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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-05-24
Manhattan Life Insurance company,

Manhattan Life Insurance company,
premiums received $l3, 455, losses paid
S415, insurance in force December 81,
1898 S44S, 4223.
Mutual Benefit Life, premiums re-
ceived S91, $50, losses paid s29. 024, In
suranca in force December 81, 1898,
50, no. 632.
Mutual Reserve Fund Life Associa-
ton. premiums received $52: 276. losses
paid so 200, insurance in force Decem-
ber 81, 1898, 8, 932, 600.
Mutual Life Insurance company, pre-
miums received S244 OH, losses paid
Sl59 339, insurance in force December
81. 1898, 50, 166 66S
New York Life, premiums received
slS4, ,0l5 losses paid sl44, 393. insur-
ancc in force December 81, 1898, So
625. 29l.
New England Mutual Life. premiums
received $l5, 223, losses paid $3,79l,
insurance in Tree December b, 1898
$590,6S9.
Northwestern Life Assurance, pre-
miums received 1858, loses paid
81 ,0G0, insurance in force Dccembcr3 81
1898, $l6l 800.
Phoenix Mutual Life, premiums re-
ceiycG $40, OBJ, losses paid 1000. ln-
suraacc IL force December 81 1898:
s57G. .050.
Provident Savings Life Assurance
Society. premiums received SIS, ,239,
losses paid 5000, insurance in force
December 81, 1898, $745, 1872.
Penn Mutual Life, premiums received
;si2 $50, losses paid So. .29l, insurance
in force December 81: 1898. 81. .229f,-
1856.
Prudential Insurance company, pre-
miums received S5,77773, insurance in
force December 81, 1898, 1919, ,SO2.
Roya! Benefit Society, insurance in
force December 81, 1898, Il, 400.
Security Trust and Life, premiums
received 1923 losses paid 5000, insur-
an:e in force December 81, 1898, l34,-
100.
State Mutual Life Assurance, pre-
miums received 2,293, insurance IN
force December 81. 1898; IS. 649.
Travellers Lie Insurance company,
premiums received 80, $50. losses paid
22.009. insurance in force December 81,
1898, 3.505, ,335.
Union Central Life, premiums re-
ceived 80, sos, losses paid ll,0O0, IN
surance in force December 81, 1898,
1,l21,S73.
Washington Life, premiums received
9,044, losses paid 1854, insurance 10
force December 81, 1898, 2O4, 6lo.
Total premiums received 81, ~, AZ.
Total losses paid s7OO,976. Total in
surance in force December 81, 1898,
So, ia, ,739.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-05-24
Knights Of PYthias.

The State Lodge CT Knights Of Py-
thias met last week at Florence. On
wednesday the following officers were
elected: G. c., G. 4. Neuffer, Able
T;Ile: e. V. c., NJ. B. Woodsard,
Men. G. P. J. H. Thornwell, Fort
Mil: G. K. R. and 5 D. J: Aqld,
Sumter: @ G. NJ. Of Ex., Wilson G: Har-
ver Charleston; G. NJ at \ II: H.
Husbands. Florence; Z. !. G., }. .
McNanus, Kershaw; G. Q: G., }. Il.
Bryan, Seneca. Supreme RepTesenta,
tive, H. T. Thompson, Darlington. "a
The Grand Lodge selected Charleston
as the place Of meeting next year.
The number Of members in the
Knights Of Psthias Lodges IN South
Carolina is 40, y less than last re-
port. Forty thousand paid to enooT'
ment rank in South Carolina during the
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-05-24
The Truth Hurts

The Philadelphia Press complains Of
the following reference to Sberman's s
barbaric raid in one of the Southern
school histories: Those who sing Of
Marching Through Georgia forget that
the pillage and burning of private
houses and the wanton outrages and
insults beaped upon old men, women
and children along the track of that
army we're blot upon the American
name and upon the civilization of the
nineteenth century, and such blot as
all lovers of our country should wish to
commit tc oblivion" AS the Press
canuot deny the facts stated, 1t must
object to the bare statement OF them.
Perhaps it is one of the lovers of our
country who would like to commit the
ugly record to oblivion. News and
Conrier.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-05-24
Making Trouble.

Fool Negroes at the north are still
busy making trouble for their race in
the south. 4 Negro mass meeting in
East Orange, N. j., called to protest
against separate schools for the races,
proposed in that town, was liberal OF
threats, and letter from Jas. D. Carr,
a New York lawyer, was read declaring
that if the Negroes did not receive their
rights "we should begin systematic
effort to overthrow the government and
establish in it's place monarchy, where
our rights will be respected" Deporta-
ton to Edgefeld county would have
pacifying influence upon these long
range mischief makers.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-05-24
An Honest Confession.

A communication has been received
BY Attorney General Terrell, Of Geor
sia, from States attorney IN Illinois,
Containing statements which are being
read with much interest there. Ihe
writer is preparing a paper to be read to
q convention Of State prosecutors IN
Illinois refers to Attorney General Ter
rell information as to capital punish
ment N Georgia. In the course OF the
letter the Illinois official says: Nv e
have capital punishment in our State
for murder only, and for the last te"
years in this part Of the State we have
had six or seven lynchiags fer the crime
of rape. and I am inclined to believe
that it is almost as good a record as IS
claimed here for some Of the Scuthern
-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-05-24
Close to a Thousand.

The regular monthly meeting Of the
board Of regents of the State hospital
for the insane was held Wednesday, all
the mt mbers being present The board
found that the population is very close
to daily average of /. 600, the largest
in the history Of the institution.
Wednesday % patients were discharged
on trial by the board. The board dis
Gu sed the probability Of securing the
convicts allowed by the Legislature for
the purpose Of manufacturing brick for
future building purposes, but the word
ing Of the act and the fact that the
rrison authorities are SO pressed for
men in filing contracts existing make
it extremely doubtful if the Institution
will get any of the convicts.-State.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-05-24
A Chance for Old Ladies.

An Alabama newspaper prints this
advertisement: TO the ladies': am
a Vidower, ninety-seven years old, and
I am looking around for smart wife
about eighty years-one who knows
how to work and would be willing to
help manage the farm. No young girls
need apply. want a woman who has
had at least sixty years experience,
and l promise to make such one hap
pv for the rest Of her life. "
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-05-24
Decree Against Corsets.

The minister of education in Saxony
has lust issued an order that all girls
and young women attending the public
schools and colleges shall discard cor
sets and stays. Saxony favors the de.
ereee, but the girls affected and their
mothers are protesting vigorously.
Recent and vigorous agitation OF the
subject in the press ana in the lectures
given by professors in the medical
schools is responsible for the minister
order. Tight lac:ng has been denounc,
ed unanimously by the physicians OF
Dresden and other large towns because
of its effect on the health and of its in
creasing prevalence, even little girls in
dulyipg in the practice.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-05-24
DR.. HepWorth's Views.

The New York Herald has sent the
Rev. George II. Hepworth, Of Georgia,
to Investigate the causes of the lynch
ing of Sam Hose. In his first letter he
tells of the hideousness and brutality Of
the crime of Hose and its retribution.
He says that the retribution, terrible as
it was, was natural, and that he cannot
tell what he might have done if he had
been there. Then he follows this up
in judicial tone, showing that for the
good of the South and the whole land
some remedy for lynching should be
devised.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-05-24
Used to be a NeWsboY.

Jerome H. Raymond, the youthful
president Of the University Of West
Virginia, was Chicago newsboy 20
years ago. He became an expert steno-
grapher and as one Of George Nj. Pull
mans secretaries, and afterwari as
Miss Wizards private secretary, he
found means to acquire college educa-
ton. He was professor oe sociology in
small Western college before he was
chosen to his present enviable position.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-05-24
a Warning.

A press dispatch from Passaic, n: j.,
says: Tight lacing caused the death Of
Charles T. Stewart, banker, amateur
actor and one of the leading men So
cially Of this place. He was found
dead in bed early Thursday morning
and the use Of corsets, made necessary
by his part in burlesque in which he
participated, it is supposed brought on
an attack of appoplexy.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-05-24
Hard to Get st.

The census Of colored people is said
to be imperfect, because they are sus-
picious Of the enumerators and either
refuse to answer questions or answer
falsely. It is one Of their own race, Z;
H. J. Taylor. formerly registrar OF
deeds for the District of Columbia, who
says that if one Of them happens to
have been stealing day before the
enumerator comes around he suspects
that search in being made for him and
keeps out of sight.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-05-24
Launched Three Men Of War.

Mrs. John OKeefe, wife Of a we'll
known and popular sign artist OF Nor.
folk, Va, Wednesday night presented
her husband with three sons. Today
the proud father named them Dewey,
Sampscn and Schley, in honor of the
three naval heroes of the late war. The
mother and the three young rear adml-
rails are doing well.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-05-24
Killed His Wife.

John Harrison, a well-to-do farmer
living near Pelham, Ca, was arrested
Wednesday night for the murder
of his wife. It appears that on
Monday he was in his field chopping
cotton. For some trivial cause Harrl-
son became vexed with his wife and
struck her on the head with his hoe:
With the aid Of two Negroes he carried
her to the house, where she died. Har-
rison is now in jail, and will be tried at
Bainbridge at once.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-05-24
Got Two Thousand Gallons,

It is stated that the constables who
we're operating in Charleston during
the reunion have reported to headquar-
tiers a total seizure Of 1000 gallons Of
beer during the week. Some other Ii
ouors were seized. The work from all
accounts was not very extensive.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-05-24
The Negro Must Settle II.

',The only way, says the New Or
leans Picayunc, in which the Negroes
can be fitted fer tie exercise OF any real
freedom th:t would make them worthy
Of citizenship is to distribute them
among the whites, largely in the North
crn STATES. The distribution OF seven
million Negroes among seventy million
whites would do everything to improve
and elevate in character, morals and
worth the Negroes who are now crowded
in few States Of the Union, outnum-
bering the whites in no: a few com.
munitics to the extent Of ten to one.
1t is gool; suggestion, but the pracr-
cal objection to it is that there IS no
way to enforce it. White men IN the
South chase of inter State emigration
agents with shotguns, and white men IN
the North-wcll, there is Governor
Tanner and the white men Pana, ILL
nois, for instance. Tie fact IS that the
Negro must settle the Negro question
for himself. and &c viii never settle 1t
50 long as he remains u this country.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-05-24
MANY DOCTORS.
Result of the Recent Examlna.
ton at Columbia.
SEVENTEEN FAILED TO PASS,
But Forty.eight Did and were
Licensed. One Lady and
Five Negroes in the
Hiacc

StoSSs
The following is the list Of candidates
who passed the examination before the
State board Of Medical Examiners last
week:
Rowland Aston, Charleston.
j. D. Andrews, Charleston.
Mary r. Baker, Marion county.
j. R. Bell, Charleston city hospital.
H. G. Beckman, McClellanyille.
J. J. Buckley, Irmo.
G. W. Birnie, colored, Sumter.
". G. Blackwell, Parksville.
S. T. Cade, Bordeaux.
G. ". Cardwell, colored, Reidsville,
n. C.
S. NJ. Cameron, Shelton,
J. B Chisholm, Charleston.
Hamilton Witherspoon Cooper, Wis
ackly.
J. C. Drafts, Lorena,
A. B. Drafts, Lexington.
B. II. Earle, Greenville.
II. a. Edwards, Sellers.
W. G.. Fike, Eooree.
R. NJ. Fuller, Longmires Store.
W. NJ. Gaillard, Eutawville.
J. W. Castor, Harmony.
G. T. J. Giles, Anderson.
J. H. Goodwin, colored, Weston.
S. E. Harmon, Columbia.
II. f. Hoover, Ridgeway.
c. Henslee, Dillon.
J. G.. johnson, Lowryville.
G. G. Leech, Hickory Grove.
J. D. Lewellen, Friendfeld.
J. A. Lightner, colored, Chester.
L. H. Lindon, colored, Charleston.
W. S. Lynch, Florence county.
J. E. Massey, Jr., Rock Hill.
G. H. Prince, Florence.
T. A. Quattlebaum: Winnsboro.
R. E. Riggs. Holly Hill.
J. NJ. Rushton. Johnston.
R. D. Smith, Chicks Springs,
S. J. Taylor, Young's Island.
j. I. Taylor, Adams Run.
OTOWQ 1OTIeuCe, Ou1Va.
R. q. Tutt, Beech Island.
J. 4. Watson, Iva.
J. E. Warnock, Millettsville.
S. A. Wideman, Leslie.
E. r. Wilson, Cades.
G. F. Williams, Yorkville.
J. r. Wright, Honea Path.
There were IS applicants before the
board of whom 48 passed and II were
rejected. OF this number nine were
colored, of whom FIVE passed and foul
were rejected. There was only one Ia
dy, Miss Mary r. Baker, Of Marion
who passed the beard.ETheh higaesta7
erage was made by DR.. c. F. Williams
Of Yorkville.
Second place, DR.. j. G. Johnston
Of LoWryyille, Chester.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-05-24

By order of the Emperor OF Korea
the members Of the Korean legation in
Washington must hereafter wear cloth
ing required By the custom OF this coun-
try. Hitherto they have appeared IN
Oriental garb.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-05-24
LIFE INSURANCE.

LIFE INSURANCE.
The life Insurance business. however.
shows the most marked growth and vol
ume. The following is the showing, rs
published fer the life insurance COM
panas:
American Union Life, premiums re-
ceived 1,1S9. insurance in force Decem-
Der 81. 1898. 5000.
Aetna Life Insurance company. pre-
miums received 2S,I2S, losses paid 3ll,-
9S5. insurance in force December 81,
1898, 95S, 800.
Bankers Life Insurance company, pre-
miuns received l2.963, insurance n
force December 81, 1898, $4,000.
Bankers Guarantee Fund, insurance
ia force December 81. 1898, 2l3, 900.
Connecticut Mutual Life, premiums
received IS. 46S, losses paid $500. IN
surance IN fer:e December 81, 1898.
3l5, lis.
Equitable Life Assurance company.
premiums received 1G6. 336. losses paid
l2S. 500. insurance IN force December
81. 1888, 6, 40S, G35.
Fidelity Mutua! Life Association.
premiums received 21,SI0. losses paid
10. 800, insurance jn force December 81.
1898 1915, Hi.
Home Friendly Society, premiums re-
ceived 20, GS6. losses paid S, 19A, insrr-
arcain force December 81, 1898. 49,, :
SO.
Hartford Life Insurance company,
premiums received l5, S32, losses paid
q. O0O insurance in force December 81.
1898, 139, 800.
Home Life Insurance company, pre-,
miuus received 1903, losses PAID
1000. insurance in force December 81 +,
1898, 40l. .325.
Life Insurance company Of Virginia:
premiums received 1913, losses paid
3O.57l, insurancein in force December 81 |,
1898, 3;007, 725.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-28
Written for The Prison MurOr.
A Reply.

j. G. ID. in a recent issue of The
MIRROR, .frOths at the mouth and
paws the circumambient atmosphere,
all because scurrilous New York sky
pilot said that all criminals should be
put to death. Now Jay Seedy, don't
do that. Don't you know that you are
playing directly into this geezer's nit?
That his utterances on the occasion to
which you alluded, was only his little
gold brick? And how quickly you
snapped at it! [ sincerely hope you are
not such sucker on the outside. Of
course it made you mad. We all know
that, for it made us all mad. Why
when | read that speech of his it made
me so angry that l smoked three pipes
of "Old Kind" (Which some one has
swiped since) before 1 discovered what
l was doing. But 1 didn't rush into
print and give the reverend duck a
free advertisement in the columns of
The MIRROR, for l believe the adver-
tising space of the aforesaid MIRROR
is for sale at so much per. And even
at that [ doubt if the editor would
accept an ad from this addle- pated
scrub. So don't do it any more my son
and maybe after awhile you'll get over
it, for he can't carry it into effect just
yet awhile any how. BUB.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-28
TERMS. Shopper year. in advar CO
Six Months so cents,

ceeded up the river. We arrived at
our destination only to find that we
had come in vain. The missionaries
were resolved to await further devel-
opments, and they did not wait in
vain. On regaining our ship we hove
short and headed for Annoy, stopping
there one day, then on to Swatow.
Some said Hongkong was our desti.
nation, while many believed we were
going home by way of the Red Sea and
Suez Canal. However, all doubts were
removed by the 1st Lieutenant him
self.
"Boys," said he, "more trouble at
Foochow and we're ordered there"
Four days later we arrived there but
the robbers had fled. Twenty of them
were captured after a long chase and
were publicly beheaded. Murderers
though they were they met their death
fearlessly; not a tremor as the execu-
toner swung his double edged sword
passing from one kneeling figure to
another with lightning-like Iapidity.
But to resume: in this instance the
English missionaries alone had suf-
fered the Americans escaping un-
harmed
They joyfully accepted our offers of
assistance and few days later we
landed them in Shanghai, the oath of
December, '95. 1t was rather late to
make preparations for the usual
Christmas dinner and besides money
was scarce article aboard ship at that
particular time. Nothing remained
but to content ourselves with what the
Government allowed us, which, it must
be confessed, is not much. We would
not have cared so much had not the
Petrol been laying but few cable
lengths from us, they having arrived a
week before from Yokohama.
However, we were not forgotten.
The members of the China Inland
Mission, to which the missionaries be-
longed, had decided to give the York
towns crew dinner Each and every
man received written invitation. At
! the appointed hour one hundred and
| fifty Jinricksha's, each containing a
jolly tar, were on their way to the ban
quet.
1t was an occasion long to be re-
membered. Speeches were made, songs
were sung and everybody enjoyed
themselves in a manner creditabe to
ship and training. Nothing was lack
ing to insure pleasant day. At the
conclusion of the entertainment all
Joined in the old but still familiar
"Home, Sweet Home" Tears could be
seen on many brOnzed and weather.
beaten cheek; but they were of happi-
ness, peace and good will. And so
ended the Christmas of '95.
YORKTOWN
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-28
Written for The PRISON Mirror.
Moses Christmas.

Nose shuf1ied down a side street
about dusk the day before Christmas,
mis- slouch hat pulled far down over
his woolly head.
"Pse gwinter hav'er turkey fo' Christ
mas eff [ has tub steal hit, ":;he muttered
as he shambled along. And then as
though pledging his resolve, he drew
from his pocket a flask and took a
long deep draught.
"Ahw he murmered, "dat jes hits th'
spot" and on he went.
"Dey aim no user talkin', Use er
gwinter haver turkey an dat's all dey
is erbout it. All aim got er cent but
Lor' Pse jist got ter have er turkey"
Nose stopped in front of the butcher
shop and gazed hungrily at a row of
plump fat turkeys hanging outside,
then shambled on in the increasing
darkness, occasionally taking "nip"
from the bottle.
1t was now quite dark and Nose was
rapidly getting under the influence of
the liquor of which he took frequently
and literally.
Making his way staggeringly to the
outskirts of town he cautiously ap-
preached large white house set back
some distance from the road, and
skirting the yard entered the lot back
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-28
THE SPECIALIST.
Paper Read Before the Chd,stduqua Circle

Paper Read Before the Chdutdutqua Circle
When again taking his place at the
head of the Carnegie Steel Company,
Limited, Andrew Carnegie was asked
how he expected his private corpora
tion to withstand the fierce rivalry of
the big steel combine, soon to be
formed In reply, he said among other
things of less import, that the struc-
ture known as the Carnegie Steel Co.,
Limited, rested upon supporting col
umns which were the heads of thirty
two young men, each and every one of
whom could do certain thing better
than any other man in the world. In
substance, Mr.. Carnegie said that each
department in his big industry was
presided over by a specialist, a man
who had become past master in the
requirements of his post.
This but serves to illustrate. that it
is the specialist who is in popular and
urgent demand today. Not alone does
this apply to the world of commerce
and manufacture, but to every trade,
profession and occupation possessed of
place in this competitive age
1t was only yesterday that the physi-
elan who prescribed for your gout also
attended you for fractured bone and
on one or two occasions extracted
troublesome tooth. You knew him as
the family physician" He was a
genial old soul, into whose paternal
care you intrusted yourself without
reservation. You would as soon have
thought of questioning his physic as
you would the veracity Of your Bible.
But yesterday the sun went down
finally for the "famiIy doctor" and
today when you have pain, you call
IN man whose business it is to pre-
scribe for that particular kind of pain.
The man who cuts cataract from
your orb of vision will not be expected
to know how to straighten up your
spinal column. This mans vocation is
TO cure ailments of the eyes and if he
knows aught but how to treat these
successfully, you are more apt to con-
denim than applaud his varied accom-.
plishments.
The man who is being asked for
today and who is demanded, is the
specialist, that man who can do a Ger
tain thing thoroughly and successfully
beyond any doubt. The world asks for
and demands today as never before,