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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05
sTEAMs HIP BURNED AT SEA.
Was Plying Between Brunswick,
Charleston and Boston.

The George ". Clyde steamship,
Capt. Robinson, of New York Clyde
Line, arrived in Wilmington, n. G.,
June p, at II o'clock with Capt. a.
D. Ingram and crew Of the steamship
Pawnee On board, the Clyde having
picked them up from the small boats
very soon after they abandoned the
Pawnee, leaving her wrapped in flames.
An Associated Press representative
called upon Capt. Ingram soon after his
arrival and was told that the Pawnee
vas abandoned off Currituck on the
coast Of North Carolina a little past
midnight or Sunday night.
The fire was discovered about mid
night and had gained such heaG8ay
that every effort to check the flames
was futile. They leaped in great
volume from the forward hold Of the
vessel and dense smoke completely en-,
veloped the decks. When the alarm
was made Capt. Ingram was asleep,
and no sooner had he rushed out and
taken Ia the situation than he saw that
if he saved his crew he must get them
off at once. However, the pumps we're
set to work and the two streams Of
water upon the flames for several min
utes before he gave the order for the
boats to be lowered and the ship aban-
doned. While the crew were manning
the small boats Capt. Ingram rushed
into his cabin for some valuables which
he hoped to save. When he reached
the ships side the boat had drifted out
of reach, and about that time the smoke
shifted so as to envelop that side Of the
vessel, and the captain ordered the crew
to row the boat to the windward side.
This they did, but in the meantime the
wind shifted again, the heat and smoke
forcing them to pull away without their
captain. There were three vain efforts
Of this kind made, the boat being rowed
to first one side Of the vessel and then
the other, in attempts to reach the cap
tain. Finally Capt. Ingram leaped into
the water and swan 200 feet or more
toward the boat. One of the crew held
an oar out to him and pulled him in
completely exhausted and almost un
conscious. In the meantime the George
W. Clyde had sighted the Pawnee in
flames aud bore down upon her in time
to pick up the captain and crew within
few minutes after they abandoned the
burning ship. Capt. Ingram says the
Pawnee had a full cargo on board, prin-
cipally lumber, of which there was, be-
tween 100000 and 100000 feet. There
was also a quantity of cotton on board.
The Pawnee, in command Of Capt.
Ingram left Brunswick, Ca, on Fri
day and Charleston on Saturday for
Boston, laden with lumber and gen
eral cargo. The Pawnee was freight
steamer plying between Boston, Char
lestoc and Brunswick, and had crew
of about "a men and had no passengers.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05
RATTLE OF THE BALES.
In What Shape Shall Our Cotton be
Ealed?

The indications are that the efforts
which are being made to get owners Of
cotton gins, who have not already done
so, to alter their press boxes so as to
make a square bale that will measure 81
inches by q, will be successful. With
uniform square bale, known as the
standard bale, is probable that there
will be a prolonged contest between the
standard bale and the round bale. One
great objection to the square bale now
is its lack of uniformity which makes
it more costly to handle as freight on
cars and on ships. This objection
will disappear, however, just as soon as
the press boxes of all cotton gins are
made to conform to the 81 By a iuch
standard.
Mr.. C. Mepelas discusses the subject
of the standard square bale and the
round bale in an interesting article in
the June number of the Southern Cul-
tivator As he sees the situation, the
square bale is bound to hold the field.
He gives several reasons for this view.
One is that the square bale is more sat
isfactory to the trade, since 1t gives the
buyer better opportunity to see what
he is buying, aud another is that the
square bale stands better the rough
handling which cotton bale gets.
1t is we'll known, also, that a very
large percentage Of cotton is exposed to
the weather for weeks and often
months after it is baled It is claimed
that cotton ia square bales will stand
this exposure better than cotton in
round bales.
The chief objection which Mr.. Meme
las offers to the round bale, however, is
that the round bale presses are said to
be held by a trust-that they cannot be
bought by cotton growers; or By others
so that there can be competition in
making the round bale. TIE cotton
growers have to pay so much per bale to
have their cotton pressed into the round
bale. With all of the presses for max
ing the square bale out Of use, the
round bale trust would be in a position
to charge what it pleases for making the
rouzd bale-in other words the cotton
growers would be in the grasp Of a
mighty trust. Mr.. Menelas thinks as
long as the owners Of the round bale
presses refuse to sell their presses, it
will be difficult for the round bale to
| make much headway.-Columbia Re
| cord.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05
Shields Commits Suicide.

Leroy H. Shields, IS years old, pro-
minent in Virginia politics, and who
was collector of customs at Norfolk un-
der the Cleveland administration, sui
cided in his room at the Hygeia hotel,
Old Point, Tuesday night by sending a
bullet into his brain. Melancholia,
induced by recent financial re7erses, is
the cause assigned for the deed. He
had been at the hotel a week and was
expecting reappointment in the naval
service. During the Spanish war MIR.
Shields held the post Of paymaster on
the cruiser Buffalo, and since his dis
charge had been seeking a similar assign
ment. He is said to have lost heavily
in speculation recently, and is known tc
have been brooding over his troubles.
4 wife and three children survive him.
Mrs. Shields is in Washington and the
children in Norfolk.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05
rHerr OF THE CREW SAVED.
Filipinos Fortifying.

Advices from Hakodate state that
Capt. Sakichi, Of the steamer Hokoku,
Maru Just returned from the Philippines
reports that in the southern islands the
young Fllipinos are constructing fortih-
cations against emergencies. Every
port is garrisoned by thousand or so
of volunteers, whose weapons, however,
are very crude, only about 20 per cent.
being armed with rifles. They are,
however, full Of patriotism and state
that they will not yield to the Ameri-
cans though the whole Of the islands
are destroyed. The Hokoku Maru was
warmly welcomed by the Filipinos, who
consider the Japanese to be OF kin
dred race and hoped for assistance from
them. The Filipinos were prepared to
pay for arms and ammunition and said
the japanese vessels visiting the isl
ands could take return cargos OF hemp.
Capt. Sakichi says he only sold the IN
surgents two revolvers and the cooks
knives.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05
MEET IN BATTLE.
Armed Negro Miners Under Ed
Ellis Lose Four.
KNIGHTS OF AFRICA"
Result of Attempting to Prevent
Lynching by Force of Arms,
as Recommended by
Nor%barp RIacke
Northern Blacks.

Three negroes are dead and one is not
expected to live as a result of riot be-
tween the white and negro miners at
the ore mines near Cardiff in Jefferson
county, Ala.
The dead are: Ed. Ellis, Jim Dill,
Adam Samuels, The wounded: Ru.
dolph Williams, George Thomas, NOR
tally wounded.
The races came to a clash in the late
afternoon in Glasgow Hollow, where
the negroes coagregated, armed with
Winchester rifles. A white man pass
ing along the road was held up and
abused and was roughly handled. This
news soon spread, and an armed body
Of white miners moved toward the hol-
low. 1t is supposed that they went
around by circuitous route in the
mountains and came upon the negroes
unexpectedly. Ed. Ellis, the ring
leader, armed with rife and Colts re-
volver, fell at the first volley. A rifle
bullet did the work. There was anoth-
er volley and four of the other negroes
fell. Jim Dill and Adam Samuels died
in few minutes later, being removed
to negro house. Geo. Thomas was
shot through the abdomen with Win
chester bullet. He is not expected to
recover. Rudolph Williams will live.
The trouble started Tuesday when it
was thought that John Shepherd, who,
on last Wednesday afternoon assaulted
Mrs. Monroe Jones near Corona, was
in that community. The negroes arm
ed themselves to prevent his capture.
Both sides were aroused and only the
timely arrival of sherif's posse pre-
vented an outbreak. This morning the
negro miners held mass meeting and
refused to go to work. They all belong
to secret organization known as the
knights of Africa or the ''Mysteri
GUS Ten" They keep rifles and ammu
milton on hand at all times. It was in
the afternoon that they gathered in
Glasgow Hollow, although with what
intention is not known.
influential citizens say that the ring
leaders are now out Of the way, and
they hope to manage the negroes. Ed.
Ellis, the head Of ;he band, and holding
the chief Office in the secret organiza-
ton, made speech to the negroes just
before his death telling them not to be-
lieve what the white officers had told
them, and swearing that he, for one,
would get even with Sheriff O'Brien,
who, the day before at the point Of a
shot gun, ordered hin to disperse his
gang.
Shortly after the riot Sheriff O'Brien
left Birmingham with hundred armed
men. He now has the situation in hand
for the time being, although, late re-
ports say the situation is extremely
critical and that the negroes are talk
ing Of avenging the death Of their lead
ers.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05
He GOT.DAMAGES
For Being Blacklisted by a Chicago
Railroad.

Fred r. ketcham, freight conduct
or formerly in the service of the Chica
go aud Northwestern Railway company,
has recovered damages to the amount Of
81, ,666 from that company for black
listing him.
Mr.. William J. Strong, the counsel
for Mr.. Ketcham, has published an az
ticle IN which he states that the rail
roads centering at Chicago agreed with
each other to employ no one engaged in
the great strike of 1894, in which &C.,
000 men took part. The companies
agreed to keep each other informed as
to the men who took part in the strike,
and to require Of every applicant for
work clearance from the railroad
by which he had been employed 1t
was known that this clearance was
actually demanded, and that when not
given, though the man was Of good
character and had certificates of quail
fcation by his former employer, he got
no work
In one case where a clearance was
given it stated that the man had per-
mission to secure employment else
where Mr. Strong says of this condi
ton:
This is slavery pure and simple, yet
it i ~itho,t exaggeration the condi-
ton most railroad employees in the
country today. The blacklisting sys-
ton IS also being adopted in nearly all
other branches Of corporate employ
ment, such as the large packing houses,
street railroads, clothing manufacto
-ies, and coal mines. 1t is one of the
growing evils of the present era Of
combinations ard trusts, menacing the
liberty of a large class OF our citizens.
If man who quits the employ of
another cannot get work ia his chosen
occupation without first obtaining the
consent of the man whose employ he
has left, he becomes slave He will
not dare resist any oppression his en-
ployer may impose on him.
How long will it be, if blacklisting
is allowed to continue and spread. be-
fore the laboring masses of the country,
having become the helpless tools of
these mighty masters, will do their bid
ding in the exercise of the elective
franchise? We shall then have gov
ernment Of corporations, by corpora
tions and for corporations.
The wage Garner who feels his little
children tugging at his coattails for
bread will fear, in voting, to assert his
manhood and resent oppression. Can
republic made up of such citizens
long endure? Are such mere tools fit
to be electors in government by the
people? These are serious questions
which must be wisely answered by
American voters at the ballot box, or
the answers will be blood and revolu-
ton.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05
a Revolving Crime.

A dispatch to The State from Bates
burg r1jer date of June 26 says: James
Attaway, white, was arrested here this
afternoon by Sheriff Caughman Of Lex
ington on the charge of rape. The
sheriff is looking for Ed. McCloud on
the same charge. The affidavit in the
warrant is made by L. H. Leitch and
David Meetze, charging the assault
on the persons Of their wives, Mary
Ann Leitch and Laura Ellen Meetze.
It seems that the women have not
borne the best of regulations and that
the defendants have been in the habit
of visiting them as lovers. Recently
the women were married to the above
named men and it is presumed that
the husbands objected to the continu-
ance of their past lives.
On May 16 the parties visited the
house where the parties were living,
but the husbands objected to their
presence. AttaWay and Mcleod are
said to be pretty bad men, and it is
said that at the point Of the pistol they
made the husbands leave the house.
In some way Attaway's pistol was
discarged and the ball took effect in the
groin of one Of the women. DR.. Cros-
son of Leesville probed for the ball but
was unable to find it, as it had lodged
in the pelvic cavity. The woman is
not yet out of danger. She claims that
Attaway deliberately shot her, but he
claims that the shooting was accidental.
The prisoner had pistol and pair
of knucks on his person when arrested
today, so he will have to answer to the
charge of carrying concealed weapons.
The scene of the alleged crime is in the
northern part Of Lexington county near
the Saluda river.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05
The South's Biggest Gill.

The Union, S. c., cotton mills are
having plans drawn for new mill to be
known as No. 8. 1t will be erected
about two miles away from their pres
ent location on creek so as to secure
abundant water supply. The new fac.
tory will contain $4,000 spinoles and
1900 looms. The company already
operates $1,000 spindles and 2,2oO
looms, and this expansion means to-
tai Of l37, 900 spindles and I, ,0SO looms,
or in other words the largest cotton
mill plant in the South. The Union
Mills compony already have the largest
cotton mill in the South under one roof
in their No. 2 Mill which contains p
600 spindles ard 1920 looms.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05
Political Soldiers.

General Otis has found time from
his military occupation in the Philip
pines to compose a Republican cam
paign document and cable it to this
country at the governments expense:
In this contribution to the bunch Of
literature which the Republican poll
ticians are accumulating tor next year S
contest General Otis says: The only
hope Of insurgent leaders in United
States aid. They proclaim the near
overthrow by the present administra-
ton to be followed by their independ;;
ence and recognition by the United
States. This is the influence which
enables them to hold out" This part
of the latest Otis cablegram reads like
an extract from an editorial in an ad-
rninistration organ, and we have no
doubt that next year when the presi-
Dental contest is on Gor there is no
prospect that the Philippine war will be
over before them it will be profusely
circulated by the Republican campaign
managers and shouted all over the coun-
try by Republican campaign orators
Atlanta Journal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05
4 Mayor Assassinated.

Mayor James Bolbirnie, Of Muske-
gon, Mich, was assassinated Thursday
by J. ". Tayer. disappointed office
seeker. Tayer shot Mayor Balbirnle
while the latter was standing in the
doorway of his store. The ball entered
his left breast above the nipple. After
the shooting Balbirnie turned and ran
upstairs to his living rooms and dropped
in the hall. He expired - minutes
later. Tayer swallowed some carbolic
acid then turned the revolver upon
himself and fired. The ball entered
his left breast. He died at ! o'clock.
John ". Tayer was ex-city poor direc.
tor. At the time Of the shooting Wes-
tern avenue, the main thoroughfare en-
which the mayors store is situated was
flied with people The affair arose
over the mayors refusal to reappoint
layer director Of the city poor. layer
had held the position for some years.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05
Two Similar Cases,

Everybody has doubtless heard Of the
rattlesnake that took two days in try
ing to charm a stuffed owl, but that
isn't circumstance to a recent British
coroner's jury that sat on a mummy.
1t was left at railway station, and the
coroner was duly notified. 1t being g
human body, the due processes cf law
had to be executed. After an hours
consultation tbs usual verdict was given
came to his death by means unknown
to the jury at time and place not dis
co7erable.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05
MANY Want Offices.

Governor MeSweeney has received a
large number Of letters from young men
in various portions of the State asking
him to use his influence with the presi-
dent and war department to get them
commissions in the volunteer service
about to be organized for the Philippine
service. He has yet to receive an offer
from any one desiring to volunteer for
this service in the ranks.-State.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05
Bryan the Man.

Col. Henry Watterson does not feel
like chasing rainbows these days. He
says in his journal that Mr.. Bryan will
be the Democratic nominee next year
on free silver platform and that the
Eastern Democrats who undertake to
control the Wild horses Of the West and
South, will fare no better III 1900 than
they did in 1896"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05
Too True,

Henry Timrod is another dead genius
who after being neglected and scoffed
at during his life is now having flowers
strewn upon his grave and all sorts of
people to arise and call him blessed.
What a fraud fame isl We seldom
know who aremost worthy Of our praise
until they are gone beyond its reach.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05
& Fruit Trust,

It has been said that Armour & Co.,
and one or two other big concerns are IN
combination to control all the fruit and
early vegetable trade of the country.
The houses concerned, however, deny
the truthfulness of the rumor. The
rumor was disturbing to "the colored
man and brother" as it included the
watermelon, and there was promise OF
an early emigration, but the denial has
brought joy to many an anxious heart.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05
An Honest Woman.

Mrs. Emmons Blaine, Of Chicago:
daughter-in, law Of the late James G.
Blaine and daughter Of the late Cyrus
Mccormick, the great reaper mao, has
achieved distinction. She sser ped up
ike little woman and returned to the
tax assessors for Cook county 81, 560,-
900 personal property, the largest re-
turn ever made in that county. In do
ing SO she incidentally remarked that
she thought it was the duty Of the rich
as we'll as the poor to make honest re-
turns of their taxable property.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05
Sentence COMMITTED.

The governor today committed the
Sentence of R. C. Wyatt, Of Spartan,
burg, who was sentenced to the peni-
Tertiary for seven years for killing a
man. He has served five years, and the
sentence is commuted to FIVE years and
seven months, so as to allow Wyatt to
be free at the end of the month. A nu-
merously signed petition, including the
ju1 ors, Induced the governor to act. On
conviction the jury recommended the
prisoner to mercy.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05
Heavy on The Sun"

Justice Brown in the United States
district court, Wednesday handed down
a decision awarding S65, 600 damages,
with interest from Nov. l, 1898, to
Wm. L. Moore, in the libel fled by
him against the Sun Printing and Pub
fishing company for the loss Of the
yatch Kauapaha, stranded in Septem-
Der of last year while off the north
coast Of Cuba. The yacht was then in
ihe employ of the New York Sun as
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05
It Curad Him.

A Cincinnati man recently advertised
his desire to sell valuable secret for
so cents. He stated that he would tell
how he was cured Of drinking, smoking,
swearing, staying out at night, going to
the races, gambling, and how he gained
20 pounds in weight in two years. Sew
erol persons sent him 80 cents each,
and here is the secret they received:
Just cured of all the bad habits named
by an enforced residence for two years
in the Ohio State prison"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05
Must Like His JOB.

General Leonard Wood has refused an
offer of $50, 900 a year to hold his post as
military governor Of Santiago at one
fifth that salary. Wood is one Of those
men who realize that there are some
things in this world better than money.
Such men are the salt of the earth.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05
Five Fatally Scalded.

Five men were scalded to death by
the collapse of steam fue Wednesday
night on the steamer St. Paul near St.
Louis.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05

The gold bug press still insist that
the silver issue is dead and buried. No
doubt in this case the wish IS father to
he thought.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05
Got Of Light.

One Of the Queerest freaks OF Jour
nalism we have seen is the plea OF the
GaIvestos News that the villain who
ehdncr.6 little Marion Clark, Of New
YORK has received too severe penalty:
He should get down on his knees and
thank the Judge who sentenced ne. lie
got fifteen years in the penitentiary.
Hansing would DOT have been too bad.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-05-25
FERGUS FALLS ROBBERS.
Three Convicted Of the rGeat NORTH
ern Train Robbery.

Fergus Falls. Mimi, May ~. - The
jury in the Great Northern train rob
berry case returned verdict of guilty
nj IL o'clock last night against Homer
Minot, Charles Hoffman and j. g..
Hall. They viii be sentenced to-day.
The case went to the jury at G:15 last
evening. In rebuttal testimony sew
cral of the states witnesses testified
they could not identify the Missouri
parties. and that they were not the
men whom they had seen in the vicin-
ity of Carlisle. Mr. Mason, for the
state, summed up the case in a pow
erful argument of two hours duration,
and Mr.. Broker, for the defense, occu-
pied the same length of time. The
state has shown pretty conclusively
that there were four men concerned in
the hold-up.