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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-11-29
Returned to Columbia.

The Kelley Institute, which for some
menths has had its establishment in
Charleston, is DOW located in Columbia,
where it will be ready for the reception
of patients on and after Monday, De-
cember 4th. The fame Of the Kelley
cure for the whiskey habit is now firmly
established. There are so many in
stances" all over the country, of its
blessed effects, that the best testi-
monials Of its success are in the num-
bers of men whom it has released from
the thraldom Of the bottle and restored
to happiness and usefulness.
The whiskey habit is recognized as a
disease, and for the cure of that disease
the Kelley treatment is employed With
the happiest results.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-11-29
Thav Swung Him.

Tue body Of Wesley Lowrance, the
Negro who fos days ago crim!nally
assaulted Mrs. W. VI. Bowman, near
Nc David, in Escanbia county, Fla,
vas found Wednesday morning swing
log from tree near the scene Of his
crime. An armed posse found him in
a swamp near CaBoe, Ala, too ex-
hausted BY hunger to offer fight. He
was carried 10 the home of Mrs. Bow
man, and after he had been positively
identified, was hanged to a neighbor.
ing tree. As his body was hoisted
from the ground 1t was riddled With
bullet from some 200 rifles and revol-
vcrs. Sheriff Smith is investigating
he lynchiug.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-11-29
Why They DID Not Come

The following are the :, asous assigned
o. Mr. O,is Ashmore. a noted a>trvn"-
mer Of tteoIg a. for the uon appearance
O. /! e III tol c 5 over a>t wtes:
~ The i4.vnds have not appeaacd
in ,.a...- nu.n1c,s At this TINE IS
r, m ne. Wn'le the dt,A corc.rn-
ilg orbits aud motion are not
sutiIc.vu,ll oete1m'ned 10 make accurat.
prvulcli"u> c.,rcrrnl:s theu, a>tr'no-
Gecs ta,i g d r,asors TO expect d
much greater display than has Yet cc
cured. Ii IS still possible THAI We will
nave :. coaSideranl; shower, bat the
ch.Lc : are "g,iu>t it, aud they l.s-eG
every day Among tie prohatle
causes OF their non appearance are:
First, the earlier ones may have
pass d through tie meteor stream IN
day time, when even the NEST brilliant
display otherwise would have been
completely masked by the suns rays.
1t taxes the earth cnly from four to
eight hours to pass through the meteor
stream, and it is quite possible for the
earth to pass through them in the day
time. If this has been the case it Is
likely that portion Of the earth ia
least was exposed to the edge Of the
passing stream during the early dawn.
This may have beer in the ocean, or IN
sparsely settled land areas.
Again, there is some reason to
think that the Leouids travel in several
groups along the common orbit, anc
that at this return the earth Shipped
between the separate ageregations with
out collision with the main body Of the
meteorS.
Another possible explanation lies
in the tidal effect of the sun 5 attrac-
ton, which constantly terds TO dlsia-
,eerate the mt teoric mass aud distribute
the me,eoric matter uniformly around
the orbit. The earth at each return
would intercept a less number Of
neteors in this thin stream. These
little bodies for .hirtyth1ee years have
been exposed to various disturbing
forces along their path, and very
Sigh. change in their orbit would scnd
-5em clear of the earth's path.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-11-29

f,w wears OF her lie she grew bitter
and eros Can vou assign \ reason for
th;s jf II i trne3'
" DOM ,h;nL that vas co she re-
,,I;nf ~ 80 wss oIravS. hr;oht A., j
'.h,r,fuI sirl E,,,w ,,f nn,b,ng cal.
,.plaI.d - M Ike t4r hitter She :. lwa,s
,ri.ved Good health rD.Io a Sort lime
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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-11-29
HUMAN BRUTES HUNG.
Ed Luckey and Tom Mitchell Hanged
at Darlington.

A special dispatch from Darlington
to The State says Edmund Luckey and
Thomas Mitchell, two Negroes about Is
years Of age, were hanged there Friday
in the county jail for brutally assault
ing and ravishing Miss Josephine Laf-
ferty, young white woman, near La
mar, in that county, Oct. Sth. Th
drop fell at 1915 and both necks were
broken, death being instantaneous.
The manner in which the execution
was done reflects credit upon Sheriff
Scarborough and his deputies. Both
the condemned fully realized that they
would die and Thursday professed con-
version. The colored ministers have
been with them daily. Their breakfast
Friday morning renamed untouched,
and when first seen about 9 clock they
were sitting on their cot with their
faces buried in their hands and chant
ing a monotonous dirge, swaying their
bodies from side to side and patting the
floor with their feet. Luckey stated
that he was guilty, but did not think
that he ought to be hanged, and in the
same breath added that Tom Mitchell
was not with him at the time and had
nothicg to do with the commission of
the crime. This statement is different
from the one he made during the trial,
and upon whose testimony Mitchell
was largely convicted. Mitchell has
always protested his innocence and
held out to the end.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-11-29
Killed by A Train

\ dispatch from E1stis, Fla, says
John Z. Wheelock Of Grand Island
was run over and istantly killed by a
railroad train at that place Friday
morning. He was walking on the track
and, being deaf, failed to hear the
caution signal of the engineer. Mr..
Wheelock was an old Union veteran.
Some years ago he went to E;uador
and was imprisoned ou trumped
up charge but through the in
tercessior Of the state department at
Washington Was finally released. He
received large indemnity from the
rerublic of Ecuador.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-11-29
Killed in a Runaway.

Mrs. NJ. \ Vickroy, of Alexandria,
Va. died Wednesday as the result Of
an accident. She was out driving with
Judge n l.. Griffith of Prescott,
Ariz. The horses boiling, both occu-
pants Of the vehic'c were thrown
violently to the ground. Griffith was
unconscious for two hours and is IN a
critical state. Mrs. Iickroy and her
husband resided in Arizoaa in the
early days, the latter owning extensive
interests here. He erected the first
stamp mill in the territory. Mrs.
\ickroy was a familiar character in
the national capital during the past
fifteen years, having successfully put
claims Of 500, 900 through the courts
for the destruction of mining property.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-11-29
Two Men Drowned.

Pilot Frank ". Walter and al Ital
ian sailor were drowned at Pensacola,
Fla, Thursday night. Walter boarded
the Italian bark Pensacola to pilot her
in. \ high sea was running and the
vessel began to bump the side of the
channel. Walter ordered the anchors
out and with three of the sailors started
in small boat for the pilot steamer
Somcrs y. Smith to assist the bark.
The boat caps;z=d Two Of the sailors
were rescused but Walter and the other
sailor were drowned
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-11-29
Buried in a Swamp.

News was received at Jackson. Ga,
Thursday that small posse Of citizens
who have been searching for the Ne
gro who attempted an assault on Mrs.
Thomas McCIue Monday came upon the
man in swamp on the Ocmu'see river
near Jackson late Monday night and
Immediately riddled his body with bul.
let's 1t is reported that ne Vas buried
in the swamp. The posse quietly re-
turned home and news Of the killing
has Just been made known.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-11-29
Town DESTROYED.

A telephone message from Paris,
Lokan county, Texas reports the town
of Magazine destroyed b. tornado
Tuesday nj ght, Vi tgazine is on the new
Choctaw and Memphis read, 80 miles
east of Fort Sruith. All efforts to
reach Magazine by wire today failed.
Bonneville, ten miles from Magazine,
suffered severe storm, houses being
blown down and cattle killed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-11-29
Elections Declared.

The State board of can7assers met
Wednesday and canyasscd the returns
from several special elections, declar-
ing the resaiss. Nr. McDermott was
declared elected senator from Horny
county; and Nr. Crosson will succeed
Col. Griffith in the senate from Loxing
ton county. Mr. Brantley was de-
clared elected a member OF the house
from Orangeburg county to succeed DR..
Sturkie, resigned. State.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-11-29
Hanged Himself.

Joseph Richards, Of Macon, Ca,
white, twenty-eight years Of age, the
owner Of dray line, hanged himself
Thursday. The suicide was the re-
suit Of religious mania. Richards had
attended the Salvation Army at
Augusta. Thurs lay morning he told
one If his men that he had been tried
"Wednesday night before the bar Of
God for a great crime that be had COM
mitted an tha. b, must de and 40.
see the i'd of Goi. An hour later
his body acc found suspended from
Iafterin Wasbarn.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-11-29
The Vice President Dead.

Garrett A. Hobart, vice president OF
the United States, died at his home in
Paterson, y. j., at $50 O'Clock Tues
day, morning Nov. 2l. At his bedside
were Mrs. Hobart and his son, Garrett
\. Hobart. .Jr, ogether with DR.:
William X. Newton and his wife and
Private Secretary Evans. Mr. Hobarts
death had been expected for some
hours. The beginning Of the end came
Monday afternoon when there was a
sudden f4ilure OF the heart, and frola
this attack Mr.. Hobart never rallied.
He had been sick for long time, and
had suffered frequently from heart fail
ure, and his strength had been under
mined. Gradually the failure Of the
heart action became more apparent,
and soon after midnight Mr. Hobart
became unconscious. He remained IN
that conci:ion until his death. Mr..
Hobart's death was due directly to
angina pectoria, complicating myocar-
ditis.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-11-29
HISTORY OF THE CRIME.

Sunday morning, Oct. 8, Miss Jose
phine Lafferty, who lives within two
miles OF Lamar, in this county, with
her aged mother AID sisters, left her
home at 10 o'clock for that Of her
brother, about mile distant to proecre
some necessary articles Of food. To
shorten the distance between the
houses path had been made through
the woods, which led by negro cabin
in which were collected number Of
negroes, as is their custom on Sunday
mornings, to shave each other, smoke
their pipes and discuss the events of
the week. Miss Lafferty was not at
her brothers home more than half an
hour when she returned by the same
route. AS soon as she passed the nc
gro cabin, according to Luckey's testi-
mony in court, Mitchell called him out
and they followed her. She wore a
large suubonnet, and doubtless little
thought Of the danger behind ner.
Sneaking stealthiiy up behind her
Luckey grabbed her by the neck and
choked her into insensibility. The
only exclamation she was heard to make
was, PLEASE turn me loose The rest
of the story is too horrible to relate, and
she was left on tie ground for dead.
More than two hours afterwards she
was seen approaching her home, scarce
ly able to walk, her hands supporting
her head, nose and mouth bleeding and
her eye balls protruding beyond the
lashes. To her sister she said: ed
mund tried to kill me: he choked me
nearly death, but thank God | am still
alive" DR.. Josie was summoned and
has attended her ever since, her broth
er Will stating Friday that an abscess
had formed on each of the large arte-
ries IN the neck and one was now dis
charging on the inside of her mouth.
Her condition is still critical.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-11-29
Marion, S. c., Nov. %. 1899.

To Whom il May Concern:
At the request of Mr.. B. B Sellers |
state what | know about the manufac-
ture Of breastplates by the Marion Iron
works. am employed in the iron
works. On or about the l4th Of this
month Mr.. Spears, the blacksmith of
the iron works, IN lde two breastplates
ont Of boiler steel at said works for Mr..
Dudley HaselGen. | saw Mr.. Hasel-
cen ia the shop while the work was
being done, and heard him say to Mr..
Spears that certain piece of sl:el
would answer. One Of the hreastplates
was delivered to him that day and [
packed the other the next day and
shipped it to Mr.. Haselden at Coum-
bia. His
.lstes E0oS y Powell!
Ii. +, DanfoId. Mark.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-11-29
To Whom it May Concern:

10 " nom It Nay OOncCrN:
Atthe request of Mr.. B. B, Sellers |
will state what know OF the manufac
ture Of breastp!ates by the Marion Iron
works for Mr.. J. D. Hsselden. | am
employed in SAID works. On or about
the l4th Of this mouth [ saw Mr..
Spears at work on what he said at the
rme was breastpate. saw Mr..
Dudlcy Hasrlden at the works that day.
| do not care to state what heard
from others at the time.
Carl Mathews.
The times., 1899-06-03
tppIied History.

Away back in those prehistoric days
when everybody read Sir Walter Scott,
many intelligent persons must have been
impressed with the Judgment and good
sense displayed by Saladin in his conversa-
tion with Sir Kenneth in the "Talisman."
1t will be remembered that these two wor-
thies met near fountain in the desert,
and sat down 10 eat luncheon together, af-
ter the usual friendly encounter with war
like weapons. And our English descent
need not prevent us from seeing that more
than once the Saracen had the best of the
argument.
This was, in short, very much such
conversation as one of our American vol
unteers might have with Filipino picket
if the two could understand each other and
met under a flag of truce. To be sure,
the Filipino would hardly be equal in in
telleet or anything else to the wisest Sui
tan of the Middle Ages; but he might, if
as frank as the Saracen warrior, tell the
American some important things.
The particular thing which it is fitting
TO quote at this time from the conversa-
tion Of the Crusader and his foe is this:
The two had been Dragging, politely of
course, of the prowess of their respective
champions. and the Scot remarked that
though the Crusaders might be few in
numbers, one steel glove may crush
whole handful of hornets. To this the
Saracen replied:
Az, but it must first enclose them within its
grasp.
The situation in the Philippines is lit
tie like that of the Holy Land during the
Crusades. The enemy has every advan-
tage of position and knowledge of the
country. Our army. like the steel glove,
may be able to crush any number of its
harassing little foes, but it must first catch
them
The times., 1899-06-03
Writing for Posterity.

Among the various gifts of Mark Twain
is that of giving mankind something TO
talk about. and really, when one thinks
about 1t, that is a gift most valuable to
society at large. Consider what would
happen in a world where there was moth
ing to talk about!
The latest achievement of Mr.. Clemens
in this peculiar line is the declaration that
he is writing a book which is not to be
published until he shall have been dead
one hundred years. This is rather hard
on the present generation, but, after all,
perhaps we owe something to posterity,
and this will be a good way to pay the
debt.
1t seems almost too bad, however, that
it should have been Mark Twain who car
ries out this idea. There are great many
people now engaged in literary work who
might cause their fellow beings intense
joy by adopting it. There is Professor
Harry Thurston Peck. for example. He
has recently written an article on the po-
sition of woman, in which he proves to
his own satisfaction that this is a world
Of change and of progress: that woman's
natural work is so closely allied with
mans welfare that any change on her part
would be fraught with Importance. and
that therefore she must not change, but
remain as she has always been, world
without end. amen. He claims for man
all perfections, including perfect knowl-
edge of woman. He sets up a woman OF
straw, called the new woman, whom he
thrashes with all the innocent delight of
a small boy playing knight-errant; and he
digs up from the moldy antiquity of the
early ffties all the unsavory old argu-
ments used at that time against woman's
rights He does not even omit, as most
decent men now do In discussing this
question, covert insult TO the woman who
earns her own living but assumes that
she must bestow at least some part of her
emotions on every man with whom she
comes in contact. II Mr.. Peek's works
could be left unpublished until a hundred
years after his death, he would cause con-
siderable amusement as a majestcally SOL
emn fossil His is the sort of unconscious
humor which grows funnier with time.
On the whole, the idea of Mark Twain
The times., 1899-06-03
HMM in ESfremis

1t was only the day before yesterday, if
We remember, that Senator Foraker, Mr.
McKisson. OF Cleveland, and all and sin
gular the representatives of whatever de-
cency remains in the Ohio Republican
camp, had coalesced and Joined with the
convenient Daugherty and others in one
grand, comprehensive, sweeping and in
vincible scheme to submerge Marcus Alon-
20 Hanna in the depths of political OBJ
livion from which he sprang, so that he
would never be heard from again.
There was but one thing lacking to
the success of this friendly move which
was that it did not work. Although the
preliminary organization, the committee
on credentials, and all the other mercies
were perfectly safe to make a simian. and
a anctifed exposition of the junior Sen
ator, it is a strange thing to relate. but
true, that they did not have that effect.
On the contrary, Mr.. Hanna nominated his
candidate for Governor on the second bal
lot, and is still doing business at the old
stand. The spoils system order, which
helped TO pull him through was Loyalty
endorsed and praised in the platform, and
that same document added to the mirth
of nations by denouncing trusts.
People are too apt TO forget, in connec-
tion with Republican conventions, that
the party they represent is one and !ndi-
visible. and that its other name is Hanna.
The times., 1899-06-03
GOT EVEN WITH CLEVELAND.
disappointed Omce-Seekers Drives
Him From n Trout Stream.

Winsted, Conn, June 2-Grover Cleve-
land narrowly escaped arrest while fishing
in the streams in a small settlement To-
Gated Just over the State line in the Berk-
shire Hills of Massachusetts. The for
mer President came up from New Jersey
last week to rusticate with Editor Richard
Watson Glider, of the Century" magazine.
who owns summer cottage at Tyringham
Early Tuesday morning Mr.. Cleveland.
looking every inch like country Nimrod.
started out in quest of trout. He tres
passed on posted land and angled for the
speckled beauties. regardless of the signs.
Trespassing, hunting, and fishing on
these premises strictly forbidden by law
He was not molested until he wandered
on TO the fishing grounds of Frank John
son, Tyringham farmer. johnson, who
had one fisherman arrested this season
for taking trout out of his brook, deserted
Grover just as he landed an unusually
large one. Accosting Mr.. Cleveland, John
son ordered him to leave his premises post
haste or he would have him arrested.
The mandate was complied with.
Mr.. Cleveland shouldered his bamboo
and, Arablike, quietly stole away. In
climbing over a fence his three hundred
pounds of avoirdupois sunk several of the
fence posts and made kindling wood of
the rails. The farmers CONSERVATION can
better be pictured than described when in
formed that the lone fisherman was for
mer President Cleveland. Johnson re-
marked: You don't say so. Why. l was
after the village postoffice when he was
President the last time but l didn't get
It, l reckon we're bout even now" Mr..
Cleveland returned to Gray Gables yester-
day
The times., 1899-06-03
No Cause for Panic.

tfrOm IEt touidhl.J
Ever since troops went TO Cuba-and cspe
cially since the return of the volunteers from
that island-the dread of a fever epidemic has
haunted the health officers of the Gulf States.
But we sincerely hope that none of the other
State boards will be infected by the fears of the
Texas board and initiate its precipitancy. One
case does not make epidemic. and does not
necessarily mean epidemic. Quarantnng
against neighbor States and neighbor cities
means-once it becomes gencr.-a paralysis of
business, a prostration OF industries and un-
reasoning panic among the people Perhaps it
wouldn't be true to say that the fear numbers
more victims than the disease, but panic is a
terribly costly affair in all ways and should not
be lightly started Sporadic of yellow
fever are to be expected this season; it would he
almost a miracle il none occurred; the physi-
clans along the Gulf Coast are keeping a vigil
liant watch for them. On the last two occa-
sions of its appeatance in this country the dis
ease seemed to have parted with its old malig-
nant virulence. SCIENCE has better knowledge
Of it than before, and new weapons against
it. There is excuse for an exhibition of ner-
vous alright in anything that has happened this
season or is likely to happen.
The times., 1899-06-03
SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1899.
The situntLon nj Manila.

After discussing the question for two
hours the Cabinet yesterday decided to
suspend hostilities in the Philippines and
10 postpone the call for volunteers for the
present. 1t is a pity that the Tagal mu-
tineers could not have been induced to
take similar action. What is DENLY
doing in Manila if he cannot secure
a little concession like that from the
natives he has delighted not only with
halls. but with lectures by Schurman
and Worcester on the Higher Education, 50
the Separation Church and State" the
Influence OF the -oIlege Professor on So
ciology." and How to Transform Decom-
posed Army Beef Into Whitewash?"
II is evident from our dispatches that,
far from any desire TO establish a truce,
the Filipinos are now taking advantage of
the breathing spell they won from the
meddling Peace Commission, have recruit
ed their forces, manufactured more Mau-
ser cartridges and are ready for an active
bad weather campaign against our line.
ii is not much OF a line, because. with only
about twenty-six thousand effective troops.
Otis cannot hope TO do much more than
hold Manila and its surroundings. But,
whatever it amounts to. the experience of
Major Bell yesterday and the pot shooting
at the men in the trenches every night are
evidence enough that, while We may sus-
pend hostilities as much as Alger desires.
the rebels are not intending to do any
thing of the kind.
This brings US to the other wise decision
reached at yesterdays Cabinet council. 1t
was a most interesting and Arkansas
Traveller decision. Since the rains would
prevent aggressive military operations in
the Philippines at the present time, where
would be the use in calling out volunteers?
OF course, we do not know, except that if
it is expected TO make any head against
the mutiny in the autumn, the troogs de-
signed for that purpose would have TO be
organized. armed, equipped, and drilled as
soon as possible.
General King, just returned from the
field of glory, says. to be sure, that the
situation is serious, and that ii will take
large force, larger than any We have
heretofore thought of, TO subdue the re-
bellion and garrison conquered territory.
But he is only soldier. and his views are
not liable TO be like those OF peaceful
civilians OF the Alger and DENLY variety.