon, OF
a resolution carrying $50, 900, geo for
the public defense The withdrawal
by the Spanish government of its init
mated objection of Consul General
Lee. The order to the Cruiser Mont
gomery to proceed 10 Havana instead
OF the Ferne. The passage OF the bill
through the house Increasing the ar
tillery arm by two regiments. The
institution Of negotiations looking to
the purchase OF warships for our
navy.
Mr.. Cannon's resolution is as fol-
lows:
That there is hereby appropriated
out OF any money in the treasury, not
otherwise appropriated, for the ma
tionsl defense and for each and every
purpose connected Herewith, to be
expended at the discretion Of the pres
idens aud to re main available until
June &c. 1899 $50, coo 0OO."
a naval officer, whose name was
not obtainable, left Washington Tues,
day on his way to Europe to inspect
naval vessels that are building there
with a view of purchasing them for
the United States.
Without de lay Ia officers of the ad
jatant generals department Monday
gave the necessary orders for the re.
cruiting OF the two new artillery regi-
mems authorized by congress.
The decision OF the navy department
concerning the sending OF ships to
Cuba, was made known at 2 o'clock
Monday afternoon, when the follow
ing brief statement was posted by the
bureau of navigation: Montgomery
will relieve the Ferne at Havana.
Ferne will carry provisions to Matanz
as and Sagua Ia Grande." "
BAILEY SAYS IT IS WAR.
Representative Bailey, the Demo
cratic leader In the house has written
statement which closes as follows:
Il believe that this country is on the
verge o: q war, certainly it is nearer q
foreign war than it has been since our
war with Mexico, and perhaps nearer
thsn any nation ever was TO escape it."
BACON SAYS IT IS WAR.
Senator Bacon. OF Georgia, dictat-
ed the following to the Washington
CORES spondent OF the Atlanta Journal:
Il have neyer said it before, but I
believe now that there will be war.
At least there is a very strong proba-
bility OF it. I believe it is very great.
ly to bs deprecated, but I am OF the
opinion that political interests both in
| this country aud in Spain will exert a
a powerful influence to force a war
upon u.s.
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Gen EitZhugh Lse.

One OF the most prominent figures
in the world to day is Gen. Fi'z.
hugh Lee, the brave and pst.iotic
United States Consul General at h.
vana. Fitzhugh Lee is son of Sid
ney Smith Ice, Who, at the breaking
out OF the war, was captain in the
United States navy; but who, along
with his brother, Robert E. Lee,
quit the service OF the United States
to serve his native state of Virginia.
Fitzhugh Lse was West Point grad
uate and was also serving in the Z nit
ed States army as Lieutenant at the
time of the breaking out of the war.
He accompanied his father and uncle
in their change from the . aited States
70 the Confederate service. Short.
ly after graduation from Wes! Point,
Fitzhugh Lee, in 1856, went ives! with
the Second United States cavalry to
fight Commanche Indiansan it is said
that he was fighter of the right kind
OF stuff. Several thrilling incidents
Of bis career are told. Once, when
scouting in ra7ine, Comnanche
chief dropped on his back from above
and tried to stab him. He caught the
knife arm OF the Indian, but was
rather too much engaged to be able to
draw his revolver. After a brief
struggle he managed to pound the
Indian a few blows in the face, as the
result of which he succeeded in get.
ting his pistol and putting an end to
the fight. At another time he was
shot in the breast with an arrow.
He continued to handle his man Until
the fight was about over, and then re.
ques.ed brother officer to pull the
arrow out. a hard pull was without
success, and at the request of the su ufer-
er, the officer put his foot against Lees
breast and pulled with all his might
until the shaft came loose, leaving the
steel arrow head in his body. Unless
this arrow head hes been absorbed by
the blood, it is in Lees breast to this
day. During the late war Lee served
| as general under Jeb Stuart, ard
| with the exception OF Stuart was the
| most popular officer in that famous
| cavalry corps. Brave as lion and
full of enterprise and dash, Lee won
the highest esteem of Stuart, and the
| men under his command looked upon
him as the inferior OF no officer in the
army. During his stay in Havana,
General Lee has been on good terms
with all classes. He had the highest
| respect of General Campos, and even
| the Butcher" Weyler, and is also
treated with the greatest consideration
by General Blanco. He is not only
prudent, but is also bold, and is gen.
orally believed to act pretty much on
his own Judgment, especially in mat
ters of emergency, rather than seek
too explicit instructions from Wash
ington. He has been kept in Cuba
since the change in administration,
largely for the reason that the whole
country realizes that it would bs i'm
possible to find man more thorough
" qualified to deal with the delicate
situation.
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a Taking Turtle,

q coIored brother once caught a
turtle and was congratulating him
self on what fine dinner ne would
have the next day. Going on his
way he ne! man who was ve2-
triloquist. The man, asked him
what he was going to do with lhe
turtle. Why" said the dsrkey,
''psa gwine ID ga! him OF cose. F"
What's he good for3' Why hes
good for mos: eb2rytnins. Hes got
beef IN him, and res got pork IN him,
and he's got chicken in him and hes
go. got fish in him. 'Scuse me boss
my moaf waters so / can hardly talk,
The ventriICQu;st passed O. and
thoughtit would be ine thing 10
play joke ca his coIored friend. So
ne threw his voice SO as to make It ap-
pear as If the turtle was talking.
What's that you said about me9 said
the turtle to the dalkay; "wha. did
you say you were going 10 co with
me?" The darkey's eyes went open
several degrees wider than was usual.
Said ne, Use gwineto drap you right
here; and away he went as fast as
scare and heels could take him
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-16
SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY.
An Ohio Man who is Chsrnned With Dixie

SOU HERN HCSSi lHLi !.
An Ohio Man who is Charmsd With Dixie
Land.
The following is an extract from a
letter to the Dayton, O., Evening
News written by William W. Web
ster. q Daytouian VINO is sojourning
| in Summerville: The writer spent
three days in Columbia, South Caro-.
linas csp spital. on his way to Summer
Vile and was most forcibly impressed
with both the natural beauty and the
sweet spirit of fellowship CT that city.
It is strictly and grauGly Southern,
and bears that air OF whole-soulGed
cordially so dear to the heart. The
entire world of God seems kin to Co
lumbia. The street salutation is a
hearty touch of the hat while the
hand shake fills you with al exquisite
sense OF hospitality ''You are vel
come" is the kindly motto which per
vades everything. One feels like Iiv-
ing in such a fraternal atmosphere.
Gods people seem united by common
chords OF fellowship, and the bonds OF
National sympathy and patriotic love
are growing stronger each year The
war is thing OF historic importance
onIy-it is over and the love OF one
country, one people and oae flag is
rife in every State ia the Union.
South Carolina has given to the coun-
try good and able men; she has play
| ed q conspicuous part in the annals OF
history. She is devoutly proud OF
her achievements, as we'll as might
be, for ner long list OF sires and sons,
statesmen and soldiers have gone TO
their graves hallowed by poStarlty.
We hear at times in the North that
consummate nsrrow-mindedness and
sectional bigotry South Carolina has
no equal. How false are such accuse
tions. The tourist in Columbia, Char
lesion and the larger cities, as well as
the smallertowns will discover that
his idea of the people has been s. mis-
representation. He will find hearty
welcome wherever he goes and Will
a7ow that if such customs and man
ners are the outgrowth OF narrow
mindedness, it would be well were tie
whole country imbued with e share
of if. South Carolina is the true heart
OF the South. The darkey is seen IN
his real darkeyishness. He hangs
about the cities and towns and will
not GO into the country, where farm
ing might yield him living. You
look at his cabin-probably relic OF
the War-and wonder how he mana
| ges to support a large family. You
hear waited on the still night air the
old melodious plantation songs, and
your vagrant thoughts wander back
| over the years when those same songs
were new to you. One loves the old
melodies. Handed oown from gener-
ation to generation sayoriDg Of the
tender recollections OF days gone by,
| they play upon the chords OF the
American heart. The darkey handles
them as you never heard them hand
| led before, and you are inspired, awed
and ennobled by the sweetness OF the
music. Forgetting for a time that
you are classed among those mortals
yankees" in true Southern spirit,
you exclaim: "In Dizie's land I'll
take my stand and live aud die in
Dixie land"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-16
Safe Of Anarchy Prevails.

Advices from the Orient says that a
state OF anarchy prevails in the island
of Hainan.
Bands of outlaws said TO number
5000 men nave raided IL military
camps and 2S villages, numbering and
leoting in their course. It is impossi.
bic 10 describe the triumphant march
OF murder and lust through peaceful
pastoral towns surrounding the city
Of kioehow. After week OF slaugh-
ter, the anarchists grew weary and
thought of safely. They erected barri-
cades in the mountains behind Kio-
chow and stored up provisions enough
to last them year. a greatly super
ior force OF military is oeing mobillzed
for the purpose OF clearing them out.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-16
TIE MATTER DECIDED.
There Must be Either PeEcs n Cuba or
War With Spain.

War WITH spain.
The Washington correspondent Of
the Atlantis Journal says it is either
pescs in Cuba Or war with Spain.
This is the alternative. Peacein Cuba
means the independence of Cuba
Spain las permitted the time to pass
when anything short Of independence
would suffice. This is practically the
opinion OF congress, and it is more
than mere speculation. No doubt is
felt that the independence Of Cuba is
to be recognized by this government.
Whether this causes war depends up.
on Spain. The loss Of the Maina is
known not 10 have been the result OF
an accident. II it is not shown to
have been the act Of Spanish officials
Or BY their connivance it viii demon
strate the inefficiency Of Spanish con
troll Of Havana. The necessity Of as
sistance by this government to prevent
the depopulation OF the island By star
vation is confessed by the acceptance
of the assistance, and evidences the
helplessness of the Spanish govern
u4EAL " ASlNtcsiAt IL % LI1C C-44SA-
tons Of government. The barOarlties
proven and confessed show inability
to preserve the forms O; civilization.
In all incapscity and less OF control
on the island is shown. Intervention
by this government to save the popu-
lation from Starvation is the first step
towards broader intervention to pre-
serve life and property and to save the
island from becoming barren waste.
The conditions Il Cuba have compali
ed Spain to acknowledge the need and
the propriety OF this government in
tervening to check devastation By
starvation. The right OF further IN
tervention, ii necessary, naturally fol
lows. This is a part OF the situation
held in congress, and intervention IS
certain.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-16
American Boat s.tz,d.

The Spanish gunboa A-dilIa seized
recently n inlet near Casilda, on the
south coast Ct Cuos. the American
schooner Esther, Of Edenton n. c.,
bou1d from Pensacola to J uaica.
The captain CT the schooner u lsked
to give the reason for the pressLc9 of
his vessel in the inlet, and claimed
that his rudder was broken No fur
ther details Of the affair have been re-
ceived, but if the stst:manss Of the
captain OF the Esther turn out to be
correct, the schooner will be liberaJ-
ed. TIE captain has protested against
the seizure Of his vessel.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-16
Tho WAGES Of Sin.

At Louisville, KY, on Wednesday,
in a ft of jealousy Lee Van Arsdale:
a young railroad maD, murdered
Mary Harris, an inmate of house OF
i'll repute, by cutting her throat from
ear to ear. Pursued By an officer.
Van Arsdale rushed into an adjoining
room and killed himself by cutting
his throat. Van Arsdals formly lived
at Parksyille, XIV.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-16
Said to be Insane,

is sa that d.. Bivings, who re-
Gently killed Mr.. TRIMMER IN Spar.
tanburg is almost raviog maniac.
At the most unreasonable hours Of the
night he is calling up over an imagin-
ary telephone the telegraph operator
in whom he placed SO much conf.
dence, and recites to him his imagined
wrongs.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-16
: Horrible Accident,

Sam Bishop, a CT ,r,i train hand
on the Atlantic Goa .:ae, and col
ored woman By the name of Maggie
Duval, were run over by sEitch en-
CINE at Columbia Friday g It. The
latter was killed instantly aut the for
mer was badly injured. 1! !secls that
Bishop was waiting for his train to
pull out when the woman came by
and he walked down the tr4ck vito
he-. T1Gy we.e chatting g t2er
when q switch engine came down on
them with the result aSove stated.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-16
4 Pc1NrsR 90 ne GIRLs.-The

4 POINTER FOR THE GIRLs.-There
are few Thugs Se!ter for the complex
ion in winter than corn neal. Il is
very cleansing and makes the skin
smooth ard white. Rub in the face
and hands with IukeWarm water for
several minutes. Rinse IN cold wa
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-16

The preparation for war is being
pushed forward as rapidly as possible
by tne government, and things now
look as if crisis is at hand.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-16

The London Daily News says:
Spain can expect no support moral or
otherwise, from England agsIts; ine
United States She has ruined Cuoa,
as she has ruined or lost every other
colony, by the grossest ccriuoIion;
cruelty and maladministratlon, ano
she must be left TO settle the account
for it with those whom it may c>n'
Germ, without any aid or sympathy on
orJr mart
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-16
Loge Ctslsd Mac,s Cr;mc.

Unrequitted Iowa induced Chris.
Schmidt, c1garmaker, OF Pittsburg,
Pa, to kill his sweetheart, Annie
Lentz, and then himself.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-16

HEAVY SALES OF FERTILIZERS The
Columbia Record says Judged by the
receipts from the privilege tax, the
amount OF fertilizers sold up 10 TINS
time of the present season Is far IN
in excess of tha. of any recent year.
For the months OF January aud FEB
ruary, 1897, the tax netted $4O. 800,
while for the same period this yeac the
receipts amount to SIT, 6,37S, an increase
of S., ,479. The opening days OF
March, show no evidence o. decrease
in the sales of fertilizers, so that the
privilege tax will probably give sn
excess CT $4,000 over the rcv7.
nues derived from the sane source
last year. The receip's amounted TO
$50 $50, an increase of nearly $4,000
over those of the previous yea, 50 II
looks as if the fertilizer industry IS
getting on its feet once more.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-16
Their Day Ia Past.

We notice that the Iroquo:s club of
Chicago, at its coming banquet, has
an array Of Cleveland's old cuckoos
as speakers. These skates are terribly
cut Of date. The world has dritted
past them. Tina was when the peo-
pie listened 10 Y llas and Don Dicker,
son, and the Cleveland men with ad-
miration amounting to haW, but since
they followed the false light sent up
by the Palmer. Buckner gold bugs,
they have simply become spots OF
phosphorus on the rotton logs OF the
old Cleveland raft, and there is no
place for them in the economy OF the
universe. They can be feasted by the
gold bugs, and they can speak to them
but the people heed them not. They
are the enemies of the people. The
allies CT the gold plutccracy OF The
United States, and they should have
their tails docked and be hitched 20
the gold bug chariot OF old bloated n.
A Hanna
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-16

The Ssluda Sentinel issued an eight
page anniversary number last Wed
nesday, which was a credit to the
Sentinel and tbs county 10 which It
is published.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-16

The latest news from Washington
indicates that war with Spain is IN
eyitable.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-16
auorher Rarshtp >, Hsyana.

The United States cruiser Montgom.
cry has arrived at Havana. Her arri.
val on Friday was very qIjet. After
firing the usual salute anu Oeing So. u.
ted in return, the Montgomery was
moored in the principal haroor near
the wreck of the Maine, and in the
centre of circle Of Spanish ships.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-16
The Co.'S Of War.

War is horrible thing and should
be averted if possible. Bu. sometimes
it seems necessary that nations are
compelled to engage IN it or lose pres
tige among other nations. Il there is
anY honorable way out OF the present
difficulty with Spain without resort
to war we hops war will be aversed.
bit If there is no honorable way out CT
the difficulty without war, then we
are in favor Of upholding American
honor at whatever cost As We are
standing face to face with the grim
spectre OF war it is well to count the
cost of war. We recently read in,,aE-
teresting article on the subjsc: in the
Atlanta Journal. It was an estimate
made by Mr. Camille Fiammarion,
Frenchman, OF the cost of war in men
ana money to civilized nations during
the last hundred yesrs. The Franco
German war of 1870 II caused the
death, Mr.. Flammarion tells US, OF
$50. 900 men. In the Crimean war OF
1876, 7S5, ,C00lives were lost. The
brief Italian war OF 1859 broughtabout
| LUc tSStu vi OO,OOO ACA LII Se.ILAS VI ~
HOSPITALS, and even the game OF
chess between Russia and Austria, in
| 1856, deprived 46. 600 men of their
lives. Our civil war Of 1876 meant
death to $50, men-an enormous
host. The wars waged by the great
Napoleon caused the death OF no less
than 5000, ,OC0 persons There is hardly
any telling howmany thousand mil.
lions Of dollars our civil war cost, but it
entailed upon US an expense which is
now s1S3. 100000 year, though the
war has been over thirty-three years.
The effect OF the war on the Federal
debt was to increase it from s65 600, 600
to 50, 773, 1856, ,173. Several billions OF
property besides we're destroyed IN the
south, and the paralysis of industry
consequent upon the civil war de.
stroyed billions more, delaying the
full economic Development OF this
section by over thirty years.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-16
II LOOKS LIKE WAR.
ACcNrLICT NOW REGARDED AS AL
MOST CERTAIN.

4 Fifty Million Dollar Z mergercy Fund
Tosed By Congress -Egar Ships to bs
Bought From Oiher Nations lore
Soldiers
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-16

The Chicsgo Chronicle recently
contained scathing cartoon. In the
ocean is the wreck Of the Maine, with
the yultures picking the corpses Of
the dead seamen. In the foreground
is the great American Eagle trying to
90 to the rescue, but Marx Hanna has
him tied with strong cables to Wall
street. II Mckinley permits this,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-16

a. colored woman OF Washington
went to her pastor the other day to
complain of the conduct OF her hus
bano who, she said, was a "lowdo1n,
worthless, trifsss niger. y After
listening to a long recital Of the de
linquences of her neglectful spouse and
her efforts to correct them, the minis
ter said: Have you ever tried heap
ing Goals OF fre upon his head?
NO" was the reply, "hut I done
tried hot water"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-16

tiowery pstb, with serpent Kissing
actoss il; a broken pitcher, from which
the water has dropped before we could
drink It; thrill Of exhiIsration, fol.
lowed BY disastrous reactions. To
help US understand the JOY of heaven,
the Bible takes us to s river. We
stand on tie grassy bank. We see
the waters 8ow on with ceasaless
wave. But tire flth OF the cites are
emptied into 1t and the banks are torn,
and unhealthy exbalstions spring up
from ii, snd we fail 10 get an idea OF
the river CT life n hesveG.
we set very imperfect ideas OF the
reunions CT heaven, We think Of
s0ne festa! day or earth, when father
snd mother were yet living, and the
children came home. 4 good time
that! Bat i had this drawback-all
were net there. That brother went
Oft 10 sea and never was heard from.
That s;gtec-did We not lay her away
IN the freshness o. her young life,
never mere in this world to lock upon
herr An, there was 3 skeleton al the
feast, and tears mingled with our
laughter o2 that ChcIstnaz day. Not
SO with heavens reunions. It will
be an uninterrupted gladness. Many
q Christian parent vii lock around
and ind al his children there. ''Ah.2
he says, can II he possible that we
are al le;G-i-Le'S p9Gi;s oveG: The
Jordan passed, SAD not one wanting
Why, even he ttodigal IS here. a.
most ga7e hin up. How long be de-
sp;sed NY counsels, but grace hath
!rlunpheG. AL here, au here, Tell
the mighty joy through the city. Lst
!he bells ring, and the angels mention
i in their sonS. Wave it from the
top OF the rails AL here"
Ne more breaking OF 1eartstrings.
but face to face. The orphans that
were IeiS poor and IN amerciIess world,
kicked and c2tfed Of many hardships,
shall join their parents, over whose
graves they so long wept and gaze into
their glori1ed conferences forever,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-16

PUBLIC SALE NOTICE. "A bailif in
one Of the mountain counties recently
posted up the following sale notice,
which he had written on brown wrap
ping paper with a carpenters pencil:
No.is public sail I will sell akorden to
law on Ssttidy next Wun bugie an
wash pot dubbje seete4 With wun Laig
bruk off. Also Wun red mule fur
spott kash with Wun eye.