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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-28
A Good Hot Weather Item.

Something new in trusts is the liquid
air trust, for which articles OF lncorpora-
ton have been filed in Delaware on
capital of $4,000, 900. Few of us had
supposed that the liquid air business
had reached tl,at stage. 1t IS only a
step to an air trust that shall control
the atmosphere and rent air meters to
20 with every pair Of lungs. The liquid
air chaps, it may be added, propose to
supplant the ice dealers. One gallon
of the liquid air is equal to a ton OF
ice, one ton will keep house down to
so degrees on the hottest days. Such
is the talk of the incorporation. A gal
lon or two of the stuff would have been
a great boon to US during the recent hot
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-28
The CROPS AND WEATHER.
What the Department Of Agriculture
Says About Them.

The following is the weekly bulletin
Of the South Carolina section of the
climate and crop service Of the United
States weather bureau issued last week
by Director Bauer:
The week ending Monday, June 10Th,
was intensely hot during the first four
days and abnormally cool the remain
der Of the week. The extreme maxi
mum was 103, and the minimum 53 de-
grees.
The rainfall was general on the 10th
and 18th, and in places heavy. The
weeks rainfall exceeding four inches
at Blackville, and over three inches at
a number of points, with few places
only that had less than an inch of rain.
Over the greater portion Of the State,
it came in the form Of a gentle soaking
rain.
The extreme heat and dryness Of the
early part of the week were detrimental
to the development of all crops except
cotton, and caused much suffering
among workmen and animals in prose-
cutting the cultivation Of field crops, but
the cooler weather and generally copi-
Gus rainfall of the close Of the week
have changed the conditions materially
for the better.
Cotton made rapid growth during the
week following the rains of last week
and the high temperature-favorable
conditions for it. TIE early planted
has excellent stands and is fruiting
we'll, and some is blooming. Late
planted has neither good stands nor
seasonable size. Sea Island cotton is
very promising. Grasshoppers are eat
ing cotton just coming up in the ex-
treme western counties.
The condition Of corn was improved
by receiving the much needed moisture
and by the dros in temperature. Old
corn IS in silk and tassel, and is being
laid by. In the southeastern counties
some corn was ruined by the drought.
Wire or bud worms continue to destroy
corn in few counties. A few localities
report the crop very promising.
Tobacco was greatly improved by the
rains, but it has poor stands, and has
been seriously injured by worms in
Marion; transplanting just finished in
Newberry; contemplated acreage re-
duced in Darlington. Topping has be-
gun.
June rice about all planted. The
crop is generally doing well, but cater
pillars continue to infest it in locall-
ties.
Wheat and oats threshing we'll under
way. Yield Of wheat below the aver
age, while oats are very poor general
ly.
Pastures have started new growth.
Melons bearing and growing well. Wild
berry crop very poor. Peas being sown
on stubble lands and with corn. Cane
and sorghum vary in condition accord
ing to previous rainfall. Grass fatten-
ed cattle now being marketed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-28
WHAT CAUSES IT.
Evidence as to Depression Of
Agricultural Industry.
DUETo MoNoMETALLISM.
Witness Interrupted by Oppon.
ents Of Silver and Was
Not Allowed to Pro.
ceed on That Line.

Joseph B. Ager, president Of the
Maryland State Grange, was before the
industrial commission at Washington
Thursday. He said that trust among
the farmers such as was suggested by
Dir. Havemeyer was impracticable,
owing to the difficulty Of getting the
farmers to hold up prices. Speaking
Of colored labor, he said it was unrel-
able because of the natural Incidence
and indifference Of individuals Of the
colored race. Liquor he regarded as
the great bane of that people. and re-
sponsible for nine-tenths Of the crimes
committed by them. Nh. Ager con-
sidered the condition Of the average
farmer as worse than it was 20 years
ago, but he believed money invested in
farming safer than in other lines Of
business.
L. ". Youmans Of South Carolina
occupied the witness stand during the
afternoon session. He said the agri-
cultural interest of the south was great
ly depressed, and he attributed the de-
preston to the fact that silver was not
recognized as money metal. He said
there had not been an increase Of the
volume Of money to correspond with
the increase Of population. As q conse-
quence there had been a general de-
probation of values. he was proceed
ing to develop his views upon this point
when Maj. Farquhar made point of
order against the character Of the tes-
timony, and this point was sustained
by the chair (Hon. a. L. Harris) after
somewhat spirited encounter between
Representative Livingston and the Re
| publican members.
Mr.. Youmans then proceeded to
other considerations. He thought the
tariff also an obstacle to progress, say
ing that while the cotton grower Of the
United States was compelled to COM
pete with the cheap labor of the world
in sales abroad, he was not allowed to
buy the product Of that labor in ether
articles abroad withing paying duty
Of 40 per cent. upon it. AS remedies
he suggested the free coinage OF silver,
lower tariff and local banks Of issue.
| He had tried the diversifcation ofcrops
and had not been successful.
Mr.. Youmans said he had no fault
| to find with colored labor, and that he
preferred it infinitely to imported Ia.
Dor. II employ 300 or 200 Negroes"
he said, ''and I find them docile and
willing to work. l go away and leave
my family among them, feeling conf
dent of their safety and protection"
He thought, however, that the Negro
as rule irresponsible to the efforts to
educate him, and while he willingly
paid his, share for such efforts at edu.
cation, he considered the money SO
spent as thrown away.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-28
He WAS IN LUCK.
4 Large Sum of Money Lost aud
Found

Some men are born lucky; some be-
come lucky, and some have luck thrust
upon them. This paraphrase Of a
Shakesperian platitude seemed to have
a proof Of its correctness right IN
Augusta Tuesday.
Among the passengers on the morn
ing train from Charleston Tuesday was
the Rev. Mr.. Jetfcote who was coming
10 town on business. In an innocent
looking satchcl on the seat beside him
reposed -, 500 in good United States
currency. The minister knew several
passengers on the train aud chatted
with them, paying little or nc attention
TO the Sa,chel.
When the train arrived at the union
shed he picked up . satchel and got of
then his troubles began. 10 mo-
ment or two he realized that he had a
travelling bag, but it was not his. 1t
contained no money either; only such
an assortment of articles as one uses on
an -of-town trip He was frantic.
The loss of the money meant much to
him and he at once went to police head
quarters and reported the robbery.
The machinery Of the law was set IN
motion, but there was small chance of
recovery, there being Titles clue to work
by.
Among the other passengers on the
train were DE-. A. Z. Sally and his lit
tie : ~ who also carried hand bag.
Wheu they arrived at home the doctor
Disco, red that his sou had come OF
with the wrong grip" After little
while he went out to the depot to get
his own property which he found wait,
ing for him and at the same tine learned
Of Mr.. Jeffcote's loss.
The preacher was not very well
known il Augusta and as it happened
Dr.. !. Z. Sally was, perhaps, better
known to him than all other citizens.
So after bemoaning his fate he be-
thought him to call upon the physician
to tell his tale of woe
When he arrived d.. Sally was Out
locking for his own property. When
he returned explanations followed, the
minister came into his possession again
and went away hsppy-the lucklest man
in two states-Augusta Chronicle.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-28
Strangled in Bed.

William H. Hux, near Brown Swamp
church was found dead in bed, lying
beside his wife on Tuesday morning,
the 18th inst. Wesley Hux, at whose
house his grandson and family were
living, returned from a neig ghbors
Tuesday morning, where he had been
spending the night, and in attempting
to wake the occupants, found that
William was dead, lying on his face in
his own vomit, his wife lying by him
and young man. Hamp Collins, lying
nearby on the floor. The wife says
that she was awakened during the light
by her husband making noise, but
paid no attention to it. DR.. Galbraith,
coroner, being notified, summoned a
jury and held an inquest, the verdict
being that the deceased came to his
death by smothering, or strangulation.
The indications point to Hux's having
gone to bed in state Of iutoxication,
with the above result-Horry Hearld.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-28
Handsome Gift to Schley.

Rear Admiral Schley was the recipi-
ent Wednesday morning Of handsome
silver tea service, at the hands Of the
Baltimore Ladies Auxiliary of the
Schley testimonial committee. The
presentation was made at the home Of
Gen. Felix Agnus, in the Green Spring
valley, by a subcommittee Of fourteen
ladies appointed by Mayor Master.
Admiral Schley accepted the handsome
Gift in a few appropriate words
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-28
a TOUGH YARN.
4 Most Remarkable Tornado Story
Sworn To.

The St. Paul dispatch says: ''Proba-
bly, the most astounding story regarding
freaks of the New Richmond cyclone is
that related by W. McShane, given be-
low. Your correspondent took special
pains to carefully investigate this tale,
and visited Mr.. McShane at his resi-
dence. The story was so remarkable
and ali the facts for substantiating it
being at hand, I requested Mr.. Nc
Shane to give me his sworn affidavit to
the circumstances, which he did. |
also verified the story by neighbors see
ing the unbroken windows and pieces
Of the piano box lying about the yard.
The affidavit follows:
About the first Of April, when took
the storm windows off my house, | put
seven of them in an upright piano box,
placed at the end Of a chicken coop at
the south side Of the yard. l then Sc
curely nailed on the front of the box
with tenpenny nails SO that there was
no opening to the box. I passed the
box five or six times day, so that l
an confident it was there in same con-
dition Moniay night, June u, before
the cyclone struck. Mrs. McShane es-
capped the storm in a neighbor's cellar.
When she came back to the house, i'm
mediately after, she noticed the win
dows lying on the ground. I found the
seven windows with their double glass,
turned around endwise stacked up even
ly on top Of each other. Not pane Of
glass was cracked, and the piano box
had been torn entirely off. Pieces Of
the box l found scattered about the
yard some distance away. The chicken
coop was uninjured.
W. McShane.
'Subscribed to and sworn to before
me this 10Th day of June, 1899.
j. B. Miner,
''Notary Public, Ramsey Co., MINI.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-28
a Substitute for Cotton.

Consul Maxim, of Reichenberg, Austria
ports a process in vogue there for max.
Ing artificial cotton from shavlngs OF
the fir tree. The shavings are steamed,
soaked in sodium lye and heated under
pressure, with the result Of converting
them into celulose. This has castor
oil. caffeine and gelatin added to it, and
is then reeled off into threads, much
after the manner Of artificial silk. Lo-
cal authorities expect to compete with
the cotton product Of America, but the
South will probably still make cotton
the chief crop for some years yet.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-28
Pardons Granted and Refused.

Gov. McSweeney Wednesday granted
pardon to A. H. Soil of Hampton, the
man who took away a gun while drunk
and was bringing'it back when arrested.
He had served two years of FIVE years
term, being convicted of grand lar
ceny.
On the recommendation Of the judge
and solicitor backed by strong petitions
the governor has also pardoned Joe
Williams of Orangeburg who was con-
victed in January, 1898 Of arson.
He has refused to grant pardons in
the cases of J. W. Carter, convicted IN
Colleton Of obtaining money under false
pretenses; Lee Bryant convicted In
Clarendon county and Ben. Wallace
sent up from Colleton for grand lar
cenV
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-28
A Case of LeDrosy.

The British steamer Lombard arrived
at Mobile Thursday from Ship Island
quarantine with case of well develop
ed leprosy on board in the person Of a
Chiuaman. member of the crew. This
IS the vessel which was ordered to Ship
Island quarantine on June II with a
case of yellow fever on board. Collec-
tor Burke wired Washington for in
structions and received answer that the
leper should have been left at Mobile
Bay quarantine, but ordering that the
leper be quarantined on board and taken
from the United States when the vessel
leaves.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-28
Drowned in Lake Waccamaw.

Two bright boys, Edmond McLaurin
and John Murphy, aged respectively
II and Is, were drowned Thursday in
Lake Waccamaw, Columbus County,
n. G. They went to the lake on an ex-
cursion, run from Wilmington, given by
St. Andrews Presbyterian Sunday
school. The remains were brought to
the city on the excursion train at 6
o'clock and were met at the depot by
members of the respective families.
Edmond McLaurin was the son Of Mr..
". s. McLaurin, well-known busi-
ness man of Wilmington, and John
Murphy was the son of Mrs. Sarah
Murphy, a widow lady, who resides on
Walnut street.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-28
Death of q 3. Plant.

Henry Bradley Plant, president OF
the Plant Investment company, con,
trolling the great system Of hotels and
railroads on the west coast OF FLORIDA
and the line of steamers from Tampa to
Habana, died suddenly Friday night
at his residence in New York. MIR;
Plant. who was in his S0th year, had
not been in the best health for several
wears. but, except brief intervals OF i'll
ness. was actively engaged IN the direc-
ton of his vast enterprises up to within
q few hours of his death.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-28
Massacre BY Filipinos

Captain johnson Spicer, Of the Brit
ish ship George 7, Hay, recently from
Manila. has received letter from his
brother, Capt. George Spicer, Of the
British ship Glooscar, saying that all
the adult male Spanish residents Of
Balabac. the extreme southwest island
Of the PHILIPPINES, had been massacred
by the natives. The letter was given
20 J. +. Whitney & Co., shipping
agents of 81 New street, and they sent
it to the maritime exchange, where it
was posted on the bulletin board.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-28
Diving Of Fever.

In consequence Of the outbreak Of
yellow fever at Santisgo the garrison Of
United States troops has been removed
from the old Spanish barracks to
comfortable camp in the hills, on the
road to FL Moro. Thus far four soldi
ers have died of the fever, and there
are IS cases in the hospitals. One
civilian has succumbed to the disease.
and there are three civilian suspects.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-28
Serious Riots.

The riots in southern India have
spread to Travamoore, where the police
have been severely beaten and forced to
retire. The rioters have seized num-
ber of guns and a quantity Of ammuni-
ton. They are cutting off the ears OF
their opponents in order to obtain their
ear rings more ezpeditiously. About
$50 houses have been burned at Sam
booVadagarai.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-28
Five YOUNG Ladies Drowned.

Mrs. T. J. Lloyd, living seven miles
northwest cf Lampasas, Texas, five
daughters and visitor, Miss Chllders,
went in bathing in creek Friday:
The three youngest girls went beyond
their depth. Their eldist sister and
Miss Childers went to their rescue and
all five were drowned. Mrs. Lloyd
saved her other daughter only by heroic
efforts. The bodies were recovered.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-28
Collided With a Whale.

The Cleveland Leader says: 'Lieut.
F. L. Chadwick Of the United States
navy is visiting his uncle, Dr.. L. S.
Chadwick, of Euclid avenue. During
the war with Spain Lieut.: Chadwick
served on the cruiser Raleigh. he en-
tered Manila bay when Dewey made his
famous dash into the harbor. Lieut..
Chadwick said recently that on his
return trip there was collision with
huge whale that was sleeping on the
water. Lieut.. Chadwick was on watch
when the boat gave a lu1ch. II thought
We had run on some hidden rocks" he
said. II rushed to the rail and found
that the ram of the cruiser was fast in
the side of whale forty feet long.
The engines had to be reversed before
the whale was released. He foated
away dead. You may think that IS
fish story, but it is an actual fact, and
the cruisers log will verify it. !"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-28

1t is said that if lamp chimneys.
tumblers or other glass dishes are placed
in cold water, with half a cup Of water.
Which is brought slowly to boil and
boiled half hour, then allowed to cool
in the water, they will resist any sud
den changes Of temperature without
cracking.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-28
& SmallpoX Cure.

The governor gets all kinds Of letters
from all kinds Of people living in all
parts of the country. Friday he got
one from fellow who signs himself
John G. Schultz of Winthrop Heights,
D. c." He says he saw statement IN
the Charleston Messenger of recent
date that there was smallpox at Bates
burg. Then he says: II offer you a
simple cure for the disease: One ounce
OF cream tartar; pour on the same one
pint of boiling water; let it cool and
then let the patient drink of it; will
cure the patient in three days.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-28
The Rights of the DOG.

Following the decision Of few days
ago on the rights of the dog the su-
preme court has handed down another
decision relating thereto. This time
the court takes the position that when
a dog gets on railroad track it is the
business of the dog to get out of the
way Of the train and not Of the train
to get out of way of the dog. In other
words if dog is killed by train the
railroad company is not not liable tor
kamages as in the case of stock.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-28
Fo st Ricycle Time.

Charles Murphy, paced by a locomo-
tive, rode mile on bicycle in one
minute and FIVE seconds near haywood.
Long Island, Wednesday. The ride
was practice sprint.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-28

Many sunstrokes in the North and
none in the South during the recent
heat wave again emphasizes the fact
that the climate of this section is really
milder than in higher latitudes, in
summer as well as in winter.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-28
Gold and Silver.

Director of the Mint Roberts on
Monday announced his final estimate
of the gold and silver production in the
United States during the calendar year
1898. 1t is as follows:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-28

Is it the best? Taste and see. Best
in taste, best in results. No nauseat-
ing dose, but so pleasant and natural in
effects that you forget you have taken
medicine-Life for the Liver and Kid
neys. See ad. tt
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-28
Schley and Wheeler Honored.

The honorary degree Of IL. D. was
Thursday conferred by Georgetown
University on Rear Admirals Winfield
Scott Schley and Geo. W. Melville;
Major General Joseph Wheeler, Hon.
W. Bourke Cochran, Of New York; DR..
Samuel Busey, District Of Columbia;
DR.. Daniel Bower, Of Illinois, and Hon
Thomas, Herran, United States Of Co.
lumbia. General Wheeler, DR.. Bower
and Honorable Thomas Herran were
unayoidably absent.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-28
q Good Showing.

Totals. s64, 463 900 s54, 4,439, 600
Total for 1897 s57, 333, 900 s53, $50, 900
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-28

w. MCSQaQG.
Subscribed to and sworn to before
me this 10Th day of June, 1899.
j. B. Miner,
Notary Public, Ramsey Co., MINI. y
Arizona republican., 1899-03-21
NOW JAMES SHEA
James P0rferie Resumes His Real
 Name and Great Wealth.

The James Porterie, who is well
 known among the young people of
 this place, has concluded to adopt his
 proper name James Shea. A full ac- count of his sudden requirement of
 riches appeared in an issue Of The Re
 publican shortly after he enlisted in Colonel McCord's regiment, but the fact of his entering the military service prevented him from doing anything then. Since receiving his discharge he has made a trip to Los Angeles. where he joined his father and his in- terest. Mexican estate, was legally made over to him.
 His acquisition of the property came about in a peculiar manner. When MT. Shea was very young his mother and father were divorced and young Shea was assigned to the care of the mother. He, has been raiseu in PhOe- nix, during which time he retained no remembrance of his father, So that it v-2s with considerable surprise that he received a letter from him last summer
 Mir Shea declares his intention of leaving for San Miguelito. south of Bis bee in Sonora, Mexico, where his prop erty is situated. The possessions prac- tically constitute the town. T. in- 
 and four square miles of land suitable for cattle raising, and it's value is estimated at about $5O0,O00 but MT. Shea'G part is one-third interest. His father retains an equal interest. and the balance is owned by a third party. It is the intention of the elder Mir Shea to dispose of his developed min ing property and invest the proceeds in cattle for his range. Some undevelop ed gold and silver propositions belong to the triple partnership and it is claimed that they are even richer than the mines now pending sale.
 James Shea, Jr., said yesterday that he would install new milling plant al the mines and that he had selected one | in his trip to Los Angeles. He does not intend to remain idle on account of his position, but says that he | will engage in the general working of | the plant and perform enough mammal | labor to keep his muscles hard.