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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-01-11
ILLICIT STILLS CAPTURED.
Whiskey Made Of the Refuse Of sorg-
hum Molasses.

The Columbia State says certain Sec
tions of South Carolina produce an in
toxicating liquor which is obtained
from the refuse of the sorghum cane
after the syrup has been extracted.
This beverage is known as 'sueat.
The dispensary officials have been
suspicious that illicit stills have been
manufacturing this fiery beverage and
for the past month Chief Constable
assisted by Constables W. R. Crawford,
James Crocker and j. E. Lightfoot,
have been looking for these stills.
Mr.. Bahr was in the city yesterday
and reported that they had captured
eight Of these stills. He had sample
of the stuff which was labelled ''tus-
sick" or swamp whiskey." 1t was
white in color and almost pure alcohol,
as could be told from the blaze emitted
when little sas poured on the fire.
These stills were nearly all located
on the border line between Lexington
and Orangeburg counties. The stills
kept but small supply Of stock on
hand, as no! more than 20 gallons were
captured.
The majority Of these stills con-
tained copper kettles and copper worms,
but some had iron kettles and vessels.
Mr.. Bahr destroyed all the stills but
one, which he shipped to the State dis
pensary. The bottle which Mr.. Bahr
displayed was corked with stopper Of
swamp root. This is as light as cork
and as resilient as rubber. The enter
prise of these people ir trying to utilize
the products of the soil is quite COM
mendable, but their Judgment in pre-
venting their uses seems to be an error.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-01-11

age should be doubled or trebled with
out delay. Prepare to plant a good
corn crop, not less than 10 to II acres
to the plow; and be sure to either broad
cast field peas in your corn at the last
blowing, or drop them on, or by the
side of the corn rows at the second
blowing. Then prepare not less than
five acres to plow for such crops as
groundpeas, potatoes, sugarcane, mil
let, etc. After that put 10 acres, and
no more, in cotton, regardless of who
may advise you to the contrary. A
crop like this will give you 25 acres to
the plow, and that is enough for north
Georgia, though in middle and south
Georgia, few more acres might be
cultivated in corn or groundpeas.
Buy as little guano as possible, but
use all the homemade fertilizers that
You can get together between this and
planting time
Stop buying hoehandles, axhelyes.
names and other things that you can
and should make at home on rainy
days.
Never 60 to town with an empty
wagon, but always carry something to
sell, if only a load of wood.
Buy nothing on credit if you can pos
sibly avoid it. Better suffer some pri-
yations than go in debt.
If we would be independent and pros
porous, we must farm on the lines sug-
gested. No other roads will lead US out
of the woods in which We are now al
most hopelessly lost-but if We will fol-
low the course have endeavored to
blaze out. we will in short time be a
happy, prosperous and contented peo-
pie.
In the laudable effort to become self
sustaining, all must lend hand. The
merchants and the landlords can great
ly aid in the good work by not insisting
that their customers and tenants shall
plant large cotton crop in order to get
supplies. This course, hitherto pursued,
has resulted in greatly increasing the
cotton acreage, to the serious injury i
may even say almost ruin-of all hands
concerned. If they would try the op-
posite course, extending aid and credit
only to those who make their food sup
plies, how different and how gratifying
would be the result. l appeal particu-
larly to the merchant, who, by their
insistence on large cotton acreage be-
fore credit would be extended, have
practically ''killed the goose that laid
the golden egg" Let them face
about" and refuse credit to their custo
mers who may contemplate planting a
large cotton acreage. If such a course
should be adopted and carried out, it
needs no gift Of prophecy to foretell that
vast amount Of property and suffering
would be banished from our State.
/ am more than willing to help on this
good cause by every means in my power,
and the greatest reward that the con-
duct Of this department could offer me
would be the satisfaction Of feeling that
l had aided, even though in very
small degree, in restoring to the suffer
ing farmers of Georgia, that plenty and
prosperity which they once enjoyed.
0. B. Stevens,
Commissioner.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-01-11
Evaeution of Havana.

Evacution day at Havana passed of
quietly. At noon on Sunday the Span
ish flags were lowered and the Ameri-
can flags were hoisted, each being sa-
luted. Sons of Generals Lee and But
Ter hoisted two Of the flags. The
parade of the American troops was
watched in silence except that General
Lee was much cheered by the Cubans
and that they went frantic with delight
when the men of an Indiana company
drew from under their coats small Gu
ban flags and waved them at the review
ing stand. This whole company was
put under arrest. The Spaniards gath
cred along the water front dressed in
mourning and watched the departure
Of the Spanish officers in silence and
tears.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-01-11
Sailing Of our Boys.

\ dispatch from. Savannah to the Co.
lpmb;a State says early Tuesday morn
inS q las, week the Second South Car
oliua regiment broke camp on Dale ave
nue. and marched to Gcr.!nus 5 wharf,
where they 5olrdel The tranSror: ltou,
ra"nia. NJ noon the transport kouma-
MA sailct; for Habaaa, Cuoa. The re-
ci.ncn, was formed at SO. and the
marca Immediately begun. As the
Carvliniaus passed through the streets
they We're greeted wi,h cheers and way
Ing OF hands and handdcrci!lef>: The
soldiers parted with their friends n.0>t
reluctantly, for many OF thea have
aeycr been treated better in their llEes
than they have been by the SavanuiaGs.
The men were all in the best Of spirits
when they left. There were many
good wishes showerca aoon them Is
they passed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-01-11
Not Ruffians After Ali.

General Ludlow, military governor
Of Habana, commenting on the freed om
from disorder, said that it was remark
able. Colonel Moulton. commander Of
the Habana police, said that the ab-
sence of crime after such an extraordi-
nary political change had no parallel in
history" And McCullagh, formerly
chief Of police of New York, finds the
Habaneros mild and tractable" and
even Gen. Brooke is pleased with their
excellent behavior. These are the peo-
pie who were represented few days
ago as set Of bloodthirsty rufians,
hating all order asd eager to massacre
the rds.-Columbia State.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-01-11
WHAT COX II SAYS.
in a Proclamation He Advises Cubans
What to Do.

General Maxine Gomez from his
camp 200 miles westward near Narclso
Cuba, has addressed proclamation 70
the Cuban army advising against dis
banding until the proceedings at Wash
;ngtoa regarding The pay OF the insurs-
gent troops have been completed. 1t
is dated December %, and is IN part as
follows:
The moment has arrived to give
public explanation Of my conduct and
my purposes. which are always II &C,
cord with my sense of duty 70 the coun-
try I serve. The Americans, tacitly
our allies. have terminated the war with
Spain and signed a treaty OF peace. l
believed it was my du:y to move. tor
any political or other object from the
spot where ! had drawn my sword, SO
long as the enemies Of the army had
not completely evacuated the island.
Ny presence elsewhere would have dis
turbcd the rcpoSe and calmness neccs-
sary 10 consolidate peace; nor ought /
10 nave cause luc OUpIu tlpOSIS ~ 49,
unnecessary manifestations during the
jubilee
The period of transition is termin-
ated; the army Of the enemy is abando
oning the country; the sovereignty OF
the great United States is beginning.
as stipulated in the protocol, over al
the island. But Cuba is not free or In
dependent. Self-goverument is not yet
constituted. For that reason We must
dedicate ourselves 10 bringing about
the Disappearance Of the cause for A,n-
erican intervention.
But above everything else, in the
spirit Of justice 70 the Cuban army: it's
necessary that before the liberators OF
the people can dissolve as a guarantee
Of order, that the deb: which the coun-
try owes TO its soldiers should be salts
fed. Awaiting this result, ! lemaln IN
my present position, always ready to
help the Cuban finish the work to which
7 lovn SoGicateS my life. ="
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-01-11
Honor Among Thieves.

A man arrested in New York the
other day for snatching poeket-book
from woman and was identified by
her as the thief. After he had been in
jail for several days another man came
forward and voluntarily confessed that
he had snatched the pocket-book and
placed it in the pocket Of the man who
was arrested when he found himself in
danger Of detection. When the second
man was shown the woman she also
identified him as the man who robbed
her. The moral of this story is two
fold. First, there is sometimes honor
among thieves" second, it is not al:
ways safe to accept the Identification Of
prisoner by an excited woman as con-
elusive evidence Of guilt.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-01-11
a Hard Fate.

A dispatch from Madrid says Colonel
Julson San Martin, who was in COM
mand of the Spanish garrison at Ponce,
Puerto Rico, when the United States
troops under Gen. Mics landed in the
island and who abandoned the place
without resistance, has been sentenced
to Imprisonment for life. He will be
incarcerated at Ceuta, the Spanish
penal colony in Morocco, opposite Glib
raltar.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-01-11
Too Much Kissing.

THE editors Of the religious papers
have no more use for Lieut.. Hobson
since the reports Of his kissing mania
began to come in. The Northwestern
Christian Advocate, the Methodist
weekly Of Chicago, is so exercised that
it threatens the hero of Santiago in
genuine Hibernian fashion by declar-
ing he will not only be quickly forgot
ten, but his name will be by-word un-
less he quickly ceases the discreditable
course be has pursued for the past few
weeks. n-Springfeld Republican.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-01-11
Blew the Maine Up.

A Havana paper accuses Spanlard
BY the names Of Sencar;as Bresnes: with
three others, Of blowing up the United
States battleship Maine. Bresnes,
who is lawyer and politician, sailed
for Spain about two weeks ago. The
instalments of the story thus far have
been devoted to the alleged felonies and
treacheries of Bresnes. The editor
tells his readers to be patient, as in
due time they will get the facts regard
ing the Maine explosion. He describes
his proof as largely moral.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-01-11
& Good Profit.

The Columbia State says that Chair
man T. J. Cunningham, stated Wednes-
day that the financial showing of the
penitentiary for the past year would be
excellent, considering the low price Of
the markets. A number of improved
ments have been made on grounds and
buildings, and $4,000 will be turnel
into the State treasury, leaving several
thousand dollars upon which to COM
mence operations this year.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-01-11

prisoners on the demand of the Aneri-
cans, laiming cthat this might be con-
strued as an act of submission to- the
United States. With regard to liberia
ting monks, the insurgents intend to
negotiate with the vatican directly.
Gen. Rios has now opened direct nego-
tiations with the insurgents concerning
the prisoners y
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-01-11
TO THE C0TT0NT0T.
Old RIunder That Farmers Should
Avoid This Year.
RAISE SUPPLIES AT HOME.
Tin7e Has Arrived to Stop Relying
on a Crop That Sells Below
Cost of Production.

The following New Years address
has Just been issued by the commits
sioner of agriculture Of the State of
C,nnrria.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-01-11
THE NEWS IN MADRIl.

The following official dispatch has
been received in Madrid from Manila:
'The insurgents refuse to liDerate the
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-01-11

And. in closing, Governor AacCorSie
adds: Il speak With all sincerity, aud
NAV speak an unpa!atab!e truth wien
say that one Of tie chief oppositl3ns to
our success as a great manufacturing
and diversified farming section Is that,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-07
CHAPTER VII.

1T was Christmastime-a veritable old fash
Toned Christmas-sharp frost white and
sparkling like the icing on wedding cake
powdering the fields and country lanes
giittering icicles pendant from branch and
housetops alike.
On the big ornamental lake frozen several
inches deep, a large and merry party was
skating.
Christmas being kept up in the good
old style at Mountjoy Park, and today being
Christmas Eve, saw the house party there
assembled, and largely augmented by con-
tingents from neighboring country houses
disporting themselves to their hearts content
upon the smooth, carefully surface of
the ice
The bright costumes of the ladies wrapned
in velvet and furs, gliding hand-in-hand
with their attendant cavaliers formed q
pretty picture and so it evidently seemed to
two, older and more sedate, who paused now
and again to gaze and comment on the ami
mated scene.
How particularly well dear Celia is look
ing today, John. Dent you think so?-and
so happy" remarked Lady Mountjov TO ber
companion, who was also her husband and
the owner of Mountjoy Park.
'.She does, indeed, my dear" replied Lord
Mountjoy, thoughtfuly. Has it occurred TO
YOU Helen, that her cousin seems mucb
struck with her?"
1T has, most certainly, and 1 will own If
has caused me some uneasiness. You know
marrying. STILL il her affections are fixed
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-07

Nothing serious, hope he added, seeing his
father looked grave and troubled.
You are right, Adrian. There is a reason
the very best of reasons; it has to do with
you. l have news for you that may-nay,
will-alter the whole tenor Of your life Can
you not guess it, my boy?"
And Lord Caron looked long and steadily
at the son who, with all his faults was SO
dear to him.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-11
KILLED REQUESTS FOR MONEY.
Appropriations Committee Had
Sharp Knife Out Yesterday.

Appropriation Committee Had a
Sharp Knife Out Yesterday.
The house committee on appropriations
killed few Of the money bills Yesterday
afternoon
MI. Riley Rep.), Of Jackson, in HI. F.
49, asked for $4,000 to erect monument
In memory OF the persons who were killed
by the Sioux Indians at Belmont and Des
MONIES IN 1857 and 1862. The recommenda-
The bill of Senator McKus,ck lRepo ~
zine, providing for q $4,000 appropriation for
monument to the memory OF the victims of
sne nlnckiey hre. was also indefinitely post
poned, on motion of Mr.. Roberts Rep), OF
Hennepin. who STATED that the state could
not afford to go into the monument business
.n Inc 9:l OF Mr. Bush (Rep). of Olmsted
$1,000 annually thereafter to enable the dairy
ana food commissioner to prosecute cases
against those who violated the dairy and
food laws, was killed.
The bill OF Mr. Truwe Rep.). Of Carver
raising the salary Of the deputy state treas
urer from $1,s00 to $1,000, was indefinitely
postponed. Mr.. Laybourn Rep.l, Of st. Louis
cost him about $50 per year.
Mr.. Staples said that he had also been in
formed this was the case, but the demand
was made by the surety company which had
furnished the bond for the state treasurer
A bill had been passed paying the premium
on this bond by the state and he was OPP
posed to having the surety company compel
another bond to be taken out for the dep
uty. There were other companies, and il
the matter was to be forced bond could be
secured elsewhere. The company which fur
nfshes the bond for the state treasurer liz the
one which Assemblyman Kirke is interested
in.
H.. F. 4S3, by Mr.. Lampe Onion), of Hen
nepin, providing for the appointment of an
agent at 500 per month to see that the laws
relating to cruelty to animals were enforced,
was recommended for indefinite postpone
ment before the clerk had read the title of
the bill.
The bill introduced by Senator McGnl
Rep), Of Ramsey, providing fo- the ap-
pointment Of a documentary clerk in the Of
year, was laid over, as Mr. McGill desired
to be heard ON the bill before action was
taken. 1t Is claimed the bill is to give
soft berth to Janitor Rose, who expects at
an early date to be deposed from his pres
ent Job.
The bill Of Mr.. Mausten Rep), Of Aitkin,
to reimurse soldiers Of the Spanish Amer
lean war. who came home sick furlough,
was killed
H. F.. 499, introduced yesterday by Mr.
Elwell Rep.), of Anoka, which increased the
pay of the state dairy and food commits
sioner and appropriated $4,000 annually for
the use of the department, was referred to
subcommittee, consisting of Messrs. Staples,
Deming and Thauwald.
The bill of Mr.. Marin Pop.), Of Polk, ask
ing for S., 600 to open the channel Of the lost
river in Beltrami and Polk counties, was
recommended for indefinite postponement.
appropriating 1000 for the care Of crippled
and deformed children, under direction of the
regents Of the state university, was laid over
until the committee could hear how the
money appropriated at the last session had
been disposed of and the need for future
amount.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-11

Lon v. Stephens is the first native
born Governor Of Missouri; neighbour
ing Kentucky has furnished the rest
AS chief executive Of the State of
Missouri his policy is business-like,
economical and progressive.
Gov. Stephens frankly and freely rec
ommends Paine's celery compound He
has been greatly benefited by it, and
whenever there is sickness in his family
Paine's celery compound is the rem
fdy that is used.
AS a witness to the wonderful eff
cacy of this remedy especially In
spring, the experience of the Chief Elk
ecutive of the State told in the follow
ing letter cannot be slightingly passed
over.
Executive Department.
State of Missouri,
Jefferson City, Feb. s, 1899.
Gentlemen:
l have used Paine's celery compound,
keep it in my house for family use, and
find it a splendid remedy. Very re-
specially yours,
LON Y. STEPHENS.
Why is Paine's celery compound to-
day the most successful spring rem
edy in the world?
1t is so wonderfully successful SIM
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-11
THE LEGISLATURE.


Oem.), Scott, amending the law relat-
for the debts of the other marital part
ner, providing that either should be
liable for actual necessities used in the
home.
Senator Greer (Rep), Wabasha, OBJ
jected to the verbiage of the bill, and
a slight amendment was made, where
upon the bill was recommended for
passage. Senator Grue Pop.), Kandi-
yohi, who was presiding in committee
Ives Oem.), Ramsey. who was on his
feet with a desire to be heard, the
vote was reconsidered, and quite
discussion ensued. The bill, it seems.
is being ardently advocated by the
state retail grocers' association, which
wants a chance to collect for groceries
sold. Senator Collier, however, dis
claimed any vicarious paternity in the
bill. and declares that he introduced it
Of his own volition and thought it was
just and right. Senator Benedict RepO.
Blue Earth, thought 1t was bad to COM
pei woman to pay for the food and
clothes of a worthless husband but II
was suggested that the lady might ap-
ply to Senator Benedict and have her
divorce regularly granted. At last the
bill was again recommended for pass
age, with an amendment providing
that the bill shall not apply to suits
pending in the courts at this time.
SNYDER WITHDREW 1T.
Senator Snyder Rep.), Hennepin
moved the indefinite postponement of
his bill providing for a change in the
manner of distributing assessments in
connection with the change of grades
of streets and alleys.
TO INVESTIGATE REESE
Lieut.. Gov. Smith appointed Senators
Underleak (Rep), Of Olmsted; Daugh-
erty (Rep). Of st. Louis, and Golfer
Dem.). of Scott, to investigate the re-
port of the clerk of the supreme court
as to fees.
SEND THE THIRTEENTH BACK
Senator Horton Rep.), Ramsey. Sc
cured the passage Of his resolution
asking President Mckinley to call the
Thirteenth regiment home.
BILLS INTRODUCED IN SENATE.
To amend Statutes Of 1894 limiting time Of
beginning actions. Judiciary. Is. r. 4sl,
Young, Rep, Of Swift - -
TO prevent the manufacture and sale Of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-11

ply because 1t accomplishes in every
instance exactly what is claimed for
it.
And of what other remedy can that
be said?
Every form of nervous trouble,
whether localized in the muscles, heart,
brain, or in the nerves themselves, is
cured-to stay cured-by Paine's celery
compound. Every kind and degree Of
impoverishment Of the system is over
come by this greatest of all invigor-
ators after other remedies have shown
no beneficial effect.
1t is the spring remedy vouched for
by physicians, teachers and we'll read,
well informed men and women in ev-
cry part of the country.
People are everywhere dying Of ex-
hausted nervous energy or dragging
out their lives in pain and discomfort,
because of sleeplessness, nervousness
and tagged out brains The objective
point Of Paine's celery compound in
successfully curing such nervous trou-
bles is to feed the nerves, build up the
wasted brain-parts, nourish the tissues
and increase the constructive capacity
Of the blood. Health and renewed life
to all the nervous tissues thus takes
the place of the lethargy and the de-
bility of disease, when Paine's celery
compound is employed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-11

No one will need to be told that
Paine's celery compound does it's best
work now as spring comes on. These
early spring days encourage getting
well. Nervous diseases are less stub
born and debility yields more quickly
now than at any other time.
1t will astonish every one who knows
Paine's celery compound only by hear
say, to try it now and to see the
change from yellow, sallow, COM
plexion to a fresh, healthy color; head
aches will wholly cease; sleep will re-
fresh and the mind grow clear. By
means of this great modern remedy
the liver that has been sluggish all win
ter becomes active, and bilious attacks
and the poisonous headaches and the
diseases akin to rheumatism, which are
its result, are cut short.
If it were possible to make house.
toulouse canvass of families where
Paine's celery compound is being used
during these early spring days, an over
whelming amount Of evidence would
appear, showing the implicit conf
dence that is placed in this greatest of
all spring remedies; and the enormous
number of people who are being cured
of some form of nervous troubles,
sleeplessness, indigestion, headaches,
neuralgia, heart troubles or a general
run down" condition.