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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-10-18

The district meeting of the Woman 5 For
eign Missionary Society viii meet at Packs
Vile in NJ Z. Church, beginning next Fri
day evening, October 20, and will continue
through Sunday. Meetings in morning,
afternoon and evening Mrs. Wightman,
Mrs Hum5ert and Mrs Herbert are expec-
ted and every one who will come will be
assured Of a warm welcome, as we'll as a
good and profitable time. It is hoped that
every auxiliary in the district will be rep
resented
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-10-18

Rev Arthur Crane, who IS conanc'lhs d
protracted service in the Baptist ch"'on'
continues to draw large congregations
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-10-18

The p,ettiest line Of saddiery gcooS AL la
harness too, ever seen IL Manning Less
Il Hutchinson.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-10-18

Congressman James Norton arrived IN
town yesterday and is here today meeting
with his friends and becoming acquainted
with the needs OF his constituents so that
he can the better look alter their interests
in Congress. General Norton S work IN the
department has made many friends for him
all over the district and he is stronger now
than at any time during MS congressional
career
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-10-18
Attention. Manning Guards

Sold by R. B. Loryea.
Warren sheaf., 1899-10-05

were seen on our streets last week.
"A cold wind with rain last Wednes-
day, ending with the first snow Of
the season later in the night.
Skunks! Skunks!! Skunks!!! Lots
of 'em this year. There's whole
family OF them overi in s'Storsyingen. !"
A number OF our citizens will 60 to
Grafton this week to welcome the re-
turn OF the Grafton volunteers. A
big time is expected.
Andrew Oseth and Corr. would
make capital fox hunters. With
plenty OF ammunition they know
how to hit a fox when they see him.
Auf Wiedersehen,
ART.
Warren sheaf., 1899-10-05

In travelling about visiting differ
ent states in the union, one is very
forcibly impressed with the greatness
OF our country, in territorial extent, as
we'll as in population, wealth, COM
merce, art, manufactures, and all
things that go to make up a great
and free people. The educational
value Of such excursions as the re-
cent one OF the Editorial Association
can not be estimated. The world
has never seen such a mighty nation
as the United States is at the present
time. Each individual state is an
empire in itself. But after visiting
many other states, all great and
with matchless resources peculiar to
their own climate and location, still
it is no disparagement to them, when
we say that we like Minnesota little
the best. Minnesota is a great state,
and does not need to take a back
seat for any in the whole sisterhood
Of states.
Warren sheaf., 1899-10-05

That the people of the United
States are thinking and thinking
hard on the subject of trusts, is evi-
denced by the two great conferences
recently held, one at Chicago and the
other at St. Louis, and from the end
:, less discussion in the magazines and
the public press. It is a question
that is attracting the serious attention
of statesmen, political economists
sociologists, and the best men of the
country. Out of all this agitation
and discussion there will doubtless
come in time some rational and prac-
tical solution of the problem. To
simply denounce trusts, as the demo-
cratic party now does, will not help
matters. Trusts are the outgrowth
of modern industrial development,
and whether they are good or bad is
still an open question. They may be
both. The fact is, the trusts are
here, and have apparently come to
stay. How to deal with them, SO as
best to protect the rights and inter-
ests and promote the happiness of
the common people, is the all-import-
ant question.
Warren sheaf., 1899-10-05

We are in receipt OF Bulletin No.
64, Of the Agricultural Experiment
Station, containing three timely and
valuable articles on the following
subjects: The Black Rust or Sum-
mer Rust; The Hessian Fly; and
Migratory Locusts or Grasshoppers.
The pamphlet has been prepared at
the special request OF Gov. Lind, and
ought to be in the hands OF every
farmer. Can be had free by address,
ing Prof. Otto Lugger, St. Anthony
Park, MINI,
Warren sheaf., 1899-10-05

The apportionment Of the state
school fund to the different counties
was made Monday by the state sup
erintendent. Marshall county re-
ceives $7,971, for 1920 pupils. max
ing $2.73 for each scholar. There
are also in the county treasury $3.50,
collected fines, to be added to the
fund when distribution is made to
the several districts of the county by
the county auditor.
Warren sheaf., 1899-10-05

ONE of our thrifty farmers who was
caught mapping when the hard times
came on few years ago now begins
to see his way out of the woods, judg-
ing from remittance he made re-
Gently to creditor, to which was at
tached letter saying: eff the peo-
pie will let Providence and William
Mckinley alone little longer I will
be out of debt and have something
ahead ."-Exchange. st.
Warren sheaf., 1899-10-05

IT is now stated definitely that
President Mckinley will visit the
Northwest during this month. He is
expected to be at Minneapolis on the
10Th, Fargo, N. D., on the 18th, and
Aberdeen, S. D., on the 18th.
Warren sheaf., 1899-10-05
OAK PARK AND BIG WOODS
CHIPS.
Oct. 2, 1899.

Ed. sHEAF:
The fax yield is good this year.
Grain stacks are rapidly disap-
pearing.
The farmers are doing good plow-
ing this FALL
Rev. and Mrs. Smith, Of Argyle,
Warren sheaf., 1899-10-05
ST Grain and chaff. E}

The famous Thirteenth Minnesota
Regiment was mustered out at San
Francisco yesterday.
Warren sheaf., 1899-10-05

Come and get a free sample of sach-
et powder at WINCHESTER'S. Ask
for 1t.
Warren sheaf., 1899-10-05
LOST! LOST! LOST!

But we have found it. We mean the
building and rooms formerly occu-
pied by D. A. Whitney as store,
are for rent or sale at a bargain.
Call at once. w. d. MER1cKEL. 0
Warren sheaf., 1899-10-05

From Wheat Field to Corn Field and Colorado
~ Gold Field. .s
Continued from First PaRe\
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-06-13
DOES EDUCATION PROMOTE
EAPPINESs7

DEAR AUNT JENEIE:-I certainly do
not feel capable Of chatting with you
all today, but nothing venture moth.
ing done" SO I will try to say a few
words on a supj9ct which has been dis
cussed by some of the Chatterers, for 1
am deeply interested in it.
Some one has said that "a man looks
best without a mustsche until he has
one and then cuts 1t eff, " and l think
that this is somewhat the way with an
education Those who are psrfectly
ignorant Of any education at all are
happy, because they have no idea of
its value aud therefore think they get
along as we'll as those who have gone
to the trouble and expense Of obtaining
an education. But suppose you take
an illiterate person at the age of 80 or
40 and simply learn him to read and
write. l imagine be would feel like a
new person, and that he would look
back on his past life with sorrow and
regret. I feel very ignorant, yet /
would not take thousands Of dollars
for the little education l possess. No,
Aunt Jennie, / do not Thick that ig-
noraDce is bliss, How can the ignor-
ant ex perience as much real pleasure
as they would If they could have theop-
portunity of reading good papers (ike
The Progressive FarmeI) and learn.
log what ia going on all over the State,
aud the worlds They cannot read the
Bible with its many precious promises.
| gentle amendments, the historical
events of our 8avior's life and the
| history Of the lives ard deeds of the
many noble and good men Of ancient
times
o, that we could all fell the need
for more knowledge and realize the
responsibility that rests upon us, and
may God pity those who are happy
because Of ignorance. PLUM.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-06-13
LlNcoLN's ASSASSINATION.
Said TO Have Been Killed by Booth Be
cause OF the Hanging of John Yates
Beall

We were much interested in a short
article in the April number OF Wake
Forest Student. 1t was sent by George
Anderson Foote, son OF the late Dr.,
George A Foote, Of Warrenton, an hon
ored and highly reputable physician,
lately deceased. He fret gives an ex
tract from ''Appleton's E1cycloI e liza
of Biography" wrongly printed "Bi
ology,') Of the hanging Of tha6 very
gallant aud m"eritorious officer, Capt.
John Yates BeaIl, a native Of Virginia,
aud born In 1885 and hanged N the
24lh of February, 1866 a. e spV. A
sketch was found among D.. Foote's
papers, " no was surgeon IN the Con
tederate army add was imprisoned IN
Fort Columbus, New YJrk harbor.
DR.. Foote'S posthumous paper Is both
interesting and informing. He tells OF
the efforts made to save the life OF
Captain B3all, who wa5 a regularly
commissioned Confederate eff ;er, by
G. Jverpor Andrew, Of Massachu Ietts,
and others, but in vain Dr.. Foote'S
cell in VIII ca he was confined vas ad
Joining Captain BEaii's. Beall and
John Wilkes Booth had been room.
mates at college, and were very dear
friends. Booth tried every way to sc,
cure Beall's release from prison, but in
vain. An effort to secure his escape
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-06-13

was made, in which Dr.. Foote was to
be a party. In fact, two plans came
to naught.
The interesting point really of his
toric interest," is to follow. Dr.. Foote'S
private memorandum gives a state
ment that will surprise many, as it did
Us. The common idea is that Presi
dent Lincoln was murdered by John
Wilkes Booth because he was the head
of the Northern States and was respon.
sible for the war upon the South, In
other words, that Booth, in being in
intense sympathy with the South and
being something daft, had assassinated
the President on eccount Of bis course
IN the After the plans failed, Dr..
F0ote Gays Booth hurried to Washing
ton, and on his knees implored Presi-
dent Lincoln aud Secretary Seward
to pardon or, at least, respite Beall.
Ljccoln promised to respite, but that
night ordered mis- execution. DR.. Fo0Ue
says:
4ASS 4NO CACCAbC0A L4O oSdil
WAS hanged within thirty yards Of my
window and inside For Columbus, and
not at Johngcn's Island, as has been
frequently reported.
B och, for what he termed the per
fdy Of President Lincoln toward him
self and friend Beall, at once swore to
svenge his friends death by killing
both Lincoln and Seward. He did not
intend to shoot Lincoln in the theatre,
out the contemplated opportunity did
not Cfer itself else where.
But for the fact that Booths spur
caught in the curtain that fatal night,
he would have escaped-Rt least for a
time. The war had nothing to do with
the assassination of the President; it
was due simply and solely to revenge,
tntenslf ID by Booths love and admira
ton for his friend.
Booth went to New York the morn
ing of sails execution, and being so
~grievously disappointed at what had
occurred, he became measurabIy an
insane man. l had not the least idea
Of Booths plan to as3assinate the Pcesi
dent. This plan was known only to
one man, and to him Booth revealed it
only an hour before the assassination.
The man to whom he thus confined his
purpose begged him not to carry it out,
and finding that Booth was not to be
turned from his revenge, left the city
before the terrible tragedy occurred"
We were very intimate with DIR.
Foote for many years. He vas our
family physician, aud most attentive,
sympathetic and skilItul. We always
thought him truthful, honorable and
sincere. We at least believe his state
ment without res 3rvation.-Wilming-
ton Messenger.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-06-13

"Cleans your kettles. Sarah27 gasped
Mrs Miggs.
Yes, OF course, I clean them my
self like anything, with a chain. And
/ carry up three meals a day to my old
lady, and two a day to my old gentle
man, and answer the bell every after
noon, and sweep out front, and do
four bedrooms aud COOK the meas and
keep the furnace going, and 90 fifty
things besides. And that cat OF q wild
ow says Pm Iazy-I heard her and
rings her bell for me to bring her up
an envelope, and sends me on er
rands and makes me wash out her
stockings end handkerchief for moth
ing, And she grum0les from morning
till night. An angel couldn't satisfy
her. And she objects to the other
Sarah's going to church, and hates to
have me sit down for five minut 5
Il wonder, how we've been treating
our cook, mama, all these years, I've
only been there a week and my back
isaImose broken, and my legs, oh, how
they scheI And all for fourteen dol
lars q month. Think Of it. 0 Lcourse,
I shall be eff at the end of the month
[ guess I've learned how to treat a
cook already. But think OF living
chat life for years and years-jusE
drudge, drudge, drudge-no presents,
no play, no pay to speak Of, and that
for a mistress who doesn't care q pin
whether you live or ole. If you get
sick she sends you to the hospital, and
that if you have lived with her fifteen
years and done full duty. II you
die, the cisy burjes you; if you live,
she repeats the charming experiment.
US, l think l know what it is to be a
servant now. I'll not expect mine to
hav brass bacBs, and az many legs as
a Centipede, to eat the scraps from the
upstairs dinner, l. lodge IN q bare gar
re , to slesp on a knoDby mattress, to
rise ct five O'Clock, sick or well, winter
or summer, with email wages, and
scant thanks or nc THANKS fora service
that extends from then until 10 p. a.,
and embraces 8 dczen kim Of work
Il look around my oom this morn
ing in perfect disgust, for 1 am in a
rich family and l registered a solemn
vow TO make my servants both com
Portable and happy. The truth Ie that
in order to have Common s ne and
Common feeling ana common human
ity and decenc9, no one, in my Op mon,
should be allowed 30 be either rich or
DOOR for more than two years running,
by la =. Capital ana labor would lie
down together like mllle9nIal lambs
from that moment. The poor would
know aha: Il is 90 DC rich. The rich
would would know VIVA. it's % be poor.
And everything aud everybody would
o. the better for it. You don't emily
your oed, mana, a big-gou ara used
60 il. But when l get into mine to night
il viii feel like heaven" She ya"ncd
pro~iigiously and retired after this.
The following week she took up the
thread of her adventures. I'VE have
elaborate Sunday dinners, you must
kn0w-my old people are spirituallsts,
and they esq their friends and talk
table tipping aud appearances and
~knockings and tapping5 and rappings
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-06-13

The JunGbuS.

~rb, following poem was inspired by a most commonplace thing. but tina
cal poetry, and that Of a high order, no one will deny. No one. in fact
- true poet fnds inspiration in such seemingly dull subjects-EDs
Is not the great world wide enough, but thou
Must quit the dusky night where thourt at home
To dazzle at my lamp, and burn thy wings;
tn blind thy google eyes with too much light,
And bang thy doltish head 'gaiI S : everything9
mo meddhng tooll thourt ever out of place.
No meetings. free from thy disturbing buzz;
NJ caId too tmid for thy soaring hum;
No lady g nerves too strong. nor hair too fne
For thee to tangle it with sCraschy claws
There, in my ink again.
And now, with D ndering look and drabbled feet,
Thou scraWlst rude lines across an u L sained page.
And vet. poor thing thou dost not mean it so;
The light attracts thee, and thou, too, wouldsT know.
How like we are! This dazzling room to thee
Why, that's the sunlt world; and we poor men
Do bang our heads 'gsinst every wall Of i,
And wonder Why they acne. Our laundering feet
Tramp rough-shod over nerves that twinge in pain;
We meddle daily with the mysteries,
To brighten tmid souls with buzzIng talk
OF laws Of unknown things, and life, and death;
We burn our souls In many q garish lamp;
And many q page lies stained with thoughts more rude
Than beetless legs could draw, and less intelligent.
Add yet. from out the gloom of cur first flight,
The primal twilight Of our igooraBce.
'rwts shining of q hght that called Us in.
Pardon. fellow bIundererI Mines the fault,
impatient Of the things l do myself.
the fashion only altered. Bunderers both!
The one with open book and bruised heart,
Toe other with his broken wings and feet.
There, I'll blow out the light; it troubles thee;
Ard here's g bit of wool to dry thee on.
Rest thee a moment till thy daz9d head clears;
Then (theFes the window open) go IN peace
And may the gentle God, who made us both,
When next I buIder in His mighty face.
Do 90 with me. -WtHlam y. Long IN The Outlook
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-06-13
ELLEN WRITES.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE:-How very
natural it seems to write to Aunt Jen-
ME; l feel as if she really were my
Aunt. I have an Aunt Jennie living
in Old England whom I have never
seen but have heard papa speak of her
many times, and I know I would love
her, if knew her.
l have read the lie stersof o. r Social
Chat" with interest for a long time but
I think the letters grow more interest
ing each week. I think the subject lis
it better &c have loved and lost than
never to have loved at ala" has been
ably discussed By some Of the cousins
but I will not attempt to discuss it as l
know very little about it; but perhaps
l will know more some day.
l would like to say a few words on
the subject (Which are happier the
ignorant or the educated2' Now Aunt
Jennie, there are not very many real,
true, happy people in the world; at
least l only know a few. / do not
think education makes happiness, nor
do l think ignorance makes q person
happy. lido not think, Aunt Jennie,
that a really ignorant person can be
happy. Perhaps they appear go on
the surface but in the in most part Of
their soul they long for something;
they have some desire, if ever so little,
to be more in themselves-tO be some
body. I know some people who would
be called ignorant, by the world, and
they are very ignorant as far as school
education goes, for they can hardly
read; but they have common ems
which many Of our college women
greatly need.
Education is not altogether obtained
from schools or colleges but from ex-
p~erience. If he learns a little each
day, even if a very little, a person will
be educated when he is old. Do you
not think so, Aunt J8nnie9 Some one
says every human being rightly edu-
Gated will worship God, study the
Bible, obey law, love his country, keep
himself pure, read good books, work
faithfully six days, remember the Sab
bath day and keep it holy, protect the
home, defend and care for the weak
and helpless, and fight the giants of
sin everywhere" l am sure such a
person could not fail Il be happy in
this world and I am sure he would be
at home in Heaven. There are not
very many rightly educated people in
this world of sin. I am ignorant-at
least I'm not educated, but I do not
think it is bliss, 20 be ignorant, to any
bJdy and it is folly to be wise.
III you can't be as wise Solomon, be as
wise as you can"
l found a book in the attic the other
day entitled The Distinctive Idea in
E lucatioB." 1t seems very interesting
but l have read only a few pages.
When / flash it, il Aunt Jennie does
not object, I will tell the cousins some
of the splendid passages which I know
are in the book. I suppose Aunt Jen.
ME has read it.
have made my letter so long that
I am afraid Aunt Jennie will have to
make two letters Of it. Good bye.
ELLEN.
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ITO be Continued }.

Ihave recently heard Of a fond moth
er VINO rrprOveu her son for asserting
his dislike Of g certain rough playmate.
When he wants to fight uon'G you
fight him" s8Id, "puG remember the
pgogerb abouS GOALS Of ire The
mkt time he becomes dlsagreea0ie
Offer to share win nIn s)meGOIOg That
vuu have. l. viii DC much better IN
every way" AID HIrold saId ne
would. The next day he invested ten
cenre in q bazer s PIE, and as5 as ne
had purchased &c he met me odicus
Jerry" "aello, kIG shouted the
latser; II guess I'll have ter lick yer
again For ans q Harold 0roSe the
pie in twain n gave the larger half
to the warIIke youth, who gulped it
down with grunCs o. amazamenG and
Satisfaction SAY, kid, be manbled,
s.that was fine. What made yer GIN
me itY" ''B cause you hit me yesser
dav," was the gentle answer Jerry"
drew off and planted a humping blow
on Harold's cnest that nearly knocked
him over. Now, go git another pie."
-Ex.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-06-13
Social Chat
EDITED BY AUNT JENNIE. RALEIGH. N. C.
AUNT JeNN1E's LETTER.

/ am 80 sorry TO learn from your
letter, Dido, that Charity has rheuma-
tism, but I trust that she will soon be
restored to perfect health. II you will
look at the advertisements in this
paper you will find an ad of a remedy
for rheumatism, which is said by many
who have tried it to be most excellent.
I am personally acquainted with the
originator Of the compound and know
him to be thoroughly reliable. We
nope to have a letter from Charity
herself ere long and feel grateful to
you for your kindness in telling US Of
her helplessness, else I might have
attributed her failure TO wI.ge to in
indifference on her part.
think E len ia right-an education
does not consist m5reIy in book learn
ing. There is much you nus know
that no published book contains and
that has v been written. | am
sorry to say tina I have never read
the book to which you refer but would
be delighted to have you revtew it for
the Cree.
How MANY Of you know these simple
measures9 You will find the list use
ful If you hang iJ IL che klEcaen tor
ready reference:
Two cuptuts OF solid butter weigh
on8 pound.
Two cuptuls Of granuIased sugar
| weigh one pound.
Two and one halt cuptuls of powder
ed sugar weigh one pound.
Four even teaspoontuls liquid equal
one even tablespoonful,
Three even teaspoonfuls Of dry ma
| terlaL eqIal Il even tablespoonful,
Sixteen taolespoonfuls Eq aid equil
one cuptul.
Twelve t~easpoonfuIs dry material
Itq1sl one cupful
Two cupfuls equal one pint,
Four coptuLs co lal one quart.
If you will trouble to memoriz3 this
list it will save you many steps and
mucn worry, and when one is house
keeper, nurse, cook and maid of all
work a few steps not taken, lessons the
fatigue wonderfully.
How many of you cook warm sup
pers these long trying daye9 I know
one woman who has been married
fifteen years and she says that che
- LID
J that hot suppers are unnecessary, to