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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-09-13
Married Five Sisters.

Bill Mercer, of Raccoon Creek, Va,
is probably the happiest mortal in the
county. He has secured his fifth mar
riage license and wines and other deli
cacies for the feast that is to follow.
Mr.. Mercer has just passed his fftleth
year, and was married to his first wife
when ni1eteen. She was Miss Jennie
Mofat, and her four successors have
been her sisters. Ada, Catherine, Mis-
souri,, and finally Anna. She is twenty
six and good looking. There is but
one more of the Moffat girls left, and
she is now twenty. The parents Of the
girls made no objections to their daugh-
ters marrying Mercer. Consumption
carried off most of the Mrs. MERGERS.
Mr.. Merceris the father of eigh. chill
dren. Mercer declares that he just
simply fell in love with the Moffat
forn y
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-09-13
MILLS AND CROP OF THE SOUTH.
Yield Of Last Year Greatest Recorded
but Value Decreased.

Secretary Hester New Orleans cot
ton exchange annual report was issued
in full Wednesday. He puts the cot
crop of 199S-99 at II, 274, $40 bales, an
increase of 74,S45 over 1898, and
says that while Texas, including lBdian
Territory, shows an excess Of 4oO, 900
bales, and the group of Atlantic States,
consisting of Alabama, Georgia,
Florida, North Carolina, South Caro-.
lima, Kentucky and Virginia, increased
only 5000 bales, the group OF other
Gulf States, consisting Of Arkansas,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee,
Oklahoma and Missouri have fallen of
414, 900.
Mr.. Hester puts the average CONNER
cial value of the crop at S25.OS per
bale against $29.62 last year, s36.76
the year before, and S41.09 in 1895 sc,
and the total value Of the crop at $685.
77l3, 900, against 1920, ,553, 900 last year
and 1920, 925, 900 the year before. He
calls attention to the fact that the
money value Of the cotton crop just
marketed is slightly under that Of the
1898 81 crop, which was 3,725, O23
bales less. The value Of the lS93-94
crop had been 1888. lis, 600.
He puts the total spindles in the
south at 1852 092, an increase over
last year of 694,S4S. These included
S23, 354 now not complete. The net
gain in the number Of southern mills
has been So, making the total now $50,
and the consumption has been divided
as follows: Alabama 1872, 1853 bales, an
increase Of 3l,6O1; Arkansas 3,192
bales, an increase Of 1888; Georgia
27l, ,SO7 bales, an increase Of Is, 100;
Kentucky 26,S42 bales, an increase OF
6S6; Louisiana, 1S,025 bales, an in
crease of 1876; Mississippi 19,S94
bales, decrease Of 1856, Missouri 3,969
bales, an increase Of 233;; North Caro-
lima 392, ,4S7 bales, an increase of 49,
616; South Carolina 443, ,97S, and in
crease Of SIS, S24; Tennessee 81, 3l6 bales,
a decrease Of 2 ,335; 1exas l6, ,059 bales,
an increase of 1865; Virginia 46,O99
bales, an increase of 4, 24O. Total con-
sumption of cottonin the South, +, $685.
800 bales, an increase Of 110, ,O79.
In reference to the general manufac-
turing industry Of the country and it's
comparative progress north and south,
Mr.. Hester says that the year has been
an active one for American mills. Low
prices for tie raw material and I'M
proved values for manufactured goods
have enabled northern spinners to re-
cover from the depression of the two
previous years and the result with a
continued improvement in the south,
has been the largest consumption OF
of cotton and the heaviest takings by
mills on record. He puts the consump-
ton of northern mills for the year at
100000 bales which together with
that Of the South makes an aggregate for
the entire country Of ,599,0OO. In
the South, the activity within the year
in building new mills has been without
parallel. More than 100000 spindles
have been added to mills in operation
and there are now being erected IN old
and new concerns nearly S25, 900 spin
pies. In addition to this there are
projected in every southern State cot
ton manufactures covering many thou
sands of spindles.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-09-13
NO MORE BEER PRIVILEGES.
They Will All Be Abolished Novem.
Der l.

If there is one feature Of the dispen-
sary system which has caused more
trouble than another it has been the
beer dispensaries. T8o-thirds of the
time of the monthly meetings Of the
board of control are taken up with set
tling matters connected with these dis
pensaries.
The board has decided to abolish
them altogether and the new .ssarrapge-
ment will go into effect November L.
Thereafter consumers will have to get
their beer from regular dispensers. Lit
tie inconvenlen ce will result as plans are
being arranged which will make the
purchase and delivery of beer as con
venient'as it now is.
After full discussion Of the whole
matter Saturday morning, the board
adopted the following resolution, which
was introduced by Mr.. i. J. Williams:
Resolved, That all beer dispensa-
ries are hereby ordered closed and the
terms of Office Of such dispensers are
declared to be vacant; this order to be-
come effective on November l, 1899.
Resolved, further, That semi-ster-
ilized Or family beer be supplied to con-
sumers through the regular county dis
pensaries, and that breweries usually
seeking business with the dispensary
are requested to submit bids to the
State board of control at the October
meeting, proposing to supply such beer
bottled and in crates and in such guam
titles as may be necessary to be ship
ped to various county dispensaries di-
rect, and at such times as it may be Or
dered out by the board.
"And it is further resolved, That the
board at the October meeting designate
such dispensaries as it is deemed rru-
dent to require to handle such beer,
and that they be required to handle
such beer business by November l.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-09-13
THE WEATHER AND CROPS.
Weekly Review Of United States
Weather Bureau for this State.

The following is the weekly bulletin
Of the condition of the weather and
crops of the State for the past week,
issued Wednesday by Director Bauer Of
the South Carolina section Of the Unit
ed States weather bureau.
The temperature, during the week
ending September t, 1899, averaged
about normal, having been cooler than
usual during the first part and warmer
than usual during the last part OF the
week. At few places only did the
temperature rise above 90 degrees,
while the lowest minina for the noath
were recorded on August Both.
The rains for the week were general,
heavy, and continuous, except over the
northeastern portion Of the State,
where showers only occurred. The rain
fall for the week averaged from half an
inch at Cheraw to six and one half
inches at Charleston. The drought was
efectually broken.
Cotton did not receive much, it any,
beceft from the rains, except possibly
very late cotton that will nov put on a
top crop. As an effect Of the rain rust has
increased and open cotton has become
stained, and some blown to the ground,
sprouting and rotting in the bo!ls is al
so Q.li,e general. Fairweather is need
ed for gathering cotton. Picking was
retarded by the wet weather. The yield
prospects have not improved and con-
tinue poor. Sea-island cotton is opeu-
ing rapidly and is being picked as it
opens. Blight and shedding continue.
The rains came in time to help late
corn, which is now vely prom islng
where not being destroyed by army
worms which infest nearly every county
in the western portion Of the State. But
little fodder could be saved during the
week.
Early rice harvest is well under way,
and stacked rice suffered somewhat
from the heavy rains, which, however,
were very beneficial! on late rice.
Peas and peavire for forage, as we'll
as sugar cane, sweet potatoes, sorghum,
and peanuts, were materially improved
by the wet weather. Grass for hay is
making rapid growth, but in the west.
ern counties suffers from army worms.
The week afforded but little opportuni-
ty for saving hay Much land was
sown and resown to turnips. In the
trucking districts, cabbage and straw
berry plants were set out.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-09-13
Texas Cotton Crop.

The Galveston News published re-
port Thursday Of the cotton crop of Tex
as and the territories made up of 385
reports Of an average date of Septem-
Der 3, covering 134 Texas counties, and
% points in the Indian and Oklahoma
territories. These reports indicate a
decrease in the yield of Texas Of 36.8
per cent and for Texas and the terrific
ries Of 37.5 per cent. Drouth caused
most of the loss.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-09-13
The Leading Names.

British census reports of family
names give for England and Wales
253, COG Smiths, 242, 100 Joneses and
Williams, Taylor, Davies and Brown
following in order. For Scotland,
Smith leads, followed by Mcdonald,
Brown, Thompson, Robertson, Stewart
and Campbell. Murphy is ahead in
Ireland, there being $4,000 Of the n;
then come Kelley, 53, 900; Sullivan,
-, 900; Walsh, II, 80; Smith, 81 ,OOe;
O'Brien, 33, 400; Byrne, $4,000; Ryan,
81 900; Connor, 3l.20O; ONeil, 29,-
100 and Reillv - 00G.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-09-13
A Queer Case.

4 dispatch from Sycamore, ILL.,, says:
Lyle Smith, son Of Deputy Sheriff
Frank Smith, died here, aged 30 years,
He was born with imperfect valves OF
the heart, so that the venuous and ar
terial blood were not separated. This
caused his complexion to be very sus-
ceptible to the changes Of the weather.
Ia pleasant weather he was Of fail
color, but when a storm was approach
ing he would begin to show signs OF
changing before it was visible, and
gradually became blue color, the ne
vous blood predomiating. Physicians
had studied his case aid predicted his
early death.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-09-13
Killed for One Cent.

News comes from Georgetown, S. c.,
that on Saturday Charley Chung, a
Chinese laundryman, killed young
Negro named Jas. Porcher. Chung
claimed that balance CT one cent was
due him for laundry, quarrel ensued
ard the Chinaman fired a pistol ball
into the Ncgros abdomen. If Chung
is found guilty Of murder he will be the
first Chiuaman ever hanged in South
Carolina.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-09-13

ing through the barred village like a
whirlwind. Far down the long street
We heard shouting, screaming, then,
above the denfening roar Of the horses
hoofs, the firing of muskets. The next
moment the horsemen thundered past,
ard even through the binding dust we
could see it was company OF our own
men, reighbors from the Ridge district,
who like the Hookstown youths had
gone out to stop the progress Of the
guerrillas. In the distance they had
mistaken the first squad for the enemy,
and had given chase. while it was quite
evident that the Hookstown boys, re-
turning the compliment, we're fleeing
from them. The mistake was both an
noying and ridiculous, but at that time
scarcely mirth- provoking, since in ad-
dition to the duel likely to occur De-
fore it could be recti6ed, the blunder
had left the road to the river entirely
unguarded, and the town wholly at the
mercy of the raiders.
The hersemen galloped on, deaf to
the shouts from the sidewalk, and if
trio of laggards had not brought up the
rear far enough behind the racers to
hear what the villagers were screaming,
it is quite probable there would have
been bloodshed between the friendly
squads before they discovered their
mistake. But the laggards we're not
long in overtaking the hind riders,
whose white flag soon brought the run
aways ahead of them to standstill.
Half an hour later the would-betroop-
ers came thurdering back, looking
crestfallen. There was no halting in
the town, however, the report that the
raiders were coming up the valley leav-
ing no time for the exchange Of jokes.
The remainder of the afternoon
proved quite as exciting as the fore
noon, had been, as rumors of all sorts
regarding the movements of the raiders
were in circulation. Ominous reports
of adesperate battle in progress came
with the shadows of night, and Ugh
glow shining through the darkness in
the direction Of the river, gave credence
to the story that Glasgow was ablaze,
having been pillaged and fired by the
raiders.
1t lacked but half an hour to mid
night, and we were trying to get title
rest, watching in turns while the others
slept, when suddenly, out Of the silent
darkness, the noise of horses feet was
heard. Nearer and nearer came the
march. like tread, reasuring in its regu-
larity; few horsemen rode by in leis
urely way, and then down in the vii
lage cheer after cheer rent the air.
Morgan must be captured" cried
Joe, picking up his cap for another
race down town.
1t was all true enough; Morgan had
surrendered to Gen. Shackelford, with
out battle, early in the afternoon.
The capture had taken place far of in
Columbiana county, Ohio, fully Is
miles from our town. All our excite
meut and alarm had been groundless,
that "Glaspow fire. was only the refec.
ton Of bonfire kindled by lot Of
boys to celebrate the capture of Nor
gan. The Hookstown men had waited
hours, after the truth was known, to
catch glimpse Of the prisoners, who
were now we'll on their way to the mill
tary prison at Columbus. '.
Chisolm in n Y. Evening Post.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-09-13
3 Fatal Mistake.

The cure Of Cicognols, Italy, was
conducting mass at Ccraballo, near
Genoa, when Immediately after drink
ing some of the consecrated wine he
fell to the floor IN front Of the altar
and died almost instantly. The cures
aephew had, by mistake, filled the cup
from vessel containing liquid used
for cleaning purposes in the church,
and which was deadly poison.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-09-13
& Blue Rose.

\ blue rose is described by the Ger
man gardners in Siavo1ia, Chwoika and
Bitz, who are cultivatiug it. Reports
come Of blue roses that grow wild in
Scrvia and specimen was sent to them
two years ago, with beautiful violet blue
flowers. They have been experi@ ent-
ing to see whether the color is retained
under cultivation or whether it is due
to the soil OF the moors where it is
foun1. If the roses retain their blue
the plants will be for sale in 1901.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-09-13
Gave Them Beri- i-Beri.

The Rev. Peter Macqueen, who has
been saying things about Gen. Otis
since his return from the Philippines,
declares that the Eagan canned roast
beef found its way to the firing lines
at Manila. He says: In the Philip
pines the men can not eat it. The cans
actually explode. Filipino prisoners
of war were confined in the Spanish
dungeons, old and damp, and fed on
canned beef. 1t was not long until
they began dying of beri-beri. -Four
or five died each day until 25O out OF
800 were dead.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-09-13
The Atlanta Sensation.

A semi official agency declares that
the statement recently made by Charles
E. Benthein at Atlanta, Ga, to the
effect that Alvin Florschuetz, when
United States vice consul at Sonneberg,
used the seals, letter heads, etc., Of the
consulate for years before the Dreyfus
case came up for the transmission to the
German war Office of French military
secrets is pure invention. It is also
said that Bentheim Was never employ
ed in the Offices Of the German staff Of
Germany as he has claimed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-09-13
q Hint to OelinC uents.

An exchange published, a long obit-
uary Of man who had died in the
community, closing with the state
ment that "a long procession Of people
followed the remains to their last roast
ing place. " The family read the notice
and discovered the supposed error
and asked the editor to make cor
rection in the word roasting" but he
said he could not do it until seven
years back subscription had been paid.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-09-13
Georgia Cotton Crop,

Commissioner Of Agriculture 0. B.
Stevens, who returned to Atlanta
Thursday after an inspection Of the
crops throughout Middle and South
Georgia, states that cotton will be at
least half a million bales short and that
in order to realize Is per cent of the
crop Of 1899, conditions will have to
-,emain favorable for some time to come.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-09-13
& Number Of Lives Lost.

An open switch caused wreck on
the Erie railroad at Miller's station,
Pa, Wednesday, in which three Mead
vile men were killed and one injured.
A tramp was also killed and another
injured. \ westbound freight train
had taken siding to allow train No. .,
vestibuled limited New York Chicago
express, to pass. The switch was left
open and the passenger train ran into
the rear end of the freight at the rate
of 60 miles an hour, ploughing through
freight cars.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-09-13
A Slight Mistake.

\ Louisville newspaper has been
forced to offer an apology to Colonel
Phil Thompson for freak of one OF
its linotype machines. The papers
report Of Colonel Thompson's speech
at the Lexington convention recently
made him say that sat the Louisville
convention in 1896 we nominated a
lying devil, when the fact was that
he had said they nominated "Alvin
Duyall."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-09-13
Priest Marries His Nurse.

Father Charles Brady, priest Of the
Catholic church, was taken sick in
Quincy, ILL.,, three weeks ago, and was
ru-sed back to health by Miss Addie
Gwinn, Protestant nurse. 1t is an
nounced that Father Brady and the
nurse we're married in St. Louis few
days ago by a Protestant minister.
The marriage means the retirement Of
the priest from the church. Father
Brady, who is wealthy, was educated
for the priesthood at Rome.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-09-13
a Fish Story.

Adv jale, In, nan say that
while fishing he tied his line about his
ankle and went to sleel on the bank Of
the river. \ twenty-one pound carp
which seized the hook pulled the man
off the bank iuto the river. He was
rescued just in time and the fish land
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-09-13
The Smith Family.

Four thousand Of the Smith family
held areunion at Peacock, y. J. recent
ly. All Of them trace their ancestry
to certain John Smith who came to
that part of the country as boy 100
years ago. Whether he was relative
of John Smith Of the Pocahontas love
affair is not known.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-09-13
pnisnne6 Birds.

Tourists travelling in Ital y are warn
ed against eating small birds served
with poIenta or otherwise. A number
Of cases Of poisoning after eating such
bids I'D at last to investigations which
showed that the birds had been handled
carelessly by persons who took of their
feathers for milliners and used arsenic
to preserve them.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-09-13

The farmers are busy getting out
their cotton, and have no time just now
for anything else.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-25
Old MN HAN[R.
xa>a<a~s>a>s~see<ee@>a%s<

The judge and the colonel were drink
ing their midnight bottle Of beer and
complaining about the heat.
Old Man Hauer, however, seemed o
be suffering from Il chill. He had
heavy, double breasted REFER buttoned
tightly around him and an old fur cap On
his head head.
whats tue matter, Haner?' asked
the judge. Cant you keep warm?'
Now Old Man Haner had camped on
an iceberg for three consecutive years.
He had used the equator for a skipping
rope half way round the earth. He had,
perforce, inhabited the crater of an ac-
tive volcano for ten days and had sailed
through the sea of liquid air which sur
rounds the north pole.
weather" said Old Man Haner to
the judge, sis all Il matter of habit. l
found that out when | got home from my
second whaling trip to the arctic Ill 1901.
Our ship, the Saucy Sally, was frozen
into an iceberg off the north coast of
Alaska. We left it there and started off
in whalebOats. Captain Hawins and |,
with three of the men in one of the
boats, finally lost sight of the rest of the
crew. Then we found place where
polar bears and walruses were plenty,
built q hut of ice and settled down. 1t
was pretty middling cold. The alcohol in
our spirit lamps often froze while the
wicks were burning. The air was so
nearly frozen and so thick that we had 10
dilute it with melted snow. We lived in
the hut for nearly three years Every
day the captain took our bearings. We
were drifting slowly around to the east
At half past 5 on the morning of July D,
1906, we woke up, and there, not half a
mile away, lay the Saucy Sally, sound IS
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-25
LOCAL MARKETS.
WHEAT 70 CENTS.
Retail Prices.

August % p.m.-Butter, creamery
25c, country zoe, lard 10c; eggs
Ice; chickens, 14c per lb. dressed,
spring chicken. Soc piece.
Corn, ear 25c per bushel,
she1led 4Sc; oats 32c; hay 6Oc
a hundred; straw Soc IL hundred.
Lettuce to 10c per pound. Head
lettuce 12c.
New onions, three punches for DC.
Radishes, two punches for &c,
Cucumbers, 2 for oc.
Celery 10c a bunch.
Wax Beans 10c a measure.
Tomatoes, home grown l5c a 2 qt.
measure.
New beets, for &c.
Summer squash, DC to 10c piece.
New potatoes, 65c a bu.
Home grown cabbage, to &c head.
Green Corn 1211sc doz.
Wholesale Prices.
Wheat zoe; oats 2Oc; corn
ear, 19c; corn, shelled, 361sc; hay
$40; rye, DOC.
Butter, creamery, zoe; country
l5c; lard, to 61ac; eggs, IL to 13c
chickens, live 71sc, dressed lie.
Navy beans, $1.34, $1.40: marrowfat
beans $1.5O, $1.65.
Cured hides, No. l, 81 No. 2, Sc,
green, No. l, 71ac, No. 61sc, cured
calf skins, No. l, 101ac, No. 2, 9ac;
green, No. l, &c; No. 2, &c; tallow
No. 1, 4c; sheep pelts, 35c; lamb skins
45c,
Pork, dressed, So to 6 live ~ to &c !;
beef, dressed, nc to SIC, live
SIC to &c; mutton, live. 41Sc to &c;
dressed, size to Sc; spring lamb,
10 to lie; pork, loins, &c; veal, live
51ac to 6, dressed, 10c.
Sugar-cured ham, 101sc to 111ac;
shoulder, 6s4 to 7c; California ham,
Z to 711sc; bacon, Z to 81sc; dried beef,
10 to 1Sc; lard, simon pure, 65s
in tub; 61ac in tierces; country
kettle &c: pnre lard. &c
Lumber.
Hemlock bill stuff SIT per III
Norway bill stuff 500 per IN
Yellow pine siding No. $27 per III
Yellow pine flooring No. l common
$23 per m
Yellow pine ceiling No. $27 per m
White pine lath No. $3.50 per 1000
Clear red cedar shingles $40 per
1000.
Clear hemlock shingles $3.50 per
1000.