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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-07
KILLED BY HIS CHILDREN.
a Cruel Father Shot and Killed by
His Young Children.

A remarkable murder case has devel-
oped at Rapid City, S. D, in which a
14-year-old girl, Lena Bouts and her
10-year-old brother are charged with
the murder of their father, Frank
Bouts. The murdered man was
prominent railroad contractor.
The little girl admits the crime and
the boy adds that he did what he could
to kill his father. The father is said to
have been very cruel to his family and
this appears to have been the motive
for the crime. 1t was committed while
the mother was at a neighbor's, and af-
ter the killing the girl prepared lunch
in the usual way, and when the mother
returned the three sat down and ate,
while the body Of the father lay a few
rods away in the rear Of the house.
The rife Of the father was used for
the purpose. While the little boy
steadied the weapon the girl fred it
from rear window. Her aim vas true,
and a great hole was torn in her fathers
back. Death must have been instanta-
neous. The gun was put away and
nothing said of the crime until the
mother became alarmed at the long ab-
sence of the father, and the shooting
was then admitted.
The children are quite bright, and
seem to think the cruelty Of their pa
rent warranted the murder. The girl
spoke freely to tie wife of the jailorin
Rapid City the day Of the crime.
you see" she said, papa was very
mean to mama and US, and Nicholas
and were talking about having him
hanged, and he came in the house and
kicked me. Nicholas ran to him, and
he got kicked too. Then papa went
out behind the house to fix buggy
whip, and we thought he vas going to
whip US, so Nicholas got the rife and
cooked it, as he had seen papa do, and
l put it through the window close to
where papa stood. I pulled the trigger
and it kicked me dowa, but when /
looked out papa was rolling on the
ground, but did not speak"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-07
THE CROPS AND WEATHER.
What the Department Of Agriculture
Says About Them.

The following is the weekly bulletin
Of the condition Of the weather and
crops of the state issued Wednesday by
the South Carolina section of the
climate and crop service Of the United
States weather bureau:
The week ending May 29th averaged
over four degrees cooler than usual,
with an extreme minimum of IS degrees
at Walhalla on the 25th.
The rainfall for the week was heavy
at few widely separated points, but
was generally light and insufficient to
relieve the prevailing drought. In
some localities no rain fell The need
of rain is general and is indicated for
all crops. Hail fell over the central
and eastern counties on the 22d, but in
Spartan burg, Union. Orangeburg and
Colleton only was any considerable
damage done, and over small areas in
those counties.
The dry weather was favorable for
cultivation: farm work make rapid pro-
gress and field crops are free from grass
and weeds. Late planted seeds are not
all up, and large areas remain to be
planted to corn and cotton should the
ground become softened sufficiently to
permit preparation within the next
fortnight.
Where moisture is lacking corn is
turning yellow, and late paintings are
not up. Over about half the State the
crop is in good condition, and over the
more easterly counties is being laid by.
Worms and grasshoppers have dam
aged corn in places.
The cool weather was unfavorable
ivr cotton, which is making slow
growth, and in few localities is in
tested by lice. Late paintings not up.
Sea island cotton has good stands.
Late tobacco settings have poor
stands, and in a few localities the
plants are dying for want Of moisture.
Early paintings are doing we'll.
Worms have, appeared in one county.
Wheatis ripening and harvesting has
begun. Wheat and oats are below
former expectations, the latter being a
short crop generally for fall sown and
failure for spring soWn. The wealth
er has been favorable for harvesting.
Rice is doing well in most districts
and has good stands. In Colleton some
fields are infested by caterpillars Hoe
ing has begun in the Georgetown dis,
trict and is we'll advanced elsewhere.
Melons, sugar cane and minor crops
generally continue promising. Truck
farms in the Charleston district were
visited by heavy rains and are greatly
improved.
Some few peas have been planted on
stubble lands but the ground is general
ly too dry. No improvement in the
fruit prospects.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-07
MAN A FIGHTING ANIMAL.
Prince Albert's Dream of Peace Haa
Been q Bloody One.


Man IS a fighting animal. After
1000 years, according to Biblical
Chronology, two highly civilized na-
tons have just Deen flying at one an
others throats. The most enlightened
nations in the world, the United States
of America, has been engaged in war,
yariously stated to be for "the paci-
fcation Of Cuba" "the freedom OF
Cuba" "the annexation Of Cuba, q
war for humanity" "a war to drive
Spain out of the Western Hemisphere"
and "a war to revenge the Maine"
Universal peace is a dream Of the
student and the scholar. The amiable
person, Albert, the Prince consort-
who was imported from Germany into
England to continue the royal Hano-
yerian Ine-believed in peace. At the
opening Of the Crystal Palace exhi-
bition, nearly half century ago, he
told the world that this exhibition
aeralded the dawn of peace: that there
after the dogs Of war would never be
let loose. This was in 1851. Yet In
1854 England waged war against Rus
sia: in 1856 she waged war against
China; in 1856 she waged war against
Persia; in 1857 she made blood run like
water in India, crushing the mutiny
there; in 1856 France, Italy and
Austria became engaged in war; In
1861 the United States entered upon
the bloodiest civil war ever known to
the world; in 1866 Prussia vanquished
Austria; in 1867 England began her
war against Abysinnia; in 1870 France
and Germany engaged in their bloody
struggle. in 1874 England wased war
against the Ashantees; in 1871 Russia
and Turkey went to war; in 1873 Eng
land began her Zulu war; in 1882 Eng
land bombarded Alexandria, and in
yaded Egypt; in 1888 the French were
at war in Tonking; in 1894 China and
Japan went to war; in 1896 Greece
and Turkey were at war; in 1898 the
United States went to war with Spain.
These are a few Of the wars that
have taken place In the last half a
century, not to mention the scores OF
minor wars in half-civilized countries,
ike South America
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-07
PRESS ASSOCIATION,
Editors Will Spend Week at Harris
Lithia Springs in July.

The South Carolina State Press Asso-
citation will meet this year at Harris
Lithia Springs, July 1928 inclusive,
and promises to be most interesting
occasion. The program for the week is
as follows:
TUESDAY, JULY 25-3 p. NJ.
Organization.
Miscellaneous business, appointment
Of committees, reports of officers, etc.
A symposium, THE Newspaper
l. How to Buy the Stock. L.
Sims, Times and Democrat, Orange
burg.
2. How to Print It-Geo. f. Grist,
Enquirer Iorkvillc.
3, How to Get the News-A. Kohn,
News and Courier, Columbia
T. How to Make it Readable-E. H.
Aull, Herald and News, Newberry.
5. How to Circulate 1T. G. Gar
lingtop, Herald, Spartanburg.
General discussion of the above sub
jects.
(Evening Session
Scraps Of History Of Journalism in
South Carolina. CONTINUED from the
session of two years ago-Iates Snow
den, News and Courier, Charleston.
wEDNEsDAY-9 A. NJ.
Advantages and Disadvantages of a
Semi Weekly. T. Bigham, Ian
tern, Chester.
''The Relation of the Newspaper to
Public Men,. G. Hemphill, News
and Courier, Charleston.
General discussion of the above sub
jects.
Miscellaneous subjects.
afternoon Session.
'For What Am | Running q News.
paper?"-E. W. Motley, Herald, Con-
way; W.
man in journalism Mrs. Virginia D.
Young, Enterprise, Fairfax.
General discussion of the above sub
jects.
Miscellaneous subjects.
(Evening Session.
'The Editor as Judge of the Good
Things Of Life"-James T. Bacon,
Chronicle, Edgefeld.
General discussion Of the above sub
ject.
THURsDAY-9 A. ".
"The Relation Of the Daily to the
Country Weekly''-N. G. Gonzales,
The State, Columbia.
Newspaper Fakes and Fates"-C.
W. Wolfe, Record, Kingstree.
General discussion Of the above sub
ject.
Miscellaneous subjects.
afternoon SESSION.
"The Importance Of an Ideal in
Journalism''-Rev W NJ Grier, D D,
A r, Presbyterian, Due West.
General discussion Of the above sub
ject.
Evening SESSION.
At $50 o'clock the annual address
before the association will be delivered
by Col Pleasant A Stovall, editor Of the
Press, Savannah, Ga.
At the conclusion Of Colonel Stovall' S
address, banquet will be rendered the
association by Mr. Harris.
FRIDAY-9 A. 81.
personal "reminiscences Of South
Carolina Journalism" to be opened by
Col J A Hoyt, Mountaineer, Green
vile, and followed by Col T B Crews,
Herald, I.aurens; L NJ Grist, Enquirer,
Yorkville; Chas Petty, Spartan, Spar
tanburg; F Melchers, Zeitung, Charles
ton; Rev Sidi H Browne, Christian
Neig ghbor, Columbia; Gen R r Hemp
hill, Medium, Abbeville; NJ B Me,
Sweeney, Guardian, Hampton; W T
Houseal, Observer, Newberry.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-07

organ Of tic loudes! tbanders that e77Sr
shook the Sierra Nevadas on the one
side or moved the fundations Of the
Alleghanies on the other side should
open full diapason CT wedding march,
that organ Of thunders could not drown
the voice of him who would take the
hand Of this bride of nations, saying,
as bridegroom rejoiceth over BRIDE,
so thy God rejoiceth over thee" At
that marriage banquet the platters shall
be of Nevada silver, and the chalices of
California gold and the fruits Of north
ern orchards and the spices Of southern
groves and the tapestry of American
manufacture and the congratulations
from all the free nations of earth and
from all the triumphant armies of heav-
en-. And so thv land shall be married. :"
THE CROPS AND WEATHER.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-07
& Child's Horrible Death.

Ar 1S-months-old child of Mr.. John
H. Clegg, of Greenwood, met with a
horrible death Wednesday afternoon.
The little one was playing around the
kitchen and got hold Of the kerosene
can and drank quantity of the fluid.
Congestion followed and the little one
died in a few hours. The child
mother died very suddenly about ten
days ago.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-07
Stone Telegraph Poles.

The messages between Milan and
Switzerland, by way Of the Simplon
pass, pass over a telegraph line with
stone poles. This line runs along the
fine military road which skirts the west
side of lake Maggiore The poles are OF
gray granite, and average about IL
inches square and 25 feet high. They
are in use for distance Of 80 or 10
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-07
The Stems He Wanted to Take.

Not long ago a number OF constables
were assembled at Scotland Yard, Lon
don, for the purpose Of being examined
in matters relating to police duty pre-
vious to being appointed as sergeants.
The following question was asked a
candidate by a member Of the e1amin-
ing board: You are on duty in the VI
cinity of a menagerie, and you are in
formed that lion has broken loose
and is roaming about the streets. What
steps would you take?"
Jolly long steps, sir" replied the
constable, to the amusement Of the
other members Of the board
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-07
Most Medieval Race.

The Spaniards are not the most
medieval of races. The Svanthians, VINO
live in the inaccessible mountain range
between the Black and Caspian seas,
are probably the LATEST people IN the
world. They have made no advance
toward civilization in $500 years. 1t IS
their inyariable rule to observe holi-
days four times a week, with saints
dnNc extras Z
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-07

A GIRL, taste differs according to her
age, says cynic. At l6 she wants a
dude with toothpick shoes and miscro-
scope mustache; at 20 chief justice
with pile of tin; at 25 she'll be salts
fed with member Of congress; at 30 a
country doctor or a preacher will do;
and at 35 anything in the male line
from an editor down.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-07
Five People Drowned,

Five people, three women and two
men, were drowned Wednesday at the
foot Of Madison street, Toledo, o., in
full view Of number of persons on the
dock, and so far it has been impossible
to locate the bodies or ascertain the
names. The party was in a row boat
and got in the way Of a steamer. The
boat upturned and all went under. The
boat also sank.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-07

1'nE State has been a great factor IN
the building up Of Columbia. When 1t
was first started The State was at least
twenty five years ahead Of the town,
but such has been Columbia's progress
in the last few years that she has near
j. caught up with her enterprlslng,
seIf-sacriiciog newspaper. May they
both continue to prosper.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-07
Americans CAPTURED.

Details regarding the capture By
Filipinos of two officers Of the United
States hospital ship Relief have just
been obtained. The Relief lies in the
harbor in front of Manila. Third Off
Ger Fred Heppy and Assistant Engineer
Charles BlandfoId rugged a sail on one
of the ships boats and went sailing
along the shore, on the south, opposite
the insurgent lines. The boat became
disabled near shore and some native
canoes with Filipinos on board put out
and captured the two men, who were
unarned, and also took possion of the
boat. The United States turret ship
Monadnock quickly sent boat with a
landing party ashore, under coyer of
her guns, and shelled the shore briskly.
The natives, however, rushed the pris-
sners into the woods before the Monad-
nock's boat reached land. Persons OF
board several other ships saw the affair
through glasses, but wero unable to
prevent the capture Of Messrs. Heppy
and Blandford.
\ French naturalist asserts that if
the world should become birdless, man
could not inhabit it after nine years
time, in spite Of all the sprays and
poisons that could be manufactured for
the destruction of insects. The bugs
and slugs would simply eat up our orch
ards and crops.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-07

Tie eightieth birthday Of Queen
Victoria was celebrated throughout the
British empire last Wednesday. The
queen is in good health and good spirits
and bids fair to celebrate more birth
days yet. Long may this noble woman
live
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-07
&c. ?. ToHnsend.n

Captains of companies should go to
work at once on the basis Ct this letter
and get up the rolls. The men will
get $50 per day, except officers, who
will get the regular army pay. 1t IS
certain that both the accepted and re-
jected men will be paid for the time be-
tween enrolment for the service and
the muster in or rejection from the
United States army. But a receipt for
each individual man mus. be had and
the sooner the captains forward the
rolls the sooner will the men be paid.
An army officer, probably Captain Full
Ter, will be detailed to assist in getting
up correct rolls.
An effort will be made to secure a
months extra pay for the First Regi-
ment. But there is some doubt about
it being obtained: as the regiment was
mustered out before the law allowing
extra pay was passed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-07
WILL BE PAID.
Volunteer Soldiers Certain Of Getting
Some Extra Money.

Mr.. w. Boyd Evans has received a
Letter from Judge G. P. Townsend
which is of especial interest to those
having claims against the government
yet unadjusted as well as to volunteer
soldiers of this State. Following is an
extract from letter dated at Bennetts-
vile and directed to Mr.. Evans:
II returned from Washington last
night. When I called on the auditor
of the war department found him ex-
amining the claims Of South Carolina.
He informs me that all are audited ez-
cept four claims, one Of them being for
the Coast Line and the other for only
small amounts. | have written the
parties and informed them that unless
they sign the papers and send them and
thus perfect the vouchers their claims
will be disallowed.
II asked the auditor to wait three or
four days before he sent the check to
Governor Ellerbe. l think you will re-
ceive the checks in the course of ten
days.
II exhibited to him the submitted
copy of the act you sent me and he said
this was all right, and sl.50 per day
would be allowed by the government.
He further informed me that when
there was no special forms and none
would be required for making out claims
of officers and men. The rolls must
show the names, number of days served
between the entry into the service and
the Iu,'"r in, the amount due each
with receipt from each man.
He further said there must be the
certificate of some military officer as to
correctness of the rolls and also at
tached to each copy Of the act such
as you sent me- | think the form OF
roll adopted by Captain Carson, judging
from the duplicate of it you sent to me,
will do. The auditor said it must ap-
pear that the men actually volunteered
that is, thas they went TO Columbia
for this purpose.
"This, l think, embraces all the in
formation l received. If there is any
thing more you would like me to look
in+o T will nromntI- do so
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-07

missionaries.
Are YOU afraid this continent is going
to be overcrowded with this population?
All, that shows you have not been to
California, that shows you have not
been to Oregon, that shows that you
have not been to Texas. a fishing
smack today on Lake Ontario might as
we'll be afraid of being crowded by 9TH
er shipping before night as for any one
of the next ten generations of Ameri.
cans to be afraid of being overcrowded
by foreign populations in this country.
The one State of Texas is far larger
than all the Austrian empire, yet the
Austrian empire supports 80, 00O,0O
people. The one State of Texas is
larger than all France, and France sup
ports 36, 900, 900 people. The one State
of Texas far surpasses in size the Ger
man empire. yet the Germanic empire
supports Il 600, 600 people. l tell you
tie great want Of the western states IS
more population.
While some people may stand at the
SdlcS U GuC Sily say AAS; SsStJ SN>'
to foreign populations, | press out as
far beyond those gates as can press
out beyond them and beckon to foreign
nations, saying, Come, come, all ye
people who are honest and industrious
and God loving" But say you, Il am
so afraid that they will bring their pre-.
iudices for foreign governments and
plant them here Absurd. They are
sick oft .e governments that have op-
pressed them, and they want free Atuur
lea, Give them the great gospel OF
welcome. Throw around them all
Christian hospitalities. They viii add
their industry and hard earned wages
to this country, aud then we will dedi-
cate all to Christ and thy land shall
be married" But where shall the mar
riage altar be? Lett be the Rocky
mountains: when, through artificial and
mighty irrigation, all their tops shall
be covered, as they will be, with vine
yards and orchards and grain fields.
Then let the Bostons and the New Yorks
and the Charlestons Of the Pacific coast
come to tie marriage altar on one side,
and then let Bostons and the New York
and the Charlestons of the Atlantic
come to the marriage altar on the other
side, and there between them let this
bride of nations kneel and then if the
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-07

mother Of English magma charta and
American declaration Of independence.
Benjamin Franklin, holding that holy
book in his hand, stood before an in
fdel club in Paris and read to them out
of the prophecies of Habskkuk, and
the in6dels, not knowing what book 1t
was. declared it was the best poetry
they had ever heard. That book brought
George Washington down on his knees
in the snow at Valley Forge, and led
the dying Prince Albert to ask some
one to sing Rock Of Ages.
l tell you that the worst attempted
CRIME Of the century is the attempt
to destroy this book. Yet infdelity,
loathsone, stenchful, leprous, pestifer-
Gus, rotten monster, stretches out Its
hand, ichorous with the second death,
to take the hand Of this republic. 1t
stretches it cut through seductive maga-
zines, and through lyceum lectures,
and through caricatures Of religion. 1t
asks for all that part Of the continent
already fully settled and the two-thirds
not yet occupied 1t says: Give me
all east of the Mississippi, with the keys
of the church and with the Christian
printing presses. Then give me Ryom-
ing, give me Alaska, give M Montana,
give ne Colorado, give me all the states
west Of the Mississippi and | will take
those places and keep them by right of
possession long before the gospel can
be fully intrenched.
and this suitor presses his case ap-
pallingly. Shall the banns Of that mar
riage be proclaimed? No say the
home missionaries Of the west, a martyr
band of whom the world is not worthy,
toiling amid fatigues and malaria and
starvation. No, motif we can help it.
By what we and our children have suf-
fered we forbid the banns Of that mar,
| rage ''No.," say all patriotic voices.
"Our institutions were bought at toe
dear price and we're defended at toe
great sacrifice to be so cheaply sur
rendered" no" says the God Of
Bunker Hill and Independence hall and
Gettysburg. II did not start this ma,
ton for such a farce no" cry TO-.
900 voices. ITO inidelity this land
shall not be married.
But there is another suitor that pres
ents his claim for the hand Of this re.
public. He is mentioned in the verse
following my text where it says, AS
the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride,
so shall thy God rejoice over thee" Ii
! IS not my figure. ltis the figure Of the
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-10-27
WATCHING THE EXPERIMENTS

The, Department Of Agriculture in
Washington calls the attention OF the
American farmers to the results OF the
West India Royal Commission for the
examination OF the sugar industry.
The Bulletin Of the department sum-
marizes the measures which have been
taken to revise the industry. and place
It on basis of scientific methods and
common sense" The Bulletin also
calls the attention Of the people to this
important undertaking. and says. 1T
will be a matter of much interest to
the people Of this country, especially
in view of our interests in islands ad-
jacent to those for whose benefit it was
established" ...
The Department of Agriculture in
tends to take advantage Of the annual
appropriation of $4,000 per year by the
Imperial Government. and whatever
discoveries are made. or methods
adopted In cheapening the production
Of sugar, will be reported to the cane
growers of Cuba and Porto Rico.